| Obama: al-Qaida link to Christmas terror suspect (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:32 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama laid blame Saturday on an al-Qaida affiliate for a Christmas Day terrorist attack that has prompted a top-to-bottom review of how the nation's intelligence agencies failed to prevent the botched bombing aboard a Detroit-bound airliner.
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| Pakistan attack a warning to anti-Taliban tribes (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:35 AM PST  AP - A suicide car bombing that killed 88 people on a volleyball field sent a bloody New Year's warning to Pakistanis who have formed militias to fend off Taliban insurgents in the northwestern region near the Afghan border.
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| Police shoot man attacking Muhammad cartoonist (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:43 PM PST  AP - Police shot a Somali man wielding an ax and a knife as he tried to break into the home of an artist whose cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban outraged the Muslim world, the head of Denmark's intelligence agency said Saturday.
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| Iran warns West it will make its own nuclear fuel (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:41 AM PST  AP - Iran is warning it will produce nuclear fuel on its own if there is no deal to have the West deliver the fuel in exchange for Tehran's enriched uranium by the end of January.
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| Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:58 PM PST  AP - The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable reached a programming deal in principle on Friday, after leaving millions of people in the lurch about whether they'd be able to see an anticipated college football bowl game and other shows on cable TV.
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| Cop group's card played role in Times Square scare (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:36 AM PST  AP - An identification placard in a van that caused a security scare in Times Square isn't supposed to be used as a parking permit, according to a fraternal group for police officers and other law enforcement buffs that issued the card.
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| Iraqis outraged as Blackwater case thrown out (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:01 PM PST  AP - Iraqis seeking justice for 17 people shot dead at a Baghdad intersection responded with bitterness and outrage Friday at a U.S. judge's decision to throw out a case against a Blackwater security team accused in the killings.
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| Foreign govt's among Clinton donors (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:13 PM PST  AP - Foreign countries including Norway and Oman contributed to former President Bill Clinton's charity, and donors including Donald Trump, multinational soft drink company Coca-Cola and singer Elton John's foundation also pitched in as Hillary Rodham Clinton served her first year as secretary of state.
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| Limbaugh: Tests show no ailments after chest pain (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST  AP - Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Friday tests showed nothing was wrong with his heart after he was hospitalized with chest pains.
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| Tebow, Gators make it look easy in Sugar Bowl (AP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:35 AM PST  AP - Tim Tebow and coach Urban Meyer stood together in one corner of the Louisiana Superdome, sang the school fight song and then offered a final gesture.
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| Obama ties failed plane attack to al Qaeda (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:03 AM PST  Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said it appeared the suspect who tried to bomb a Detroit-bound plane over Christmas was a member of al Qaeda and had been trained and equipped by the Islamic militant network.
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| Pakistan volleyball blast kills 88 (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:55 PM PST  Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up in an SUV at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 88 people in a village that opposes al Qaeda-linked Taliban insurgents, police said.
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| U.S. business group accuses Obama of shorting Taiwan (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 01:19 PM PST  Reuters - The head of a prominent U.S. business group accused President Barack Obama of compromising Taiwan's security to promote U.S. ties with China.
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| Thousands in new year Hong Kong march for democracy (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:57 AM PST Reuters - Thousands of Hong Kong residents appealed to China on New Year's Day to allow full democracy to be introduced soon in the city, as opposition lawmakers pressed forward with a mass resignation plan later this month. |
| Iraq: U.S. Blackwater case dismissal "unacceptable" (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:34 PM PST  Reuters - Iraq expressed anger on Friday with a U.S. federal court ruling that threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of gunning down Iraqi civilians in 2007.
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| Opposition head Mousavi: Iran in "serious crisis" (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST  Reuters - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Friday he was ready to die for his reformist campaign after a disputed election in June, defying hardline calls for his execution.
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| U.S., Britain try to shore up Yemen security (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST  Reuters - The United States will more than double its security assistance for Yemen and Britain will host an international meeting this month to seek ways of preventing the poorest Arab state from becoming an al Qaeda stronghold.
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| Obama blames Al-Qaeda affiliate for airliner attack (AFP) Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:34 AM PST  AFP - US President Barack Obama Saturday for the first time accused an Al-Qaeda affiliate of arming and training a young Nigerian man for a thwarted suicide mission to blow up a US airliner.
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| 93 dead after suicide car bomb at Pakistan volleyball game (AFP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 11:59 PM PST  AFP - Investigators sifted through rubble on Saturday after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-filled vehicle in a crowd watching a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 93.
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