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• Canada’s prime minister calls Oct. 14 election
TORONTO - Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party must win an additional 28 ...
• Police: Indict Olmert on corruption charges
If Olmert's successor as party leader can form a coalition, Israel could have a new government in October. If not, an election campaign could extend into 2009.
• Delta 2 rocket lifts satellite for Google Earth
Ikonos helped prove that satellite images, once solely for government use, have other various purposes, such as oil industry, local governments and humanitarian relief.
• Automakers greet Congress with hands out
WASHINGTON - Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles. With Congress returning this coming week from its ...
• Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors
Some 8,000 physicians, most of them specialists, have abandoned jobs at government health centers since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most seeking refuge abroad and a few hundred heading to the relative safety of Iraq's Kurdish region.