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Bombing outside bank kills at least 20 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:32 AM PST

Pakistani soldiers patrol outside the main gate of army headquarters during an encounter with militants in Rawalpindi in October 2009. An explosion ripped through a busy main road near a hotel in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday and there were reports of casualties, police said.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AP - An explosion outside a bank near Pakistan's capital killed at least 20 people Monday, the latest in a wave of attacks by militants since the army launched a new offensive against them last month.

UN secretary-general arrives in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:09 AM PST

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a news conference in Geneva in this September 3, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseAP - The U.N. chief made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday as international pressure mounted for a quick resolution to the country's electoral turmoil following the withdrawal of President Hamid Karzai's only challenger.

Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Center For Security Policy dinner at Union Station in Washington. An FBI interview summary released Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 to a watchdog group says Cheney told the FBI in 2004 that he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA. The FBI summary of Cheney's interview from 2004 reflects that the vice president had deep concern about Plame's husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador in Africa who said the administration had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq. Cheney's chief of staff, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, was convicted of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI in the probe of who leaked Plame's identity to the news media. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

Health care plan hits rich with big tax increases (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:59 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio stands behind a copy of the Democrat's version of the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner, in his Saturday Oct. 31, 2009, radio and Internet address, argues that the Democrats' proposal to overhaul health care is too complicated, too intrusive and too expensive, and Republicans are urging several steps they claim would bring down costs while not greatly expanding government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead.

Focus falls on cause of collision off Calif. coast (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:47 AM PST

This undated image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows from left: Petty Officer 2nd Class Carl P. Grigonis, 35, from Mayfield Heights, Ohio, navigator; Petty Officer 2nd Class Monica L. Beacham, 29, from Decaturville, Tann., radio operator; Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason S. Moletzsky, 26, from Norristown, Pa., air crew; and Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny R. Kreder II, 22, from Elm Mott, Texas, drop master.. The C-130 and the Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter collided at 7:10 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, 2009 as the Coast Guard was conducting a search operation for a missing boater. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard)AP - With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell Monday on what caused a Marine Corps helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard plane to collide over the Pacific.

Clinton to meet Arab ministers on peace prospects (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:37 AM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, chats with her Moroccan counterpart Taib Fassi Fihri upon her arrival at Marrakech airport early on Sunday Nov. 1, 2009. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to meet on Monday and Tuesday with her Arab counterparts attending the sixth Forum for the Future, jointly organised by Morocco and Italy. The Forum for the Future is a joint initiative between the Group of Eight industrial powers and some 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, along with the European Commission and the Arab League. (AP Photo/Abdelhak Senna, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared Monday to consult with Arab foreign ministers on Obama administration efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace negotiations, two days after she raised Arab ire by praising Israel's offer to limit — but not stop — Jewish settlement construction.

FACT CHECK: GOP math suspect in stimulus debate (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Construction of Repbulic, Mo., work on a retaining wall that is part of an overpass being constructed over Highway 71 south of Lamar, Mo, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The overpass, part of the national stimulus package, will allow traffic on Highway 126 to pass over busy 71. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Beware the math. Some Republican lawmakers critical of President Barack Obama's stimulus package are using grade-school arithmetic to size up costs and consequences of all that spending. The math is satisfyingly simple but highly misleading.

New group helps US monitor swine flu shot safety (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:01 AM PST

AP - Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year's unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects.

`This Is It' tops charts with $101M worldwide (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:04 AM PST

In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures, the movie poster for Michael Jackson's 'This is It' film is shown. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures)AP - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run.

Rodriguez, Yankees beat Phils for 3-1 Series edge (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:05 AM PST

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits a double off Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Brad Lidge to drive in a run in the ninth inning of Game 4 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Alex Rodriguez waited all game long for this hit. Heck, he waited his whole life. Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his career, a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth inning off Brad Lidge and the New York Yankees took advantage of Johnny Damon's daring dash to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.

CIT Group files for bankruptcy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:14 PM PST

Reuters - CIT Group Inc, a lender to hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as the global financial crisis left it unable to fund itself and the recession clobbered its loans.

U.N. chief in Kabul as pressure mounts over run-off vote (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:03 AM PST

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a gathering with his supporters in Kabul November 1, 2009. Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote, but said he was not calling for a boycott. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters - U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday as pressure grew to abandon plans for a risky run-off vote after the withdrawal of President Hamid Karzai's only rival.

North Korea calls for direct talks with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:02 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits the newly built September 26th Swine Breeding Factory near Pyongyang in this undated recent picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency October 23, 2009. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - North Korea called on Monday for direct talks with its long-time foe, the United States, and gave the clearest signal so far it was ready to return to nuclear disarmament talks it has boycotted for almost a year.

Palestinians accuse U.S. of killing peace prospects (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) stands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Abu Dhabi October 31, 2009, in this picture released by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). REUTERS/Thaer Ganaim/PPO/HandoutReuters - Pointing an accusing finger at the United States, the Palestinians on Sunday said Washington's backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon.

A key figure in 2010 election: U.S. jobless rate (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 05:17 AM PST

Librarian Gary Klein looks at the jobs and other announcements posted at The Work Place, which provides comprehensive employment and career services, in Boston, Massachusetts July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - The key number in next year's U.S. congressional election may be the unemployment rate, which last month hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.

Iran police to confront "illegal" November 4 rallies (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST

Reuters - Iranian police will confront any "illegal" gatherings on November 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, a semi-official news agency reported on Sunday.

Pakistan zeroes in on major Taliban bases (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 06:12 AM PST

Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the site of a suicide bomb blast in Rawalpindi, in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad November 2, 2009. A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at least 24 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday, officials said, as the government announced a reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the group's leader. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS CRIME LAW MILITARY)Reuters - Pakistani forces are zeroing in on two major Taliban bases in South Waziristan region as their offensive pushes deeper into militant bastion on the Afghan border, the military said on Sunday.

Honduran opposition leader key to ending conflict (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:16 AM PST

A man wears a Halloween mask during a meeting of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya's supporters in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and former Chile's President Ricardo Lagos will travel to Honduras as part of a commission to verify the creation of a power-sharing government, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States Jose Miguel Insulza announced Sunday. In background, an image of Argentine-born revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Reuters - The front-runner in Honduras' presidential race has become a key to resolving a four-month conflict between a president ousted in a coup and the de facto leader who replaced him.

Suicide bike bomber kills 24 at Pakistan hotel (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:03 AM PST

Pakistani policemen secure the site at a hotel where a sucide bomber killed 24 people in Rawalpindi on November 2. Workers queuing for their salaries outside a Pakistan bank were targetted along with the hotel as the United Nations pulled expatriate staff from the troubled northwest.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A suicide bomber targeted workers queuing for their salaries outside a Pakistan bank and hotel on Monday, killing 24 people as the United Nations pulled expatriate staff from the northwest.

Ban meets Karzai over Afghan vote chaos (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:09 AM PST

A burqa-clad woman crosses a street with her child as an Afghan policeman stands guard on a Kandahar street on November 1. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on Monday to meet President Hamid Karzai over Afghanistan's election crisis as pressure mounted for a run-off poll to be axed after the only challenger pulled out.(AFP/Banaras Khan)AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on Monday to meet President Hamid Karzai over Afghanistan's election crisis as pressure mounted for a run-off poll to be axed after the only challenger pulled out.
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