Rabu, 25 November 2009

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Obama expects support for more Afghanistan troops (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:07 AM PST

President Barack Obama smiles as a reporter asks a question about Afghanistan during a joint news conference with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama expects Americans to support more U.S. troops in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation next week.

Authorities: Hanged Ky. census worker killed self (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST

Mike Wilder, Executive Director of the Kentucky State Medical Examiners office, answers questions about the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life.

Philippine massacre probe focuses on Arroyo ally (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PST

Police investigators tag a body found in a shallow grave at the massacre site of a political clan that included several journalists in the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines November 25, 2009. The latest death toll in the massacre is 52, police said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES CRIME LAW CONFLICT)AP - Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders.

Impatience with Obama trade policy grows (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:02 AM PST

AP - The third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals.

Panel 1st up in SC Gov. Sanford impeachment debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford listens as his attorney Butch Bowers talks about the actions of the Ethics Commission during a news conference, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Gov. Mark Sanford's tearful confession that he quietly disappeared from the state for five days to rendezvous with his lover in Argentina has shattered his marriage and dimmed his once-bright political future.

Wary consumers, rising unemployment snag recovery (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:03 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, photo, Michael Rader, of Ashland, Pa., looks over small electronics at Best Buy in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Americans' confidence in the economy improved slightly in November, but they remain gloomy amid a weak job market heading into the holiday season.(AP Photo Carolyn Kaster)AP - The economy is not growing as fast as the government first thought and the recovery still faces significant obstacles, including households nervous about spending and rising unemployment.

Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:30 PM PST

Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)AP - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:06 PM PST

AP - The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.

Donny Osmond wins `Dancing with the Stars' (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:54 PM PST

In this Monday Nov. 23, 2009 photo provided by ABC, Donny Osmond, left, and Kym Johnson perform during 'Dancing with the Stars' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey) NO SALESAP - Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.

SPIN METER: 'War and Peace' in 209 pages? (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a copy of the health care bill, trussed in sturdy rope, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a Republican news conference. The full draft of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's House version of the health care bill has been published in the Congressional Record in the official and conventional manner. It is not much of a spectacle, nor much trouble to move: it's 209 pages. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't.

U.S. third-quarter economic growth revised down (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 12:18 PM PST

Pedestrians are reflected in downtown Boston, March 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - The U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but a fifth month of gains in house prices in September and an improvement in consumer morale signaled the anemic recovery was intact.

Rajaratnam denies insider charges, blasts wiretaps (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:41 AM PST

Galleon hedge fund partner Raj Rajaratnam is escorted by FBI agents after being taken into custody in New York October 16, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam attacked a U.S. regulator's lawsuit on Tuesday, denying insider trading charges and saying government wiretaps violated his constitutional rights.

New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:18 PM PST

Reuters - A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday.

Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:03 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens while India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as top priorities.

WHO probing drug resistant swine flu (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:46 AM PST

National Councillor Doris Fiala receives a vaccination during a H1N1 swine flu virus vaccination session for members of the national parliament, during the winter parliament session in Bern, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Michael BuholzerReuters - The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Six more bodies found at Philippine massacre site (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:18 PM PST

Women light candles for the victims of abduction and killing in Maguindanao province southern Philippines during a rally marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Quezon City Metro Manila, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl RaveloReuters - Philippine security forces found six more bodies on Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 52 dead, officials said.

Khmer Rouge jailer expresses "excruciating remorse" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:43 AM PST

Cambodians wait to attend the trial of Kaing Guek Eav -- also known as Duch -- at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh. Prosecutors have asked Cambodia's war crimes court to hand a 40-year jail term to Duch, accused of overseeing 15,000 deaths at the regime's main torture centre.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)Reuters - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s.

Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:23 AM PST

US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to AFP - President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Arroyo vows justice as massacre toll hits 52 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:47 PM PST

Workers load into a truck dead bodies, victims of massacre after gunmen shot at least 52 people at Saniag, Maguindanao province, on November 24. Philippine police have named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in the election-linked massacre.(AFP/Mark Navales)AFP - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed Wednesday justice would be served after 52 people were killed in a political massacre, but refused to say if an ally blamed for the murders would be arrested.
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