Sunday, November 28, 2010

EU agrees on $89 billion bailout loan for Ireland (AP)

EU agrees on $89 billion bailout loan for Ireland (AP)

EU agrees on $89 billion bailout loan for Ireland (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PST

Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan arrives for a round table of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Finance ministers from the eurozone and the EU are meet in Brussels Sunday to agree on a financial aid assistance package for Ireland. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - European Union nations agreed to give euro67.5 billion ($89.4 billion) in bailout loans to Ireland on Sunday to help it weather the cost of its massive banking crisis, and sketched out new rules for future emergencies in an effort to restore faith in the euro currency.

Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 spoke with the Chinese government about the expected release of classified cables by the Wikileaks website. The release of hundreds of thousands of cables is expected this weekend, though Wikileaks has not specified the timing. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Hundreds of thousands of leaked State Department documents reveal a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea.

US, SKorea launch war games in tense Yellow Sea (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:50 AM PST

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows a Marine Corps C-130 Hercules leads a formation of F/A-18C Hornets, right, and A/V-8B Harriers as they fly in formation over the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the seas east of the Korean peninsula on July 27, 2010. U.S. and South Korean ships got into position in the Yellow Sea on Sunday for the four-day exercise, said Cmdr. Jeff Davis, spokesman for the 7th Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan. (AP Photo/US Navy - Charles Oki)AP - A U.S. supercarrier and South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea on Sunday for joint military exercises that were a united show of force just days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack.

Fire set at mosque where terror suspect worshipped (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:26 PM PST

The Salman Al-Farisi Center in Corvallis, Ore. is photographed on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, who allegedly planned a bombing in Portland, Ore. during Friday's Christmas tree lighting ceremony, attended this center. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)AP - Anger over a Somali-born teen's failed plan to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony erupted in arson on Sunday when a fire damaged an Islamic center frequented by the suspect, authorities said.

Holiday sales encouraging, but are shoppers done? (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PST

AP - Holiday spending appears to be off to a respectable start, with shoppers crowding stores and malls in bigger numbers than last year on Friday and steady traffic the rest of the weekend.

Tax break for employer health plans a target again (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2010 file photo, Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the federal deficit. Major budget proposals from leaders on both sides of the political aisle have recently urged downsizing or eliminating tax breaks that help make employer health insurance the leading source of coverage in the nation, a middle-class mainstay. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit.

Muslim orphans caught between Islamic, Western law (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:52 AM PST

FILE - This June 29, 2008 file photo shows an orphaned Afghan girl listening to her teacher during Quran-i- Sharif class in a dormitory in an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan. Islam has a guardianship system that resembles foster care yet has no exact counterpart in Western law. To try to bridge the differences, adoption specialist Helene Lauffer has sought out a group of Muslim women scholars and activists. 'At the end of the day, it's about trying to find families for kids,' she says. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - Helene Lauffer knew Muslim children — orphaned, displaced, neglected — needed homes in the United States. She knew American Muslim families wanted to take them in.

Keys, Lady Gaga to sign off Twitter for charity (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:50 PM PST

FILE - In this May 9, 2010 file photo, U.S. singer Alicia Keys performs on stage at the Festhalle in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (AP Photo/Mario Vedder, file)AP - Alicia Keys and Lady Gaga take charity work seriously, and they're going offline to prove it.

Roger Federer beats Nadal in final of ATP finals (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:07 PM PST

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Spain's Rafael Nadal during the singles final tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Roger Federer gave Rafael Nadal little chance to mount a challenge in the 22nd meeting between two of the greatest players of all time, winning his fifth season-ending title 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday.

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

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 01:04 PM 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 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 U.S. diplomatic cables released on Sunday in an embarrassing leak that undermines U.S. diplomacy.

China proposes emergency talks on Korea crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:48 AM PST

South Korean naval sailors (bottom L) stand on its floating base as the sun rises off Yeonpyeong Island November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries started a massive drill.

EU backs Irish bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:53 AM PST

Reuters - The European Union approved an 85 billion euro ($115 billion) rescue for Ireland Sunday and outlined a permanent system to resolve Europe's debt crisis, in which investors could share the cost of any future default.

Haiti candidates want polls annulled, cite "fraud" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:45 AM PST

A man double checks his choice before casting his ballot at a voting station in Croix des Bouquets, just outside Port-au-Prince, November 28, 2010. REUTERS/UN/MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi/HandoutReuters - Twelve out of Haiti's 18 presidential candidates denounced "massive fraud" in elections on Sunday and demanded the vote be canceled, dealing a serious blow to the credibility of the United Nations-supported polls.

Swiss referendum backs expelling convicted foreigners (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:12 PM PST

A woman holds a banner to protest after Switzerland voted on an initiative to expel foreigners (Ausschaffungsinitiative) in Lausanne November 28, 2010.REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - A majority of Swiss voted in a referendum on Sunday to ease the expulsion of foreigners convicted of serious crimes such as murder, the latest sign of growing hostility to immigration in the Alpine state.

Police occupy Rio slum and start hunt for traffickers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 06:59 AM PST

Reuters - Police and troops occupied a Rio de Janeiro slum on Sunday and were conducting a house-to-house search for drug traffickers behind a crime wave in the beachside city last week that killed at least 46.

Cargo plane crashes in Karachi residential area (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST

A frame grab shows rescue workers carrying a stretcher at the scene of a plane crash in Karachi November 28, 2010. REUTERS/via Reuters TVReuters - A plane carrying eight people crashed early on Sunday in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, setting buildings on fire.

U.S. forces kill Iraqi civilian (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:11 AM PST

Reuters - An Iraqi civilian died after U.S. forces opened fire on his car on Sunday as it approached a military convoy near Baghdad's airport, the U.S. military said.

US-S.Korea naval exercises begin, China calls for talks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:05 AM PST

South Korean Marines patrol along the seashore on Yeonpyeong Island. The US and South Korean navies staged a potent show of force against North Korea Sunday, as China called for emergency talks about the crisis on the divided peninsula.(AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - The US and South Korean navies staged a potent show of force against North Korea Sunday, as China called for emergency talks about the crisis on the divided peninsula.

WikiLeaks unleashes flood of confidential US cables (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 12:02 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)AFP - WikiLeaks on Sunday unleashed a torrent of US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive diplomatic episodes, from a tense nuclear standoff with Pakistan to Saudi Arabia's king repeatedly suggesting bombing Iran, the New York Times reported.
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