Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-north-america.html en-en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-north-america.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080830/twl-us-vote-7e07afd.html /afp/20080830/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-7e07afd_2 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0800 Republican John McCain unveiled a major surprise in the White House race Friday by picking a little known governor from the oil-rich state of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running-mate. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080830/twl-us-vote-democrats-7e07afd.html /afp/20080830/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-democrats-7e07afd_1 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:47:00 +0800 Energized by a historic Democratic convention, Barack Obama Friday plunged back onto the campaign trial as his Republican rival John McCain shook up the White House race with a surprise VP pick. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-us-economy-consumer-income-spending-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-us-economy-consumer-income-spending-972e412_2 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:44:00 +0800 US consumers snapped shut wallets as a boost from tax rebates wore off and inflation soared in July, government data showed Friday in what could be a bad omen for an economy dependent on consumer spending. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-us-vote-mccain-vp-campaign-confirm-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-us-vote-mccain-vp-campaign-confirm-972e412 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:37:00 +0800 Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Friday confirmed his choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his White House running mate, his office said. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-us-vote-mccain-vp-campaign-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-us-vote-mccain-vp-campaign-972e412 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:19:00 +0800 Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Friday named conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in a surprise choie for his vice presidential running mate, campaign officials told AFP. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-vote-mccain-vp-7e07afd.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-vote-mccain-vp-7e07afd_1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:54:00 +0800 Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Friday named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, US media reported. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-us-vote-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-us-vote-972e412 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:46:00 +0800 Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-lifestyle-us-it-chip-film-videogames-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-lifestyle-us-it-chip-film-videogames-972e412 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:05:00 +0800 Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a "visual computing era." AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/tts-png-australia-us-japan-wwii-airman-972e412.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_ts_us/tts-png-australia-us-japan-wwii-airman-972e412 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:01:00 +0800 Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from trees in a dense Papua New Guinea jungle, a spokesman told AFP. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-pakistan-unrest-7e07afd.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-us-pakistan-unrest-7e07afd Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:31:00 +0800 Top US and Pakistani military officials have met to discuss strategies to contain the growing militant threat along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Michael Mullen said Thursday. AFP