Rock slide in Cairo shantytown kills 24 (AP)
AP - Massive boulders crashed down on a shantytown on the outskirts of Cairo Saturday, killing at least 24 people and burying many more under tons of rubble, Egyptian authorities said.
Publ.Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:44:24 GMT
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Russia accuses West of provocation in Georgia (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Saturday of provoking Moscow by using warships to deliver relief aid to its ally Georgia, with which Russia fought a brief war last month.
Publ.Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:53:36 GMT
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European freighter detaches from space station (AFP)
AFP - A European robot freighter decoupled from the International Space Station (ISS), positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere.
Publ.Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:07:54 GMT
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Jobless rate at 5-year high (Reuters)
Reuters - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the national unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote about rising recession risks.
Publ.Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:37:52 GMT
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