Monday, July 25, 2011

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Beck: Norway camp smacks of 'Hitler Youth'

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:43 PM PDT

In the wake of last week's massacre in Norway, U.S. conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Monday compared the summer camp where most of the 76 victims died to the Hitler Youth organization of Nazi Germany.

Hong Kong's poorest living in 'coffin homes'

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Hidden amid the multi-million dollar high-rise apartments and chic shopping malls of Hong Kong's urban centers are scores of tiny, unseen tenements -- some no bigger than coffins -- that many people call home.

ATF 'stonewalled' agents on botched gun probe, report says

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:04 PM PDT

U.S. officials kept their Mexican counterparts in the dark about a widely criticized gun-trafficking probe even as rising numbers of weapons reached the hands of Mexico's drug cartels, a congressional committee reported Tuesday.

Vatican recalls envoy to Ireland over priest abuse scandal

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:56 PM PDT

The Vatican on Monday recalled its envoy to Ireland in the wake of a blistering report accusing church leaders of covering up extensive abuse of young people by priests.

Prime minister: Norway still 'an open society' despite 'the horror'

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:48 PM PDT

Norway's prime minister pledged that his country would remain "an open society" in the wake of Friday's massacre in Oslo and a nearby youth camp but said the bloodshed has changed the nation.

Obama tells nation debt stalemate requires compromise now

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Congress is at a stalemate over raising the federal debt ceiling, and Americans need to pressure their elected representatives to work out a compromise that will avoid a potentially devastating default, President Barack Obama told the nation Monday night.

Far right domestic terrorism on par with foreign threat, experts say

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:34 PM PDT

The threat of domestic terrorist attacks in the United States similar to last week's fatal bombing and assault in Norway is significant and growing, analysts said Monday.

Transcript of Obama's speech: 'Make your voice heard'

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:34 PM PDT

The following is the prepared transcript of President Barack Obama's speech Monday night on debt reduction talks, as released by the White House:

CNN analysts react to Obama's debt appeal

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:33 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, in a televised address Monday night, called on Americans to pressure lawmakers to reach a compromise that would raise the nation's debt ceiling and avoid a possible national default.

Election bid a tough ask for China's independent candidates

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:28 PM PDT

Kezai started receiving professional tennis coaching at the age of eight. Since then his father has worked hard to cover his training costs.

Obama's 5 big mistakes

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:08 PM PDT

If the debt ceiling crisis were a movie, President Barack Obama would deserve an Oscar for his performance in the role of "the last reasonable man."

U.S. trucking contracts funded Taliban, source says

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:03 PM PDT

A U.S. military task force has discovered that part of a $2.16 billion transportation contract was diverted through a murky network of subcontractors and into the hands of a group of Afghan power-brokers, criminals and Taliban insurgents, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

Florida fishermen land massive 650-pound shark

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:46 PM PDT

A leisurely day of sport fishing ended with an exhilarating struggle Sunday when a group of fishermen landed a massive thresher shark off the coast of Florida.

Obama endorses Senate Democratic plan on debt ceiling

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:23 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Monday endorsed a debt-ceiling proposal by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that would cut federal deficits by $2.7 trillion and increase the federal borrowing limit through 2012, the White House said.

U.N., donors meet on Somalia famine as aid groups seek more help

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:21 PM PDT

The World Bank has pledged more than $500 million for famine victims in Somalia as the United Nations met in emergency session Monday to address the aid response in Somalia, the hardest-hit nation in the region.

Transcript of Boehner's speech: Washington's spending binge is over

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:21 PM PDT

The following is the prepared transcript of House Speaker John Boehner's speech Monday night on debt reduction talks:

Wastewater leak stops, but health officials close 4 N.Y. beaches

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:18 PM PDT

Four New York City beaches were closed Monday, but wastewater from a nearby treatment plant has stopped discharging into the Hudson River, city health officials said.

Yemen blames al Qaeda operative for Aden bombing

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:14 PM PDT

Yemeni officials blamed Sunday's deadly car bombing at an air force base near Aden on a Saudi member of al Qaeda, saying the attacker entered the country in July.

Libya's Zlitan becoming a front-line city

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:54 PM PDT

Firefighters battled a blaze caused by NATO airstrikes at a food-storage complex Monday in Zlitan, increasingly a front-line city in the conflict between Libyan government troops and rebels fighting to oust longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
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