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NEW YORK (AFP) - Boeing machinists took to the picket line on Saturday as they launched a strike that has halted production and could cost the US aerospace giant more than 100 million dollars per day.

Senators John McCain and Barack Obama say they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at ground zero in New York on September 11.

Six people were killed and at least seven others are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rains buried houses in southern Philippines, officials say.

A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens more.

Tropical Storm Hanna barrelled across the southeastern United States, battering the coast with waves, rain and wind.

A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a beggar blew up an Afghan government building, killing six people.

VENICE, Italy (AFP) - Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," starring gritty survivor Mickey Rourke, won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday.

The Swazi king, dressed in traditional leopard skins and whisked around in an open-topped BMW, celebrated his 40th birthday.

Some villagers have begun trying to return to their flooded homes in eastern India as waters slowly receded.

The United States finally persuaded supplier nations to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade with India, following weeks of tough negotiations.

Boeing machinists took to the picket line as they launched a strike that has halted production and could cost more than $US100 million per day.

CERNOBBIO, Italy (AFP) - Tensions between Russia and the United States over Georgia intensified Saturday with Vice President Dick Cheney casting Moscow as a brutal regime that aims to recapture its Soviet-era dominance.

CHENGDU, China (AFP) - Taiwan's Tsai Chi-huang shot a six-under-par 66 and Chinese amateur Zhang Xinjun posted a 69 to share the lead going into Sunday's final round of the Luxehills Golf Championship here.