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Obama brokers a climate deal, doesn't satisfy all (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:33 PM PST

President Barack Obama makes a statement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Two years of laborious negotiations on a climate agreement ended with a political deal brokered by President Barack Obama with China and other emerging powers but denounced by poor countries because it was nonbinding and set no overall target for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

Senate closing in on $626 billion spending bill (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:18 AM PST

Sen. John McCain, R-AZ., left, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY., right, speak during their news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Senate comes in shortly after a snowy dawn to vote on legislation ensuring that the troops are armed and the jobless don't lose their benefits — and to take one more step toward a Christmas week showdown over health care.

Moment of truth for health care in Senate (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:14 AM PST

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 file photo, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks to reporters after voting on Capitol Hill in Washington,.As the only known Democratic holdout in the U.S. Senate on a landmark health overhaul bill, Nebraska's Ben Nelson is being pressed not only by his Senate colleagues, but by the anti-abortion voters who got him to Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - Senate Democrats appear within reach of the 60 votes necessary to pass President Barack Obama's health care legislation after a long year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining with holdout Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

Foul pre-Christmas weekend in store for East Coast (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:12 AM PST

A Uniform Division Secret Service officer stands watch on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as snow begins to fall, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, in Washington. A major storm moving up the Atlantic Coast on the last shopping weekend before Christmas threatened to shut down much of the region as officials warned of up to 20 inches of snow and significant power outages. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The eastern U.S. prepared for a frightful wintry storm Saturday that was expected to dump more than a foot of snow, hampering travelers heading home and deterring shoppers on the weekend before Christmas.

Pakistan ruling party grapples with court decision (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:59 AM PST

In this photo taken on Oct. 6, 2009 Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. An anti-corruption court in the southern city of Karachi has issued a summons to 52 suspects, including Malik and presidential secretary Salman Farooqi, to appear before the judge on Jan. 8, according to prosecutor Aslam Butt. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistan's ruling party denied Saturday that any Cabinet ministers would be forced to resign as a result of a Supreme Court decision that overturned a corruption amnesty protecting numerous politicians including the president.

Karzai presents new Afghan Cabinet list (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:55 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Facing intense pressure to reform, President Hamid Karzai plans to replace heads of two ministries linked to corruption while retaining several others favored by the West, Afghan officials said Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Justin Sullivan, Pool)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government on Saturday presented to parliament a list of nominees for a new Cabinet that keeps U.S. favorites in several posts critical to the war and reconstruction.

Report: US helped Yemen's strike against al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:35 PM PST

Map locates Abyan province, Yemen, where security forces killed up to 34 militantsAP - The U.S. provided firepower and other aid to Yemen in its strike this week against suspected al-Qaida hide-outs and training sites within its borders, the New York Times reported.

Needles successfully extracted from Brazil boy (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:28 PM PST

A 2-year-old boy, found with 42 needles inside his body, arrives to a hospital in Salvador, northeastern Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, the boy's stepfather, has confessed to jabbing them into the toddler as part of a religious ritual, Brazilian police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Arestides Baptista, AG A TARDE, Agencia O Globo) DO NOT USE IN BRAZILIAN WEBSITES - NAO USAR EM WEBSITES DO BRASILAP - Surgeons successfully removed the four most life-threatening needles from the lung and heart area of a Brazilian toddler, and are evaluating when to extract dozens more allegedly stuck deep into the boy by his stepfather.

Jackson's 'Captain EO' to return to Disneyland (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:40 PM PST

FILE - A costume worn by Michael Jackson in movie 'Captain EO' is shown at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., in this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo. The Disneyland theme park announced plans Friday Dec. 18, 2009 to bring back the 3-D sci-fi film starring Michael Jackson next February, over 23 years after the attraction debuted in Anaheim, Calif. The 17-minute film starred the late King of Pop as a singing-and-dancing intergalactic commander. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - "Captain EO" is moonwalking back to Disneyland.

Woods wins PGA Tour player of the year (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:11 PM PST

FILE - This is an Aug. 9, 2009, file photo showing Tiger Woods, right, holding the trophy with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, after Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio. Finchem says Tiger Woods' indefinite leave doesn't spell 'gloom and doom' for golf. Finchem said Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, that while the sport's biggest star's absence will hurt and television ratings won't be as strong, the tour will have a prosperous season in 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)AP - Tiger Woods was voted the PGA Tour player of the year by the players on Friday, the 10th time in his 13 years on tour that he has won the award.

Senate races clock on health bill (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:47 PM PST

Senator Joe Lieberman walks through the U.S. Capitol subway after meetings about the health care reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Benjamin J. MyersReuters - With the clock ticking toward a self-imposed Christmas deadline, Senate Democrats scrambled on Friday to win over a potential defector and line up the 60 votes needed to pass a broad healthcare overhaul.

U.S.-led climate deal under threat in Copenhagen (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:06 AM PST

Smokes spew from a power plant n Taiyuan, Shanxi province December 18, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - U.N. climate talks fell into crisis on Saturday after some developing nations angrily rejected a plan worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama, China and other fast growing economies for fighting global warming.

Afghanistan unveils new cabinet, technocrats stay (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Justin Sullivan/PoolReuters - Afghan President Hamid Harzai plans to keep most of his top ministers, mainly technocrats favored by the West, in a new cabinet presented to parliament on Saturday, one of his ministers said.

P&G recalls DayQuil not in child-proof packaging (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

Reuters - Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday that it is recalling some Vicks DayQuil Cold & Flu medicine that did not come in a childproof package.

Iraq demands Iran withdraw troops from oilfield (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST

Workers walk near flames of burning excess gas at Fakka oilfield, near Amara, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - Iraq demanded on Friday that Iran immediately withdraw its soldiers from a disputed oilfield on the two countries' border, but Tehran denied any incursion.

GM to shut down Saab, talks with Spyker fail (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:58 PM PST

Saab Managing Director Jan Ake Jonsson (L), Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson (C) and Joran Hagglund, the state secretary at Sweden's Enterprise Ministry, hold a news conference in Trollhattan, December 18, 2009. REUTERS/Adam Ihse/Scanpix SwedenReuters - General Motors Co said it would begin shutting down its money-losing Saab brand after last-ditch talks to sell it to a small Dutch sports car builder collapsed on Friday.

U.S. father pleads for son's return from Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

David Goldman shows a letter during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, December 18, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - The American father of a boy at the center of a Brazil-U.S. custody dispute made an emotional appeal to be reunited with his son on Friday, calling the situation "cruel, tragic and sad."

U.S. and Russia fail to clinch nuclear arms deal (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:36 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev failed to clinch a landmark pact cutting Cold War stocks of nuclear arms on Friday but pledged to keep working for a deal in the New Year.

Climate deal on knife edge as poor nations vent fury (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:57 AM PST

Environmental activists from AVAAZ.org carry portraits of world leaders during a rally on the last day of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. Fury erupted Saturday at a gruelling climate summit as poor nations ripped into a deal agreed by a core group of world leaders which even its supporters admitted would not stem global warming(AFP/Casper Christoffersen)AFP - A climate change deal woven by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders hung in the balance Saturday after smaller nations lashed the pact as a betrayal.

Chaos greets new climate pact (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:39 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) waves to reporters as he walks through the press conference room at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. Chaos and farce reigned at the birth of a climate accord agreed by a clique of leaders, with statesmen going missing, critics crying foul and hacks stampeding on vain hunts for Obama(AFP/Olivier Morin)AFP - Chaos and farce reigned at the birth of a climate accord agreed by a clique of leaders, with statesmen going missing, critics crying foul and hacks stampeding on vain hunts for Barack Obama.
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