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Morning News


Aug.9   New York   Mortgage concerns hit US markets
  The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24


  Pakistan     Rice sways Musharraf on emergency
  U.S. Secretary of State helped persuade Pakistan's President hold off declaring a state of emergency


  Guam Russians resume Cold War air runs  The 2 Tu-95 bombers have flown to the US island in a surprise manoeuvre reminiscent of the Cold War era

  Hawaii Tropical storm forms between off Hawaii  Storm Flossie formed far out in the Pacific, halfway between Mexico's southern Pacific coast and Hawaii

  USA Recalled: 255,000 Chinese tires  A tire importer claims the tires were defective because they lack a safety feature that prevents tread separation

  Canada Canadian PM vows to defend Arctic  Stephen Harper has begun a 3-day trip to the Arctic in an effort to assert sovereignty over the region after Russia staked a claim to the North Pole

  Moscow Russia accuses Georgia over attack  Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the chief of Russia's military General Staff ccused Georgia of fabricating a report of a Russian missile attack

Day News


  Guantanamo   9/11 mastermind closer to military trial  14 terrorists listed as high-value detainees at the detention camp, have been designated as enemy combatants, placing them in line to be charged

  Baghdad Pilgrims walk across city amid tight security  Iraqi security forces and U.S. troops imposed stiff security as hundreds of thousands of Shiite faithful made their annual trek to the shrine

  Gaza UN warns over Gaza economic woe  Gaza could become completely dependant on aid within weeks because of a damage caused by restrictions on border crossings

Evening News


  New York   World markets fall after US losses
  The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
 Dow Jones was down 124.8 points, or 0.9%, at 13,145.9 points. London's FTSE 100 fell 3.1%, the Paris Cac index down 3% and Germany's main Dax fell 1.6%


  Polynesia   14 killed in French Polynesia air crash  An Air Moorea Twin Otter aircraft with 19 passengers and a pilot on board crashed after taking off from Moorea Island. 6 still missing

  Libya Gadhafi son: Medics were tortured  Libyan leader's son, who is touted as a reformer, has acknowledged that Bulgarian medical workers were tortured in captivity
San Francisco Bay Area , August 9, 2007 Timeline