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Dubai gets $10B from Abu Dhabi to cover debt (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:08 AM PST

AP - Dubai's government said Monday it has received $10 billion in emergency funds from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi that will help pay debts owed by the struggling Dubai World conglomerate.

Obama pushing banking execs on protection agency (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:19 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks as he and and first lady Michelle Obama attend Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama is asking bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the financial industry, while bankers are prepared to tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.

Obama, Democrats waiting for Nelson on health care (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:23 AM PST

In this photo provided by CBS, Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., right, and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., appear on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)AP - Sixty seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and it takes 60 senators to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Afghan officials: 16 policemen killed in 2 attacks (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:12 AM PST

An Afghan policeman keeps guard behind sandbags on a street in Kandahar. Islamist gunmen stormed two police posts in the north and south of Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, killing 16 policemen and underscoring the vulnerability of local security forces.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)AP - Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in northern and southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing a total of 16 members of the Afghan National police, officials said.

NATO: Top US defense official visits Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:38 AM PST

An Afghan policeman keeps guard behind sandbags on a street in Kandahar. Islamist gunmen stormed two police posts in the north and south of Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, killing 16 policemen and underscoring the vulnerability of local security forces.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)AP - The Pentagon's top military officer visited Afghanistan on Monday just as the first of the 30,000 U.S. reinforcements are starting to deploy to the 8-year-old war.

Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:16 AM PST

Afghanistan veteran and founder of American Women Veterans, Genevieve Chase, 32, of Alexandria, Va., poses for a portrait in Washington, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. A staff sergeant in the Army Reserves, Chase said that after her service the same guys she'd been close comrades with in Afghanistan didn't invite her to get drinks with them later because their significant others wouldn't approve. 'One of the hardest things that I had deal with was, being a woman, was losing my best friends or my comrades to their families,' Chase said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Nobody wants to buy them a beer. Even near military bases, female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't often offered a drink on the house as a welcome home.

Aircraft fails to find missing Mt. Hood climbers (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:58 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office, Luke Gullberg is shown. Gullberg was among the three missing climbers on Mt. Hood in Oregon. Fears of an avalanche on Mount Hood forced rescuers to use a helicopter and airplanes in their search for two remaining climbers still missing on Sunday, a day after crews found the body of their climbing companion Gullberg on a glacier on Oregon's highest mountain. (AP Photo/Clackamas Co. Sheriff's Office)AP - Rescuers on Mount Hood who have recovered the body of one climber say "time is critical" in the hunt for his two companions, after two days of foul weather and avalanche risks hampered the search on the slopes of Oregon's tallest peak.

Accenture marks 1st sponsor to cut ties with Woods (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2008 file photo, Tiger Woods, left, and caddie Steve Williams celebrate Woods' win over J.B. Holmes on the 18th green during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship golf tournament at The Gallery at Dove Mountain, in Marana, Ariz. Global consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture is ending its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, saying the golfer is 'no longer the right representative' after the 'circumstances of the last two weeks.' Accenture's announcement Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 marks the company's first statement since allegations of Woods' infidelity surfaced in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)AP - For six years, global consulting firm Accenture PLC featured Tiger Woods in ads designed to highlight the company's claimed attributes of integrity and high performance. That relationship is over now.

Obamas join stars for Christmas benefit concert (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:43 AM PST

President Barack Obama sheads a tear while singing on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, during Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The nation's capital got in the holiday spirit Sunday night when music legends Neil Diamond and Mary J. Blige performed for President Barack Obama at the annual "Christmas in Washington" concert.

Eagles soar to first place, beat Giants 45-38 (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:49 AM PST

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb (5) reacts after throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver DeSean Jackson (10) against the New York Giants in the third quarter during an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Dynamic DeSean Jackson danced his way into the record books, carrying the Philadelphia Eagles to the top of their division along the way.

Abu Dhabi gives Dubai $10 billion in surprise bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:02 PM PST

Rain clouds gather over the Marina area of Dubai early December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Steve CrispReuters - Abu Dhabi bailed out neighboring Dubai on Monday with $10 billion in surprise aid for debt-laden Dubai World, driving stock markets higher, but Dubai said creditors still needed to approve a standstill on outstanding debt.

DONG Energy cars torched ahead of Copenhagen protest (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

Archbishop Desmond Tutu hands over a petition signed by 512,894 people to United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer (L) on a stage in central Copenhagen December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Christian CharisiusReuters - Arsonists set alight three cars belonging to DONG Energy on Monday, just hours ahead of a planned protest against the state-owned utility, as more than 190 nations meet in the city to agree a climate deal.

Accenture ends relationship with Tiger Woods (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST

Tiger Woods at the Australian Masters golf tournament. Woods said family always comes before golf in what is being touted as his last interview before the sex scandal broke over his infidelity to wife Elin.(AFP/File/William West)Reuters - Technology outsourcing and consulting firm Accenture Plc on Sunday said it was ending its six-year sponsorship arrangement with golfer Tiger Woods, who is embroiled in a scandal involving extra-marital affairs with numerous women.

U.S. shoe-bomber case weighs on Guantanamo detainees (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 10:11 PM PST

Reuters - Prison life has been eased for convicted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid, boosting concerns about what will happen when President Barack Obama moves dozens of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to U.S. soil.

Philippines hostage crisis ends, victims freed (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:54 AM PST

Hostages eat breakfast while being watched by an armed tribal gunman in San Martin, Prosperidas town in Agusan del sur province, southern Philippines December 12, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Tribal gunmen freed dozens of hostages in the southern Philippines on Sunday after authorities transferred murder cases against them to a tribal court and disarmed both them and a rival group.

Petraeus sees shift in Al Qaeda's Iraq tactics (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 05:50 AM PST

U.S. Central Command Commander General David Petraeus speaks at the 6th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in Bahraini capital of Manama, December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fouzia HamzaReuters - Fewer foreign volunteers are making it into Iraq to fight with Al Qaeda against the U.S.-backed government but the group has switched to fewer but more deadly attacks, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday.

Pakistan aid package set to focus on water, power (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

The sun is seen setting behind an electric cable tower near Islamabad July 1, 2007. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Electricity and water projects will be an early priority for nearly $1.5 billion a year in new U.S. nonmilitary aid for Pakistan approved by Congress on Sunday, senior U.S. officials said.

Nobel economics laureate Samuelson dies at 94 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:52 AM PST

Reuters - Paul Samuelson, whose work helped form the basis of modern economics, died on Sunday in his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, after a brief illness. He was 94.

Islamist ambushes kill 16 Afghan police (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:03 AM PST

Afghan police officers stand guard in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Islamist gunmen stormed two police posts in the north and south of Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, killing 16 policemen and underscoring the vulnerability of local security forces.(AFP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Islamist gunmen stormed two police posts in the north and south of Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, killing 16 policemen and underscoring the vulnerability of local security forces.

Race against time for climate deal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:01 PM PST

Demonstrators dressed as clowns lie down in front of police outside the AFP - Time was running out for a global climate deal as crunch UN talks entered their final week Monday with an apparent concession from top polluter China.
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