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Obama hails expanded US engagement in Asia (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:21 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers a speech at a hall in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.

A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:57 AM PST

FILE - This July 2009 photo downloaded from the Arabic language web site www.muslm.net shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The picture was allegedly taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and released only to the detainee's family. An Obama administration official said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. (AP Photo/www.muslm.net)AP - In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.

Google makes concessions on digital book deal (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:35 PM PST

FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., where one of hundreds of librarians from all over the world was helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of all the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world. The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)AP - Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators.

Ohio executions back on with 1-drug method (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PST

FILE- This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shows Romell Broom. Ohio on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 became the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections that uses one drug, a method never before tried on U.S. inmates. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, File)AP - Ohio's death chamber is set to resume executions next month using a single drug that has been used in the U.S. to euthanize pets but never to put condemned prisoners to death.

Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:55 AM PST

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri sits in office on his first day at the Government House in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The formation of the 30-member Cabinet, which includes the militant Hezbollah and its allies, came after more than four months of tough bargaining over portfolios between Western-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's faction and the rival Hezbollah-led group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - Lebanon's new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces — a buildup of the Iranian-backed group's weapons — even as the rockets cause sharp new tensions with neighboring Israel.

Army says morale is down in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:50 PM PST

A woman dressed in a burqa walks past destroyed vehicles after a suicide bomb detonated near Camp Phoenix, a logistics support base for U.S. forces just outside Kabul, Friday Nov. 13, 2009. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing Friday. (Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much improved mental health amid much lower violence, the Army said Friday.

Lawmaker: Hasan had communications with Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:52 PM PST

The hearse carrying the casket of Fort Hood victim Capt. John Paul Gaffaney pulls away as the victim's widow, Christine, looks on escorted by California National Guard Maj. Timothy Grimes upon the return of his body at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Friday Nov. 13, 2009 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist violence, a Republican congressman said Friday.

FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:57 PM PST

FILE - In this July 26, 2009, file photo, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks in Fairbanks, Alaska. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, FILE)AP - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:01 PM PST

This image provided Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by NASA shows the ejecta plume created by the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket about 20 seconds after after impact Oct. 9, 2009. It turns out there's plenty of water on the moon- at least near the lunar south pole, scientists said Friday. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.

Pike, No. 5 Cincinnati beat West Virginia 24-21 (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:06 PM PST

Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly salutes the crowd after Cincinnati beat West Virginia 24-21 in an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl)AP - Far from perfect, No. 5 Cincinnati was good enough to stay unbeaten.

9/11 suspects to be tried in New York (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:28 PM PST

Reuters - The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center, the Obama administration said on Friday, as it took a step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Obama seeks rebalancing, Asia warns of protectionism (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called on Saturday for a new strategy to rebalance global growth, but leaders around the Pacific rim, gathering for a weekend summit, took aim at signs of U.S. trade protectionism.

Fort Hood suspect may be permanently paralyzed (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:48 PM PST

Members of the Patriot Guard stand outside the building during visitation for Sgt. Amy Krueger at Kiel High School in Kiel, Wis., Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Krueger was a shooting victim at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)Reuters - The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with 13 counts of murder in the Fort Hood Army base shootings may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down due to the gunshots used to subdue him, his lawyer said on Friday.

Obama aide who guided Guantanamo policy resigns (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:27 AM PST

A view of a common area at the medium security prison inside Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah GembaraReuters - White House Counsel Gregory Craig said Friday he was resigning, ending a troubled tenure marked by his central role in the administration's rocky efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 05:51 PM PST

The Peace in Medicine marijuana dispensary in Sebastopol, Calif. is photographed Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. The surge in medical marijuana in California has left many communities scrambling to regulate the free-for-all, while others are trying to ban the drug altogether. The issue took on greater urgency after the Obama administration announced looser federal marijuana guidelines last month. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)Reuters - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

Balloon boy parents face sentence in December (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:16 AM PST

Richard (L) and Mayumi Heene leave Larimer County district court in Fort Collins, Colorado November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday to staging a publicity-seeking hoax and will be sentenced next month.

Flu infections starting to peak in some areas: WHO (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:22 AM PST

A woman and a child wear masks as they wait for a H1N1 flu check-up at a temporary H1N1 flu treatment centre at a hospital in Seoul November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-SeokReuters - Flu infections may be peaking in some parts of the northern hemisphere, but are still spreading fast in others, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:24 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech on U.S. engagement in Asia at Suntory Hall in Tokyo November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

'Pacific' President Obama vows US leadership in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2009 12:33 AM PST

US President Barack Obama waves from the steps of Air Force One prior his departure from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Obama will make a surprise early appearance at the APEC summit dinner in Singapore, after bringing forward his departure from Japan, according to a US official.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Billing himself America's first "Pacific president", Barack Obama on Saturday said the United States did not seek to "contain" China and promised an engaged US role in charting Asia's future.

9/11 plotters face death penalty in New York trial (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 11:34 PM PST

A picture posted on the website www.muslm.net allegedly shows Al-Qaeda's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks and four of his suspected co-plotters will be tried in a civilian court in New York(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four suspected co-plotters will be tried in a civilian court blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, the US government announced.
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