By SETH MYDANS
Published: August 27, 2008
Resource: the Times
The leaders of thousands of protesters who were blockading the prime minister’s compound refused a civil court’s orders to leave the premises on Wednesday and challenged the police to enter and arrest them
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Summary #49 "U.S. Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike"
By ERIC SCHMITT
Published: August 27, 2008
Resource: Nytimes
American military officials sought on Wednesday to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians — among them 60 children — were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last Friday.
Published: August 27, 2008
Resource: Nytimes
American military officials sought on Wednesday to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians — among them 60 children — were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last Friday.
summary # 48 "Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations"
Resource: Nytimes
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
Published: August 27, 2008
The United States military has secretly handed over more than 200 militants to the intelligence services of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries, nearly all in the past two years, as part of an effort to reduce the burden of detaining and interrogating foreign fighters captured in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to American military officials.
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
Published: August 27, 2008
The United States military has secretly handed over more than 200 militants to the intelligence services of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries, nearly all in the past two years, as part of an effort to reduce the burden of detaining and interrogating foreign fighters captured in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to American military officials.
Summary #47 "For a New Political Age, a Self-Made Man"
Resource: By JODI KANTOR
Published: August 27, 2008
From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, those around Senator Barack Obama have heard the same speech. He repeated it after he announced his candidacy and after debates, after victories and defeats.
Published: August 27, 2008
From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, those around Senator Barack Obama have heard the same speech. He repeated it after he announced his candidacy and after debates, after victories and defeats.
Summary #46 " Obama Secures Historic Nomination"
Resource: nytimes
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: August 27, 2008
Obama,a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamentally new course in politics, was nominated by his party on Wednesday to be the 44th president of the United States.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: August 27, 2008
Obama,a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamentally new course in politics, was nominated by his party on Wednesday to be the 44th president of the United States.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Summary #45 "U.S. Officers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say"
three noncommissioned US Army officers, including a first sergeant, a platoon sergeant and a senior medic, killed four Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots to the head as the men stood handcuffed and blindfolded beside a Baghdad canal, two of the officers said in sworn statements.
Summaty #44 "Rice, in Israel, Criticizes Surge in Settlement Construction"
Resource: The Times
Peace Now, the Israeli advocacy group, said in a report released Tuesday that in the last year Israel had nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, in violation of its obligations under an American-backed peace plan.
Peace Now, the Israeli advocacy group, said in a report released Tuesday that in the last year Israel had nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, in violation of its obligations under an American-backed peace plan.
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