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Toyota to expand disclosure amid pressure on CEO (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japan's Transport Minister Seiji Maehara at the ministry in Tokyo, Japan. Toyota's top executive has delayed a visit to the United States until early March, a news report said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, amid a call by a lawmaker that he testify before Congress this month about the automaker's safety lapses. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)AP - Toyota said Friday it's planning a new level of disclosure about car problems beyond what the automaker is legally required to reveal as it seeks to rebuild consumer trust.

Iran supreme leader lauds state rally, warns West (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:50 AM PST

This image taken by GeoEye's IKONOS satellite on Feb. 11, 2010 as it moved from north to south over Iran, shows masses of people gathered along Azadi Road; a major boulevard that runs east-west through central Tehran. Also seen are many white-roofed buses parked along the demonstration route. (AP Photo/GeoEye satellite image) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - Iran's supreme leader has praised the mass turnout at the government-backed rally marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution and warned the West to stop putting obstacles in his country's path, state Press TV reported Friday.

Bill Clinton expected to leave hospital (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:35 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 photo, former President Bill Clinton attends the SOS Saving Ourselves Help for Haiti concert in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)AP - Doctors who opened a blocked artery in former President Bill Clinton's chest say he'll be able to resume his active lifestyle, starting with his expected departure from the hospital the day after his procedure.

Kennedy 'taking a new direction' (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2009, file photo shows Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., speaking in Exeter, R.I. On Feb. 11, 2010, it was announced that Kennedy will not seek reelection. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP - Rep. Patrick Kennedy's decision not to seek re-election will leave Washington without a Kennedy in political office for the first time in more than 60 years.

Democrats skeptical health care summit is answer (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

Graphic shows health care spending as a percentage of economic output from 1960 toAP - First he called congressional Democrats' yearlong march toward health care overhaul an ugly process. Now President Barack Obama wants to talk directly with Republicans, the very people his Capitol Hill allies call obstinate and uncooperative.

Obama strategy widens assault on terrorists (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:47 AM PST

In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, a fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan Nov. 4, 2007, on its way to another wartime mission. In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated. 'The decision was made to find him, to get him and to kill him,' a senior U.S. intelligence official said, recalling weeks and months of 'very tedious, painstaking focus' before an unmanned CIA aircraft killed Mehsud in August at his father-in-law's house near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)AP - In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.

US missionaries may spend weekend in Haiti lockup (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:27 AM PST

Steve McMullin, right, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, is escorted by a Haitian police officer while being taking back to jail after a hearing at the court building in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Ten U.S. missionaries arrested trying to leave earthquake-crippled Haiti with a busload of children may be spending the weekend in jail despite a judge recommending their provisional release.

US and Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:24 PM PST

U.S. soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, walk past a RG-31 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle as they come back after a mission west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. This unit is operating in support of a planned U.S. Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah area. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.

Malawi government backs Madonna over school (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:24 AM PST

Madonna arrives to meet with Sao Paulo's Governor Jose Serra in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Madonna is meeting with Serra to discuss possible social projects. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)AP - Malawi's government has told a group of villagers they will have to move to make way for a $15 million girls' school being built by pop star Madonna.

Take 2: Vonn eyes real downhill training on Friday (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:09 AM PST

U.S. Alpine Skier Lindsey Vonn answers questions during a press conference at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)AP - Maybe now Lindsey Vonn can get a real sense of exactly how good her Olympics prospects are.

Bill Clinton doing well after heart procedure (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:59 PM PST

Former President Bill Clinton delivers the Class Day speech to the Class of 2007 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts June 6, 2007. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Former President Bill Clinton was recovering well on Thursday from a successful procedure to open a blocked artery in his heart after he had experienced chest discomfort, his doctor said.

Senators unveil long-awaited jobs bill (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:22 PM PST

A man rides his bicycle towards the Capitol Building in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Democratic senators unveiled a limited job-creation bill on Thursday, but hopes for quick passage were thrown into question after a Republican co-sponsor criticized the legislation.

China urges U.S. to cancel Obama-Dalai Lama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:25 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gives his blessing to the audience during a talk in Melbourne December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet the Dalai Lama next week, the latest source of friction in already strained Sino-U.S. relations.

IMF offers to help Greece; EU disappoints markets (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:26 PM PST

Workers arrange a table at the Solvay Library in Brussels February 10, 2010. The Solvay Library, a 100-year-old venue, will host the first European Heads of States Summit presided by EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Thursday. REUTERS/Sebastien PirletReuters - The International Monetary Fund on Friday joined the European Union in pledging support for Greece in its struggle to bring its ballooning budget deficit under control and contain its debt crisis.

Iran hails nuclear advance on Revolution Day (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:28 PM PST

File picture shows demonstrators holding a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in January 1979, in Teheran, during a demonstration against the shah. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered Thursday at a Tehran square to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution amid tight security and reports of opposition protesters massing on the streets(AFP/File)Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran was close to enriching uranium nearly pure enough for atomic bombs but the United States was dismissive, saying he spoke to rally government supporters on the Islamic revolution's 31st anniversary.

U.S. successfully tests airborne laser on missile (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:15 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday.

Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:47 PM PST

Reuters - Americans are deeply divided over demands by U.S. Republicans that bills backed by President Barack Obama to reform the $2.5 trillion health system be scrapped and the whole process be started again from scratch.

Bill Clinton heart operation a success: doctor (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:18 PM PST

Former US president Bill Clinton, pictured in 2009, was expected to make a full recovery after heart surgery Thursday, his doctor said, stressing that the former US president had not had a heart attack(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Bill Clinton was expected to make a full recovery after heart surgery, his doctor said, stressing that the former US president had not had a heart attack.

China demands U-turn on Obama's Dalai Lama meet (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:35 PM PST

Notebooks printed with portraits of US President Barack Obama (centre) alongside the late Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong in Shanghai on February 10. China on Friday demanded the White House cancel a meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, warning that already strained ties between the two powers would be damaged further.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - China on Friday demanded the White House cancel a meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, warning that already strained ties between the two powers would be damaged further.
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