Monday, November 29, 2010

Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay (AP)

Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay (AP)

Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement to members of the media in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama on Monday called for freezing the pay of 2 million federal employees, saying the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to slash the nation's mounting deficits.

US tries to contain damage from leaked documents (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

WikiLeaks released 250,000 diplomatic cables to The New York Times Sunday, most from the last three years, detailing the candid conversations between Washington and embassies around the world.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - The Obama administration moved forcefully Monday to contain damage from the release of more than a quarter-million classified diplomatic files, branding the action as an attack on the United States and raising the prospect of legal action against online whistle-blower WikiLeaks.

Iran blames Israel after nuclear scientist killed (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

Damage to a car is seen following the detonation of a planted bomb in this still image taken from video in Tehran November 29, 2010. Two car bomb blasts killed one Iranian nuclear scientist and wounded another in Tehran on Monday, Iran's al Alam Arabic language television reported. REUTERS/Alalam via Reuters TVAP - Iran's president accused Israel and the West of being behind a pair of daring bomb attacks that killed one nuclear scientist and wounded another in their cars on the streets of Tehran on Monday. He also admitted for the first time that a computer worm had affected centrifuges in Iran's uranium enrichment program.

Afghan police officer kills 6 US service members (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

Afghan national Army soldiers attached to First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division take off their ammunition before an Afghan National Army training program graduation in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP — An Afghan border policeman killed six American servicemen during a training mission Monday, underscoring one of the risks in a U.S.-led program to educate enough recruits to turn over the lead for security to Afghan forces by 2014.

Egyptians riot, burn cars, claiming vote fraud (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

A Police officer carries a ballot box to a counting center, after polls closed in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Egypt's parliamentary election was marred by scattered violence, reports of vote buying and the ejection of many independent monitors from polling stations amid what opponents say is a government campaign to clamp down at a time of political uncertainty in this top U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Protesters set fire to cars, tires and two polling stations, clashing with police firing tear gas in riots that erupted around Egypt on Monday over allegations the ruling party carried out widespread fraud to sweep parliamentary elections.

Congress puts off cuts to doctor Medicare payments (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

AP - Congress agreed Monday to a one-month delay in Medicare payment cuts to doctors, giving a short-term reprieve to a looming crisis over treatment of the nation's elderly.

Ore. terror suspect indicted in car bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PST

** CORRECTS NAME OF COUNTY TO MULTNOMAH INSTEAD OF MAUTHNOMAH ** This image released Nov. 27, 2010 by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office shows Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19. Federal agents in a sting operation arrested the Somali-born teenager just as he tried blowing up a van full of what he believed were explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony, federal authorities said. The bomb was a fake supplied by the agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said. (AP Photo/Multnomah County Sheriff's Office)AP - A federal grand jury has indicted a Somali-American man in an alleged plot to blow up a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore.

Staggering Picasso trove turns up in France (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:10 PM PST

This photo provided Monday Nov.29, 2010 by the Succession Picasso shows an artwork 'Papier colle pipe et bouteille' (Copy paste pipe and bottle) by Picasso. A retired French electrician and his wife have come forward with 271 undocumented, never-before-seen works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least euro 60 million ($79.35 million), an administrator of the artist's estate said Monday.(AP Photo/Succession Picasso) NO SALES - EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT: SUCCESSION PICASSOAP - Pablo Picasso almost never stopped creating, leaving thousands of drawings, paintings and sculptures that lure crowds to museums and mansions worldwide. Now, a retired electrician says that 271 of the master's creations have been sitting for decades in his garage.

'Empire Strikes Back' director Irvin Kershner dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PST

** ADDS PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME ** FILE - In this 1990 file photo released by Orion Pictures Corp., American film director Irvin Kershner is seen during the making of 'Robocop II.' The agent for Kershner says the director of the 'Star Wars' sequel 'The Empire Strikes Back' has died at age 87. Agent Derek Maki says in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, that Kershner died during the weekend, but no further details are available. (AP Photo/Orion Pictures Corp., Deana Newcomb, File) NO SALESAP - Irvin Kershner, who directed the Star Wars sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" and the James Bond film "Never Say Never Again," has died at age 87.

AP poll: Duke unanimous No. 1; UConn joins Top 25 (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PST

Duke's Kyle Singler, left, listens to head coach Mike Krzyzewski, right, during a stop in play in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oregon, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010, in Portland, Ore. Duke beat Oregon 98-71. (AP Photo/Troy Wayrynen)AP - There's no arguing Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll and no doubt that Connecticut has moved into the Top 25. The Blue Devils (6-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday, and the Huskies (5-0) made the second-most impressive jump into the rankings in the last 21 years, moving in at No. 7.

Obama proposes freeze in federal worker pay (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:16 PM PST

President Obama listens to remarks prior to making remarks at Chrysler Indiana Transmission Plant in Kokomo, Indiana, November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama proposed a two-year freeze on Monday on the pay of federal workers and vowed to work with Republicans to cut the ballooning U.S. budget deficit.

U.S. regrets leaks, says will tighten security (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:26 PM PST

A screengrab from the Wikileaks website. A computer hacker known as the Reuters - The United States said on Monday that it deeply regretted the release of any classified information and would tighten security to prevent leaks such as WikiLeaks' disclosure of a trove of State Department cables.

Saudi king urged U.S. to attack Iran: WikiLeaks (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:26 AM PST

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange listens during a news conference on the internet release of secret documents about the Iraq War, in London in this October 23, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Saudi King Abdullah has repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran's nuclear program and China directed cyberattacks on the United States, according to a vast cache of diplomatic cables released on Sunday in an embarrassing leak that undermines U.S. diplomacy.

U.N. talks urged to seek modest climate deal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:21 PM PST

Smoke billows from chimneys of a heating plant in Beijing, November 23, 2010. Almost 200 nations meet in Mexico beginning Monday to try to agree on modest steps to slow climate change, a U.N. gathering overshadowed by strains between the top two emitters, the United States and China. Picture taken November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - Almost 200 nations at U.N. climate talks in Mexico must compromise on a modest package of measures or face escalating damage from floods, droughts and rising seas, scientists and politicians said on Monday.

Tax, spending divide hampers deficit cut push (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST

Reuters - Two more proposals to cut the budget deficit emerged on Monday, underscoring a deep divide on taxes and spending that is likely to blunt the impact of a plan due in two days from a presidential panel.

U.S. seizes websites in fake goods crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST

Reuters - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they had shut down 82 websites selling thousands of counterfeit and pirated goods in a move timed with the start of the online holiday shopping season.

U.S., South Korea trade chiefs to meet on deal (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:46 PM PST

Reuters - Top U.S. and South Korean trade officials will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbia, Maryland to try again to resolve differences blocking U.S. approval of a free trade agreement, U.S. officials said.

U.S. terrorism verdict won't alter process: Holder (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:35 AM PST

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba since 2006 accused of involvement in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, is depicted in this courtroom sketch of his arraignment, in New York, June 9, 2009. Standing next to Ghailani is Assistant U.S. Attorney David Raskin, the prosecutor for the case. REUTERS/Christine CornellReuters - The acquittal of a man on all but one of the charges related to the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa has had no impact on deciding the fate of terrorism suspects at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday.

World scrambles to deal with WikiLeaks fallout (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a statement on the Wikileaks document release, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AFP - Governments worldwide scrambled Monday to head off damage from a flood of leaked US diplomatic cables revealing secret details and indiscreet asides on some of the world's most tense international crises.

Iran says nuclear scientists and atomic programme attacked (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a press conference in Tehran. A defiant Iran admitted Monday that its atomic programme may have come under cyber-attack as one of its top nuclear scientists was killed by a bomb attached to his car in the capital and another was wounded by a similar device.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - A defiant Iran admitted Monday that its atomic programme may have come under cyber-attack as one of its top nuclear scientists was killed by a bomb attached to his car in the capital and another was wounded by a similar device.
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