Kamis, 31 Desember 2009

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Taliban claim blast that killed 8 Americans (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST

Map showing provinces in Afghanistan where five Candians and eight Americans were killed in two separate attacks on Wednesday and Tuesday.(AFP/Graphic)AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide bombing at a base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight American civilians and one Afghan, the worst loss of life for the U.S. in the country since October. A U.S. congressional official said CIA employees are believed to be among the victims.

Yemeni forces raid al-Qaida hideout, clashes erupt (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 09:25 PM PST

A sign explains the procedure for going through the whole body scan machine, or millimeter wave machine as passengers wait in line at a security check point at the Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 10, 2009. REUTERS/George FreyAP - Yemeni forces raided an al-Qaida hideout and set off a gunbattle Wednesday as the government vowed to eliminate the group that claimed it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner.

Rush Limbaugh admitted to Honolulu hospital (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:35 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008, file photo, radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center in New York. A Honolulu television station is reporting that conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains. (AP Photo/Gary He, file)AP - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is resting comfortably in a Hawaii hospital after suffering chest while on vacation, his radio program says.

US Embassy: Bali governor warns of possible attack (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:31 AM PST

AP - The U.S. Embassy is warning of a possible terrorist attack on Indonesia's Bali island on New Year's Eve.

White House hits back at Cheney criticism (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 09:45 PM PST

US President Barack Obama makes a statement at the Marine Base in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Obama bluntly said Tuesday the thwarted Christmas Day airliner attack exploited a potentially AP - Using the White House's blog, a top aide to President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism about Obama's approach to dealing with terrorists as "the typical Washington game of pointing fingers and making political hay."

13 state AGs threaten suit over health care deal (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 09:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, June 7, 2007 file photo, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster announces that the state has filed a long-awaited federal lawsuit that seeks to stop North Carolina from draining millions of gallons of water from a river that flows across the state line in Columbia, S.C. Republican South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and a dozen of his counterparts are sending a letter Wednesday night, Dec. 30, 2009 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid objecting to Nebraska getting a break on Medicaid payments(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday.

NH gay couples to start New Year with wedding vows (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday Dec. 28, 2009 Jeffry Burr, left, and Neil Blair are seen at their home in Franconia, N.H. The gay couple are already civilly committed, but will finally be legally married Friday, when New Hampshire becomes the fifth state to allow gay couples to wed. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters. After all, this is the third time they've exchanged vows.

Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 09:11 PM PST

A Somali soldier stands guard. Heavy fighting erupted Thursday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu between African peacekeepers and hardline Islamists killing at least 11 and injuring 25, officials and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Jose Cendon)AP - U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man's alleged attempt to board a flight bound for Djibouti and Dubai last month carrying chemicals, liquid and a syringe in a case bearing chilling echoes of the plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.

Scanners force trade-off between privacy, security (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:36 AM PST

Jessie Shanware gets patted down by a an agent at the security gate at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - As Ronak Ray hunted for his flight gate, he prepared for the prospect of a security guard peering through his clothes with a full body scanner. But Ray doesn't mind: what he gives up in privacy he gets back in security.

AP-GfK Poll: Americans seek silver lining in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009 file photo, a home is seen in San Antonio, facing imminent foreclosure without assistance. For all their differences, Americans largely agree on one thing: 2009 was a lousy year for the nation, which was rocked by job losses, home foreclosures and a sick economy. Nearly three-fourths of Americans think 2009 was a bad year for the country, and 42 percent rated it 'very bad,' according to the latest AP-GfK poll. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)AP - The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good.

Plot exposes fissure in U.S. intelligence community (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:29 PM PST

Head of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Harold Demuren speaks at a news conference in Lagos December 30, 2009. Nigeria will equip its international airports with full-body scanners next year after a 23-year-old Nigerian man tried to blow up a U.S. passenger plane on Christmas Day, Demuren said on Wednesday. Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been charged with trying to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam with almost 300 people on board. Abdulmutallab started his journey to Detroit in Lagos, where he boarded a KLM flight to Amsterdam before going through transit at Schiphol airport. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: TRANSPORT)Reuters - Last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said.

Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 Canadians (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:27 PM PST

Map showing provinces in Afghanistan where five Candians and eight Americans were killed in two separate attacks on Wednesday and Tuesday.(AFP/Graphic)Reuters - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan to kill eight U.S. CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency's largest death tolls, and a separate attack killed four Canadian troops and a journalist.

Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:09 PM PST

Head of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Harold Demuren speaks at a news conference in Lagos December 30, 2009. Nigeria will equip its international airports with full-body scanners next year after a 23-year-old Nigerian man tried to blow up a U.S. passenger plane on Christmas Day, Demuren said on Wednesday. Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been charged with trying to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam with almost 300 people on board. Abdulmutallab started his journey to Detroit in Lagos, where he boarded a KLM flight to Amsterdam before going through transit at Schiphol airport. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: TRANSPORT)Reuters - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.

AIG executive resigns over pay limits (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:18 PM PST

Reuters - A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday.

Radio host Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2008, file photo, radio personality Rush Limbaugh arrives for a screening of Bernard and Doris at the Time Warner Center in New York. A Honolulu television station is reporting that conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains. (AP Photo/Gary He, file)Reuters - Conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was resting comfortably at a hospital in Hawaii on Wednesday after suffering chest pains, his website said.

Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST

Reuters - If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared "shovel-ready" to be "unfriended" by a U.S. university's annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.

U.S. airport security irks, but passengers cope (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST

A passenger holding her baby prepares to go through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport December 29, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - First it was pocket knives and nail clippers. Then it was shoes. Then liquids. Now the government may want a closer look at your underwear after a botched attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day.

Taliban claims attack that killed eight Americans (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:23 PM PST

File photo shows US soldiers on patrol in search of insurgents in Khost province, near the Afghan-Pakistan border. Eight Americans possibly working for the CIA were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after sneaking into the gym on a US base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials and US media reports said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - The Taliban on Thursday claimed an attack by a suicide bomber on a US base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight Americans possibly working for the CIA.

Obama awaits reports on intel lapses in US jet attack (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST

A security officer screens an airline passenger's luggage at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas. President Barack Obama is to receive initial intelligence reports Thursday on potentially disastrous lapses that almost led to the mid-air bombing of a US jet amid reports US authorities knew Al-Qaeda was plotting AFP - President Barack Obama is to receive initial intelligence reports Thursday on potentially disastrous lapses that almost led to the mid-air bombing of a US jet amid reports US authorities knew Al-Qaeda was plotting "a Christmas surprise."
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