Saturday, December 4, 2010

Senate showdown may pave way for year-end tax deal (AP)

Senate showdown may pave way for year-end tax deal (AP)

Senate showdown may pave way for year-end tax deal (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST

(L-R) Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Rep. Chris Van Hollen meet with Sen. Jon Kyl Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Rep. Dave Camp to discuss the Bush-era tax cuts on December 1.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - Senate Republicans derailed legislation Saturday to extend expiring tax cuts at all but the highest income levels in a political showdown that paradoxically clears a path for a compromise with the White House on steps to boost the economy.

WikiLeaks loses major source of revenue (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:14 PM PST

FILE - In this March 17, 2010 file photo, a PayPal employee walks past the PayPal logo at the international headquarters in Singapore. The online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations, serving another blow to the organization just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it. PayPal said in a blog posting that the move was prompted by a violation of its policy, 'which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity.' (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)AP - WikiLeaks has lost a major source of revenue after the online payment service provider PayPal cut off its account used to collect donations, saying the website is engaged in illegal activity.

Obama hails SKorea trade as victory for US workers (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:07 AM PST

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, looks on as President Barack Obama makes a statement on the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a newly sealed trade deal with South Korea as a landmark agreement that promises to boost the domestic auto industry and support tens of thousands of American jobs.

Spanish air controllers start returning to work (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:04 AM PST

A passenger from Colombia rests beside to her baby beside to a closed Customer Service desk at Bilbao Airport, in Bilbao northern Spain, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Spain declared an unprecedented 'state of alarm' Saturday to try to end an air traffic controllers strike that has largely closed the country's air space and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers, threatening jail terms under military law for controllers who refuse to go back to work. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - Spain placed striking air traffic controllers under military authority Saturday and threatened them with jail terms in an unprecedented emergency order to get planes back in the skies and clear chaotic airports clogged with irate travelers.

Ivory Coast dispute leaves 2 presidents, chaos (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:19 PM PST

Supporters of Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara protest in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The outcome of Ivory Coast's first presidential election in a decade was plunged into doubt Friday as the constitutional council declared incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo the winner a day after the election chief handed victory to the opposition.(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - The two candidates in Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election took dueling oaths of office Saturday after each claimed victory, as the political crisis spiraled out of control and renewed unrest in this country once split in two by civil war.

Iran says UN agency sending spies, not inspectors (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:33 PM PST

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh waits to the start of the IAEA's board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Friday Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - Iran's intelligence minister accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency of sending spies in the guise of inspectors to collect information about Iran's nuclear activities, state TV reported Saturday.

Analysis: Obama's trip signals Afghan war plan set (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

President Barack Obama is introduced to the troops during a rally in an unannounced visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's dash to Afghanistan amounted to more than a feel-good mission of thanks to troops fighting for their lives. It was a confirmation that his war plan is here to stay.

As climate talks drag on, more ponder techno-fixes (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:08 AM PST

In this photo taken June 23, 2006, a jetliner flies into a cloud bank as it descends into the Washington, D.C. area in Potomac, Md. Like the warming atmosphere above, a once-taboo idea hangs over the slow, frustrating U.N. talks to try to curb climate change: Engineer, manipulate, tinker with the atmosphere or the planet itself.(AP Photo/Chris Gardner)AP - Like the warming atmosphere above, a once-taboo idea hangs over the slow, frustrating U.N. talks to curb climate change: the idea to tinker with the atmosphere or the planet itself, pollute the skies to ward off the sun, fill the oceans with gas-eating plankton, do whatever it takes.

'Suge' Knight arrested on outstanding warrant (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:23 PM PST

AP - Authorities say rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant as he left a restaurant near Universal Studios outside Los Angeles.

Union to players: Save pay, NFL lockout's coming (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:18 PM PST

FILE - This Oct. 19, 2010, file photo shows NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith speaking at a news conference during a tailgate-style rally in support of the players union at a bar in St. Paul, Minn. The NFL players' union is advising its members to prepare for a lockout it expects to come in March, telling players to save their last three game checks this year in case there is no season in 2011. In a letter to the players that was seen by The Associated Press, Smith said the union had an 'internal deadline' for agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement.(AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File)AP - The NFL players' union has advised its members to prepare for a lockout in March, telling players to save their last three game checks this year in case there is no season in 2011.

Spain reopens airspace after controllers' strike (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST

Stranded passengers rest at Madrid's Barajas airport after flights were cancelled due to a massive walkout of air traffic controllers in Madrid December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Juan MedinaReuters - Spanish airspace reopened on Saturday after a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers paralyzed airports for a second day and the government declared its first state of emergency in the post-Franco era.

Obama touts South Korea trade deal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:28 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the press in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington November 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday to work with Republicans and Democrats to pass a free-trade pact with South Korea that he said was a model for future agreements he would seek in Asia and around the world.

Senate bid to renew "middle class" tax cuts fails (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:20 AM PST

Reuters - Democratic measures to extend tax cuts for most Americans, but not additional low rates for the wealthiest, failed in the Senate on Saturday, as Republicans and some Democrats blocked the plans.

Greek police find suspected guerrilla arms cache (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:09 PM PST

A policeman secures a cordoned-off street in front of an apartment building at Nea Smyrni suburb near Athens December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Greek police located a cache of guns and explosives believed to belong to leftist urban guerrillas in a central Athens apartment Saturday.

Russian airliner makes emergency landing, 2 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:31 AM PST

Passengers and rescuers walk next to the Tupolev-154 airliner which made an emergency landing after all three of its engines failed, at Moscow's Domodedovo airport December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Magomed MagomedovReuters - Two people died and dozens were injured on Saturday when a Russian airliner ran off the runway during an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a Russian aviation official said.

PayPal suspends WikiLeaks donations account (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST

A screen shot of a web browser in Zurich displays the WikiLeaks website with a picture of its founder Julian Assange December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Online payment service PayPal said it has suspended the WikiLeaks' account that the organization used to collect donations.

Deadly Israeli fire rages on despite global aid (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST

A fire fighter tries to save a burning house after a forest fire hit the area of Ein Hod, near the northern city of Haifa December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Israel struggled to contain a huge and deadly forest fire that raged on for a third day on Saturday, despite the efforts of firefighting planes from half a dozen countries.

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo sworn in despite world rejection (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:37 PM PST

Supporters of former Prime Minister and presidential candidate for the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) Alassane Ouattara celebrate on a street in Gagnoa, the native village of rival candidate for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and current President Laurent Gbagbo, western Ivory Coast December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in as Ivory Coast president on Saturday after his proclaimed election victory was rejected by world leaders and his rival, but accepted by the army, raising the risk of a long power struggle.

WikiLeaks faces donations blow as it fights for survival (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:46 AM PST

A picture showing a page of the website WikiLeaks featuring its founder Julian Assange. WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival on Saturday as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.(AFP/Thomas Coex)AFP - WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival on Saturday as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.

Two killed as plane makes emergency landing in Russia (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST

Passengers and rescuers gather near the crashed Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 plane at the Domodedovo airport outside of Moscow. The passenger plane broke apart after rolling off the runway at a Moscow airport in an emergency landing Saturday, killing two people and injuring more than 80, Russian investigators said.(AFP)AFP - A passenger plane broke apart after rolling off the runway at a Moscow airport in an emergency landing Saturday, killing two people and injuring more than 80, Russian investigators said.
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