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•Jamaica feeling near-hurricane Gustav
7 minutes ago
MIAMI, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Jamaica was feeling the approach of near-hurricane strength Tropical Storm Gustav midday Thursday, U.S. forecasters in Miami said.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Immigration arrests intensify work debate
17 minutes ago
LAUREL, Miss., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Hundreds of immigration arrests in Laurel, Miss., have intensified the debate over U.S. workplace regulations, employment officials say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Georgia's Saakashvili lashes out at Russia
24 minutes ago
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote a stinging political indictment of Russia's military invasion Thursday in the Financial Times.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Poll: Ban on gay marriage struggling
33 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A proposed ban on gay marriage in California is struggling to find support, poll results indicate.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Obama emulating Kennedy speech at DNC
37 minutes ago
DENVER, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is trying to invoke the passion of President John F. Kennedy for his Democratic National Convention speech, officials say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
1 hour ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
[From Reuters: Top News]
•U.S. troops to hand back Iraq's Anbar province
1 hour ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops will on Sept. 1 hand over control of Iraq's Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday.
[From Reuters: Top News]
•'Earthquake swarm' hits western Canada
1 hour ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A regular, but unusually strong series of earthquakes are occurring this week off the Pacific Canadian coast of British Columbia, geologists said.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia
1 hour ago
DUSHANBE/PARIS (Reuters) - Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering imposing sanctions.
[From Reuters: Top News]
•Scottish hacker may be extradited to U.S.
1 hour ago
STRASBOURG, France, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The United States may attempt to extradite a Scottish hacker who illegally accessed military computers, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
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