AP - The end may be near for Scores, the legendary strip club that has attracted celebrities while withstanding Mafia infiltration, FBI raids and ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani's crusade against smut.
AFP - Britain vowed Saturday to work closely with new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to promote stability and fight the "shared threat of violent extremism" in the country, a key ally of the West.
U.S. military presence questioned in Philippines
MANILA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A leftist political coalition said Saturday that it will question the presence of 'overstaying US troops' in the southern Philippines before the Southeast Asian country's Supreme Court later this month. Bayan, or New Patriotic
Bush visits Louisiana as state claws back from storm
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads to storm-battered Louisiana on Wednesday to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav as tens of thousands who fled New Orleans prepare to return to a 'dark and hot' city struggling to restore power and
New Orleans mops up after Gustav close encounter
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Workers armed with rakes and brooms fanned out across New Orleans to clean up after Hurricane Gustav on Tuesday while officials eyed the city's levees warily and told hundreds of thousands of evacuees to stay away a bit longer.
Rice holds talks with Algerian president, FM
ALGIERS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is now on a north Africa tour, held talks with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci on Saturday afternoon. The talks were held at the
EU gambles on next U.S. president, result secret
AVIGNON, France (Reuters) - Europeans do not get to vote in the November U.S. presidential election, but many wish they did, and their foreign ministers decided that they would at least take a gamble behind closed doors. During informal talks in Avignon,
Hurricane Ike sets people scrambling
Residents and tourists are fleeing Caribbean islands ahead of a powerful storm that's also likely to affect the United States. Extra flights helped many leave Turks and Caicos before the airport had to be shut. "I don't remember ever seeing a mass exodus like this," resident Tracy Paradis told The Associated Press. Hurricane Ike is also worrying Florida, where Gov. Charlie Crist has declared an emergency.
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