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• Gustav hits Cayman Islands
Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the government sent army helicopters Friday to rescue 31 people trapped by floods. At least 59 people died in Haiti and eight in the Dominican Republic.
• Malaysia government plans budget to boost fortunes
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government announced plans Friday to boost development spending by 12 percent as part of its 2009 budget to shore up its popularity amid spiraling inflation and political weakness. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad ...
• Bush's final G-8 summit may be harmonious
His government has suffered from support ratings as low as 20 percent amid constant brinkmanship between ruling and opposition parties, including an unprecedented no-confidence vote for him in the upper house in June.
• Q&A: Mitt Romney
Senator McCain, like many Republicans, believes that government ought to be smaller. And he has been a tireless advocate of reining in the earmarks and the pork barrel spending.
• Musharraf building comfy retirement home
Nawaz Sharif, whose government Musharraf toppled in a 1999 coup, has been baying for revenge in the form of a trial for sedition — a crime punishable with death.