2008 Woodie Awards
World
Baghdad prison adds museum
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BAGHDAD - The notorious Abu Ghraib prison is getting a facelift: work to reopen the facility and construct a museum documenting Saddam Hussein's crimes - but not the abuses committed there by U.S. guards. The sprawling complex, which has not held prisoners since 2006, will be refurbished with the goal of taking new inmates in about a year, the government said yesterday.
Bush plans to revoke once celebrated nuclear deal with Russia over Georgia
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WASHINGTON - President Bush is poised to punish Moscow for its invasion of Georgia by canceling a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. With relations between the two nations in a nearly Cold War-like freeze over Russia's actions against its neighbor last month, planning is under way at the White House for the largely symbolic move by Bush, according to senior administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision was not yet final.
Hurricanes continue to hit the coast as death toll increases
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NASSAU, Bahamas - Tropical Storm Hanna roared along the edge of the Bahamas yesterday ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 61 dead in Haiti. Hurricane Ike, a still-more-dangerous Category 4 storm, was advancing from the east.
Asian elephant finishes rehab, kicks heroin addiction
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BEIJING (AP) - An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Chinese state media said yesterday. Xiguang, a 4-year-old male Asian elephant, became addicted after he was captured by smugglers along the Chinese-Myanmar border in March 2005.
