BBC News | Red Cross: Indonesia quake death toll reaches 75 CNN JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A major earthquake in Indonesia killed at least 75 people Wednesday, according to a Red Cross disaster report, citing an official report from the country's vice president. Wednesday's earthquake was centered in Indonesia's ... Powerful Earthquake Kills 75 in Indonesia, Traps Thousands Asia: Tsunami Warning System Dangerously Flawed Indonesia quake kills 75, thousands trapped |
Washington Post | Polanski in Poland: National Hero or Disgraced Icon? ABC News Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk today brushed aside any notion that Poles should be fixated over Roman Polanki's arrest. Jeff Bert, the director's agent, addresses the latest details in the case. "I don't think this national uproar is ... Polanski Seeks Release From Swiss Jail Filmmakers demand Polanski's release Roman Polanski files for release from jail |
FOXNews | Brazil President: Rio can win 2016 Olympic bid The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO â€" Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is confident Rio de Janeiro can win its bid for the 2016 Olympics and he'll "return from Copenhagen with a victory." Silva will travel to the Danish capital to lobby for Rio ahead of ... Obama plans Copenhagen trip to pitch Chicago's Olympic bid Olympics Photo Wire Would the 2016 Olympics Be Good for Chicago? |
Monsters and Critics.com | Iran Test-Fires 3 Missiles New York Times Iran test-fired three short-range missiles on Sunday as tension escalated over the revelation of its secret new nuclear enrichment facility. The missiles were fired two days after the United States, Britain and France disclosed that ... Iran test-fires short-range missiles Iran Tests Missiles, International Tensions Rise Talks on Iran's nuclear issue: Another round of tough wrangling |
Telegraph.co.uk | Russia alarmed by news of Iran uranium plant Reuters PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Russia is alarmed by Iran's revelation it is building a second uranium enrichment plant and President Dmitry Medvedev will address the matter on Friday, a spokeswoman said, hinting that Moscow might look more favorably at the ... Officials: Obama shared info on Iran nuke site with Russia, China Text of Obama, Sarkozy, Brown statements on Iran Obama, Sarkozy, Brown rebuke Iran over secret nuclear plant |
Los Angeles Times | US charges Afghan-born man with bombing plot Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Colorado airport shuttle driver has been charged in New York with conspiring to launch a bombing attack in the United States and the US attorney general said any imminent threat from the plot had been ... U.S. indicts Denver man in bombing conspiracy Terror Suspect Is Charged With Plot to Use Bombs US charges suspect in 'bomb plot' |
guardian.co.uk | Obama: Climate Change May Lead to 'Irreversible Catastrophe' Voice of America By VOA News US President Barack Obama says inaction on climate change could leave future generations with an "irreversible catastrophe." Mr. Obama c » |
Times Online | Report: More troops needed for Afghan war success The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan has reported to President Barack Obama that without more troops the US risks failure in a war it's been waging since September 2001. "Resources will not win this war, but under-resourcing could ... Report: US general c » |
MiamiHerald.com | Federal Agents Arrest 3 Men in Terror Inquiry New York Times Federal authorities arrested an airport shuttle bus driver and his father in Colorado and another man in New York City on Saturday night, charging them with lying to investigators about an » |
Washington Post | 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 ... In media blitz, Obama says vitriol isn't racism-based Obama says government role in health care is the issue, not race TV Hosts Wait in Line for Obama |
Telegraph.co.uk | Russia to drop missile deployment plan: envoy Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia will not deploy new missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave now that the United States has dropped plans to build an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, Russia's envoy to NATO said on Friday. ... Obama scraps missile defence plan Obama changes missile defense policy, focuses on blocking Iranian ... |
USA Today | Police in Yale Murder Probe Gather at Motel Housing Lab Worker Bloomberg Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Police gathered at a motel housing a Yale University laboratory worker named as a “person of interest†in the murder of Annie Le, the graduate student killed days before her wedding. ... Report: Police nearing arrest; DNA links Raymond Clark to Annie Le ... Police say arrest 'soon' in Yale student killing Report: DNA match in Yale murder |
Times Online | Rapping Joe's Knuckles New York Times It would be a waste of time, he asserted on the House floor where, six days earlier, he had committed his conduct most unbecoming. Other Republicans stepped up to the microphone to agree that this was a distraction from the important ... Politics Digest: Jimmy Carter Says Racism Is Behind Animosity to Obama Boehner blasts House resolution against Wilson House rebukes Wilson for heckling |
Washington Post | Patrick Swayze: the image of dignity, decency and defiance Los Angeles Times Though it was not his first film or even his breakthrough -- he'd already had that three years earlier with "Dirty Dancing" -- my favorite memory of Patrick Swayze came in 1990 with the romantic thriller "Ghost" with Demi ... Patrick & Lisa: A Love Story Patrick Swayze danced into hearts, then broke them Patrick Swayze dies at 57 |
Straits Times | Stocks set for grouchy start CNNMoney.com Markets seen pulling back at Monday's open as W » |
Times Online | Obama works to stay in control of health debate The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama is working to reclaim the initiative from critics of his health care initiative and boost momentum to push his chief domestic priority through Congress. Obama kept up a steady weekend drumbeat of cheerleading for his ... On the road, Obama touts health plan Obama r » |
New York Times | Med Center ceos examine health care reform Houston Chronicle In Houston, we see both the failure and the promise of the US health care system. Almost one-third of our residents have no insurance, the highest percentage for any major city in the country. ... It's Simple: Medicare for » |
New York Times | Obama presses legislators to pass bill on interim senator Boston Globe By Jim O'Sullivan and Michael Norton President Obama pushed Massachusetts lawmakers yesterday to rewrite a 2004 election law and » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama's health care speech doesn't end fight San Francisco Chronicle President Obama mustered » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Q+A: What's at stake in Obama healthcare speech Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama puts himself squarely into the center of the debate over US healthcare reform, his top domestic policy priority, with a high-stakes address to Congress Wednesday. ... Obama's long-term agenda could ride on speech's impact President's speech wins high marks from students Many listen; some districts tune out |
ABC News | Schools say no to Obama's speech The Detroit News Rochester -- Linda Key's ninth-grader was hoping to see President Barack Obama's address to America's schoolchildren today. Instead, her son, Graham, 14, is expecting a lesson in disappointment on his first day at Stoney Creek High School this year ... Obama Exhorts Kids to Pay Attention in School Presidential Personality Cult? Obama to urge kids not to quit |
BBC 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 Official: Obama set to 'draw some lines in the sand' on health care White House Weighing Public Health Care Option |
Times Online | Group of 20 Seeks Curbs On Bonuses, But Not Caps Washington Post AP LONDON, Sept. 5 -- Top finance officials from rich and developing countries agreed Saturday to curb hefty bonuses for bankers, but the proposed crackdown on high payouts fell short of European demands after the United ... G-20 to maintain economic stimulus measures G20 papers over cracks on bank capital, pay G20 leaders left to-do list ahead of summit |
