| Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:59:26 GMT | | WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.... |
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| Tropical Storm Fay stays on Florida's coast | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:54:04 GMT | | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane.... |
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| Food aid sent in to suffering Georgian area | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:22:41 GMT | | IGOETI, Georgia (AP) -- A convoy of badly needed food aid for beleaguered Georgians rumbled through a Russian checkpoint Wednesday, waved through by soldiers who themselves showed no signs of fulfilling their president's promise of a pullback within two days.... |
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| Obama, VP choice to campaign together Saturday | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:29:15 GMT | | RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Barack Obama and his newly named running mate will campaign together Saturday at the place where the Democratic presidential hopeful formally launched his White House bid.... |
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| Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:44 GMT | | KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.... |
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