Aug
7th
2008

World News

  • Gitmo jury reaches sentence for bin Laden's driver (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 2:38 pm

    In this Thursday, July 24, 2008 file photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, defendant Salim Ahmed Hamdan, left, watches as FBI agent Craig Donnachie testifies about his interrogations of Hamdan, while a picture of disguised U.S. agents is displayed on a screen, during Hamdan's trial inside the war crimes courthouse at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba. A jury of six military officers reached a split verdict on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, in the war crimes trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life. The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for later Wednesday.(AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A military jury has reached a verdict on the sentence for Osama bin Laden's driver at the first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial.


  • Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 2:35 pm

    In this photo released by the US Army on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, G Troop, Task Force 1-35, 2nd Brigade Combat Team move out on patrol in search of weapons caches with an attachment of Iraqi Army soldiers during Operation Iron Pursuit on Monday, July 28, 2008 in 7 Nissan village, Diyala province, Iraq. Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later. (AP Photo/US Army, Sgt. Eric C. Hein, HO)AP - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.


  • Pakistan's Musharraf faces impeachment (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 11:12 am

    Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, left, speaks as ruling party leader Asif Ali Zardari, right, looks on during their joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. Pakistan's ruling coalition has announced it will seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, cranking up pressure on the U.S.-backed former general to resign. (AP Photo)AP - Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, alleging the U.S.-backed former general had "eroded the trust of the nation" and increasing pressure on him to resign.


  • Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympic transport (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 1:48 pm
    AP - A Chinese Islamic faction that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to stay away from the Beijing games and avoid buses, trains, planes and buildings used by Chinese, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday.
  • Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 12:31 pm

    In this July 18, 2008 file photo, newly built houses made of light materials for Cyclone Nargis victims, are reflected in the water in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. According to a recent assessment by the U.N., Myanmar government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more than 450,000 houses were destroyed with total damage in the delta and part of Yangon estimated at US $4 billion. (AP Photo/FILE)AP - A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis — broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast.


  • Berlusconi, in gesture, sweeps streets in Naples (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 2:42 pm
    AP - Silvio Berlusconi is sparing no effort to solve the garbage crisis in Naples — even picking up a broom himself.
  • Gaza Fulbright scholars appeal for US visas (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 1:01 pm
    AP - Three Fulbright scholars from Gaza appealed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday to reissue their entry visas, denying they were security threats.
  • Tropical Storm Hernan churns in Pacific (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 1:31 pm

    Shops are closed as Hong Kong is lashed by tropical storm Kammuri. China evacuated nearly 400,000 people and called thousands of vessels back to port as its southern coast braced for an approaching tropical storm, state media and government agencies said.(AFP/DDP/David Hecker)AP - Tropical Storm Hernan gained strength on Thursday as it churned far off Mexico's Pacific coast.


  • Bowlers on target for Pietersen's England (AFP)
    August 7, 2008, 2:13 pm

    South Africa's Neil McKenzie plays a shot at The Brit Oval cricket ground, in London, on August 7, 2008. Recalled fast bowler Steve Harmison has taken two wickets in successive balls to spark a South African collapse on the first day of the fourth and final Test against England at the Oval.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - England's bowlers made it a good first day in charge for new captain Kevin Pietersen when South Africa were bowled out for 194 on the first day of the fourth and final Test at the Oval Thursday.


  • Toyota 1Q profit falls on US weakness, strong yen (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 2:41 pm

    In this July 27, 2008 file photo, unsold 4Runners sit at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. Toyota's fiscal first-quarter profit plunged 28 percent from the previous year as slipping North American sales, a strong yen and rising material costs dented the earnings of the Japanese automaker. Toyota reported Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, that its April-June profit fell to 353.66 billion yen (US$3.23 billion) from nearly 492 billion the same period the previous year. Quarterly sales edged down 4.7 percent to 6.215 trillion yen (US$56.8 billion). (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - Toyota said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit plummeted 28 percent, and the automaker stuck to its forecast that full-year profit will fall for the first time in seven years as it faces more problems from the weakening U.S. market.


  • US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years (AP)
    August 7, 2008, 12:47 pm
    AP - An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday.


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