guardian.co.uk | Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quake toll mounts guardian.co.uk In Padang, a man carries an injured person in front of a collapsed university building after an earthquake hit Indonesia's Sumatra. Photograph: Reuters A major rescue operation was under way after a devastating earthquake struck the Indonesian island ... Hundreds feared dead in Sumatran quake Indonesia » |
Voice of America | 'Three dead' in tsunami off Samoa BBC News A tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in the Pacific has killed at least three people and injured 50 in Samoa, officials said. Dr Lemalu Fiu of the main hospital in the capital, Apia, said the number of casualties is expected to rise as the injured ... Pacific Quake Prompts Tsunami Warning as Samoans Flee Tsunami hits Pacific nations Pacific tsunami kills people in Western Samoa: police |
BBC News | William Safire, Speechwriter, NY Times Columnist, was 79 Washington Post William Safire, 79, conservative political columnist and word maven, died today at a hospice in Rockville, Md., reportedly of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Safire, who won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1978, wrote a semi-weekly ... William Safire, speechwriter, NY columnist, dies US columnist William Safire dies Safire, former Nixon speechwriter, conservative political ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | US Demands Inspection of Iranian Plant in 3 Months New York Times WASHINGTON รข€" The Obama administration plans to tell Tehran this week that the nation has three months to open its numerous nuclear sites to inspection, turn over notebooks and computers, and answer detailed ... Angry Reaction "Shocked" Head of Iran's Nuclear Program UN chief, Europeans chide Iran's new atom plant Obama Offers Iran Dialogue, Stresses International Cooperation |
Telegraph.co.uk | IAEA may inspect new nuclear site: Iran president Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday his country's newly disclosed nuclear fuel facility was legal and open for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. ... Iran Nuclear Site Could Pose Test to US, Israel Ties ! Why Iran confessed to secret nuclear site built inside mountain Analysis: For Obama Administration, Iran Disclosure Is Two-Fold |
guardian.co.uk | US charges Afghan-born man with bombing plot Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A Colorado airport shuttle bus driver has been charged in New York with conspiring to carry out a bombing attack in the United States, accused of acquiring the same bomb-making chemicals used in the 2005 ... Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies NBC News and news services The Beauty Parlor Bomb Plan; Massive Terror Plot » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama seeks help at UN, some raise questions Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama told world leaders on Wednesday to stop blaming America and join him in confronting ch » |
New York Daily News | Obama Presses For Action During Talks with Israeli, Palestinian ... Voice of America By VOA News US President Barack Obama says it is critical Israeli and Palestinian leaders work together to resolve issues and restart st » |
Boston Globe | White House says no decision on more troops for Afghanistan guardian.co.uk General Stanley McChrystal has warned of 'mission failure' in Afghanistan. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images The White House says it has made no decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan despite a c » |
FOXNews | Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase The Associated Press WASHINGTON รข€" President Barack Obama says requiring people to get health insurance and fining them if they don't would not amount to a backhanded tax increase. "I absolutely reject that notion," the president said. Blanketing most of the Sunday TV news ... Obama Sees Signs Economy to Grow While Unemployment Stays High Obama: health insurance mandate is no tax increase Obama: Job creation probably won't overtake population growth ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Play the Race Card Newsweek Let me say this clearly so there are no misunderstandings: some of the protests against President Obama are howls of rage at the fact that we have an African-American head of state. I'm sick of » |
Times Online | Israel Assembles Advanced Missile Defense Systems Washington Post ASHKELON, Israel -- As Israel pushes for international action against Iran's nuclear program, it is steadily assembling one of the world's most advanced missile defense systems, a multilayered collection of weapons meant to guard ... Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal Scrapping missile shield sweeps obstacles to "resetting" Russian ... Missile Mystery |
ABC News | Lab tech Raymond Clark under arrest in the murder of Yale student ... New York Daily News Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, who is now under arrest for the murder of Annie Le (below), was taken into custody on Tuesday night, but later released. A muscular Yale lab technician was arrested and charged with murder Thursday morning in the ... Yale Lab Tech Arrested in Murder of Graduate Student Annie Le Lab Technician Arrested in Death of Yale Student Annie Le Case: Police Arrest Raymond Clark |
Washington Post | Reaction: Obama 'racism' row BBC News Columnists, commentators and bloggers have been debating the row over President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, Congressman Joe Wilson's outburst and "racism" in US politics. Surrounded by middle-aged white guys... Joe Wilson yelled 'You lie! ... Are Obama's critics racist? Jimmy Carter thinks so Politics Digest: Jimmy Carter Says Racism Is Behind Animosity to Obama Carter Sees Racism in Wilson's Outburst |
Washington Post | House to Discipline Wilson for 'You Lie!' Outburst FOXNews House Democratic leadership has decided to bring a "resolution of disapproval" Tuesday afternoon against Rep. Joe Wilson, RS.C., for his jeer last week at President Obama By Chad Pergram Sept. 9: Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is seen shouting "you ... House Democrats to reprimand lawmaker Wilson faces possible House resolution Democrats to condemn US lawmaker who heckled Obama |
Los Angeles Times | Stocks set for grouchy start CNNMoney.com Markets seen pulling back at Monday's open as W » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Serena's meltdown not winning her any fans FOXSports.com The Serena Williams camp commented earlier this week that they didn't expect a lot of crowd support for her semifinal match against Kim Clijsters at the US Open. Photos: It was a wild night at the US Open. ... Serena Williams' exit from US Open semifinal match is nothing to ... Bizarre ending dethrones Williams Serena's meltdown ends semifinal |
Telegraph.co.uk | Adding up costs for health plan Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - -- In his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said his plan to overhaul the health-care system should cost "around $900 billion over 10 years" -- a hefty price tag but substanti » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Dems predict health accord Philadelphia Inquirer While the GOP was unswayed, Pelosi sees a deal ahead. A public option looks less likely. By David Espo Associated Press WASHINGTON - Democratic congressional leaders predicted passage of health-care legislation within a few months despite undimmed ... Dems answer Obama's c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | President Obama shows he is at top of his game with health care speech New York Daily News There are two kinds of Barack Obama speeches: sweeping statements of principle and specific arguments about public policy. He's been a master at the first type - as in his Philadelphia remarks on race and his Cairo reintroduction to ... The Congressman Who Cried 'Lie!' Text of Obama's speech Obama speech short on specifics |
BBC News | President Obama's health care speech will lack demand for public ... New York Daily News WASHINGTON - If you're a liberal New Yorker, prepare to be disappointed by President Obama's prime-time speech Wednesday night on health care reform. Whether or not he's successful in prodding Congress into ... Next on Obama's agenda The rocky road for Obama's health care journey Q+A: What's at stake in Obama healthcare speech |
Times Online | Our kids need President Obama's wisdom New York Daily News The start of school has been moved ahead a day, so our kids will miss some hard-earned wisdom from the man who proved anyone re » |
guardian.co.uk | Progressives decry resignation of Van Jones San Francisco Chronicle The middle-of-the-night resignation Sunday of longtime Bay Area activist Van Jones as a White House environmental adviser left many progressives angry at the Obama administration for buckling to conservative criticism of Jones' controversial past ... Van Jones: Cursing aide left voluntarily, White House said Jones Resigns as Obama Aide, Citing 'Vicious Smear Campaign' Jones' Resignation May Embolden Administration Critics |
FOXNews | Obama's "green jobs" guru Jones resigns after uproar Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House environmental policy adviser who specialized in "green jobs" resigned on Sunday after an uproar over his previous affiliation with a September 11 conspiracy group. Van Jones, special adviser on green jobs at the ... Embattled Environmental Aide Resigns White House adviser resigns amid 9/11 controversy Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy |
