Sunday, September 25, 2011

Saudi king allows women to vote in local elections (AP)

Saudi king allows women to vote in local elections (AP)

Saudi king allows women to vote in local elections (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:31 AM PDT

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia delivers a speech to the Saudi Shura Council, or advisory assembly, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Saudi King Abdullah has given the kingdom's women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections, due in 2015. (AP Photo)AP - Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.

Gadhafi gunmen cross border from Algeria to Libya (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Revolutionary fighters fire a tank towards a Gadhafi loyalist sniper position in Sirte, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. After Saturday's fighting, revolutionary fighters continue to hold the western road entering Sirte, as NATO bombing activity took place during the day. The whereabouts of the fugitive leader remains unknown and he continues to try to rally supporters. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)AP - Gunmen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have crossed the Libyan border from Algeria and attacked revolutionary forces in a town near the frontier, killing six people, officials said Sunday.

With UN bid, Abbas rises out of Arafat's shadow (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to supporters during his arrival at the government compound, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Abbas has received a hero's welcome in the West Bank, triumphantly telling his people the 'Palestinian Spring' has begun following his historic speech to the U.N. last week. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - President Mahmoud Abbas received a hero's welcome Sunday from thousands of cheering, flag-waving Palestinians, having made a bid for United Nations recognition that appears destined to fail but has allowed him to finally step out of the shadow of his iconic predecessor Yasser Arafat.

Senator: Consider military action against Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Pakistanis cross a flooded way in Badin district, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. In Pakistan's Sindh province alone, the floods have killed over 220 people, damaged or destroyed some 665,000 homes and displaced more than 1.8 million people, according to the United Nations. Neighboring Baluchistan province has also been affected. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.

2 hikers released from Iranian prison return to US (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Freed Americans Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd, right, Bauer's fiance, wave from the door to an airplane before leaving for the United States at the airport in Muscat, Oman, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Two Americans freed from an Iranian prison told reporters Saturday they were 'eager to go home' just before boarding their flight to the U.S. from Oman, the Gulf state that helped mediate their release after more than two years in custody on accusations of spying. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were scheduled to arrive home on Sunday, according to Samantha Topping, a spokeswoman for their families. The two were released from Tehran's Evin prison under a $1 million bail deal and arrived in Oman on Wednesday in the first leg of their journey home. There they were reunited with joyful relatives. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)AP - Two Americans held for more than two years in an Iranian prison on accusations of spying returned to the U.S. on Sunday, ending a diplomatic ordeal that began with what they called a wrong turn into the wrong country.

Obama heads west to raise cash, energize liberals (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:06 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama is trying out his newly combative message on the liberal West Coast, aiming to re-energize faithful Democratic voters who have grown increasingly disenchanted with him.

Romney using wife's story to connect with voters (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney serves up a Labor Day pancake breakfast in Manchester, N.H., with his wife of 42 years, Ann. She wore the same white apron and the ease of a woman who spent countless mornings flipping flapjacks for five hungry sons. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP - Mitt Romney is not used to wearing an apron. But the Republican presidential candidate was not alone in cooking attire one recent morning as hundreds of potential supporters lined up for free pancakes.

The upside of economic worries: Lower gas prices (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:12 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, a motorist pumps gasoline into his vehicle at an Exxon gas station, in Farmers Branch, Texas. For the first time in months, retail gasoline prices have fallen below $3 a gallon in places, including parts of Michigan, Missouri and Texas. And the relief is likely to spread thanks to a sharp decline in crude-oil prices. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)AP - Soaring gasoline prices are in the rearview mirror.

Man with broken leg survives 4 days in Utah desert (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:02 PM PDT

AP - A North Carolina man crawled four days across the Utah desert after breaking his leg on a solo hike, inspired by a Hollywood movie about a man who cut off his own arm to save himself after being trapped by a boulder in the same canyon.

Vick leaves game with broken right hand (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) is hit by New York Giants defensive ends Jason Pierre-Paul (90) and Dave Tollefson (71) in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has left the game against the Giants with a broken right hand.

After 3-year wait, Boeing Dreamliner becomes reality (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT

A 787 Dreamliner flies over Boeing Commercial Airplanes manufacturing facilities at Paine Field, Everett, Washington during the jetliner's certification event on August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Anthony BolanteReuters - Boeing's long-awaited 787 Dreamliner became a commercial reality on Sunday when the U.S. planemaker signed a final contract to deliver the world's first lightweight composites jetliner to its Japanese customer.

Saudi king gives women right to vote (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud attends prayers on the first day of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca August 30, 2011. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/HandoutReuters - Saudi Arabia's king announced on Sunday women would be given the right to vote and stand in elections, a bold shift in the ultra-conservative absolute monarchy as pressure for social and democratic reform sweeps the Middle East.

UBS bank's revamp after trading scandal to take years (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Reorganising the investment bank at UBS will take two to three years to complete, its chairman said on Sunday, a day after Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel quit over the $2.3 billion rogue trading scandal.

IMF urges ECB to play bigger crisis-fighting role (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Reuters - European policymakers, stung by criticism for failing to stem the euro zone debt crisis, face the tough task of quickly stopping fallout from Greece's near-bankruptcy from spreading into the world economy.

Yemen's Saleh calls for early elections (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Anti-government protesters, two with anti-Saleh slogans on their chest, chant slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made no pledge to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home on Sunday, calling for early elections in a move that is unlikely to appease protesters demanding his immediate departure.

ECB undecided on length of debt-buying program: Paramo (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Reuters - The European Central Bank has not decided how long its unconventional interventions in the secondary market for European government debt will go on, Executive Board Member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo said in an interview on Sunday.

Abbas says no talks without Israeli settlement freeze (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd during a celebration in the West Bank city of Ramallah, upon his return from the U.N. General Assembly in the U.S., September 25, 2011. REUTERS/Darren WhitesideReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated on Sunday his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.

Libya finds mass grave from 1996 massacre (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Forces loyal to Libya's interim rulers fire heavy machine guns as smoke rises from Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte September 24, 2011. REUTERS/Anis MiliReuters - Libya's interim rulers said on Sunday they had found a mass grave containing the bodies of 1,270 inmates killed by Muammar Gaddafi's security forces in a 1996 massacre at a prison in southern Tripoli.

NASA says 'we may never know' where runaway satellite crashed (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 01:05 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The mystery of where a runaway research satellite plunged to earth may remain just that unless NASA receives "credible" leads in the next few days as to the whereabouts of the fallen space junk, one of the agency's top scientists says.

Can Rick Perry make a comeback? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - It’s been a rough few days for Rick Perry.
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