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Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:01 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - President Barack Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday, aiming to shore up relations with a new Japanese government that vows to be more assertive with its U.S. ally, even as he grapples with sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

Attacks kill 16 in Pakistan, spy agency targeted (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:27 AM PST

A destroyed car is seen after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. A suicide car bomb devastated Pakistan's main spy agency building in the northwest Friday, killing at least 7 people and striking at the heart of the institution overseeing much of the country's anti-terror campaign. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Suicide car bombers killed 16 people and wounded more than 80 in two attacks in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, including a devastating strike on the regional headquarters of the spy agency overseeing much of the country's anti-terror campaign.

CDC's swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:03 AM PST

Scarlett Adkins, 1, is held by her mother, Kera Adkins, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 as she reacts to getting her H1N1 vaccine shot from nurse Rhonda Woolum in Ashland, Ken. The Boyd County Health Department gave the shots out by appointment only. (AP Photo/The Independent, John Flavell)AP - Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn't mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.

US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:59 AM PST

The Razi school is photographed Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York. Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint in federal court against the Alavi Foundation, seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets. The assets include bank accounts; Islamic centers consisting of schools, including the Razi school, and mosques in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston; more than 100 acres in Virginia; and a 36-story glass office tower in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.

Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - President Barack Obama has ordered a review to determine if warning signs were mishandled of contact between the Fort Hood shooting rampage suspect and a radical Islamic cleric who encouraged Muslims to kill U.S. troops in Iraq.

Ark. jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor death (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

Curtis Lavelle Vance, arrives Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at the Little Rock, Ark., Pulaski County Courthouse for his capital murder trial. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - Anne Pressly's mother approached defense attorneys moments after jurors spared the life of the Arkansas man convicted of killing her daughter in an attack so brutal that it left the television anchor's face shattered and unrecognizable.

AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:53 AM PST

In this book cover image released by Harper, 'Going Rogue: An American Life,' by Sarah Palin, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)AP - Sarah Palin's new memoir provides heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to the father of her granddaughter, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston.

Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father, Richard, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after Falcon Heene was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage. The attorney for the Colorado father who reported his son floated away in a helium balloon says, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, his client and the boy's mother will both plead guilty to charges in the case. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.

Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:32 PM PST

Investigators search for evidence in a wooded area behind a home on a rural property near Bates City, Mo. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Authorities were searching for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - Family members of five men charged in a bizarre child sex abuse case reacted with disbelief and sadness Thursday to the "unspeakable" string of alleged atrocities spanning two decades.

Gore, 49ers beat Bears 10-6, ending 4-game skid (AP)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:44 PM PST

San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary yells on the sidelines during the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Mike Singletary didn't exactly hand it to his old team. That didn't matter — Jay Cutler handed the desperate San Francisco 49ers a much-needed win.

Fort Hood shooting suspect charged with 13 murders (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:38 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in Fort Hood, Texas, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The U.S. Army has charged a military psychiatrist with 13 counts of murder in last week's shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army base, which shocked the country as it prepared to celebrate Veterans Day.

North Korea makes new threat as Obama arrives in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:36 PM PST

A man watches a televised news showing file footage of the second Yeonpyeong sea battle between the two Koreas along a disputed sea border in 2002, at the Seoul railway station November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-SeokReuters - North Korea's military warned the South that it was ready for battle over a disputed sea border, issuing a new threat on Friday that raised tension as U.S. President Barack Obama started a major tour of Asia.

U.S. piles pressure on Afghan leader (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai makes a speech at the COMCEC Economic Summit in Istanbul, November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Murad SezerReuters - The White House squeezed Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday to show more resolve in fighting corruption and said President Barack Obama's war plan deliberations included an exit strategy for U.S. troops.

White House counsel to resign: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:20 PM PST

A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah GembaraReuters - White House Counsel Gregory Craig, who has tried to lead the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, intends to resign on Friday, the Washington Post and the New York Times reported.

Blast strikes near U.S. military base in Kabul (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:42 AM PST

Reuters - A car bomb exploded near a NATO convoy just outside a U.S. military base in Kabul early on Friday, wounding civilian contractors, foreign soldiers and Afghan bystanders, the NATO-led force said.

Bomber attacks Pakistani intelligence agency; 9 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 10:57 PM PST

A policeman and hospital staff assist a man, injured by a suicide bomb blast, after he arrived at the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - A suicide car bomber attacked an office used by Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 55, officials said.

Government sued for defunding scandal-hit ACORN (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 11:06 AM PST

Demonstrators from ACORN's Home Defenders rally outside a foreclosed home in Elmont, New York, April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The scandal-hit liberal grass-roots group ACORN sued the U.S. government on Thursday, saying it did not have the right to cut off ACORN's federal funding because the group had not been convicted of a crime.

Obama launches Asia tour in Japan (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:09 AM PST

Graphic showing US President Barack Obama's schedule for his tour of Asia starting in Japan. Obama set foot in Asia for the first time as US president Friday, arriving in Japan to launch a four-nation tour designed to shore up US power in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China.(AFP Graphic)AFP - Barack Obama set foot in Asia for the first time as US president Friday, arriving in Japan to launch a four-nation tour designed to shore up US power in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China.

Bombings kill 16 in Pakistan as spy agency hit (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:29 AM PST

Pakistani soldiers secure the destroyed Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) building after a bomb blast in Peshawar. Suicide car bombs tore through security offices in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 16 people and heavily damaging the Peshawar headquarters of the country's top intelligence agency.(AFP/A Majeed)AFP - A powerful suicide car bomb ripped through the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's top spy agency Friday, killing at least 10 people and destroying part of the highly-fortified building.
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