24. august 2005

Armstrong Is Accused of Doping. A French sports newspaper charged that Lance Armstrong used an illegal performance-enhancing drug to win his first of seven consecutive Tours de France. By SAMUEL ABT. [NYT > Sports] 3:50:05 PM    comment [] Plane crashes in Peruvian jungle. At least 40 die but 50 escape as a plane on an internal flight crashes in the jungle of northern Peru. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:48:10 PM    comment [] Operation Names Added to Gravestones . Nearly all Arlington National Cemetery gravestones for troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are inscribed with the operation names the Pentagon selected to promote public support for the conflicts. That was not the case with earlier wars. By David Pace. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 3:46:29 PM    comment [] Britain Spells Out Rules for Barring Militants. The list is primarily directed at firebrand Muslim clerics and scholars suspected by the government of inspiring violence among British Muslims. By ALAN COWELL. [NYT > Home Page] 3:44:23 PM    comment [] Khan 'gave N Korea centrifuges'. Pakistan's president confirms disgraced scientist AQ Khan gave North Korea centrifuges for uranium enrichment. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:43:19 PM    comment [] New Saddam photos released. The tribunal investigating charges against Saddam Hussein releases pictures of the former Iraqi leader. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:42:37 PM    comment [] Switch in Europe: Now Says It Needs Chinese Textiles. After months of complaining about a surge of textiles from China, officials in Europe now say they may not be able to live without them - at least not in the short term. By THOMAS FULLER,International Herald Tribune. [NYT > Business] 3:41:27 PM    comment []

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