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Obama wants answers after botched terror attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:05 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama is demanding answers on why information was never pieced together by the U.S. intelligence community to trigger red flags about an alleged terrorist and possibly prevent his botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.

Afghan investigators: Civilians killed by troops (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:44 AM PST

Afghan men march during a demonstration in Kabul on December 10 against the killing of civilians by NATO troops. Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan on Wednesday, shouting AP - The head of a presidential delegation investigating the deaths of 10 people in a village in eastern Afghanistan said Wednesday the team has concluded that civilians — including schoolchildren — were killed in an attack by foreign troops last weekend, denying NATO reports that insurgents were the victims.

Yemen investigates Nigerian's al-Qaida contacts (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:42 PM PST

The San'a Institute for the Arabic Language in San'a, Yemen is seen Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, where Nigerian suspect in the Christmas Day airline attack Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was an Arabic student. The San'a Institute for the Arabic Language told The Associated Press that Abdulmutallab was an Arabic student at the school in August. Administrators at the school said Monday that the director of the school, Muhammad al-Anisi, has spent two days being questioned by Yemeni security officials. He remained in custody Tuesday. (AP photo)AP - Officials in Yemen are investigating whether the Nigerian suspected in the attempted Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner spent time with al-Qaida militants in the country in the months leading up to the botched bombing.

Iranian hard-liners plan show of strength (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:11 AM PST

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors beating police officers, during anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - Iranian hard-liners are planning a series of state-sponsored demonstrations across the country on Wednesday in support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in what they hope will be a show of strength against the reformist movement.

Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi (C) receives condolences for the death of his nephew Seyed Ali Habibi-Mousavi, on December 28 in Tehran. The 35-year-old nephew of Mousavi was shot dead in Tehran during protests on December 27 which turned into the bloodiest showdown between opposition protesters and security forces in months.(AFP/Arash Ashourinia)AP - Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Tehran's nuclear activities.

Obama moves to curb federal secrets (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:06 AM PST

President Barack Obama enters the room prior to speaking at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - More than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents could be declassified as the federal government responds to President Barack Obama's order to rethink the way it protects the nation's secrets.

Colo. mom, baby revived after Christmas Eve birth (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

AP - Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve when she stopped breathing, her life apparently slipping away. Then he cradled his newborn son's limp body seconds after a medical team delivered the baby by Cesarean section.

Police: Accused shoplifters cause chaos at Walmart (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

AP - Chattanooga police said a couple they believe tried to steal a cart full of TVs and a computer caused chaos at a Walmart. According to a news release, Officer Josh Wright was off duty when he saw a man trying to force his way past a greeter with about $2,000 worth of stolen goods Sunday night. Wright displayed his badge, but the man said it was fake and tried to force his way past him. Wright then tackled the suspect and arrested him.

'Best Job' winner stung by dangerous jellyfish (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:07 PM PST

FILE - In this undated handout picture supplied by Queensland Tourism, Ben Southall is seen on Daydream Island in Queensland, Australia. Southall — who won a contest to blog for six months about life on Australia's Hamilton Island to promote tourism — wrote Tuesday Dec. 29, 2009, that he was lucky to have survived his brush with the extremely venomous Irukandji jellyfish. (AP Photo/Queensland Tourism, Eddie Safarik, File)AP - Trouble struck paradise this week when a British man who has the "Best Job in the World" as the caretaker of a tropical Australian island was stung by a potentially lethal jellyfish.

AP source: Mets, Bay reach preliminary agreement (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Jason Bay celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. The New York Mets and free agent slugger Jason Bay have reached a deal. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, that the sides have a preliminary agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been finalized.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - The Baywatch is set to begin at Citi Field. Free agent slugger Jason Bay and the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Obama blames "systemic failures" for plane attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 08:41 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is shown in this booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. REUTERS/US Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed "human and systemic failures" for allowing a botched Christmas Day attack aboard a Detroit-bound airliner and a U.S. official said the incident was linked to al Qaeda.

Suicide attacks kill at least 10 in western Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:32 AM PST

A U.S. soldier patrols the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, December 29, 2009. Four people were wounded by a bomb that exploded in a parking lot within the Transport Ministry compound in eastern Baghdad, police said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Two suicide bombings ripped through the center of a city in western Iraq on Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people, including the provincial governor, and wounding at least 40, police said.

North Korea pilfering nuclear reactor site: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea has been taking equipment left at a nuclear reactor site that was mothballed when an international consortium halted work on grounds the communist state was breaking an agreement, a news report said on Wednesday.

Iran opposition leaders face execution: Khamenei aide (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:48 PM PST

Iranian protesters shout during clashes in central Tehran December 27, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday opposition leaders were "enemies of God" who should be executed under the country's sharia law.

GMAC to get $3.5 billion in added aid from government: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:51 PM PST

Reuters - GMAC Financial Services is close to getting about $3.5 billion in added aid from the U.S. government, on top of the $12.5 billion already received since December 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Special Report: America's route to recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

Reuters - When Bob Hagan was a boy people hereabouts equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city.

Target Co was victim of hacker Albert Gonzalez (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:03 PM PST

Reuters - Target Co said it was among the victims of computer hacker Albert Gonzalez, mastermind of the biggest identity theft in U.S. history.

North Korea says U.S. man arrested for illegal entry (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST

Reuters - North Korea said on Tuesday it had detained a U.S. citizen who entered its territory, apparently confirming a report that an American activist crossed into the communist state to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses.

Obama blames plane attack on 'catastrophic' flaws (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:53 PM PST

Undated photo shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (L), charged in the US with attempting to blow up an aircraft from Amsterdam, shortly before landing in Detroit on Christmas Day, posing with a fellow pupil during a trip to London. President Barack Obama blamed potentially AFP - President Barack Obama lashed out at systemic intelligence failures, after learning a US security agency had prior information that might have averted the attempted attack on a US jet.

Britain-China ties tense after execution (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:40 PM PST

Briton Akmal Shaikh in Poland in 2007. Britain called in China's ambassador to vent its fury at the AFP - Britain called in China's ambassador to vent its fury at the "unacceptable" execution of a mentally ill Briton, as the affair triggered a sharp chill between London and Beijing.
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