Times Online | Eyewitness: On air when tsunami hit BBC News Joey Cummings works for the radio station 93KHJ in Pago Pago, American Samoa. He was presenting the morning show Samoan Sunrise when the first tsunami wave hit. My colleague John Raynar c » |
Times Online | Iran Offers Eventual Inspection of Nuclear Plant New York Times PARIS â€" One day after it said it test-fired missiles capable of striking targets 1200 miles from its soil, Iran struck what seemed a less bellicose posture Tuesday, saying it would soon offer a timetable for ... Nuclear row diverts focus from Iran unrest Iran! parliament warns against foreign pressure Iran's secret site is the missing piece in its nuclear puzzle |
Financial Times | Germany gets mandate to extend nuclear life cycles Reuters FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's majority for a new center-right government means she can rewrite a national nuclear phaseout deal by » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Film-Maker Polanski Arrested in Switzerland ABC News ZURICH (Reuters) - Film-maker Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 31-year-old US arrest warrant, the Zurich Film Festival said in a statement on Sunday. Polanski's arrest on Saturday evening was in connection with an arrest ... Polanski arrested in connection with rape charge Film Director Roman Polanski Arrested On '70s Rape Charges Festival says director Polanski in Swiss custody |
Times Online | Iran defies Obama and vows to switch on 'secret' nuclear facility Telegraph.co.uk A new Iranian nuclear enrichment facility which was revealed to the world this week will soon start work, a Tehran official said on Saturday. By agencies in Tehran and Telegraph reporter "This new plant, God willing, will soon become operational," said ... Iran to » |
Times Online | G20 Leaders Talk Economics; Protestors Face Tear Gas Voice of America Leaders of twenty of the world's leading and emerging economies are gathered in Pittsburgh, seeking ways to fight the recession, and keep economic troubles from breaking out again. In addition to » |
Voice of America | HIV Vaccine Shows Promise for First Time, Study Shows Bloomberg Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) -- An experimental vaccine prevented HIV infections for the first time, a breakthrough that has eluded scientists for a quarter century. A US-funded study involving more than 16000 volunteers in Thailand found ... Combo vaccine reduces risk of HIV infection, researchers say UN agencies say AIDS vaccine results promising Q&A: HIV vaccine |
guardian.co.uk | Obama Considers Strategy Shift in Afghan War FOXNews President is reportedly considering one plan put together by Vice President Joe Biden that would scale back US forces and instead put emphasis on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan. Sept. 19: Members of the US Army 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry ... Obama Is Considering Strategy Shift in Afghan War Congress Presses on War Plan |
Telegraph.co.uk | World Agenda: Is Afghan surge Obama's Cuba moment? Times Online There's a great scene in Thirteen Days, the film about the Cuban missile crisis, in which Kevin Conway as General Curtis LeMay tells President Kennedy: “The big red dog is diggin' in our backyard, and we are justified in shooting him! ... Two NATO solders killed in Afghanistan Bomb in Afghanistan kills US service member Nato c » |
MiamiHerald.com | 3 men in terror probe charged with making false statements CNN International AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- Federal agents have charged a 24-year-old Colorado resident, his father and another man with making false statements as part of an extensive terror investigation that stretches to Pakistan. Najibullah Zazi is accused of making ... 3 arrested for false statements in terror probe Three suspects arrested in US terrorism probe Father, son arrested in terrorism investigation |
guardian.co.uk | Obama Rejects Race as Lead Cause of Criticism New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama said Friday that he did not believe his race was the cause of fierce criticism aimed at his administration in the contentious national debate over health care, but rather that the cause was a sense of ... Obama says government role in health care is the issue, not race TV Hosts Wait in Line for Obama |
BBC News | 4th day of questioning in terrorism probe The Associated Press DENVER â€" A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver is expected to voluntarily answer questions for a fourth day even as a senior US intelligence official says the man played a crucial role in an intended terrorist attack. ... Feds probe » |
USA Today | DNA shows Annie Le's blood on Yale lab tech Raymond Clark boots ... New York Daily News DNA tests show Annie Le's blood on boots belonging to Yale lab tech Raymond Clark, investigators on the case say. Above, Raymond Clark after being taken into custody. PHOTOS: THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF ANNIE LE. Investigators say they're eyeing ... Lab tech's DNA matched evidence in Annie Le slaying, source says Chief: Yale slaying an instance of 'workplace violence' Lab Technician Is Charged in Yale Grad Student's Killing |
Reuters | Eastern Europe Awaits Decision on Missile Shield New York Times BERLIN â€" The Obama administration is expected to announce Thursday that it will shelve plans to deploy its controversial anti-b » |
Washington Post | House rebukes Wilson for heckling Philadelphia Inquirer WASHINGTON - In a rare action, the House rebuked one of its members yesterday for shouting "You lie" at President Obama last Wednesday, ending a weeklong standoff during which Democrats demanded a public apology that the ... Partisan tension lingers after Wilson rebuke Obama Must Follow Through On His Threats to 'C » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Patrick Swayze danced into hearts, then broke them San Francisco Chronicle Patrick Swayze - who for a run in the late 1980s and early 1990s was among the biggest movie stars in the world - died Monday after an almost two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. The hunky actor, who danced his way into viewers' hearts ... 'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57 Patrick Swayze: the image of dignity, decency and defiance Patrick Swayze Dies at 57 |
New York Daily News | Bizarre ending dethrones Williams Boston Globe NEW YORK - Serena Williams, the defending US Open champion, lost her semifinal match to Kim Clijsters in the most shocking and improbable manner last night, stunning the crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium. When a lineswoman c » |
Washington Post | Jeter tops Gehrig, sets Yankees hit record SI.com NEW YORK (AP) -Puddles soaked the warning track and ponchos dotted the stands when Derek Jeter stepped to the plate in the third inning, hoping to give the soggy Yankee Stadium crowd a reason for showing up in » |
Washington Post | Illegal Immigrants Trigger Fight by Foes Over Obama's Overhaul Bloomberg Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Illegal immigrants in the US won't gain insurance benefits for their medical care under the health overhaul proposed by President Barack Obama. That may not stop some uninsured and undocumented ... Outrage over Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst isn't dying down Los Angeles Times Heckler's District Mostly Supports the Outburst Outburst surprises South Carolinians; some praise 'guts' |
FOXNews | Rep. Wilson shouts to Obama during speech: 'You lie' CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Republican House member shouted "You lie" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling. Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie" after President Obama denied ... Obama's health care address: A closer look at what he said The Speech: Checking the Facts Obama Doubles Down |
guardian.co.uk | After Week of Fury, A Quiet Reception For Obama's Speech Washington Post There was more than the usual first-day-of-school excitement for students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. on Tuesday -- President Obama was on-hand for a pep talk. By Michael Birnbaum If the past week's furor over whether President Obama ... Presidential Pep Talk Kicks Off Year for Students South Bay students react to President Obama's speech Bipartisan praise for Obama's school speech |
ABC News | Obama to urge kids not to quit Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Los Angeles Times, Journal Sentinel staff Washington â€" Conservative activists blasted it as socialist. Worried parents c » |
ABC News | Obama aides leave room for healthcare compromise Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama's top aides said on Sunday he still wants a government insurance option in healthcare legislation but they left room for a compromise that could disappoint his ... Obama set to make final healthcare push Offic! ial: Obama set to 'draw some lines in the sand' on health care Axelrod: Firm on public option |
