‘SPECIALLY CREATED’: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the White House had a hand in starting the war in Georgia because it needed a ‘short, victorious war’
Georgia will cut diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin’s recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said yesterday.

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By Rich Chang
Far Eastern Group chairman Douglas Hsu (徐旭東) was acquitted yesterday in the Sogo voucher scandal, while former Waterland Financial Holding Co chairman Walter Lin (林華德) was sentenced to two years in prison.

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Chinese police clashed with members of the Uighur ethnic minority in Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said on Thursday, the first reported outbreak of violence in the area since two high-profile attacks during the Olympics.

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Twelve decapitated bodies bearing signs of torture were found on Thursday in eastern Mexico, while Mexicans across the country planned candlelight vigils in a call for the government to stop the killing.

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NO MORE DIVISION: Obama was quiet and conversational in his 43-minute speech and decried those who equate criticizing the White House with disloyalty to the US
After a week of Clinton dramas, US Senator Barack Obama had the stage to himself and distilled his message down to one word, uttered with a roar: “Enough!”

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