Senin, 15 Maret 2010

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Obama heads to Ohio looking for health care votes (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:50 AM PDT

In this image released by NBC David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's top political adviser, is interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press in Washington Sunday, March 14, 2010. Axelrod said Sunday that lobbyists are gathering on Capitol Hill 'like locusts' to try to derail health care legislation, that passage will be a struggle, but that he's confident the overhaul will soon become law. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALESAP - Still seeking votes for his proposed health care overhaul, President Barack Obama appears ready to reverse his position and allow unpopular deal-sweetening measures in the hopes of finding Democratic support for legislation whose future will be decided in coming days.

US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves arrives in the remote Inupiat Eskimo village Noorvik, Alaska in a dogsled driven by Noorvik resident Brian Coffin, 11, to formally launch the nation's 2010 count. More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday, March 15, 2010, in mailboxes around the country, in the government's once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - Let the count begin.

Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:21 AM PDT

Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they march to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.

Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010. A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office. (AP Photo)AP - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.

Views split on Calif runaway Prius driver's story (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - This much is not in dispute: Inspectors could not duplicate the sudden, unintended acceleration that a motorist reported last week when his Toyota Prius reached 94 mph on a California freeway. They tried during a two-hour test drive.

US lawmakers attack China ahead of Nov. elections (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:20 AM PDT

Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., speaks with reporters at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, March 8, 20201, after accompanying President Barack Obama on Air Force One to Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., where he spoke about health care reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - China is once again the country Congress loves to hate.

Officials: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:17 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - Israeli officials said Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years.

Damage from storm may snarl commutes in Northeast (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Flooding on Main Street in Bound Brook, N.J., Sunday, March 14, 2010. Several inches of rain has fallen in the area causing the Raritan River to overflow. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast is weakening as it moves north, but the damage and flooding left in its wake might keep some people from their homes for days and cause headaches for Monday's commute.

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy. Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )AP - Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.

Kansas earns overall top seed in NCAA tournament (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:51 AM PDT

Syracuse's Arinze Onuaku talks to reporters after a news conference about the NCAA college basketball tournament in Syracuse, N.Y., Sunday, March 14, 2010. Syracuse faces Vermont on Friday. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)AP - The selection committee made its choices. Now, it's America's turn.

Senate financial reform bill boosts Fed: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) addresses the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Presidential Candidates Forum in Washingtonn,in this March 28, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the Senate's architect of financial reform.

Greek bailout tops EU finance ministers' agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Finance ministers from countries using the euro hope to agree on Monday on a way of providing heavily indebted Greece with financial aid, despite French and German doubts that a deal will be reached.

House Democrat says still short on health votes (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 06:44 PM PDT

Bonnary Lek, a manager at Discovery Communications headquarters, is examined by Discovery Wellness Center Medical Director Liz Sequeira during an appointment at the clinic in Silver Spring, Maryland December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jim BourgReuters - White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs to line up more support in the House of Representatives.

Israeli envoy sees "historic crisis" with U.S.: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Israeli-U.S. relations have hit a 35-year low over a West Bank settlement plan that threatens to derail peacemaking efforts with the Palestinians, Israel's envoy to Washington was quoted as saying on Monday.

U.S. official set up unit to kill Afghan militants: report (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:07 PM PDT

Reuters - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citing military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.

"Red shirt" protesters march on Thai military base (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 09:57 PM PDT

A Buddhist monk shows a trademark sign of supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra as he and hundreds of fellow monks march to join the protest in central Bangkok March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Damir SagoljReuters - Cheering, blaring horns and waving flags, thousands of protesters started to move on Monday toward a military base in Bangkok where the premier has his crisis headquarters, putting pressure on him to call elections.

UN chief urges donors to keep Haiti funds flowing (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 05:25 PM PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves upon his arrival at Concepcion airport March 6, 2010. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz CaballeroReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.

Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 06:34 PM PDT

A view of the U.S. Consulate is seen in the border city of Ciudad Juarez March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasReuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack.

Grenades wound soldiers amid Thai protests: army (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:01 AM PDT

Riot policemen stand guard outside Government House in central Bangkok. Grenade attacks on a military base in the city have wounded two soldiers as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters massed at another barracks in the Thai capital, a military spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Grenade attacks on a Bangkok military base Monday wounded two soldiers as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters massed at another barracks in the Thai capital, a military spokesman said.

Iraq PM bolsters chances of retaining post (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Iraqi staff count and sort votes for the parliamentary elections in Baghdad's Russafa district on March 14. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's chances of retaining his post appeared strong on Monday, more than a week after a general election that has seen his bloc claim leads in several key Iraqi provinces.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's chances of retaining his post appeared strong on Monday, more than a week after a general election that has seen his bloc claim leads in several key Iraqi provinces.
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