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Palin Links Obama to Terrorist; Obama Lashes McCain

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in someof her sharpest attacks on Barack Obama , linked the Democraticpresidential candidate to a domestic terrorist group from the1970s, telling supporters Obama is someone who used to ``palaround with terrorists who targeted their own country.''
10 6 2008 7:50PM (...more)

Typhoon Jangmi lashes Taiwan with torrential rains

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Typhoon Jangmi roared toward eastern China on Monday after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains and powerful winds that killed two people and injured more than 30.
09 29 2008 5:40PM (...more)

Bush lashes Syria, Iran as terrorism sponsors

NEW YORK (AFP) - US President George W. Bush accused Syria and Iran Tuesday of sponsoring terrorism and said that such violence "has no place in the modern world" in his farewell speech to the UN General Assembly.
09 24 2008 5:52AM (...more)

Typhoon Hagupit lashes Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AFP) - Typhoon Hagupit lashed Hong Kong with heavy rain and strong winds Tuesday evening, suspending flights and disrupting public transport as workers hurried home.
09 24 2008 4:08AM (...more)

Bush lashes Bolivia in annual drugs report

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush expressed deep worries in a report out Tuesday about Afghanistan's war on illegal drugs and added Bolivia to a narcotics blacklist that already included Myanmar and Venezuela .
09 17 2008 2:00PM (...more)

Colossal Hurricane Ike lashes Texas coast

GALVESTON, Texas - Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday with driving rain, crashing waves and fierce gusts, threatening to rattle the skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the U.S. oil industry and obliterate towns already flooded with waist-high water.
09 13 2008 2:03PM (...more)

Pakistan army chief lashes out over US raids

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan 's military chief has criticized U.S. cross-border raids from Afghanistan , saying his country's sovereignty will be defended and warning that the assaults could stoke militancy.
09 12 2008 7:52PM (...more)

Hanna lashes US coast with Hurricane Ike looming

MIAMI (AFP) - Tropical Storm Hanna lashed the US states of South and North Carolina Saturday , prompting coastal residents to seek refuge inland and authorities to declare a state of emergency.
09 12 2008 7:22PM (...more)

Chavez lashes out at U.S. over "suitcase scandal"

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday derided as a "show" a U.S. trial of a Venezuelan man accused of acting as a foreign agent in a scandal over an attempt to smuggle $800,000 into Argentina in a suitcase.
09 12 2008 9:47AM (...more)

Lindsay Lohan lashes out at father on blog

LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan had words for her father on her blog. The 22-year-old actress lashed out at father Michael by calling him a "public embarrassment" and a "bully" in a MySpace blog entry posted Thursday. Earlier in the week, Michael said in an interview with E! that Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson was "using" his daughter.
09 11 2008 8:13PM (...more)