Sydney Morning Herald | Hundreds feared dead in Sumatran quake ABC Online Reports emerging from the Indonesian island of Sumatra suggest more than 1000 people are feared dead and thousands more are trapped under rubble after last night's devastating earthquake. ... Desperate hunt for the living as Sumatra quake toll mounts Indonesia » |
Novinite.com | '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 |
ABC News | NY Times columnist William Safire dead at 79 Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - William Safire, the former speechwriter for Richard Nixon who won a Pulitzer Prize for columns on politics and language for The New York Times, died on Sunday, the newspaper said. He was 79. Safire died at a hospice in ... William Safire, speechwriter, NY columnist, dies US columnist William Safire dies Safire, former Nixon speechwriter, conservative political ... |
FOXNews | US Demands Inspection of Iranian Plant in 3 Months New York Times WASHINGTON â€" 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 Iran to hold missile war games from Sunday |
Times Online | 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 completely legal and open for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. ... Iran must » |
Times Online | 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 ... AP source: Stolen credit helped NYC terror suspect Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies NBC News and news services |
Times Online | 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 » |
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 » |
Boston Globe | Obama Sees Signs Economy to Grow While Unemployment Stays High Bloomberg Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the US, while showing many signs of emerging from recession, will probably face high unemployment for some time. “Probably the jobs picture is not going to improve considerably, ... Obama: Health insurance mandate no tax increase Obama: health insurance mandate is no tax increase Obama: Job creation probably won't overtake population growth ... |
FOXNews | 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 » |
Telegraph.co.uk | East European Officials: US Betrayed Us CBS News "Betrayal! The US sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back," the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page, while the Czech paper Mlada Fronta Dnes declared, "No Radar. Russia won." (CBS/AP) Harry Smith spoke with The New Republic's Michael ... Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal News Analysis New Missile Shield Strategy Scales Back Reagan's Vision Missile Mystery |
Washington Post | US backs away from missile shield in Europe Reuters PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama has told east European states he is backing away from plans for an anti-missile shield there, in a move that may ease Russian-US ties but fuel fears of ... Pentagon Will Announce 'Major Adjustment' to Defense System US scraps missile defense shield plans White House to Scrap Bush's Approach to Missile Shield |
Times Online | 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! ... Politics Digest: Jimmy Carter Says Racism Is Behind Animosity to Obama Carter Sees Racism in Wilson's Outburst The role of racism in health care debate |
Times Online | Cancer takes Swayze at 57 New York Post EVERYBODY put Patrick Swayze in the corner, at the intersection of bruiser and b » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Stocks set for grouchy start CNNMoney.com Markets seen pulling back at Monday's open as W » |
Times Online | 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 |
Boston Globe | Heckler's Behavior May Bring Action in House New York Times WASHINGTON â€" House Democrats intend to pursue a formal resolution admonishing Representative Joe Wilson for his outburst against President Obama during the president's speech to Congress on Wednesday night unless he apologizes on the ... Democrats Want Wilson To Apologize in House Democrats want sanctions over lawmaker's outburst Black Publishers Cry Racism Over Wilson Outburst |
FOXNews | 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!' Obama's speech: A simple message, a tough task Text of Obama's speech |
guardian.co.uk | 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 ... The rocky road for Obama's health care journey Next on Obama's agenda Q+A: What's at stake in Obama healthcare speech |
ABC News | 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 » |
Telegraph.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 |
Straits Times | 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 ... Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy Embattled Environmental Aide Resigns Obama's environmental adviser resigns: report |
