President Bush said Sunday he is skipping the Republican National Convention on Monday and will travel instead to Texas to meet with emergency workers and evacuees as Hurricane Gustav nears.
Source:Bush, Cheney to skip GOP convention
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected Israel’s idea of an interim peace agreement at a Sunday summit, a Palestinian negotiator said, insisting on an all-or-nothing approach that virtually ruled out an accord by a January target date.
Source:Palestinians reject partial peace accord
Williams sisters post identical scores to reach fourth round.
Source:Serena, Venus win away from U.S. Open showdown
President Felipe Calderon faced one of his biggest challenges Saturday as Mexicans poured into the streets nationwide for mass protests against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country.
Source:Mexicans rally nationwide against crime
Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in a year — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday.
Source:Brazil: Amazon deforestation worsens
AP - Russia’s president said Sunday his country will give military aid to the two separatist regions at the center of the war with Georgia signaling Moscow has no intention of backing down in the face of Western pressure.
Source:Russia promises military aid to South Ossetia
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AP - Although attention is focused on the petroleum industry as Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake in other economic sectors: New Orleans’ trademark tourism industry, the shipping business, sugar harvesting and even such niche products as red-hot Tabasco sauce.
Source:Gustav's possible economic hit is widespread
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Reuters - More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed
in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings
and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President Felipe
Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.
Source:Over 150,000 march in Mexico against crime
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AP - Roger Federer looked every bit a champion and stayed perfect at this U.S. Open. Andy Roddick showed shades of winning form, too.
Source:Federer, Roddick win; Jankovic to US Open quarters
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AP - An Afghan army commander said that U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village where a government investigative commission says scores of civilians were killed, according to a report released Sunday.
Source:Afghan commission: US troops were fired on first
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