Saturday, April 9, 2011

Federal shutdown avoided, 2012 budget fight looms (AP)

Federal shutdown avoided, 2012 budget fight looms (AP)

Federal shutdown avoided, 2012 budget fight looms (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

President Obama poses for photographers in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown after a deal was made between Republican and Democrat lawmakers, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A last-minute budget deal forged amid bluster and tough bargaining averted an embarrassing federal shutdown, cut billions in spending and provided the first major test of the divided government that voters ushered in five months ago.

Libyan rebels face military surge on key outpost (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT

A rebel fighter stands on top of a previously-destroyed pro-Gadhafi forces tank, at sunset on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya Saturday, April 9, 2011. Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of the key front-line city of Ajdabiya Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. NATO airstrikes, meanwhile, hammered at Gadhafi's ammunition stockpiles and armored forces, destroying 17 tanks.

French helicopters attacked in Ivory Coast (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:40 AM PDT

French soldiers leave a republican forces operating base after coming to evacuate an unidentified French citizen, on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, April 8, 2011. Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader said his forces won't capture the entrenched strongman who remained holed up Friday in an underground bunker at the presidential residence, and instead will focus on normalizing life in the besieged city.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - French helicopters on an evacuation mission were fired upon by forces supporting the country's strongman as they tried to retain power in Ivory Coast's largest city, a military spokesman said Saturday.

Syrian rights group says funeral comes under fire (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:05 PM PDT

CORRECTS ASPECT RATIO OF IMAGE - In this image made from television, protestors are seen near a barricade in Daraa, Syria, Friday, April 8, 2011. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Daraa on Friday, a city in the south of Syria that has become a flashpoint for anti-government demonstrations. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian security forces fired on mourners at a funeral for slain protesters Saturday as authorities vowed to crush any new unrest from a three-week uprising that showed no sign of letting up even as the death toll topped 170.

Lumet, '12 Angry Men' and 'Network' director, dies (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

FILE - This Oct. 10, 1996 file photo shows director Sidney Lumet in New York. Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as 'Network,' 'Serpico,' 'Dog Day Afternoon' and '12 Angry Men,' has died the family said Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was 86. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts, File)AP - Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86.

7 killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:49 PM PDT

CORRECTS SPELLING TO ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN - Injured people are carried out of a shopping mall after a shooting in Alphen aan den Rijn, 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, April 9, 2011. A gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon at a shopping mall outside Amsterdam on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead and wounding 16 others, Dutch officials said. (AP Photo/www.regio15.nl) NETHERLANDS OUTAP - A man armed with a machine gun opened fire in a crowded shopping mall on Saturday, killing six people and wounding 15, then committed suicide, officials and witnesses said.

Jury: Philly docs failed to report dangerous peer (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office shows Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Women went to Gosnell to end their pregnancies. Many came away with life-threatening infections and punctured organs; some still had fetal parts inside them when they arrived at nearby hospitals in dire need of emergency care. Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which operates two hospitals within a mile of Gosnell's squalid abortion clinic in West Philadelphia, saw at least six of these patients — two of whom died. But they largely failed in their legal and ethical duties to report their peer's incompetence, according to a grand jury report. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office)AP - Women went to Dr. Kermit Gosnell to end their pregnancies. Many came away with life-threatening infections and punctured organs; some still had fetal parts inside them when they arrived at nearby hospitals in dire need of emergency care.

Analysis: So much for change coming to Washington (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:16 AM PDT

President Obama walks from the State Dining Room to the Red Room as aide Brian Mosteller, right, holds open the door as he returns to the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown after a deal was made between Republican and Democrat lawmakers, Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama promised to change Washington's ways. Yet he's as caught up in them as ever.

Sienna Miller: still suing over tabloid phone hack (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT

AP - Prominent Britons who accuse a tabloid newspaper of hacking into their phone messages said Saturday they were not satisfied with the paper's apology and offer of compensation.

Ramirez avoids drug ban, at ease with retirement (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:49 PM PDT

In this photo taken April 6, 2011, Tampa Bay Rays' Manny Ramirez watches from the dugout during a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in St. Petersburg, Fla. Ramirez has notified Major League Baseball that he is retiring after being notified of an issue under MLB's drug policy. The commissioner's office issued a statement Friday, APril 8, 2011, that said Ramirez decided to retire rather than go through MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)AP - Unwilling to face another drug ban, Manny Ramirez is leaving baseball and is at peace with his decision while the sport confronts the specter of steroids again.

Budget deal avoids shutdown (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Reuters - The last-minute budget deal President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck to avert a government shutdown paves the way for what Republicans promised on Saturday will be more spending fights to come.

Army says ready to use force to clear Cairo square (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Protesters call for ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to be put on trial during a protest in Tahrir square, Cairo, April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - Egypt's ruling generals said on Saturday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people.

Libya rebels repel attack on Misrata, Gaddafi appears (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Rebels fire into the air at Ajdabiyah western gate April 8, 2011. REUTERS Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the besieged western city of Misrata on Saturday, losing eight of their fighters in fierce street battles, the insurgents said.

Lone gunman shoots six dead in Dutch shopping mall (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

A woman is comforted after a shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Southern Netherlands April 9, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall on Saturday, witnesses and authorities said, before turning the gun on himself.

Syrian forces fire at mourners after mass funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Syrian ethnic Kurds demonstrate after Friday prayers in the Syrian town of Qamishli, April 8, 2011. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian security forces opened fire on mourners near a mosque in the flashpoint city of Deraa after a mass funeral for pro-democracy protesters, two witnesses said on Saturday.

Gbagbo forces regain ground in Abidjan (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 07:42 AM PDT

People seeking medical help wait at a hospital in Abidjan April 8, 2011. REUTERS/ Thierry GouegnonReuters - Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, besieged in Ivory Coast's main city, have retaken ground and are edging closer to where rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up, the United Nations said.

Italy steps up call for EU help with migrant crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks during a news conference at the end of a visit at the southern Italian island of Lampedusa April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Antonio ParrinelloReuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stepped up calls Saturday for Europe to help deal with the "human tsunami" of refugees and illegal immigrants from North Africa arriving in southern Italian islands in recent weeks.

China says U.S. human rights outcry is interference (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:11 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle past a billboard located near the entrance to the studio owned by detained activist Ai Weiwei in Beijing April 8, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China said it was willing to discuss its differences on human rights "with mutual respect" with the U.S. on Saturday after rejecting a recent official report from Washington as interference in its internal affairs.

Pro-Gbagbo forces launch attack on rival's HQ (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:20 PM PDT

French soldiers from Operation Licorne in the Ivory Coast patrol in the AFP - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's forces attacked the headquarters of his rival, UN-recognised president Alassane Ouattara, on Saturday in a major escalation of the battle for control of the country.

Libya rebels pushed back, more relief for Misrata (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:25 PM PDT

In this picture taking on a guided government tour, the wreckage of a rebel tank sits at a roundabout in the eastern town of Misrata. Heavy loyalist fire pushed Libyan rebels back almost to the town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, after the insurgents had pressed westward halfway to the oil refinery town of Brega, 80 kilometres (50 miles) away.(AFP/Joseph Eid)AFP - Heavy loyalist fire pushed Libyan rebels back almost to the town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, after the insurgents had pressed westward halfway to the oil refinery town of Brega, 80 kilometres (50 miles) away.
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