Sunday, July 31, 2011

Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default (AP)

Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default (AP)

Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to his office following a vote as the debt crisis continues on Capitol Hill in Washington Sunday, July 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The U.S. Senate plunged on Sunday into what many lawmakers and the White House — and millions of Americans coast to coast — hoped would be an all-but-decisive last-minute effort to raise the nation's debt ceiling and defuse a crisis that still could lead to an unprecedented government default.

In debt drama, voters play key, if overlooked role (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:43 PM PDT

AP - Dear voter: Want to know why Democrats and Republicans in Congress find it so hard to work together to solve tough problems like the debt ceiling, health care and Social Security?

Scores die as Syrian forces attack defiant cities (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:52 PM PDT

At least 95 people were killed on Sunday when the military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria, a human rights activist said.(AFP/YOUTUBE)AP - Syrian security forces backed by tanks and snipers launched a ferocious assault Sunday on defiant cities and towns, killing at least 70 people and possibly many more as the regime raced to crush dissent ahead of Ramadan. Corpses littered the streets after a surge in violence that drew widespread international condemnation.

Bomb kills 11 at police HQ in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Afghan police officers gather near a wrecked police vehicle at the entrance of the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, July 31, 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday at the gate of the police headquarters, killing more than ten people in the city where Afghans have recently taken control of security. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday at the main gate of a provincial police headquarters in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people in a city where Afghans have recently taken control of security.

AP Exclusive: Insanity ruling not likely in Norway (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo Monday July 25, 2011 where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway will be held in complete isolation for four weeks after a hearing in which he said his terror network had two other cells. (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) NORWAY OUTAP - It's unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press.

Arab unrest, high food prices cast pall on Ramadan (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Jordanian souvenir shop owner hangs decoration lights of Ramadan, such as lanterns and neon crescents, at his shop, in downtown Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk expected to begin in early August. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Hannon)AP - From Syria to Libya and Egypt, the uprisings and unrest gripping the Arab world have cast a pall on the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when the traditional focus on piety will likely be eclipsed by more unrest.

Divers search NH pond for sign of missing girl, 11 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT

This 2010 photo provided by the New Hampshire State Police shows Celina Cass of West Stewartstown, N.H., in a basketball team uniform in Canann, Vt. Law enforcement officials are searching for Cass, who they say was last seen at her home the night of Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Whipple)AP - Divers were deployed to a pond in northern New Hampshire on Sunday in the search for an 11-year-old girl who's been missing for several days.

Verdict for 2 Americans in Iran within a week (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Masoud Shafiei, the Iranian lawyer for two Americans who have been jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 30, 2011. Two Americans could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal and Bauer's fiancee, Sarah Shourd, were detained on July 31, 2009, and Iran accused them of illegally crossing the border to spy. Shourd was released last year on $500,000 bail and has said she won't return to Iran for trial. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage said Sunday the court will announce its verdict within a week, dashing hopes for their immediate release after a final hearing in the case.

'Cowboys & Aliens,' 'Smurfs' tie for No. 1 spot (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT

Singer Katy Perry poses with a Smurf character at the premiere of 'The Smurfs' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sunday, July 24, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office.

From jail to Jets, Burress finds a new NFL home (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:27 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2011 file photo, Plaxico Burress, the 33-year-old former New York Giants receiver, smiles during a news conference, in New York. The former Super Bowl star with the Giants, recently released from prison after serving 20 months on a gun charge, reached an agreement in principle Sunday, July 31, 2011, on a one-year deal with the New York Jets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP - Stuck in prison and his NFL career derailed, Plaxico Burress insisted he'd be back one day.

Lawmakers close to deal to avoid default (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) talks with Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (2nd R) as the Congress tries to hammer out a solution to the looming debt ceiling crisis at the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Lawmakers were close to a last-gasp $3 trillion deal on Sunday to raise the borrowing limit and assure jittery financial markets that the United States will avoid a potentially catastrophic default.

Markets to rally if debt deal reached, downgrade eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Reuters - If debate in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling finally ends with a deal on Sunday, the last-minute reprieve could spark a relief rally when global markets open.

Syria army kills 80 people storming Hama (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

A giant Syrian flag is held by the crowd during a protest against President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in the city centre of Hama July 29, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama on Sunday, killing 80 civilians, rights activists said, in one of the bloodiest days in a five-month-old popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Britain, Japan warn of disaster if no U.S. debt deal (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Reuters - British and Japanese officials warned Sunday of disastrous consequences for the global economy if last-minute talks among lawmakers in Washington failed to agree on raising the U.S. borrowing limit and averting a debt default.

Analysis: Kurds serve warning as U.S. withdrawal nears (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:32 AM PDT

Reuters - When Iraq's northern Kurdish region sent a division of troops to surround Kirkuk in February, it may have been a signal of the delicate balancing act to come when U.S. forces leave the disputed oil city.

German security official warns of Breivik copycats (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 06:46 AM PDT

Reuters - The recent mass killing in Norway could easily serve as a blueprint for other anti-Muslim militants, one of Germany's top security officials warned in a magazine interview Sunday.

Police kill 4 after blasts, attacks in China's west (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Police shot dead four "rioters" in China's far west on Sunday after at least three people, including a policeman, were killed in the latest in a series attacks in the region this month, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

Rebels clash with Gaddafi loyalists in rebel-held east (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Libyan rebel fighters sit on a ridge near a tank shell after overrunning a government army position in the village of Hawamid in western Libya, July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Rebel forces fought gunmen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in eastern Libya on Sunday in the latest incident to undermine the insurgents' grip in territory they hold.

Syrian army kills 100 in Hama crackdown: activists (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:21 PM PDT

An image grab from a video uploaded on YouTube shows what anti-regime protesters claim to be defected soldiers standing on tanks amid demonstrators in the city of Hama. Note: AFP is not authorized to cover this event and is therefore using pictures from alternative sources, which cannot be independently verified.(AFP/YOUTUBE)AFP - Syrian forces killed nearly 140 people on Sunday including at least 100 when the army stormed the flashpoint protest city of Hama to crush dissent on the eve of Ramadan, activists said.

White House, lawmakers, close in on debt deal (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 12:34 PM PDT

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) and Minority Whip Jon Kyl walk to the Senate chamber for a vote at the Capitol in Washington. With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy.
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