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Climate talks bog down in last-minute disputes (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:24 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures during a press briefing at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Clinton announced that the United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The U.N. climate talks ran into serious problems Friday morning as negotiators tried to forge a political agreement for the summit meeting of President Barack Obama, China's premier and more than 110 other world leaders.

Police: Auschwitz 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:44 AM PST

FILE --In a Jan. 26, 2005 file photo visitors walk uhder the sign at the entrance gate of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland. Polish police Friday Dec. 18, 2009 say the infamous iron sign over the gate to the Auschwitz memorial site with the cynical phrase 'Arbeit Macht Frei' — German for 'Work Sets You Free' — has been stolen. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski/file)AP - The infamous iron sign bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei" that spanned the main entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp was stolen before dawn Friday, Polish police said.

Mumbai gunman recants confession, alleges torture (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov.26, 2008 file photo a gunman, who was later identified as Mohammed Ajmal Kasab walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai has retracted his confession, saying the police tortured him into admitting to his role in the attacks. (AP Photo/Sebastian D'souza/Mumbai Mirror, File) CREDIT MANDATORYAP - The accused gunman in last year's bloody siege of Mumbai retracted his confession Friday, saying police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.

Wrap-up bill clears Senate hurdle (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:08 AM PST

Senator Joe Lieberman walks through the U.S. Capitol subway after meetings about the health care reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Benjamin J. MyersAP - Must-pass legislation that wraps up the bulk of the remaining congressional agenda besides health care easily cleared a key Senate hurdles early Friday morning.

It's now Democrat vs. Democrat on health care (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks on the phone before heading into a Democratic caucus on health care reform in the Capitol in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - It's one of the oldest spectator sports in American politics: Democrat vs. Democrat. Welcome to the health care overhaul edition.

Adm. Mullen says hacked drones caused no damage (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:24 AM PST

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a news conference in Kabul in this December 14, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/ Omar SobhaniAP - The top U.S. military officer said recent computer hacking of information from U.S. drones caused no significant military damage.

Report: Death sentences decline; death rows shrink (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:50 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 27, 2008 file photo, the gurney used to restrain condemned prisoners during the lethal injection process is shown in the Texas death house in Huntsville, Texas. Texas and other states that lead America in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)AP - Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says.

For suicidal Japanese, help is finally at hand (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 10, 2009, Kurihara City Welfare Office chief Toshiro Ozawa shows a leaflet reading: 'Please call us. Counseling is the first step on the way to solve your problem,' at a bank in Kurihara in Miyagi Prefecutre, northern Japan. Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher. But Kurihara has fought back, with impressive results. the city offers financial and legal counseling, along with 'hope loans' — or 'nozomi' loans in Japanese — to get the needy out of debt. (AP Photo/Tomoko A. Hosaka)AP - Four years ago, suicides in this northern city were running at nearly double the national rate, and as the global financial meltdown hit Japan, they might have been expected to go even higher.

Free after 35 years; DNA clears Florida inmate (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:01 AM PST

James Bain talks to the media during a news conference outside the Polk County Courthouse Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 in Bartow, Fla. Bain was released Thursday after spending 34 years in prison for a 1974 rape conviction when new DNA evidence exonerated him. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)AP - He'd insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister but witnesses claimed he was the man who raped a 9-year-old boy, and he was sentenced to life in prison.

14-0: Colts stay unbeaten with 35-31 win over Jags (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:57 PM PST

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne (87) hauls in a 65-yard touchdown pass in front of Jacksonville Jaguars safety Reggie Nelson (25) during the second half of an NFL football game in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Indianapolis won 35-31. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Peyton Manning completed every pass early and one big one late, exactly what the Indianapolis Colts needed to stay unbeaten.

No U.N. deal on carbon cuts, last day of talks (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:20 AM PST

Children clean the snow from a globe in Copenhagen December 17, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, which lasts from December 7 until December 18. REUTERS/Pawel KopczynskiReuters - Two years of U.N. climate talks reached their climax in Copenhagen on Friday without a deal on carbon emissions cuts, as world leaders tried a last push to agree a new global climate pact.

Democrat rejects health bill compromise (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:51 PM PST

Senator Joe Lieberman walks through the U.S. Capitol subway after meetings about the health care reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Benjamin J. MyersReuters - Democratic hopes for passing a broad healthcare overhaul in the Senate took a hit on Thursday when a crucial party holdout, Ben Nelson, rejected a compromise on abortion funding aimed at winning his vote.

Super Saturday expectations high for U.S. retailers (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:11 PM PST

Reuters - Bargain-hunting shoppers are expected to flood stores on "Super Saturday" weekend -- the last before Christmas -- and deliver retailers the highest holiday weekend sales so far this season.

Military spending bill clears Senate hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:31 PM PST

Reuters - A $636 billion military spending bill that would fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate early on Friday.

Russia, U.S. agree outline nuclear pact-report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:22 AM PST

President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (centre R) during their bilateral meeting in Singapore November 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Negotiators from the United States and Russia have agreed the outline of a new nuclear arms pact, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified diplomatic source as saying on Friday.

U.S. spends $23 billion on Afghan contracts so far (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:18 PM PST

Reuters - The United States has spent over $23 billion on reconstruction and development contracts in Afghanistan since 2002, and auditors say about $1 billion of this is waste, a U.S. senator said on Thursday.

U.S. to send 6 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen: report (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:15 PM PST

Reuters - The United States plans to transfer six Yemenis held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba back to their home country in coming days, a move that could lead to repatriating dozens more, The Washington Post reported in its Friday edition.

Judge sets Allen Stanford trial for January 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:39 PM PST

Accused swindler Allen Stanford arrives at Federal Court in Houston in the rain December 17, 2009. REUTERS/Donna CarsonReuters - Alleged swindler Allen Stanford will spend more than a year in custody after a U.S. judge on Thursday set his criminal trial for January 2011.

Obama joins final push for climate pact (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:54 AM PST

US President Barack Obama arrives at the airport in Copenhagen. Obama joined world leaders Friday in a final push for a climate pact but poor nations feared the agreement would fail to stave off the worst ravages of global warming.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - US President Barack Obama joined world leaders Friday in a final push for a climate pact but poor nations feared the agreement would fail to stave off the worst ravages of global warming.

Pakistan slaps travel ban on defence minister (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:38 PM PST

Pakistan political ctivists celebrate the Supreme Court's decision on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in Karachi on December 17. Pakistan has barred the defence minister from travelling abroad as the fallout Friday from a court ruling reviving graft cases against a raft of top politicians threatened the government's stability.(AFP/Asif Hassan)AFP - Pakistan has barred the defence minister from travelling abroad as the fallout Friday from a court ruling reviving graft cases against a raft of top politicians threatened the government's stability.
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