Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/north-america.html en-en Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:36:00 +0800 5 http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/north-america.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/my/mastheads/222x39_ma_malaysia_news.gif 39 222 http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080821/twl-us-vote-7e07afd.html /afp/20080821/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-7e07afd_2 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:36:00 +0800 Democrat Barack Obama ripped into John McCain Thursday saying he was out of touch with economic reality after the Republican confessed to being in the dark about how many properties he owns. AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080822/twl-us-virgin-islands-girl-killed-ef375f8.html /ap/20080822/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-us-virgin-islands-girl-killed-ef375f8_1 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:01:00 +0800 A judge has imposed a life sentence on a U.S. Virgin Islands man convicted of strangling a 12-year-old girl. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080822/twl-oukwd-uk-usa-politics-conventions-d4a870c.html /rtrs/20080822/r_t_rtrs_wl_us/twl-oukwd-uk-usa-politics-conventions-d4a870c_1 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:39:23 +0800 By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent Reuters http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080822/twl-georgia-us-displaced-ef375f8.html /ap/20080822/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-georgia-us-displaced-ef375f8_1 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:12:00 +0800 Some 240 displaced Georgians are crammed into a former office building and drinking water is scarce, but people are making do, one woman told U.S. officials at a makeshift shelter Thursday. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080821/twl-us-senators-russia-ef375f8.html /ap/20080821/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-us-senators-russia-ef375f8_1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0800 Russia should be temporarily kicked out of the Group of Eight and denied entry into the World Trade Organization as punishment for its actions in Georgia, Sen. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080821/twl-us-iraq-ef375f8.html /ap/20080821/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-us-iraq-ef375f8_3 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:52:00 +0800 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080821/twl-iraq-us-diplomacy-7e07afd.html /afp/20080821/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-iraq-us-diplomacy-7e07afd_2 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:08:00 +0800 Washington and Baghdad said on Thursday they were very close to signing a crucial military deal that would decide the future of American forces in Iraq after the UN mandate expires in December. AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080821/twl-us-vote-obama-7e07afd.html /afp/20080821/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-obama-7e07afd_1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:27:00 +0800 Barack Obama savaged his Republican rival John McCain for running a dishonorable campaign that aides to the Democrat said smacked of "reckless" desperation. AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080821/twl-afghanistan-iraq-us-military-marines-7e07afd.html /afp/20080821/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-afghanistan-iraq-us-military-marines-7e07afd Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:26:00 +0800 Security gains made in southern Afghanistan could suffer if US Marines are pulled out later this year without replacements, the head of the Marine Corps has warned. AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080821/twl-iraq-us-deaths-ef375f8.html /ap/20080821/r_t_ap_wl_us/twl-iraq-us-deaths-ef375f8_1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:17:00 +0800 As of Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, at least 4,145 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. AP