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Dubai company rolls dice on casino

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- A holding company for the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has laid down a big marker on the Las Vegas Strip -- a $5 billion investment that gives it a chunk of ...
10,000 Congolese flee nation amid violence

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KAMPALA, Uganda -- As many as 10,000 Congolese refugees have crossed the border into Uganda in the last two days, fleeing violence in their villages, local government of...
Dean hits Mexican oil coast

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - TECOLUTLA, Mexico -- A sprawling Hurricane Dean slammed into Mexico for the second time in as many days Wednesday and quickly stretched across to the Pacific Ocean, then...
Spain accused of snubbing national sport

By Daniel Woolls Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - MADRID, Spain -- Television Espanola's first broadcast in 1948 was a bullfight in Madrid. However, out of concern the deadly duel between matador and beast is too viole...
Cuba criticizes Hungary as 'accomplice' of U.S.

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - HAVANA -- Cuba branded Hungary an "imperial accomplice" of Washington on Wednesday for granting political asylum to 29 Cubans who were held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. na...
A day after, an endorsement by Bush

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- President Bush, scrambling to show he still backs embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, offered him a fresh endorsement Wednesday, calling ...
Ad campaign targets wavering Republicans

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former White House aides are joining Republican fundraisers in bankrolling a $15 million, five-week advertising campaign putting pressure on lawmakers whos...
United Air seeks investors for maintenance unit stake

Bloomberg News
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - United Airlines, the world's second- largest carrier, said it may sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash for modernizing and e...
Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debate

By David Ignatius Columnist
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...
Pentagon short in armored vehicle total to Iraq

Associated Press
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will fall far short of its goal of sending 3,500 lifesaving armored vehicles to Iraq by the end of the year. Instead, officials expect to send...

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