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Report: General calls for more Afghanistan troops (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:40 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Cpl Kyle Campbell walks on a patrol in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a confidential report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents there will end in failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Colo. terror plot suspect due in federal court (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:03 AM PDT

File - Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning on in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. FBI agents late Saturday Sept. 19, 2009 arrested Najibullah Zazi, and his father, Muhammad Zazi during a raid Zazi's home in the Denver suburb of Aurora according to a spokeswoman for Najibullah Zazi's defense team. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - An Afghanistan-born Colorado man, his father and a New York City imam are expected to make initial court appearances on Monday on charges of lying to federal authorities in a terrorism probe.

Police say attack on Pakistani minister foiled (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:08 AM PDT

Pakistani soldiers on patrol in Mingora, the capital of the Swat Valley, July 2009. A top Taliban commander who was wounded in a military operation in which he was arrested last week has died from his injuries, the Pakistani military said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AP - Police officers foiled a plan to assassinate a regional education minister in northwestern Pakistan when they engaged four militants in a gunbattle Monday that ended with a teenage suicide bomber blowing himself up, police said.

Emmys acknowledge tough times for TV industry (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:25 AM PDT

Neil Patrick Harris entertains during the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning to the revamped show with everything from scripted jokes about the decline of networks to unemployed stars openly job-seeking.

Calif. horrorcore rapper suspected of killing 4 (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT

A man with the Virginia State Police prepares a camera in front of 505 First Avenue in Farmville, Va. Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, during a quadruple homicide investigation. A 20-year-old man suspected of killing four people in the central Virginia college town was arrested at an airport Saturday, where he apparently tried to catch a flight to his home state of California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Alexa Welch Edlund)AP - A 20-year-old California man calling himself Syko Sam rapped in his horrorcore lyrics on "the best feeling" derived from killing people slowly, watching their last breaths.

US ties, climate change focus of Hatoyama's debut (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:02 AM PDT

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) talks with a guard at the upper house of Parliament in Tokyo September 18, 2009. REUTERS/Toru HanaiAP - Just five days in office, Japan's prime minister was leaving Monday for his debut on the world stage, where he is to meet with the leaders of the U.S., China and Russia and promote his ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases in a speech at the U.N.

Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:32 AM PDT

Populations in many developed countries are ageing. In Australia, a report prepared for the Alzheimer's Australia lobby group by consulting firm Access Economics has warned that dementia rates in Australia will increase four-fold as the population ages, affecting than one million people by 2050.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AP - More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness — and it's an ominous forecast as the population grays.

Sheriff: Captured inmate duped pal during escape (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:14 PM PDT

This image provided by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul. Phillip Arnold Paul, a killer committed to a mental institution has escaped during a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Spokane County Sheriff's Office)AP - An insane killer was recaptured Sunday, three days after he slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a trip to a county fair more than 180 miles away from the side of a highway where he eventually was found.

Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 07:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a rally on health care reform, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase.

Giants beat Cowboys 33-31 on last-second FG (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:57 PM PDT

New York Giants' Lawrence Tynes (9) kicks a field goal on the final play of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. The score gave the Giants a 33-31 win. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Lawrence Tynes sent home the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history muttering about what might've been.

Obama wants G20 to rethink global economy (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:29 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he would push world leaders this week for a reshaping of the global economy in response to the deepest financial crisis in decades.

U.S. commander warns of "failure" in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:57 PM PDT

Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal testifies in Afghanistan during a hearing in Washington DC June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says in a confidential assessment of the war that without additional forces the mission "will likely result in failure."

Obama cites economic growth, but not enough new jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a rally on healthcare at the Comcast Center in College Park, Maryland, on September 17. Obama has warned of Reuters - President Barack Obama in an interview aired Sunday said all signs point to the U.S. economy starting to grow again but there may not be enough new jobs created until next year.

Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 08:29 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he speaks with members of the Valdai discussion group in GUM department store in Moscow September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry AstakhovReuters - Israel promised Russia it would not launch an attack on Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview aired on Sunday in which he described such an assault as "the worst thing that can be imagined."

Obama faces leadership test at U.N., G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama begins his biggest week yet on the world stage, facing pressure for results on an agenda of rekindling Middle East peace talks, tackling climate change and reshaping financial regulations.

US general warns more troops or Afghan 'failure' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:29 PM PDT

Graphic on the numbers of International Security Assistance Force troops deployed in Afghanistan. Foreign forces in the country have experienced their deadliest year since the war began eight years ago with more than 350 deaths so far in 2009.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - The top military commander in Afghanistan warns in a classified document that more US forces are needed within the next year or the mission "will likely result in failure," the Washington Post said Monday.

Three men accused of US attack plot set for court (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:08 PM PDT

FBI agents conduct a search at the home of an Afghan-born man, Najibullah Zazi, 24 in in Aurora, September 16. Three men of Afghan origin, including one accused of receiving training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan, are due to appear in court Monday accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Marc Piscotty)AFP - Three men of Afghan origin, including one accused of receiving training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan, are due to appear in court Monday accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States.
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