By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., said he won’t consider running for vice president with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama because the U.S. Senate is “where I believe I am best equipped to serve the people of Virginia and this country.” » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday for the first time suggested establishing a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a step that the Bush administration has long opposed. » Read story.
U.S. military contractor calls Colombian group ‘terrorists’
by elizabeth white the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Three American hostages freed last week from rebels in Colombia shared smiles and hugs with their families at a military hospital Monday, with one of the men angrily denouncing their captors as “terrorists with a capital ‘T.’” » Read story.
by dina cappiello the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration didn’t pursue hundreds of potential water pollution cases after a 2006 Supreme Court decision that restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate seasonal streams and wetlands, according to a memo by the agency’s enforcement chief. » Read story.
by eileen sullivan the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials are focusing new attention on networks that smuggle people into the United States from East African countries that are known havens for terrorists, according to an internal government assessment obtained by The Associated Press. » Read story.
arkansas democrat-gazette press services
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
Nicole Kidman gave birth Monday to a baby girl named Sunday. In a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press, Paul Freundlich, a publicist for her husband, Keith Urban, said: “Nicole and Keith Urban are delighted to announce that Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl on Monday morning, July 7, 2008, in the United States. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is opening a handful of political offices this week in California, the nation’s most populous state and the historical turf of Reagan and Nixon that in recent years has become a Democratic fortress in presidential contests. » Read story.
the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
DERBY LINE, Vt. — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot at three people early Monday after being assaulted on a residential street near the U.S.-Canada border, the agency said. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I want to send a message to the FARC. » Read story.
Many firefighters reaching 21-day limit; coolness aids battle before heat wave
by christina hoag the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
LOS ANGELES — Fresh firefighting crews were sent in Monday to help battle the huge wildfire charging through the coastal mountains of Santa Barbara County, one of more than 300 active blazes across California. » Read story.
by walter pincus the washington post
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The major weapons systems being developed and produced by the Defense Department will require $1.6 trillion to complete and $335 billion over the next five years, money that may not be available because of the continuing cost of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. » Read story.
democrat-gazette press services
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
Thousands of people marched to Thailand’s national police headquarters Monday to demand faster action on long-pending legal cases against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. » Read story.
bloomberg news
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The Czech government will sign an accord to host part of a U.S. missile-defense shield regardless of domestic opposition and Russian concerns that the system may target its territory, Czech Deputy Premier Alexandr Vondra said. » Read story.
by mark lavie the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said it began digging up the bodies of Lebanese fighters Monday after the government struck a deal with Hezbollah guerrillas to swap five living prisoners and dozens of bodies for two Israeli soldiers captured in 2006. » Read story.
Five men held in explosions day after suicide bomber kills 18 in Islamabad
by ashraf khan the associated press
(Tuesday, July 8, 2008)
KARACHI, Pakistan — A string of small explosions wounded at least 37 people Monday in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, rattling the country a day after a deadly suicide attack in the capital, officials said. » Read story.
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