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Massive Crowd Hears Obama Speak in Berlin - Video

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:33 +0000

A massive crowd gathered to hear Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speak in Berlin, Germany. Obama’s speech was the centerpiece of a fast-paced tour through Europe designed to reassure skeptical voters back home.(July...

Kids run off to join the circus (for the summer)

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:39:46 +0000

Fourteen-year-old Thula Martin knows exactly what she’ll say if her teacher asks the class what they did this summer: “I ran away and joined the...

Walcott wins journalism medal for Iraq coverage

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:31:21 +0000

McClatchy’s Washington bureau chief has won the Nieman Foundation’s first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq war coverage.

Executions rising in Iran, Saudi Arabia

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:31:04 +0000

Executions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, a human rights group reported Thursday. It said China remained far in front as the world’s top executioner.

In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:25:46 +0000

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to “defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports...

Memo: 'Good faith' protects against torture charge

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:16:14 +0000

The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed “in good faith” that harsh techniques used to break the will of prisoners, including waterboarding, would not cause “prolonged mental harm.”

Street Team '08: McCain Town Hall Meetings - Video

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:15:24 +0000

Republican presidential candidate John McCain returned to New Hampshire to court those famously independent voters. Produced by Lauren Sausser of New Hampshire for MTV’s Choose or Lose Street Team ‘08 at chooseorlose.com. (July...

McCain visits German restaurant _ in Ohio

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:08:35 +0000

Republican John McCain chose to go to a German restaurant as rival Barack Obama toured Berlin.

Police: Insurgents attack Afghan military convoy

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:06:01 +0000

Insurgents attacked an Afghan military convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan and dozens of militants were killed after the army called for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan police, a police official...

Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:05:29 +0000

Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have “limited potential” to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government...