Rabu, 17 Februari 2010

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Afghan official: Taliban using human shields (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST

A U.S. Marine from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment peers out from a hole in a wall of a compound in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Taliban fighters are increasingly using civilians as human shields in the assault on the southern town of Marjah, an Afghan official said Wednesday as military squads resumed painstaking house-to-house searches in the Taliban stronghold.

French leader brings reconstruction plan to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 11:46 PM PST

A child cries as he is taken away by police officers with other caught looting from an earthquake damaged store in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy is bringing a French plan to rebuild Haiti with him on Wednesday's visit to the Caribbean country, a trip officials hope will usher in a new era between France and its former colony.

Ala. shooting survivor recalls panic, fear (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:10 AM PST

This police booking photograph released by the Huntsville (Ala.) Police Dept., on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, shows college professor Amy Bishop, charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. (AP Photo/Huntsville Police Dept.)AP - Seconds after faculty members forced their colleague Amy Bishop out of the cramped conference room where police said she opened fire, the survivors huddled together and braced for what they feared would come next.

GOP sees possible upside in health care summit (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama talks to reporters following his meeting with Congressional Democrats and Republicans, calling for bipartisanship to fix the economy in the White House press briefing room in Washington. Obama challenged Republicans to participate in a Feb. 25 one-of-a-kind televised summit with Democrats to come up with health care legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Congressional Republicans see a chance for political gain in President Barack Obama's televised health care summit next week, even though the president will be running the show.

Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:44 AM PST

In this image from NASA TV astronaut Nicholas Patrick works on unlocking the shutters over the windows on the observation deck windows of the Tranquility module Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. The Italian-built dome — 5 feet tall and nearly 10 feet in diameter — is designed to offer sweeping 360-degree views of the home planet and outer space, as well as the space station itself. It's not just for the crew's viewing pleasure; a robotic work station will be installed early Thursday, providing direct views for astronauts when they operate the station's big mechanical arm. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday and were humbled by "absolutely spectacular" views of Earth from inside the elaborate atrium of windows.

Toyota president won't attend Congress hearing (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:42 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's president says he won't attend a U.S. Congressional hearing on the automaker's safety lapses.

7 'Idol' contestants make it to semifinals (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 09:02 PM PST

In this undated publicity image released by Fox, 'American Idol' judges, from left, Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)AP - Seven "American Idol" contestants can stop worrying, for now: They're in the top 24.

Scottie Sadie wins Westminster after PETA protest (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:54 PM PST

Security closes in on a protester holding a sign that reads 'Breeders Kill Shelter Dogs' during the best in show judging at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Sadie the Scottish terrier won America's top dog show Tuesday night, and that was pretty predictable. What happened moments before she took the title at Westminster was far more startling.

Bayh the latest exit as moderates leave Congress (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

In this July 24, 2006 file photo Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind. speaks in Denver. Bayh, a prominent Democrat who has been mentioned prominently in connection with White House sweepstakes in recent years, is ready to announce he will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Monday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The moderate middle is disappearing from Congress. Evan Bayh is just the latest senator to forgo a re-election bid, joining a growing line of pragmatic, find-a-way politicians who are abandoning Washington. Still here: ever-more-polarized colleagues locked in gridlock — exactly what voters say they don't like about politics in the nation's capital.

Obama's latest bipartisan outreach: nuclear energy (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 06:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama and Sean Myers, right, look over a Motor Control Panel as they toured a jobs training center at the International Brotherhood of Electricians (IBEW) Local 26 headquarters in Lanham, Md, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. From left are Charles E. 'Chuck' Graham, Business Manager of (IBEW) Local Union 26, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the president and Myers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Prodding Republicans, President Barack Obama on Tuesday championed nuclear energy expansion as the latest way that feuding parties can move beyond the "broken politics" of Washington that have imperiled his agenda and soured voters.

Obama ups nuclear investment for climate fight (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama gives an impromptu news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees Tuesday to build the first U.S. nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, a move designed to help advance climate legislation in Congress.

Pakistani army confirms arrest of Taliban commander (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:40 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's military confirmed on Wednesday that the Taliban's top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, had been captured.

U.S. to return envoy to Syria after five-year absence (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 05:16 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama took a major step toward improving strained ties with Syria on Tuesday, announcing his intention to reappoint a U.S. ambassador to Damascus after a five-year absence.

U.S. warship on schedule in HK despite China tension (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 09:24 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz sailed into Hong Kong on schedule on Wednesday despite a Chinese pledge to suspend military exchanges with the United States after its announced arms sales to Taiwan.

Obama stimulus plan halted economic freefall, White House (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 05:59 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus prevented another Great Depression while creating or preserving 2 million jobs, according to a White House report to be released on Wednesday.

Ahmadinejad vows to 'retaliate' against any new sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:52 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a news conference in Tehran February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday any country that tried to impose new sanctions on Iran would regret its actions, as the United States and Russia voiced shared concern about Tehran's nuclear program.

Pakistani court rejects Americans' bail request (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

A man identified as Umar Farooq (L), who police say is one of five Americans accused of planning terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, hugs his father Khalid Farooq (C) as fellow American detainee Waqar Hussain Khan looks on before a court appearance in Sargodha, Punjab province, 190 km (118 miles) southeast of Islamabad, February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - A Pakistani court dismissed on Wednesday a request for the release on bail of five Americans accused of contacting militants over the Internet and plotting terrorist attacks.

Missile that killed Afghan civilians not faulty: NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 11:13 AM PST

Reuters - NATO forces in Afghanistan have resumed using a type of rocket that killed 12 civilians after concluding that the missile hit its intended target and did not veer off course, a NATO commander said on Tuesday.

Pakistan military confirms arrest of Taliban commander (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:41 AM PST

<p/>(AFP)AFP - Pakistan's military on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior member of the Afghan Taliban who has been described as the the militia's second-in-command.

Dalai Lama heads for Obama meet as China fumes (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama attends a special prayer session at The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya on January 10, 2010. The Dalai Lama headed Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama headed Wednesday for the United States and a long-awaited meeting with President Barack Obama that has infuriated China.
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