Friday, December 3, 2010

Obama, troops cheer each other in Afghan visit (AP)

Obama, troops cheer each other in Afghan visit (AP)

Obama, troops cheer each other in Afghan visit (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

President Barack Obama greets troops at a rally during an unannounced visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama told U.S. troops in a surprise holiday-season visit Friday that they are making important progress in Afghanistan, and he pledged the country would never again be a "safe haven for terrorists." But a war-strategy meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai was scrapped at the last minute.

Boehner says GOP to lead on extending tax cuts (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - With unemployment rising, incoming House Speaker John Boehner vowed Friday that Republicans will show the way toward extending tax cuts in 2011 if the outgoing Democrats fail to do it sooner. Boehner, R-Ohio, made his comment as partisan wrangling in the Senate slowed attempts to pass legislation ensuring that tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 don't expire.

Deficit-cutting plan fails to advance to Capitol (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:16 PM PST

The Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform meets on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's budget deficit commission failed to garner enough support Friday to prompt quick congressional action on its austere spending blueprint.

Top generals buck White House on military gay ban (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

From left, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr., Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz,, and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp Jr., testify on Capitol Hill in Washington Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, before the Senate Armed Service Committee's hearing on the military Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Bucking the Pentagon's top leaders, the chiefs of the Army and Marines urged Congress on Friday not to allow openly gay people to serve in the military, at least not while troops are at war in Afghanistan.

Controller sickout causes Spain travel chaos (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

Passengers wait for news about their flights at T4 terminal of Barajas airport in Madrid on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Spain's air traffic authority closed several airports late Friday including Madrid's international hub due to a lack of air traffic controllers ahead of a holiday weekend, in what appears to be a covert strike.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - The Spanish government said late Friday it would allow its military to take over control of airspace if air traffic controllers did not return to work from a massive sickout that left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded. The government called on controllers to resume work "immediately" or "defense will assume control of airspace."

WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

The Internet homepage of Wikileaks is shown in this photo taken in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. WikiLeaks' release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the nation's biggest businesses: You're next. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - WikiLeaks struggled to stay online Friday as governments and hackers hounded the organization across the Internet, trying to deprive it of a direct line to the public. Like a fugitive moving from house to house, WikiLeaks changed the name of its Web site after a U.S. company stopped directing traffic to wikileaks.org. French officials then moved to oust it from its new home.

Mexican army detains 14-year-old suspected killer (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Mexican army soldiers escort a 14-year-old suspected of working as a killer for a drug cartel in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico, Friday Dec. 3, 2010. The much-rumored alleged young assassin nicknamed 'El Ponchis'' was captured late Thursday at the airport in Cuernavaca with his 16-year-old sister as they were trying to catch a flight to Tijuana and flee the country to San Diego.(AP Photo/Antonio Sierra)AP - The Mexican army has detained a 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of acting as a killer for a drug cartel. The boy said he had been working for the cartel since he was 11.

Israel battles forest fire with foreign help (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames in Tirat Hacarmel, northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, and killed dozens of people. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - European aircraft dumped tons of water over flames raging through tall trees in northern Israel as firefighters struggled for a second day Friday to contain the country's worst-ever forest fire, which has killed 41 people and displaced thousands.

Canadian uses crossbow to kill another man (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Police officers enter a library branch in Toronto on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. A Canadian man has been charged with killing a man by shooting him in the back with a crossbow at the Toronto library. Constable Tony Vella says Zhou Fang, 24, is due in court Friday to face the first-degree murder charge after Si Cheng, 52, was shot in the back with a crossbow Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)AP - A Canadian man was charged with first-degree murder Friday for fatally shooting his father in the back with a crossbow in a Toronto library as shocked mothers and children watched.

Chicago Cubs great Ron Santo dies at age 70 (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:27 PM PST

FILE - This April 17, 2001, file photo shows former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo and Cubs announcer posing in the radio booth before a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The nine-time all-star died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in an Arizona hospital from complications of bladder cancer. He was 70. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera, File)AP - Ron Santo's love for the Chicago Cubs stretched from his days as a standout third baseman who one season even jumped and clicked his heels to celebrate victories to the two decades he spent unabashedly pulling for his team as a broadcaster.

Jobless rate jump casts cloud on recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:18 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. employment barely grew in November and the jobless rate unexpectedly hit a seven-month high, hardening views the Federal Reserve would stick to its $600 billion plan to shore up the anemic recovery.

Clinton: Iran faces choices in nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:34 PM PST

Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend a news conference during their meeting at Ala-Archa residence outside the capital Bishkek, December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Vladimir PirogovReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Iran to enter into next week's nuclear talks in good faith and warned of more pressure and isolation if Tehran kept to its current course.

WikiLeaks founder says guards against death threats (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday he and colleagues were taking steps to protect themselves after death threats following the publication of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables on their website.

Military chiefs urge against ending gay ban (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:13 AM PST

Reuters - Military chiefs told the Senate on Friday they opposed ending the armed forces' ban on gays anytime soon, urging caution over President Barack Obama's effort to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

BP says spill flow lower than government estimate: panel (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST

Oil gushes from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, in this frame grab captured from a BP live video feed on July 11, 2010. REUTERS/BP/HandoutReuters - BP Plc believes the actual flow rate of its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may have been significantly less than the government's final estimate, according to comments released by the White House oil spill commission on Friday.

Collahuasi talks stall, both sides willing to go on (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 11:52 AM PST

Reuters - Talks to end a month-long strike at the world's No. 3 copper mine stalled in the final stretch on Friday in a dispute over bonuses, although both sides said they were willing to continue negotiating.

Obama visits Afghanistan, says U.S. making progress (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:59 PM PST

President Obama is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus as he arrives at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Friday, praised troops for their sacrifice and "important progress" in a nine-year war that is increasingly unpopular at home.

Senate to take symbolic votes on taxes Saturday (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:27 AM PST

Reuters - The Senate will vote on two Democratic options to extend some Bush-era tax cuts on Saturday, its Democratic leader said, measures likely to fail but highlight deep ideological divisions between the parties.

WikiLeaks arrest looms as site fights to stay online (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:26 PM PST

This illustration taken on November 30, 2010 in Schwerin, northeastern Germany, shows a woman looking at the WikiLeaks website featuring a picture of the organisation's founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks faced growing pressure Friday as Assange dealt with a new arrest warrant and death threats, while the website hopped around the globe trying to evade efforts to shut it down.(AFP/DPA/File/Jens Buttner)AFP - WikiLeaks faced growing pressure Friday as its founder Julian Assange dealt with a new arrest warrant and death threats, while the website hopped around the globe trying to evade efforts to shut it down.

Thousands battle Israel's worst-ever fire as toll hits 41 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST

Flames engulf trees in the Carmel Forest on the outskirts of Haifa. Thousands of Israeli rescuers and firemen backed by fire crews from around the globe battled on Friday to conquer the biggest inferno in Israel's history, which has already killed 41 people.(AFP/Jack Guez)AFP - Thousands of Israeli rescuers and firemen backed by fire crews from around the globe battled on Friday to conquer the biggest inferno in Israel's history, which has already killed 41 people.
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