guardian.co.uk | Samoa Tsunami Kills 141 Before Quake Prompts Indian Ocean Watch Bloomberg Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Rescue workers in the South Pacific's Samoan islands and Tonga searched for more victims of a tsunami that killed at least 141 people, while a temblor of magnitude 7.6 rocked Indonesia and ... Tsunami Wipes Out Villages in South Pacific |
Telegraph.co.uk | Polanski Seeks Release from Swiss Jail New York Times PARIS â€" Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning movie director jailed in Switzerland as a fugitive from American justice, filed an application Tuesday with a Swiss court seeking his release, news reports said. ... Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody Polanski capture 'always planned' 'The Ghost' is in limbo after Roman Polanski's arrest |
Telegraph.co.uk | Merkel vows quick deal on German coalition The Associated Press BERLIN â€" Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to press ahead quickly with forming a new center-right German government following her election victory. Sunday's election gave the conservative Merkel a second four-year term. ... FOCUS: New Center-Right German Govt To Face Budget Struggle |
Telegraph.co.uk | Iran Tests Missiles in War Games Voice of America By VOA News Iranian media say the Islamic Republic has tested two short-range missiles and plans to test a long-range weapon believed to be capable of reaching Israel. State television says the elite Revolutionary Guard also tested a multiple missile ... Iran tests short-range missiles amid nuclear tension Iran test-fires short-range missiles Iran Test-Fires Short-Range Missiles |
Times Online | Preamble of G20 draft statement Reuters "We meet in the midst of a critical transition from crisis to recovery to turn the page on an era of irresponsibility and to adopt a set of policies, regulations and reforms to meet the needs of the 21st century global economy. ... G20 Leaders Talk Economics; Protestors Face Tear Gas Pittsburgh braces for more clashes at G-20 summit Officials: G-20 to supplant G-8 as international economic council |
Daily Nation | Combo vaccine reduces risk of HIV infection, researchers say CNN (CNN) -- A vaccine to prevent HIV infection has shown modest results for the first time, researchers have found. Researchers found those who received the vaccine combination were 31 percent less likely to contract HIV. ... AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise for First Time in Thai Study HIV vaccine result is significant but there have been false dawns ... Summary Box: Results out on AIDS vaccine test |
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 |
MiamiHerald.com | newsgov. Paterson's plight is of his own making New York Daily News Gov. Paterson didn't have to spend Monday uncomfortably greeting the leader of the free world knowing full well the man wants him out of office. Paterson initi » |
FOXNews | US General Warns 'Failure' in Afghanistan Without New Troops Voice of America By VOA News The top US and NATO military commander in Afghanistan is warning that the mission "will likely result in failure" if more troops are not sent within the next year. The New York Times and The Washington Post published portions of a ... US in Afghanistan failure warning Nato commander in Afghanistan warns of 'mission failure' McChrystal Assessment Paints Dire Picture of Afghan War |
New York Daily News | Men in terror probe charged with making false statements CNN International AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- Federal agents arrested a 24-year-old Colorado resident, his father and another man on charges of making false statements as part of an investigation into 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 |
USA Today | Obama changes missile defense policy, focuses on blocking Iranian ... D » |
Washington Post | Senate health care plan a 'building block' San Francisco Chronicle (09-17) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus stood alone Wednesday, delivering his long-awaited health care plan without one Republican at his side and a chilly welcome from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ... Deep divisions over long-awaited health care plan Baucus moves forward, unveils health plan Guarded Optimism Among Insurers, but Some Health Sectors Remain ... |
Washington Post | Politics Digest: Jimmy Carter Says Racism Is Behind Animosity to Obama Washington Post President Obama speaks at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, one of two appearances in Philadelphia to help raise funds for Sen. Arlen Specter's campaign. (By Charles Dharapak -- Associated Press) Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that he ... House rebukes Wilson for heckling Partisan tension lingers after Wilson rebuke Text of the resolution passed Tuesday by the House of Representatives: |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 Swayze Dies at 57 Screen star Patrick Swayze, 57 Patrick Swayze: 23 Key Roles |
CTV.ca | Purported bin Laden message surfaces CNN (CNN) -- An audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden emerged on radical Islamist Web sites, just two days after the United States marked the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Osama bin Laden is seen in ... Osama Bin Laden: Obama cannot end Afghanistan, Iraq wars Bin Laden reportedly c » |
BBC Sport | 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 » |
Times Online | Obama takes health care pitch on road Boston Globe Fresh off his health care speech to Congress that polls suggest reassured the public and that reenergized some fellow Democrats, President Obama takes his health care pitch on the road. Saturday, he will hold a r » |
guardian.co.uk | A Speech Focused on Two Constituencies: Independents, Seniors Washington Post After a month of angry town h » |
guardian.co.uk | As Vote Count Gives Karzai a Majority, a Recount Is Ordered New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan â€" Afghan election officials declared that President Hamid Karzai had won a majority of the vote based on preliminary results announced Tuesday, even as the United Nations-backed commission serving ... US Says Legitimate Election Vital to Future Partnership with ... US: Sorting out Afghan vote could take months US says Afghan election results could take months |
Telegraph.co.uk | Prepared text of Obama's speech to school students The Associated Press The prepared text of President Barack Obama's back-to-school address scheduled for Tuesday, as released in advance by the White House: OBAMA: Hello, everyone â€" how's everybody doing today? I'm here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, ... School Speech Released in Bid to Quell Controversy |
ABC News | Obama faces a critical moment for his struggling presidency San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama returned to the White House from his summer break Sunday determined to restart his struggling presidency by reasserting command of the health care debate and recalibrating expectations that some ... Obama Gears Up for Health-Care Address Obama to Reset Health Care Reform Hints as Obama's health care address draws near |
Times Online | Guv backs letting students watch to Obama speech Salt Lake Tribune Republican Gov. Gary Herbert supports President Barack Obama's plan to deliver a televised back-to-school speech to the nation's students on Tuesday, saying he sees "nothing but good coming out of this." Herbert said he favors letting students listen ... Reaction to Obama's school speech is tragic, sinister and sickenin! g Obama's back-to-school message is responsibility Presidents Obama's Speech To Be Shown Loc » |
