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2008-09-06 03:13:00

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's police commissioner said on Friday. "The

2008-09-06 03:13:00

SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico, while Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted the Carolinas after killing at least 13

2008-09-06 03:10:00

The Queen is being joined by the Prime Minister and his family at Balmoral this weekend. Gordon Brown, his wife Sarah, and their two young sons, John, four, and Fraser, two, have been invited for a two-day visit to the monarch's Scottish estate.It is expe

2008-09-06 03:09:00

PARIS (Reuters) - Two French citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria early last month have been freed, France's foreign ministry said on Saturday. The two had been seized near Nigeria's oil industry hub of Port Harcourt in the restive Niger Delta on Augus

2008-09-06 03:07:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams each had one eye on brewing thunderstorms as they booked their places in the U.S. Open women's final with efficient victories in blustery conditions on Friday. With a heavy rain expected to hit Flus

2008-09-06 03:04:53

Rising fuel costs have provided the Government with a windfall of as much as £1 billion from a scheme designed to promote renewable energy, it has been reported. The revelation comes as Prime Minister Gordon Brown comes under pressure from Labour bac

2008-09-06 03:04:53

The leader of the TUC has warned the Government it would lose support at the next election if it did not take action to help people cope with the economic downturn. General secretary Brendan Barber said bluntly that millions of households were already in

2008-09-06 03:04:53

Hundreds of patients face delays to vital scans for cancer and other diseases due to a "severe shortage" of imaging agents, experts have warned. A global shortage of medical isotopes used in scans of hearts, bones, kidneys and some cancers will

2008-09-06 03:04:53

A British teenager has gone missing while on holiday in Tenerife, the Foreign Office has said. The 17-year-old was reported missing after failing to return to his hotel in the resort of Playa de las Americas, in the south of the island.A newspaper has sai

2008-09-06 03:04:53

More than £1 million has been spent hunting for missing Madeleine McCann, her parents have revealed. Kate and Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1 million to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search f

2008-09-06 02:48:00

Another lavish opening ceremony and hopefully, another gold rush. Britian's paralympians are gearing up for Beijing with high hopes that it can be one of team GB's best ever. Our athletes are hoping to top the 94 medals (including 35 golds) they won at th

2008-09-06 02:40:00

NEW YORK (AFP) - World No. 2 Jelena Jankovic advanced to her first Grand Slam final by defeating Elena Dementieva 6-4, 6-4 at the US Open on Saturday, setting up a showdown with two-time winner Serena Williams. "I have tears in my eyes," said an emotional

2008-09-06 02:38:00

LAGOS (AFP) - Gunmen on Friday released two French oil workers seized one month ago in Nigeria's main oil producing region, a diplomat said. "The French embassy confirms that those two men were released at around 8:00pm (1900 GMT) and they will be going b

2008-09-06 02:33:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Smiling from ear to ear after reaching her first grand slam final at the U.S. Open, Jelena Jankovic said overcoming a series of injuries had helped her through to Saturday's title showdown. The Serbian second seed advanced from the la

2008-09-06 02:33:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic champion Elena Dementieva blamed a combination of fatigue and a gusting wind that swirled around Arthur Ashe Stadium for her downfall in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Friday. Before meeting Jelena Jankovic at Flushing Me

2008-09-06 02:33:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Road to Saturday's U.S. Open women's final between Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams (prefix number denotes seeding) 2-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)First round: beat CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) 6-3 6-1Second round: beat Sofia Arvidsson (Swede

2008-09-06 02:33:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina said she let herself down by acting like a "spoilt girl" during her semi-final defeat by Serena Williams at the U.S. Open on Friday. The sixth seed was beaten 6-3 6-2 by the twice former champion on a blustery da

2008-09-06 02:33:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Open could be forced into a Monday finish for the first time since 1987 because of poor weather, tournament organisers said on Friday. Rain is forecast for the New York area for much of Saturday, putting at risk the two men's

2008-09-06 02:33:00

JUNEAU, Alaska (AFP) - An investigation into possible ethics breaches by Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin will be completed by October 10, three weeks earlier than scheduled, Alaska lawmakers said. The probe would be ready earlier than expect

2008-09-06 02:33:00

US Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin addresses the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 3, 2008. An investigation into possible ethics breaches by Palin will be completed by October 1