http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us <p><strong>Denver</strong>: Democrats prepared a grand spectacle on Thursday to celebrate the historic presidential nomination of Barack Obama, who will take the party reins with a speech that spells out his vision for change in America.</p> <p><spa allvoices / contributed news http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1209024-denver-football Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:35:59 -0500 <p>Sen. John McCain has decided on his running mate and will inform the person Thursday night, sources close to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said.&nbsp; A Republican source said the matter was settled at a meeting of McCain's advis allvoices / contributed news http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1208792-mitt-romney Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:02 -0500 Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. At least 51 allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1208940-jamaica-gustav Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:50 -0500 After two detrimental developments yesterday Mr Peters' position reached a point where National Party leader John Key said Miss Clark had no option but to stand him down or sack him. "In my view he's not fit to be our foreign minister," Mr Key said. allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1204605-peters-investigated Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:51:20 -0500 Watout says U.S. forces waited for al-Lami as the plane's doors opened. officials said they arrested a senior Shiite militant at the airport on Wednesday, but did not release his name and would not say if it was al-Lami. The military says the suspect allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206089-baghdad-airport Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:19:25 -0500 Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said here on Thursday that talks on the proposed services-and-investment pact would start soon...Sharing the euphoria, Mr. Lim said: “[The pact] allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1208144-india-asean Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:46 -0500 The Georgian foreign ministry yesterday announced that it was downgrading diplomatic ties with Russia by recalling all but two of its diplomats from Moscow. However President Mikheil Saakashvili's government has so far stopped short of cutting diplom allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1205954-russia-recognition Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:47:07 -0500 <p>In an attempt to connect with youth voters, John McCain's campaign has announced the creation of McCainSpace, a John McCain centered social networking platform.&nbsp; To see the announcement check out the release video <a href="http://www.johnmcca allvoices / contributed news http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1208175-john-mccain Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:40 -0500 Political activity gathered pace once again as nominations of three main candidates in the presidential election passed the Election Commissioner’s scrutiny on Thursday. The nominations of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Asif Ali Zardari, Pakista allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206947-pml-shujaat Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:19:30 -0500 Britain's most senior Muslim policeman on Thursday launched a stinging attack on the controversial head of London's police, against whom he has launched a discrimination claim. Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said it was with "deep regret" tha allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206663-ghaffur-discrimination Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:39:10 -0500 Sadr suspends militia activity indefinitely Iraqi Shia radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr said yesterday that he has suspended indefinitely the activity of his feared 60,000 strong militia, the Mahdi Army. "The Mahdi Army suspension will be valid indefin allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206356-iraq-mahdi Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:14:53 -0500 In the framework of the agreement some 270 West Bank gunmen began a three-month probation period. Those who refrained from engaging in terror activity during this time were subsequently removed from Israel's most wanted list and allowed to move freel allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1205635-idf-fatah Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:46:21 -0500 Belgian retiree and his male Senegalese domestic helper for two years for "homosexual marriage and acts against nature", their lawyer said today...Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday ordered a halt to armed operations by his 60,000-strong allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1205152-russia-belene Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:10:54 -0500 An upcoming provincial council election is certain to turn a new page in Iraqi politics by boosting the representation of Iraq's once-powerful Sunni Arab minority...Citizens are fed up with sectarianism and extremism, the violence is somewhat contain allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206800-iraq-sunnis Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:17 -0500 Raj Thackeray on Thursday backed off from his threat to shopowners over the Marathi signboards issue after the Bombay High Court stepped in to restrain the MNS chief and his supporters from indulging in violence observing that nobody can "hold the pe allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1205924-india-marathi Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:34:23 -0500 The cell was comprised of three Palestinians and two Israeli Arabs from Shfaram. The group also planned to carry out a shooting attack against the IDF checkpoint near Beit Zeit, in the Ramallah area, and go after those suspected of collaborating with allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206952-scientists-arrested Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:19:50 -0500 Hamas has decided to switch the clocks to daylight savings time on Friday after midnight, but the PA will switch their clocks this coming Sunday or Monday according to the moon's appearance, signifying the beginning of the Muslim month. The Fayyad go allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1206440-chronology-clocks Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:41:05 -0500 Iemma has been forced to produce a slimmed-down version of his $10billion privatisation plan for NSW power after Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell declared he would block the sale. The Premier launched a stinging attack on his Opposition counterpart allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1207296-trims-iemma Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:24:05 -0500 Drunken driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, but the government says the number of alcohol-related fatalities among motorcycle riders climbed in half the states last year. Nearly 13,000 people were killed in crashes in which the driver had a blo allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1207161-driving-deaths Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:55:58 -0500 Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Thursday said the Commission on Elections should abolished for its failure to prevent overspending by candidates and premature campaigning. With this, she said that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo might have erre allvoices / news http://www.allvoices.com/news/1204294-jpepa-complies Political News Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:16:46 -0500