BBC News | Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quake toll mounts guardian.co.uk In Padang, a man carries an injured person in front of a collapsed university building after an earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra. Photograph: Reuters A major rescue operation was under way after a devastating earthquake struck the Indonesian island ... Hundreds feared dead in Sumatran quake Red Cross: Indonesia quake death toll reaches 75 Indonesia » |
FOXNews | Senate panel rejects public option for healthcare reform Los Angeles Times Despite the resounding 15-8 defeat in the Senate Finance Committee, government-provided coverage remains an essential element of reform for many Democrats. By Mark Silva Reporting from Washington - The Senate Finance Committee, working through ... CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-US Senate panel rejects public healthcare option Public Health-Plan Option Rejected by Senate Panel The Public Option is Not Dead Yet |
BBC News | William Safire, Speechwriter, NY Times Columnist, was 79 Washington Post William Safire, 79, conservative political columnist and word maven, died today at a hospice in Rockville, Md., reportedly of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Safire, who won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1978, wrote a semi-weekly ... William Safire, speechwriter, NY columnist, dies US columnist William Safire dies Safire, former Nixon speechwriter, conservative political ... |
guardian.co.uk | US Demands Inspection of Iranian Plant in 3 Months New York Times WASHINGTON รข€" The Obama administration plans to tell Tehran this week that the nation has three months to open its numerous nuclear sites to inspection, turn over notebooks and computers, and answer detailed ... Unlocking Iran's nuclear secrets UN! chief, Europeans chide Iran's new atom plant Angry Reaction 'Shocked' Head of Iran's Nuclear Program |
guardian.co.uk | World reaction to Iran's nuclear sites BBC News BBC correspondents in Russia and Israel report on reaction to Iran's second uranium enrichment facility. It is still far from certain whether Russia will support tough new UN sanctions against Iran. In his talks with President Barack Obama in New York ... Obama scores twin coups on Iran, economy Iran vulnerable as nuclear disclosure paves way for sanctions Why Iran confessed to secret nuclear site built inside mountain |
CTV.ca | US charges Afghan-born man with bombing plot Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A Colorado airport shuttle bus driver has been charged in New York with conspiring to carry out a bombing attack in the United States, accused of acquiring the same bomb-making chemicals used in the 2005 ... Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies The Beauty Parlor Bomb Plan; Massive Terror Plot » |
BBC News | Barack Obama puts Bush era behind him in UN general assembly speech guardian.co.uk Barack Obama put the Bush era decisively behind him today in a speech to the United Nations in which he rejected unilateralism in favour of countries working together to problems ranging from the Middle East to Iran and North Korea. ... Obama seeks help at UN, some raise questions 'Your move' : Obama to world after engagement push Obama Urges UN to Embrace New Era of Cooperation |
guardian.co.uk | Obama Presses For Action During Talks with Israeli, Palestinian ... Voice of America By VOA News US President Barack Obama says it is critical Israeli and Palestinian leaders work together to resolve issues and restart st » |
guardian.co.uk | White House says no decision on more troops for Afghanistan guardian.co.uk General Stanley McChrystal has warned of 'mission failure' in Afghanistan. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images The White House says it has made no decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan despite a c » |
Times Online | Highlights of Obama's 5 broadcast interviews The Associated Press Highlights of President Barack Obama's interviews broadcast Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," nbc's "Meet the Press," abc's "This Week," cnn's "State of the Union" and Univision's "Al Punto." The interviews were taped Friday at the White House: Health ... Obama Sees Signs Economy to Grow While Unemploymen! t Stays High Obama: health insurance mandate is no tax increase Obama: Job creation probably won't overtake population growth ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Play the Race Card Newsweek Let me say this clearly so there are no misunderstandings: some of the protests against President Obama are howls of rage at the fact that we have an African-American head of state. I'm sick of » |
Times Online | East European Officials: US Betrayed Us CBS News "Betrayal! The US sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back," the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page, while the Czech paper Mlada Fronta Dnes declared, "No Radar. Russia won." (CBS/AP) Harry Smith spoke with The New Republic's Michael ... Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal News Analysis New Missile Shield Strategy Scales Back Reagan's Vision NIE Used by Obama Found Iran Long-Range Missile Capacity Would ... |
guardian.co.uk | Lab tech Raymond Clark under arrest in the murder of Yale student ... New York Daily News Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, who is now under arrest for the murder of Annie Le (below), was taken into custody on Tuesday night, but later released. A muscular Yale lab technician was arrested and charged with murder Thursday morning in the ... Yale Lab Tech Arrested in Murder of Graduate Student Ann! ie Le Lab Technician Arrested in Death of Yale Student Annie Le Case: Police Arrest Raymond Clark |
Telegraph.co.uk | Police release Yale worker in probe of student's death CNN NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- A Yale University employee has been released from police custody after investigators detained him Tuesday night to collect DNA, said a spokeswoman for the city of New Haven. Authorities take Yale University employee ... Lab tech released from custody in Yale slaying 54 m agoYale lab tech in custody in Annie Le slay Lab technician in custody in Annie Le slaying |
Brisbane Times | House to Discipline Wilson for 'You Lie!' Outburst FOXNews House Democratic leadership has decided to bring a "resolution of disapproval" Tuesday afternoon against Rep. Joe Wilson, RS.C., for his jeer last week at President Obama By Chad Pergram Sept. 9: Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is seen shouting "you ... House Democrats to reprimand lawmaker Wilson faces possible House resolution Punishing Joe Wilson |
Washington Post | The Hard Truth About Financial Regulation Forbes For a year, lawmakers have struggled--and failed--to figure out how to make the system safer. Is anyone surprised? It's been a year since the $600 billion bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers and the financial market meltdown that forced the government ... The Early Word: W » |
BBC Sport | Serena's meltdown not winning her any fans FOXSports.com The Serena Williams camp commented earlier this week that they didn't expect a lot of crowd support for her semifinal match against Kim Clijsters at the US Open. Photos: It was a wild night at the US Open. ... Bizarre ending dethrones Williams Serena Williams' exit from US Open semifinal match is nothing to ... Serena's meltdown ends semifinal |
Telegraph.co.uk | Dems predict health accord Philadelphia Inquirer While the GOP was unswayed, Pelosi sees a deal ahead. A public option looks less likely. By David Espo Associated Press WASHINGTON - Democratic congressional leaders predicted passage of health-care legislation within a few months despite undimmed ... Dems answer Obama's c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | N.Va. High School Notebook Washington Post President Obama works the crowd after giving a back-to-school address Tuesday at Arlington's Wakefield High School. (By Gerald Martineau -- The Washington Post) By Preston Williams Big doings at Wakefield on Tuesday, with President Obama delivering a ... Nebo students to hear Obama after » |
ABC News | 'It's time to act and get this thing done,' fiery Obama says of ... New York Daily News A "fired-up" President Obama declared that it's fin » |
FOXNews | Progressives decry resignation of Van Jones San Francisco Chronicle The middle-of-the-night resignation Sunday of longtime Bay Area activist Van Jones as a White House environmental adviser left many progressives angry at the Obama administration for buckling to conservative criticism of Jones' controversial past ... Van Jones: Cursing aide left voluntarily, White House said Jones Resigns as Obama Aide, Citing 'Vicious Smear Campaign' Jones' Resignation May Embolden Administration Critics |
FOXNews | Obama's "green jobs" guru Jones resigns after uproar Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House environmental policy adviser who specialized in "green jobs" resigned on Sunday after an uproar over his previous affiliation with a September 11 conspiracy group. Van Jones, special adviser on green jobs at the ... Embattled Environmental Aide Resigns White House adviser resigns amid 9/11 controversy Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy |
