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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Boston Star.com http://www.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400 30 Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him in. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399795/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:08:10 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399795/cs/1/ New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II pilot. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399785/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:23:28 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399785/cs/1/ Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband has used a visit to Ukraine to warn Russia not to start a new Cold War. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399784/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:22:09 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399784/cs/1/ Thailand's criminal court has issued arrest warrants for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399789/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:35:24 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399789/cs/1/ Iraqi forces are due to take over Anbar province. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399783/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:43 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399783/cs/1/ Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399782/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:33 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399782/cs/1/ President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has granted an executive pardon to 700 prisoners, both UAE nationals and expatriates, lodged in various jails across the country ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399781/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18:21 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399781/cs/1/ Afghanistan is now more dangerous for British troops than Iraq has ever been, a new report has revealed. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399568/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:21:04 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399568/cs/1/ The hijackers of a Sudanese plane flown to Libya have freed all 95 passengers on board. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399566/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:19:21 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399566/cs/1/ US federal investigation authorities have said that people arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, were consumed by a seething hatred towards the Illinois Senator. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399565/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:17:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399565/cs/1/ Air Canada may soon follow American Airlines in providing in-flight internet service for its passengers. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399816/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:00:33 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399816/cs/1/ The gates of Michael Jackson's Neverland were locked shut this week. The funfair was idle and the animals from the private zoo were long gone. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399807/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:01:41 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399807/cs/1/ London, Aug 28 (Xinhua) Britain Wednesday formally presented its territorial claim over south Atlantic Ascension Island to the UN. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399801/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:31 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399801/cs/1/ Manila, Aug 28 (Xinhua) At least 10 South Korean tourists were killed Wednesday when the van in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete wall in northern Philippines, officials said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399799/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:22 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399799/cs/1/ At least 50 militants have been killed in clashes with Pakistani security forces near the Afghan border, officials said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399797/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:11 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399797/cs/1/ Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that the US has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399796/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:03 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399796/cs/1/ Iran Wednesday once again warned Israel with retaliation in case of a military attack on its nuclear sites, Mehr news agency reported. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399776/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:33 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399776/cs/1/ Following is the scorecard of the fourth one-day international here Wednesday in which India beat Sri Lanka: http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399771/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:25 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399771/cs/1/ India won a limited-overs cricket series in Sri Lanka for the first time by clinching the five-match rubber 3-1 as they beat hosts by 46 runs in the fourth match here at the Premadasa Stadium Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399769/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:19 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399769/cs/1/ The Dubai government has launched a new independent company, The Consulting Office (TCO), which will provide advisory services to public sector organisations in the region. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399767/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:10 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399767/cs/1/ NATO member states Wednesday called on Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions, warning Moscow that Georgia's security and stability were 'important' to the alliance. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399755/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:29 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399755/cs/1/ The Pakistan Army said Wednesday it killed over 40 insurgents in a major military offensive in northwestern tribal district near the Afghan border, while at least seven civilians died when an explosion ripped through an eatery near the capital Islamabad. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399753/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:20 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399753/cs/1/ Hillary Clinton put the bitterness of a long, hard campaign behind her to endorse Barack Obama as a 'proud supporter' in asking Democrats to unite to win back the White House in November. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399752/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:00:13 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399752/cs/1/ Dhaka, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Scientists in Bangladesh have developed ways to produce petroleum from degradable organic municipal waste and are now studying its feasibility before going to commercial production. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399747/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399747/cs/1/ Thailand's criminal court Wednesday issued arrest warrants for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399742/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:21 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399742/cs/1/ After the middle order batsmen had put India in a strong position, the tourists failed to accelerate in the death overs and were bowled out for 258 with two balls to spare against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at the R. Premadasa Stadium here Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399737/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:03 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399737/cs/1/ Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists protested Wednesday against what they said was discrimination from the government of conservative Christian President Lee Myung Bak. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399734/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:57 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399734/cs/1/ Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wednesday unveiled his vision for a knowledge-driven world in which creativity and courage would help future generations. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399717/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:28 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399717/cs/1/ Berlin, Aug 27 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he will not attend a European Union (EU) summit to address his country's conflict with Russia, as he fears Moscow would not let him return. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399715/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:22 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399715/cs/1/ Police and Afghan villagers Wednesday found the body of a Japanese aid worker who was abducted by four armed men Tuesday in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399710/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:12 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399710/cs/1/ Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas became the fourth bowler to claim 400 wickets in One-day Internationals during the fourth ODI against India here Wednesday at the R. Premadasa Stadium. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399707/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:06 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399707/cs/1/ The Indian embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has conveyed its concern to the authorities here over the termination of services of 160 Indian nurses at a private hospital in Abu Dhabi. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399700/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:52 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399700/cs/1/ Russian newspapers Wednesday supported President Dmitry Medvedev's decision to recognize the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but expressed fears the move could harm Moscow's relations with the West. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399698/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:46 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399698/cs/1/ Pope Benedict XVI condemned Wednesday deadly attacks on Christian churches in the eastern Indian state of Orissa during religious riots that have left almost a dozen dead since Monday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399692/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:24 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399692/cs/1/ At least 20 people were killed and 13 injured when a bus plunged into the swollen waters of a river in northern Uganda, the police said Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399690/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:21 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399690/cs/1/ International Cricket Council (ICC) President David Morgan paid rich tribute to Sir Donald Bradman on his birth centenary Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399671/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:29 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399671/cs/1/ Tehran, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Iran's reformist National Confidence Party (NCP) has officially nominated its leader Mehdi Karroubi as party's candidate in the country's next presidential election due to be held mid-2009, the Press TV satellite channel reported Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399649/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:04:14 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399649/cs/1/ Three developments on the eve of the filing of nomination papers by presidential candidates brought mixed feelings to Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399648/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:04:01 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399648/cs/1/ Moscow, Aug 27 (RIA Novosti) Russia will respond 'using military means' to the deployment of a US missile shield system in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev has said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399643/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:51 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399643/cs/1/ Manila, Aug 27 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday said it has adopted a new benchmark for poverty line that is more accurate and more relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399642/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:48 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399642/cs/1/ Pakistan's main Karachi Stock Exchange decided Wednesday to freeze all stocks at current levels after the market plunged another 3.5 percent amid mounting political uncertainties. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399641/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:45 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399641/cs/1/ Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has issued a thinly veiled call for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign in an article published in the London-based Financial Times Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399640/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:39 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399640/cs/1/ Taking her first international flight to be with her husband in Australia, a young Indian woman Wednesday gave birth to a healthy baby boy on the flight from Hong Kong to Adelaide. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399635/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:19 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399635/cs/1/ The hijackers of a Sudanese plane Wednesday have begun releasing all the passengers of the plane at Libya's Al-Qafra airport, Libyan civil aviation officials said. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399634/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:13 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399634/cs/1/ Danish toy-maker Lego is next month launching build-yourself models of the Taj Mahal, consisting of as many as 5,922 pieces, including the monument's intricate minarets, domes and finials. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399631/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:56 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399631/cs/1/ Amid a welter of theories explaining why lower eyelids turn baggy with age, University of California researchers have pinpointed how and why fat is primarily responsible. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399630/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:51 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399630/cs/1/ Sports is what Australia excels in, and it is to sports that the government is now turning to deepen business links with India. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399626/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:40 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399626/cs/1/ A person's senses of touch and hearing become sharper when vision is lost but exactly how this happens has been unclear. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399625/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399625/cs/1/ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is recording an album of love songs that will come out at Christmas. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399622/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:20 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399622/cs/1/ Jerusalem, Aug 27 (Xinhua) A drug developed by an Israeli firm has been seen to slow the progression of the Parkinson's disease, Ha'aretz daily reported Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399621/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:02:15 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399621/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell only slightly on Tuesday, OPEC announced Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399619/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:57 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399619/cs/1/ A series of explosions at a chemical plant left 18 people dead and two missing in southwest China's Guangxi region, the government and state media said Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399616/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:41 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399616/cs/1/ The European Union (EU) is to send a fact-finding mission as close to Georgia's conflict zones as possible in order to assess the practicalities of sending ceasefire monitors to the region, officials in Brussels said Wednesday. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399608/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:07 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399608/cs/1/ Sport is what Australia excels in. Now the government is using the Australian Football League (AFL) to deepen sport and business links with India. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399606/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:01 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399606/cs/1/ After his controversial visit to China within less than a week of assuming office as republic Nepal's first prime minister, will Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda now snub India further and make the US his next port of call abroad? http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399600/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:45 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399600/cs/1/ Moscow, Aug 27 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit the southern areas of Russia's Lake Baikal Wednesday morning, Russian news agencies reported. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399596/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399596/cs/1/ The state-of-the-art forensic method that can identify fingerprints on bullets could now be used to lift them from bomb fragments even after they have been wiped off. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399588/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:15 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399588/cs/1/ When it comes to sex, the little sea squirt can teach males a thing or two about how to retain the upper hand in competing for females. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399489/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:34 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399489/cs/1/ Touted as Malaysia's youngest tower climber, four-year-old Muhammad Syahrulnizam Mohammed Noor is training hard to climb the steps of the 325m-high Eiffel Tower five times this December. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399478/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:09 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399478/cs/1/ Malaysia's controversial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who has won a parliamentary by-election, has vowed to bring down Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's government by mid-September. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399470/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:01:23 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399470/cs/1/ Researchers are developing a new tool to smell and identify specific gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer, for its early detection. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399564/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:16:02 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399564/cs/1/ Civilian policing is getting official sanction in Britain, but critics say it is a move towards a snooper state. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399496/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:49 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399496/cs/1/ Secondary school students in Britain are to be taught history of Mughal and British India and black slavery as part of the government's move to make students better appreciate modern issues related to immigration and ethnic minorities. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399487/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:30 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399487/cs/1/ Just days after pulling the plug on the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, South Africa has emerged as the favourite to host a one-day international cricket tournament that would compensate for the postponement of the eight-nation contest. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399482/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:19 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399482/cs/1/ An overtly sexual television advertisement for a children's drink has raised the hackles of activist groups, but Britain's regulatory body says it's only a question of taste and decency. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399471/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:01:29 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399471/cs/1/ Representatives of prominent Indian law firms will be in Britain on Sep 4 to explore the possibilities of forging partnerships with their British counterparts for global referral work. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399468/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:01:14 -0400 Boston Star.com http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/399468/cs/1/ Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden addresses the crowd at the Democratic convention in Denver on Wednesday. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP Beau, I love you. I am so proud of you. Proud of the ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269740/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:37 -0400 The Guardian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269740/ University of Tennessee Forensic "Body Farm" tested air in mom's car Three-year-old Caylee has not been seen since early June Child's mother did not report her missing until nearly a month l... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269247/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:14:41 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269247/ Olympic swimmer Dara Torres undergoes surgery to repair shoulder injury Doctor removing arthritic area of right collarbone Pain nearly kept her from competing in Beijing Olympics Relief should be near... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269250/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:14:40 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269250/ A pregnant woman has sued Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Dennis Northcutt, saying he arranged for his cousin to beat her up.Sharri Henry, who claims to be four months pregnant with Northcutt's baby, fi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269743/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:18 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269743/ SHANGHAI police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported today. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269229/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:35 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269229/ United States military personnel at the air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, in 2005. Foreign fighters who are captured in Afghanistan are held at the base. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269209/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:34 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269209/ "If three years ago, someone had said to me on the streets of New York that somebody named Barack Obama would be our nominee, I would have said they were crazy," said Hemsley, an African-Ame... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269249/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:14:46 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269249/ Gov. Charlie Crist made it easier for felons to vote Wednesday, but advocates questioned why he waited so long.Crist issued an executive order that requires officials to include voter registration app... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269747/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:14 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269747/ Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took his place Thursday as a member of Malaysia's Parliament, a major step in his goal to topple a government weakened by electoral defeats and internal dissent. ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269211/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:32 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269211/ US federal police have arrested a blogger for posting songs from a yet-to-be released Guns N' Roses album titled Chinese Democracy online without permission. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269232/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:26 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269232/ The message from Hillary Clinton to supporters in Denver was as neon as the tangerine pantsuit she wore to the ball. All that she stood for during her historic quest to be American's first woman pre... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269189/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:27:06 -0400 The Independent http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269189/ BANGKOK : 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... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269210/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:33 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269210/ A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections.But the president of the State Elections Commission said it may be ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269506/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:13 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269506/ It was the former president's strongest endorsement of his wife former rival and totally contradicts his criticisms of Senator Obama in the heat of the primary nomination contests in the first half of... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269231/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:24 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269231/ Police have launched a major investigation following the blaze in Maesbrook, near Oswestry, Shropshire, which broke out shortly before 5am on Tuesday. It is not known if Jillian and Christopher Foste... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269752/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:10:02 -0400 Sky News http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269752/ The brief respite for consumers at the gasoline pump may come to an abrupt end if Tropical Storm Gustav slams into the petroleum-rich Gulf Coast and its numerous refineries, just as Americans begin pa... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269748/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:15 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269748/ Bill Clinton gestures to the audience as he addresses the Democratic convention in Denver. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP Bill Clinton left all the bitterness over his wife's defeat in the Democratic no... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269738/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:32 -0400 The Guardian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269738/ AN unemployed drifter who kidnapped two children after butchering three members of their family in a crime spree that shocked the US should be executed, a federal jury in Idaho said overnight. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269235/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:23 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269235/ said today. Economists had expected a smaller rise of 2 per cent. In addition, first quarter capital expenditure rose a revised 1.0 per cent, a far better result than the 2.5 per cent fall originally ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269236/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:21 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269236/ Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269751/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:09 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269751/ LOS Angeles prosecutors have dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, as jury selection got under way for his trial in California. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269233/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:28 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269233/ An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.The episode is of... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269745/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:16 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269745/ BARACK Obama has made a surprise appearance at the Democratic national convention hours after Bill and Hillary Clinton had threatened to steal the show on the day he officially made history. As day t... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269230/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:32 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269230/ Knight faces assault and drug charges after being accused of beating girlfriend Death Row Records founder posted bail and will be in court September 26 Police said couple fought after leaving strip cl... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269251/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:14:39 -0400 CNN http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269251/ The trial will run over the next three months and will involve 200 customers and 12 merchants.Trail participants will be required to download a software application to their mobile phone that links a ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269238/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:17 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269238/ DENVER : She figured this dream for dead so many decades ago. Dezie Woods-Jones plans to stand Thursday night with her California delegation in a stadium here and listen to Barack Obama, the first bl... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269207/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:36 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269207/ Australian Communications and Media Authority research has found little evidence of an association between the advertising of junk food on television and obesity levels in children. As a result, ACMA ... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269239/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:15 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269239/ Dara Torres, the U.S. swimmer who won three silver medals in the Beijing Olympics at age 41, had surgery on her right shoulder Wednesday.Dr. Joseph Chalal shaved the outer end of Torres' collarbone du... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269744/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:17 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269744/ A day after one of their own was unceremoniously unseated, Miami-Dade school board members politely hinted that Superintendent Rudy Crew's departure from the district would likely be imminent. The pre... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269741/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:20 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269741/ If you saw it just sitting there, you'd never guess that the new Nikon D90 is a mind-blowing, game-changing camera. It looks like any other big, black intermediate single-lens reflex camera: muc... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269212/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:07:29 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269212/ Barack Obama , a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Conv... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269213/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:15:53 -0400 MSNBC http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269213/ TiVo Inc. managed consecutive quarters of profitability for the first time ever despite eroding subscriptions, demonstrating that the pioneer in digital video recorders is on track in reducing marketi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269749/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:12 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269749/ RUSSIA has lashed out at the West for ratcheting up tensions in the Black Sea with an increased NATO naval presence, and warned against isolating Moscow over the conflict in Georgia. http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269242/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:11 -0400 The Australian http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269242/ Polk County authorities say they have arrested a Division of Forestry firefighter on theft charges.Michael Lamar Adams II, 26, is facing charges of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and defraudi... http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269746/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:14 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.bostonstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17269746/