Kamis, 18 Februari 2010

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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST

From right: Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, Steve McMullin, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho and Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, Carla Thompson, 53, and Corinna Lankford, of Meridian, Idaho, left arrive at the Miami International Airport Hotel in Miami, Thursday, Feb 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami early Thursday, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country.

STIMULUS WATCH: Unemployment eclipses fiscal jolt (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:26 AM PST

Graphic shows status of stimulus spendingAP - The jobless got a hand. Taxpayers got tax breaks. And a sinking economy stabilized.

Afghan: 2 Taliban shadow governors arrested (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

AP - Two Taliban shadow governors from northern Afghanistan have been arrested by Pakistani authorities, an Afghan official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Toyota investigates Corolla steering problems (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, salesman Andre Kamali walks next to a Corolla at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif. Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems — another blow to the world's largest automaker already reeling from a string of recalls for safety troubles. A Toyota executive did not disclose model years or regions that could be affected and said there have been fewer than 100 complaints (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficult to steer straight, raising a new safety concern ahead of next week's congressional hearing about the automakers recalls.

Dalai Lama-Obama meeting will be about style (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:11 AM PST

AP - The Dalai Lama's meeting with President Barack Obama will be more about style than substance.

Haiti's quake survivors don't wait for gov't plan (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, a man stands amongst makeshift tents at a camp set up for earthquake survivors left homeless in Port-au-Prince, one month after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Haiti. Homeless earthquake survivors are pleading for tents but the international community and Haitian officials are telling the refugees to make due with plastic sheeting until fixed shelters can be built in time for the spring storms. For weeks now officials, aid workers and Haiti's government have debated where and how they — and 1.2 million other made homeless by the Jan. 12 disaster — should live. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)AP - Haiti's government and aid groups have been wrangling for five weeks over a plan for housing earthquake survivors, but the people haven't waited.

'American Idol' reveals top 24 semifinalists (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:24 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 - It's good news for Tim Urban and 23 other singers on "American Idol."

Cavaliers get Jamison from Wizards (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:06 AM PST

In this Oct. 13, 2009, photo, Washington Wizards' Antawn Jamison takes a shot against the Detroit Pistons in a preseason NBA basketball game in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Jamison from the Wizards in a three-team trade that sent Drew Gooden to the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)AP - LeBron James has a new All-Star sidekick.

As Harry Reid maps comeback, casinos a factor (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:49 AM PST

FILE - In this May 27, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks in front of solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Reid's poll numbers make him look like an easy mark, but casino owners who have a history of disregarding party and going with the winner in Nevada politics are putting their money on him winning re-election. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's poll numbers make him look like an easy mark, but casino owners who have a history of disregarding party and going with the winner in Nevada politics are putting their money on him winning re-election.

Obama says stimulus bill saved troubled economy (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. Biden's forehead bears Ash Wednesday ashes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday's one-year-old economic stimulus law as an accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job.

On anniversary, Obama defends economic stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:37 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act at the White House in Washington February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama vigorously defended his $787 billion stimulus on Wednesday, insisting it rescued Americans from the worst of the economic calamity and ripping Republican critics who called it a waste.

Toyota image seen at further risk in Corolla probe (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST

Toyota's safety crisis deepened as the embattled Japanese giant said it was considering a recall of its Corolla, the world's best-selling car, because of possible steering problems.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - A second recall of Toyota Motor Corp's flagship Corolla model in the United States, this time potentially to address complaints about the steering, would cost very little on paper but risks further damaging its brand.

Freed American missionaries fly out of Haiti (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 07:43 PM PST

Missionaries (L-R) Corinna Lankford, Carla Thompson, Drew Culberth, Steve McMullen and Paul Thompson get into an elevator together after arriving at Miami International Airport from Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 17, 2010 in Miami, Florida. The American missionaries had been charged with child kidnapping and a judge allowed the release of eight of the 10 arrested(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)Reuters - Eight American missionaries flew out of Haiti on Wednesday after a judge ordered them freed, but two of their colleagues remained in detention for further questioning on charges of kidnapping children.

Tiger Woods to apologize, discuss future on Friday (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:28 PM PST

Tiger Woods watches play as he stands on the sixth hole during his foursome match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Harding Park golf course in San Francisco, California, in this October 8, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shaun Best/FilesReuters - Tiger Woods, the superstar golfer who took an indefinite break from the game in December after admitting marital infidelity, will make a public statement on Friday about his playing future.

Mossad chief won't quit over Dubai hit: source (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:44 PM PST

Reuters - Mossad chief Meir Dagan sees no reason to resign over a scandal-fraught assassination in Dubai, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to ask him to, a confidant of the Israeli spymaster said on Thursday.

Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:08 PM PST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) is seen in Washington, DC on Febraury 17. The 74-year-old monk, who has lived in exile in India since 1959, is set to meet with US President Barack Obama in the US capital.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China's warning that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could further damage strained ties.

At least 10 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:15 AM PST

U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke (L) meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - At least 10 people were killed on Thursday in a bomb blast in a village market in Pakistan's Khyber region on the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama's Obama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:43 PM PST

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets members of the Tibetan community as he arrives at a hotel in Washington February 17, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama on February 18, a move that has been denounced by China. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed Thursday's scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.

Britain seeks answers from Israel in Hamas killing row (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:53 PM PST

An image grab taken from hotel surveillance camera footage, released by Dubai Police, allegedly shows two murder suspects dressed as tourists in tennis outfits, following Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh (out of camera range). Britain's prime minister pledged a full investigation into how faked British passports were linked to the killing of a top Hamas man in Dubai.(AFP/Dubai Police)AFP - Britain demands answers Thursday from Israel's envoy over fake British passports used by alleged killers of a Hamas chief, amid speculation the Jewish state's Mossad spies were behind the Dubai murder.

Defying China, Obama to hear Dalai Lama (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) is seen in Washington, DC on Febraury 17. The 74-year-old monk, who has lived in exile in India since 1959, is set to meet with US President Barack Obama in the US capital.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - Defying anger from China, US President Barack Obama on Thursday meets Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who plans to seek his assistance in finding a solution in his homeland.
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