Selasa, 15 September 2009

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Obama to talk with autoworkers, AFL-CIO members (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:20 AM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, after a day trip to Wall Street in New York. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Going before groups of autoworkers and union members, President Barack Obama is trying Tuesday to assure blue-collar audiences that the economy is coming back — and that his administration deserves credit for saving some of their jobs.

Analysis: White House postponing hard calls on war (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:18 AM PDT

A Afghan police man secures the area as German ISAF soldiers prepare a temporary camp to overnight during a long term patrol with his unit in the mountainous region of Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The Obama administration is holding off major decisions that could put its military forces on a firmer war footing in Afghanistan even as doubts grow about whether the United States can win there.

Police appear to be closing in on Yale killer (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:32 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Union Mine High School principal Tony DeVille shows Annie Le, left, as one of two 2003 graduates selected as the 'Most Likely To Be The Next Einstein.' Le's body was found stuffed inside a wall in medical lab building on the Yale campus in New Haven, Conn. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Courtesy Union Mine High School Principal Tony DeVille)AP - The discovery of a Yale University graduate student whose body was stuffed in the wall of a medical research building brought a painful end to the search for a woman who vanished days before she was to wed her college sweetheart.

'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57 (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this image released by A&E, Patrick Swayze is shown in a promotional photo for the A&E series, 'The Beast.' Swayze's publicist Annett Wolf says the 57-year-old 'Dirty Dancing' actor died Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. (AP Photo/A&E, Michael Muller, file)AP - Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer.

Panel to recommend keeping some color-coded alerts (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:29 AM PDT

FILE - This March 12, 2002, file photo, shows the color-coded terrorism warning system in Washington. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)AP - After a 60-day review of the nation's terror-alert system, a special task force is expected to recommend that the Obama administration keep color-coded alerts, but reduce the number of colors — or levels of risk.

China VP set to get military post in a step to top (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2007 file photo, Xi Jinping is introduced to the media as part of the new Politburo Standing Committee, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China. Xi Jinping, China's vice president, is poised to gain a seat on the Communist Party's powerful Central Military Commission this week, further cementing his status as leader-in-waiting of the world's most populous nation and helping institutionalize the party's often chaotic succession process. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China's communist elite opened an annual conclave Tuesday at which they are expected to appoint the vice president to a powerful military commission — a move that would cement his status as heir to the presidency of the world's most populous nation.

Katrina stamps out memories of terrible storm Ivan (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:36 AM PDT

FILE - In a Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004 file photo, an unidentified man walks through debris left behind by Hurricane Ivan in Gulf Breeze, Fla. It has been five years since Ivan slammed into Gulf Shores, leveling hundreds of buildings on the coast of Alabama and northwest Florida, killing 25 people in the two states and causing more than $14 billion in damage. Yet for many outside the battered region, Ivan is the storm that's hard to place. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - People who lived through Hurricane Ivan can't forget the haunting images left by one of the strongest storms ever recorded: condo towers collapsed in roiling surf, splintered homes or flat slabs, fragments of highways lost in a sea of sand. They wish others remembered, too.

West takes time for 3rd apology during Leno debut (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2009 file photo, Kanye West performs for the Kanye West Foundation at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, file)AP - Kanye West used Jay Leno's prime-time debut Monday to offer another apology for ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards and to say he's going to take some time off for reflection.

Federer stunned by del Potro in US Open final (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:21 PM PDT

Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, holds up the championship trophy after winning the men's finals championship over Roger Federer, of Switzerland, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Always so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emotions and his matches, Roger Federer amazingly let the U.S. Open championship slip from his grasp.

3 New York residences raided in terrorism probe (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:19 PM PDT

A new door, left, now adorns an apartment at 144-67 41 Ave. in the Queens borough of New York Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 after an earlier raid on the apartment. This apartment and other buildings nearby were entered by the Joint Terrorism Task Force after the FBI executed search warrants in connection with an ongoing investigation. According to neighbors, the door had been replaced sometime today after the raid. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - FBI agents and police raided three apartments in New York City before dawn Monday during an investigation of a man suspected of being an al-Qaida associate. The searches came after the man, who was under surveillance for possible links to the terror network, visited New York City over the weekend and left the area, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said after receiving a briefing on the operation from federal law enforcement officials Monday.

Obama to Wall Street: Get behind regulatory reform (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama warned financial firms on Monday to heed the lessons of Lehman Brothers' collapse a year ago and get behind a regulatory overhaul he wants Congress to pass this year.

New York homes raided over suspected al Qaeda link (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:19 PM PDT

Reuters - New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early on Monday as part of an investigation that has tracked a man suspected of sympathizing with al Qaeda, officials said.

U.S. Senate healthcare bill still on track (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 08:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers a speech on healthcare before a joint session of Congress in Washington, September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Negotiators on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee worked to pare the costs and complete the details of a broad healthcare overhaul on Monday, with chairman Max Baucus saying he was still on track to produce a bill this week.

China says data shows U.S. tire tariff "not fair" (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 11:32 PM PDT

Reuters - China unveiled data on Tuesday that showed tire exports to the United States actually fell in the first half of 2009, rebutting Washington's accusations it had breached its WTO agreements by flooding the U.S. market.

Somali group lauds U.S. killing of al Qaeda suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:17 AM PDT

Somalia government soldiers inspect their ammunition before a street patrol in Mogadishu September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - A Somali militia opposed to Islamist insurgents al Shabaab praised a U.S. commando raid that killed one of the region's most wanted al Qaeda suspects and called for more strikes to wipe out foreign jihadists.

Most U.S. doctors want public-private mix: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Most U.S. doctors favor having both public and private options in a reformed healthcare system, a survey published on Monday said.

World wealth down 11 percent, fewer millionaires (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 11:03 PM PDT

An employee checks dollar bills inside a money changer in Manila August 7, 2009. REUTERS/Cheryl RaveloReuters - The 2008 global recession caused the first worldwide contraction in assets under management in nearly a decade, according to a study that found wealth dropped 11.7 percent to $92.4 trillion.

Del Potro ends Federer's reign in New York (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 08:43 PM PDT

Reuters - It was not expected to happen but Juan Martin del Potro did not care. The Argentine left Roger Federer, and the rest of the tennis world, stunned as he subdued the five-times champion in a pulsating five-set final to claim the U.S. Open crown on Monday.

Recounts at 10 percent of Afghan polling stations (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:04 AM PDT

File photo shows an Afghan youth walking past presidential election posters in Kabul. Ballots at 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations will be audited and recounted because of indications of fraud during controversial polls last month, the electoral complaints body said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Ballots at 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations will be audited and recounted because of indications of fraud during controversial polls last month, the electoral complaints body said Tuesday.

Indonesian rights groups condemn new stoning law (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 11:15 PM PDT

A 25-year-old Indonesian man grimaces in pain as he is caned in public by a veiled law-enforcement official for gambling in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Rights activists in the populous nation have condemned as AFP - Indonesian rights activists condemned as "cruel and degrading" Tuesday a new Islamic law calling for adulterers to be stoned to death in the country's staunchly conservative Aceh province.
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