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Morning News


Aug.8   Baghdad   Raid, street fighting leave 40 dead
  Iraqi and the coalition killed about 30 people in Sadr City, most of them in an airstrike, as they targeted a militia with links to Iran


  Beijing Pollution risk for Olympic events  Olympic chief Rogge says air pollution could lead to some events at the 2008 Games being postponed

  Vietnam Death toll rises in floods  Floods, triggered by a storm, have killed at least 32 people in central Vietnam, displacing thousands and cutting off the north-south railway

  Georgia Georgia: 'Proof' of missile attack  Georgia said it has proof that Russian jets violated its airspace and released a missile. Russia has denied the claim

Day News


  New York   Storms lead to chaos
  Torrential rain and heavy winds have caused havoc, flooding subway and overground railway lines and delaying flights


  Pakistan   Pakistan 'considering emergency'  The government is considering imposing emergency rule. TV reported that a declaration state of emergency was imminent

  Florida   Teacher blasts off on shuttle mission   Shuttle Endeavour roared into orbit carrying teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who was fulfilling the dream of the fallen Challenger crew

  Nigeria Violence in Delta expands into gang war  Kidnappers in oil heartland released a Bulgarian and a Briton, but elsewhere in the anarchic region a deadly gang fight entered its 3rd day

  Iraq Iran's bombs weakening Iraq, U.S. says  An increasing number of attacks using an Iranian-based explosive is undermining security

  England UK eases foot-and-mouth farm ban  Britain was easing a nationwide ban on moving livestock that was imposed after an outbreak of the disease in southern England

  Beijing Beijing begins Olympic countdown  More than a million Beijingers gathered in city parks for the first of more than 60 events around China to mark the start of the one-year countdown

  Indonesia Powerful earthquake shook buildings  An earthquake and caused panic on the densely-populated island of Java, but there have been no reports of injuries and no tsunami
San Francisco Bay Area , August 8, 2007 Timeline