Monday, September 5, 2011

Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs (AP)

Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs (AP)

Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves before speaking after the annual Labor Day parade in Detroit, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Obama's speech at the annual event was serving as a dress rehearsal for the jobs address he's delivering to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - President Barack Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.

Pakistan detains top al-Qaida suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:50 AM PDT

CORRECTS SOURCE OF IMAGE In this image displayed on Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations website shows al-Qaida member Younis al-Mauritani, seen in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Sept 5, 2011. Working with the CIA, Pakistani spies arrested three members of al-Qaida, including al-Mauritani a top operative alleged to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden to target American economic interests around the world, Pakistan's army said Monday. (AP Photo/Inter-Services Public Relations)AP - A battered al-Qaida suffered another significant blow when Pakistani agents working with the CIA arrested a senior leader believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the globe, Pakistan announced Monday.

Lee's torrential remnants turn deadly in Miss. (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Squalls and heavy surf pounds homes along the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. The heavy waves were breaking under homes, damaging underpinnings and ripping porches and steps from the structures. Tropical Storm Lee is moving inland along the Gulf Coast bringing torrential rains and flooding. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A plodding system dumping a torrent of rain across the South turned deadly in Mississippi when a man was swept away by floodwaters after trying to cross a swollen creek, authorities said Monday.

Libya rebels hold off on attacking Gadhafi bastion (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Rebel fighter Ani Saklen, 25, a mobile phone vendor, chats with a colleague at a checkpoint between Tarhouna and Bani Walid, Libya, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Thousands of rebel fighters closed in around one of Libya's last pro-Gadhafi strongholds Monday, but held back on a final assault in hopes of avoiding a bloody battle for the town of Bani Walid.

Libyan spy files detail Gadhafi regime's collapse (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Libyan rebels show a FN F2000 assault rifle with grenade launcher they found after surrounding a building to findweapons provided by ousted Libya leader Moammar Gadhafi to the population in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Negotiations over the surrender of one of Moammar Gadhafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - As the uprising grew against Moammar Gadhafi, secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli. Some were mundane — how agents erased anti-regime graffiti. Others were more deadly — a spy volunteered to poison rebel leaders' food and drink.

Wildfire destroys 300 homes near Austin, Texas (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:10 PM PDT

AP - A wildfire burning southeast of Austin, Texas, destroyed about 300 homes, forced the evacuation of many others and was advancing unchecked on Monday through parched ranchland along a 16-mile front, authorities said.

ESSAY: Post-9/11 'new normal' looks much like old (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010 file photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent walks down the aisle of charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago and Harlingen, Texas. We are safer, but not safe enough. In the decade since the 9/11 attacks, the government has taken giant steps to protect the nation from terrorists, spending eye-popping sums to smarten up the federal bureaucracy, hunt down enemies, strengthen airline security, secure U.S. borders, reshape America's image and more. But the effort remains a work in progress, and in some cases a work stalled. The bipartisan 9/11 Commission in 2004 laid out a 585-page road map to create an America that is 'safer, stronger, wiser.' Many of the commission's recommendations are now reality. But in some cases, results haven't lived up to expectations. And other proposals still are just that, ideas awaiting action. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - In the crucible of Sept. 11, no one could imagine things would ever be the same again.

Pakistani tech wiz harnesses Internet for the poor (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT

In this Aug, 29, 2011 photo, Umar Saif, left, stands with his colleague Yaser Awan in Lahore, Pakistan. While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, 32-year-old Umar Saif is working to bring the networking power of the Internet to millions of Pakistanis who don't have access to the Web — and could shake up the country's politics in the process. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, Umar Saif is working to bring Internet-style networking to millions of Pakistanis who don't have access to the Web. He could shake up the country's politics in the process.

Unique Roman gladiator ruins unveiled in Austria (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:09 AM PDT

A model of a Roman gladiator school found with a underground radar in Carnuntum, Austria is presented at a press conference by the Ludwig Bolzmann institute for archaeology in Carnuntum, Austria, on Monday, Sept 5, 2011. They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in for the time allotted them until death; usually four or five battles in the arena. This was the lot of those who trained at what experts described Monday as a world sensation — the newly found and well preserved remnants of a gladiator school. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator school in Austria.

Pavlyuchenkova breaks through against Schiavone (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia reacts after her match against Francesca Schiavone of Italy during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - In a match where nobody's serve was safe, No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made it to her second Grand Slam quarterfinal Monday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone.

Obama previews jobs speech, challenges Republicans (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a Labor Day event at General Motors Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama previewed proposals on Monday for new infrastructure spending and an extension of payroll tax cuts as part of a major jobs package he will unveil this week, and challenged Republicans to find common ground with him.

Equities hammered by euro zone and banking worries (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A man waits to cross a street in front of an electronic board displaying graphs of major stock market indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - LONDON (Reuters)- European stocks tumbled 4 percent on Monday, with banks plumbing a more than two year low, as fears for the future of the euro zone bubbled up against a background of weak economic growth and threats to the banking sector.

Libyan forces mass outside stubborn town (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

An anti-Gaddafi fighter walks as he keeps guard at the last checkpoint to enter the town of Bani Walid, currently held by pro-Gaddafi forces, in south east Tripoli September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libyan forces massed on Monday outside a pro-Gaddafi desert town that has refused to surrender, building a field hospital in preparation for a possible last stand.

Libyans say China and Europe sent arms to Gaddafi (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:54 PM PDT

A paramilitary policeman stands guard at the entrance of the Libyan embassy in Beijing August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - Libya's new leadership has evidence Muammar Gaddafi bought arms this year from sanctions-busting traders in China and Europe, many of them via Algeria, but are split over how far to retaliate against governments who failed to stop it.

G7 to seek ways to prop up global growth: source (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Group of Seven financial leaders, worried about risks to global growth, are likely to agree this week to keep monetary policy accommodative, slow fiscal consolidation in countries where that is possible and implement structural reforms, a G7 source said.

Gulf coast braces for more rain, one dead (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:00 AM PDT

A man sits on his front porch while flood waters reach outside his house as Tropical Storm Lee slowly makes landfall in Lafitte, Louisiana, September 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dan AndersonReuters - Gulf Coast residents from Texas to Florida braced for a third day of severe weather on Monday with one death reported as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continued to lash the region.

U.S. must stay in Afghanistan or risk more attacks: envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States must keep fighting the Taliban or risk more attacks like those of September 11, 2001, because the insurgent group is a ruthless enemy that has not cut ties to al Qaeda, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul said.

Insight: In home of Arab Spring, a desire for more (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Protestors march outside the prime minister's office during a demonstration in downtown Tunis, in this January 24, 2011 file picture. Nine months after the revolt that swept away President Zine al-Abdine Ben Ali and sparked uprisings around the Arab world, Tunisians fear the changes they fought for may already be fading. Most people in this country of 10 million are proud their revolution spread to the rest of the region, and keen to set an example with democratic elections in October 2011. But many worry that Ben Ali loyalists continue to hold positions of power and are working behind the scenes to curtail real change. They are also concerned that divisions, particularly over the role of Islam, could destabilise Tunisia's transition to democracy and leave the economic problems that helped spark the uprising unresolved. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/Files (TUNISIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)Reuters - In the offices of one of Tunisia's many political parties, a poster captures the fear that keeps people returning to the streets. It shows a woman in the midst of a protest. She holds up a simple sign: "The martyrs did not die for a new dictatorship."
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