Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1761 Most Recommended Top en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:58:30 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1761 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/acontractor csm/20080818/acontractor The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/acontractor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngs38.120808220150.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0TnQ9BMIf5cihhcfcZZ2xA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Scaffolding is seen covering the buildings along the al-Mutanabeh street in central Baghdad in May 2008. The US government paid out 85 billion dollars in four years to contractors providing services to various government agencies in support of the Iraq war and reconstruction, a survey showed Tuesday.(AFP/Sabah Arar)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - The American military has depended on private contractors since sutlers sold paper, bacon, sugar, and other small luxuries to Continental Army troops during the Revolutionary War.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/acontractor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngs38.120808220150.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0TnQ9BMIf5cihhcfcZZ2xA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Scaffolding is seen covering the buildings along the al-Mutanabeh street in central Baghdad in May 2008. The US government paid out 85 billion dollars in four years to contractors providing services to various government agencies in support of the Iraq war and reconstruction, a survey showed Tuesday.(AFP/Sabah Arar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/oshift csm/20080818/oshift The Christian Science Monitor Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In the wake of setbacks suffered by Al Qaeda in Iraq, Afghanistan is becoming the preferred destination for Muslims, particularly from Arab nations, seeking to wage jihad against the West. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/food_prices_usda_dc nm/20080820/food_prices_usda_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:43:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/food_prices_usda_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t163603_450x302_us_food_prices_usda.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=aJUSNQTFKzHVcMoL06jW2Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Peaches for sale at the Westmoreland Berry Farm stand at the Arlington Farmers' Market in Arlington, Virginia June 28, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/food_prices_usda_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t163603_450x302_us_food_prices_usda.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=aJUSNQTFKzHVcMoL06jW2Q--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Peaches for sale at the Westmoreland Berry Farm stand at the Arlington Farmers' Market in Arlington, Virginia June 28, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/spain_crash_dc nm/20080821/spain_crash_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:58:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/spain_crash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.148f8931c9264c499c59400c738ad2f3.spain_airport_accident_vc809.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=I6ltCFcFkB8fLxaDnO5MKg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="The tail of the Spanair jet that crashed on take off at Madrid airport is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A Spanair airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said. There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain's most deadly air disaster in more than 20 years. (AP Photo/EFE)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Grieving relatives on Thursday tried to identify charred bodies from the wreckage of a Spanish jet which crashed at Madrid airport on its second attempt at takeoff after mechanical problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/spain_crash_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080821/capt.148f8931c9264c499c59400c738ad2f3.spain_airport_accident_vc809.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=I6ltCFcFkB8fLxaDnO5MKg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="The tail of the Spanair jet that crashed on take off at Madrid airport is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A Spanair airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said. There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain's most deadly air disaster in more than 20 years. (AP Photo/EFE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pakistan_politics_dc nm/20080821/pakistan_politics_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:18:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t095001_450x300_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iFEHODuQXnmiTXTA5UJ0JQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Supporters of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in outside the residence of slain Benazir Bhutto in Larkana, August 19, 2008. (Nadeem Somroo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan's government to tackle the nation's mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t095001_450x300_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iFEHODuQXnmiTXTA5UJ0JQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Supporters of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party celebrate President Pervez Musharraf's resignation in outside the residence of slain Benazir Bhutto in Larkana, August 19, 2008. (Nadeem Somroo/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/history ap/20080821/history AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:02:04 GMT AP - Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 234th day of 2008. There are 132 days left in the year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/aputsharraf csm/20080820/aputsharraf The Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - President Bush has long prided himself on his close personal relationships with foreign leaders. But over the last several weeks some of those relationships appear to have gone disastrously awry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_train_sentencing_dc nm/20080820/usa_train_sentencing_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:44:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_train_sentencing_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t150357_450x306_us_usa_train_sentencing.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=5VmsrbhAWkektz7poDS1lQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Juan Manuel Alvarez (L) is brought into a courtroom in Los Angeles Superior Court for arraignment on murder charges in Los Angeles, January 28, 2005. (Al Seib/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A man who parked his sports utility vehicle on a Los Angeles commuter rail line, causing the deadliest U.S. train crash since 1999, was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 consecutive life terms in prison.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_train_sentencing_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t150357_450x306_us_usa_train_sentencing.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=5VmsrbhAWkektz7poDS1lQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Juan Manuel Alvarez (L) is brought into a courtroom in Los Angeles Superior Court for arraignment on murder charges in Los Angeles, January 28, 2005. (Al Seib/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/afghan_doubt_dc nm/20080820/afghan_doubt_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/markets_global_dc nm/20080820/markets_global_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:37:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/markets_global_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t052954_450x280_us_markets_global.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=pzPmiFoxRDam.xCATkF54g--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A man looks at an electronic board displaying share prices in Tokyo August 19, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - World stocks edged higher on Wednesday after the previous day's tumble to their lowest level in almost two years attracted some buyers, while rebounding commodity prices helped resource shares.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/markets_global_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t052954_450x280_us_markets_global.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=pzPmiFoxRDam.xCATkF54g--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man looks at an electronic board displaying share prices in Tokyo August 19, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ussciencesocietyvideogames afp/20080818/ussciencesocietyvideogames AFP Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:26:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ussciencesocietyvideogames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nia88.180808112534.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KY27eyvE8DYiKjRALWJL8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Computer game enthusiasts at a gaming convention in Paris in early July. Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers have said.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers have said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/ussciencesocietyvideogames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nia88.180808112534.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KY27eyvE8DYiKjRALWJL8g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Computer game enthusiasts at a gaming convention in Paris in early July. Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers have said.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nepalpoliticsjusticereligionhindurights afp/20080820/nepalpoliticsjusticereligionhindurights AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:29:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nepalpoliticsjusticereligionhindurights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio18.200808082822.photo00.photo.default-346x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=OgrIJ0c3LbnPOScuOohoEw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Nepalese living goddess Kumari attends the festivities at Jwalakhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 26. A Nepali tradition of locking a young virgin girl in a palace and worshipping her as a "living goddess" has been dealt a blow with the country's Supreme Court ruling she has the right to go to school.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Nepali tradition of locking a young virgin girl in a palace and worshipping her as a "living goddess" has been dealt a blow with the country's Supreme Court ruling she has the right to go to school.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/nepalpoliticsjusticereligionhindurights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio18.200808082822.photo00.photo.default-346x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=OgrIJ0c3LbnPOScuOohoEw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Nepalese living goddess Kumari attends the festivities at Jwalakhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on July 26. A Nepali tradition of locking a young virgin girl in a palace and worshipping her as a "living goddess" has been dealt a blow with the country's Supreme Court ruling she has the right to go to school.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/lehman_neuberger_dc nm/20080819/lehman_neuberger_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:18:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/lehman_neuberger_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_18t224053_450x335_us_lehman_neuberger.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=_BvFHvMEhREKugG9NpXGGA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="The exterior of the world headquarters for Lehman Brothers is seen in New York June 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is considering options, such as selling all or part of its asset management unit, with an aim of reaching a deal by the time it releases third quarter earnings, sources said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/lehman_neuberger_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_18t224053_450x335_us_lehman_neuberger.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=_BvFHvMEhREKugG9NpXGGA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="The exterior of the world headquarters for Lehman Brothers is seen in New York June 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/hedgefund_fraud_dc nm/20080819/hedgefund_fraud_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:36:44 GMT Reuters - A former hedge fund manager was ordered to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/investmentbanks_research_citigroup_dc nm/20080821/investmentbanks_research_citigroup_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:31:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/investmentbanks_research_citigroup_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t042826_450x299_us_investmentbanks_research_citigroup.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3ZO5QC.ksV2nOOC8cQAekA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People walk past the world headquarters for Morgan Stanley and Co. Incorporated in New York May 19, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Wall Street research analysts are projecting yet another tough quarter for U.S. investment banks marked by additional writedowns across a series of fixed-income assets amid an already weak operating environment.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/investmentbanks_research_citigroup_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t042826_450x299_us_investmentbanks_research_citigroup.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3ZO5QC.ksV2nOOC8cQAekA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past the world headquarters for Morgan Stanley and Co. Incorporated in New York May 19, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/africa_china_labour_dc nm/20080821/africa_china_labour_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:19:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/africa_china_labour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t201736_450x327_us_africa_china_labour.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=wKXUv53AZXarCCFxDZq0og--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Liberian children hold Chinese flags before the arrival of China's President Hu Jintao in Monrovia in this February 1, 2007 file photo. A big influx of workers from China is earning a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the hard-working newcomers' pursuit of wealth. (Christopher Herwig/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the hard-working newcomers' pursuit of wealth.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/africa_china_labour_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t201736_450x327_us_africa_china_labour.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=wKXUv53AZXarCCFxDZq0og--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Liberian children hold Chinese flags before the arrival of China's President Hu Jintao in Monrovia in this February 1, 2007 file photo. A big influx of workers from China is earning a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the hard-working newcomers' pursuit of wealth. (Christopher Herwig/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/goodyear_dc nm/20080819/goodyear_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:45:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/goodyear_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t203246_450x326_us_goodyear.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=kkzGSl.ztECS_aeWvMPrcw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="A customer enters a Goodyear tire shop in a file photo. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co said it would close 12 percent, or 92, of its company-owned U.S. stores and cut 600 full- and part-time jobs as the U.S. economic downturn put more pressure on the company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/goodyear_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_19t203246_450x326_us_goodyear.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=kkzGSl.ztECS_aeWvMPrcw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="A customer enters a Goodyear tire shop in a file photo. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/georgia_ossetia_dc nm/20080821/georgia_ossetia_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:58:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t155621_450x307_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SPJ9xaeZ8gfdRx5OROA4bg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Russian soldiers travel on an armoured personnel carrier towards the Roki tunnel that leads into Russia near the village of Vekhny Ruk August 21, 2008. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Washington demanded on Friday that Russia pull its troops out of Georgia "now," but Moscow said it would be another 10 days before the bulk of its force left Georgian soil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_21t155621_450x307_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=SPJ9xaeZ8gfdRx5OROA4bg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian soldiers travel on an armoured personnel carrier towards the Roki tunnel that leads into Russia near the village of Vekhny Ruk August 21, 2008. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/shield_poland_dc nm/20080820/shield_poland_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=i11DMbZ9XgAp5jrzfh1fdg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States and Poland signed a deal on Wednesday to station parts of a U.S. missile defense shield on Polish soil, drawing a sharp response from Moscow.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/shield_poland_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t082715_450x311_us_shield_poland.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=i11DMbZ9XgAp5jrzfh1fdg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski shake hands after signing a missile shield deal in Warsaw August 20, 2008. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_congress_tubbsjones_dc nm/20080821/usa_congress_tubbsjones_dc Reuters Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:15:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_congress_tubbsjones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t201404_450x364_us_usa_congress_tubbsjones.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=NAJuV.YC0Vxn3u4s3AMElA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) speaks in opposition to a proposal by Wal-Mart to create a bank to be used strictly to process credit card fees to members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) at the headquarters of the FDIC in Arlington, Virginia, April 10, 2006. (Chris Kleponis/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who was one of the few dissenting voices in Congress during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, died on Wednesday after a brain aneurysm, a hospital spokeswoman said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_congress_tubbsjones_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080821/2008_08_20t201404_450x364_us_usa_congress_tubbsjones.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=NAJuV.YC0Vxn3u4s3AMElA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) speaks in opposition to a proposal by Wal-Mart to create a bank to be used strictly to process credit card fees to members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) at the headquarters of the FDIC in Arlington, Virginia, April 10, 2006. (Chris Kleponis/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)