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Morning News


Aug.17   Peru   Dead scattered in streets Map of ca Peru
  Residents of the city of Ica said the ground shook again as they slept outside, their homes destroyed by 8.0-magnitude earthquake


  Moscow   Russia bomber flights 'permanent'
  President Putin said Russia sent 14 aircraft on patrols far beyond its own territory, marking the permanent return to a Soviet-era practice


  New York   US rate cut boosts global markets   Wall Street shares opened sharply higher on the news that the Federal Reserve is cutting the interest rate

  Baghdad   U.S. troops in 24-hour battle  A U.S. soldier and 13 insurgents, including a armed female wearing a ski mask, were killed in and near Tarmiya

  Taiwan Typhoon Sepat tears into Taiwan  A super-strength typhoon is forcing the cancellation of flights and sending coastal residents rushing to secure their homes

  South Africa Apartheid murder plotters guilty  5 former security officials in apartheid regime have received suspended prison sentences for plotting to kill an anti-apartheid activist

Day News


  Caribbean   Dean strengthens to Category 4 hurricane  Dean pounded Caribbean islands, bear down on Jamaica and headed toward the Gulf of Mexico

  Iraq Warrant out for Saddam daughter  Interpol has circulated an arrest warrant for Raghad Saddam Hussein, the oldest daughter of former Iraqi leader

  Southern Afghanistan Insurgents killed in fighting  Almost a dozen insurgents were killed after militants attacked a force led by Afghan police

Evening News


  China   Scores trapped in coal mine Map of Xintai China
  The emergency teams are searching for 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine


  Peru   Calm urged for quake victims  Peru's leaders have called for calm amid reports of desperate crowds looting aid trucks and fighting over food after huge quake

  Egypt   'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks  Princess Hidy ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo in the river off Beni Sweif
San Francisco Bay Area , August 17, 2007 Timeline