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Mazda halves 08/09 sales f'cast at one China venture (Reuters) Reuters - Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) halved its sales forecast at one of its two Chinese joint ventures on Friday in one of the first signs that a demand slowdown in the world's second-biggest car market is affecting automakers' plans.
Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight (AP)

The first Qantas A380 will operate two round-trip services each week between Los Angeles and Australia - one to Melbourne, starting on October 20 and one to Sydney, starting on October 24, 2008. Qantas is the first airline to bring the A380 to LAX. (Credit: Christian Brinkmann, Airbus)AP - An oxygen cylinder caused the explosion that blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing, air safety officials said Friday.


Tunisian courts convicts 19 Islamic militants (AP) AP - A Tunisian court convicted 19 Islamic militants on charges linked to plots to carry out attacks in the north African country or send fighters to Iraq, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
Ex-generals convicted of killing Argentine senator (AP)

Retired Gen. Luciano Benjamin Menendez arrives to a court prior to being sentenced to life in prison by a courthouse in San Miguel de Tucuman, northern Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Menendez and Retired Gen. Antonio Domingo Bussi have been found guilty of kidnapping and murdering Sen. Guillermo Vargas Aignasse. The senator disappeared on the day of a March 24, 1976 military coup and was never seen again, although the military later said he was released from prison. (AP Photo/Julio Pantoja)AP - An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison.


Tourists, residents flee as Gustav swamps Jamaica (AP)

A woman carries a child through flooded roads caused by Tropical Storm Gustav in Fond Parisien village, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 28 ,2008.  Gustav moved away from the island of Hispaniola, where it killed 23 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and inched toward Jamaica's low-lying capital, 80 miles (130 kilometers) to the west. Forecasters predicted it would hug Jamaica's southern shore before making a near-direct hit on Grand Cayman. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The spinning core of Gustav bore down on southern Jamaica on Thursday evening after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola. Texas and Louisiana put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.


Boats with Palestinians defy Israeli Gaza blockade (AP)

Members of the Free Gaza group leave the Gaza Strip on a boat Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. A human rights group says two boats have departed for Cyprus from Gaza, carrying dozens of international activists who defied Israel's blockade of the coastal strip. The activists sailed into Gaza on Saturday Aug. 23, 2008 to protest Israel's blockade, imposed after the anti-Israel Hamas movement took control there last year. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Two boatloads of international activists who defied Israel's blockade of Gaza set sail for Cyprus on Thursday, carrying seven Gaza Palestinians who had been confined to the territory.


P&G SEC filing confirms antitrust probes (AP) AP - Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Putin: US orchestrated conflict in Georgia (AP)

A South Ossetian woman walks near destroyed buildings in Tskhinvali. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States of manufacturing the Georgia conflict as tensions mounted with the United States threatening to scrap a nuclear deal to protest Moscow's actions.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of instigating the fighting in Georgia and said he suspects a connection to the U.S. presidential campaign — a contention the White House dismissed as "patently false."


Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip (AP)

Graphic shows civilian deaths in Afghanistan; 1c x 4 inches; 46.5 mm x 101.6 mmAP - Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival clan.


Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia links (AP)

Iraqi police conduct a mock operation during a graduation ceremony held at a police academy, near the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said.