Senin, 09 November 2009

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House health bill unacceptable to many in Senate (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:44 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about health care reform and Iraq's new electoral law after returning from Camp David Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul.

Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

A soldier reads a bible during church service at the First Air Calvary Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his scheduled January deployment to Afghanistan.

Terror training camps smaller, harder to target (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

Pakistani police officers sit next to weapons confiscated during a search operation in an area on display for media at a police station in Bannu, a town on the edge of Waziristan region, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)AP - Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts.

Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:02 PM PST

A man walks along a beach eroded from large waves after Hurricane Ida passed nearby in Cancun, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Ida has grew into a hurricane Sunday for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Cuba and Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula before heading for the southern United States. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)AP - Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded early Monday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.

Rain-triggered landslides kill 14 in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:36 AM PST

AP - Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday.

Philadelphia transit system running as strike ends (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:26 PM PST

Gov. Ed Rendel, right, wipes his brow as Mayor Michael Nutter speaks at a news conference announcing that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had reached an agreement with its largest labor union on new contract provisions to end the strike on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Representatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days.

Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:09 PM PST

Pakistani security officials and media gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Adazai town near Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said.

Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

AP - The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' coming to basic cable (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 08:52 PM PST

AP - TV Land and TV Guide Network say they are jointly acquiring basic cable rights to air "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the HBO comedy series produced by and starring "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David.

Cowboys topple Eagles 20-16 (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:40 PM PST

Dallas Cowboys running back Tashard Choice runs in for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Miles Austin punctuated his touchdown catch by emphatically firing the ball into the stands.

Hurricane Ida on path to Gulf of Mexico oil fields (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:01 PM PST

Salvadorans look at their houses that were damaged by heavy rains in San Salvador November 8, 2009. REUTERS/William BonillaReuters - Hurricane Ida headed toward oil and gas facilities in the central Gulf of Mexico on Monday on a path to the U.S. Gulf Coast after killing 124 people in El Salvador following floods and mudslides.

Obama, Netanyahu to meet as U.S. peace effort flounders (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:10 PM PST

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this October 1, 2009 file photo. President Barack Obama was due to hold talks with Netanyahu in Washington on Monday amid floundering U.S. efforts to jump-start stalled Middle East peace talks. REUTERS/Dan Balilty/PoolReuters - President Barack Obama was due to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday amid floundering U.S. efforts to jump-start stalled Middle East peace talks.

Cold War frontier gone in Germany, remains in Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:00 PM PST

A North Korean soldier looks south through a pair of binoculars on the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, July 8, 2009, on the 15th anniversary of the death of North Korea's founder and the late leader Kim Il-sung. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - As a united Germany marks the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall on Monday, about 1 million soldiers face off across the Cold War's last great divide -- the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

Suicide bomber kills three in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST

A father carries his son, who was injured in a suicide bomb attack, through the halls of Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar after he was treated November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - A suicide bomber in an auto-rickshaw blew himself up in Pakistan on Monday killing three people when police stopped him at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar, police said.

More troops needed for Afghanistan: U.S. General Casey (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:46 AM PST

Army Chief of Staff General George Casey addresses the media at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - General George Casey, Army chief of staff, on Sunday became the latest U.S. military official to advocate sending more troops to Afghanistan as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy.

Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk.

World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -- a stark symbol of the Cold War that divided a city and a continent.

Leaders to fete fall of Berlin Wall at giant bash (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:26 PM PST

Former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (left) walks arm-in arm with former German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher at a Berlin Wall memorial event in the city. World leaders, past and present, have gathered for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with 100,000 people expected at celebrations to toast a united Europe.(AFP/DDP/Berthold Stadler)AFP - World leaders past and present on Monday gathered for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with 100,000 people expected at celebrations to toast a free and united Europe.

US Army appeals for help in Fort Hood inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:16 PM PST

Church-goers attend a service at the Comanche Chapel on the grounds of Fort Hood. Worshippers have packed into churches to seek answers after a gunman opened fire at the US military base killing 13 and wounding 30, as army investigators appealed for help in their inquiry.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP - US Army investigators looked for help Monday as they tried to find an explanation why a US Army major opened fire at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 30.
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