Friday, July 31, 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Obama says time with prof, cop is 'to listen' - The Associated Press


USA Today


Obama says time with prof, cop is 'to listen'

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama says his meeting with the professor and policeman is a time to listen to each other. Obama said he is fascinated by the level of interest in his discussion later Thursday with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...


Obama, prof, cop to sit down over brews

CNN International


Obama ready for 'beer summit' with Gates, Crowley

NECN


Media barred from Obama beer summit - reporters sad

Christian Science Monitor


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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership - Reuters


Telegraph.co.uk


Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership

Reuters


SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE, July 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) inked a 10-year Web search deal to better compete against market leader Google Inc (GOOG.O) but stopped short of combining ...


Microsoft, Yahoo agree on long-sought search deal

The Associated Press


Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners

CNNMoney.com


Microsoft, Yahoo deal was a long time in the making

Computerworld


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Frothy Diplomacy: What Beer Will Obama Choose for White House Meeting? - ABC News


New York Daily News


Frothy Diplomacy: What Beer Will Obama Choose for White House Meeting?

ABC News


The President Hopes to Ease Tensions by Drinking Beer with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ What is the right beer for President Obama to pick for his White House drink with police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard scholar ...


Questions on race aspect of Henry Louis Gates case show s! ublety of ...

New York Daily News


Obama steps away from the office

Buffalo News


Obama hopes Gates, policeman can work things out over beer

Los Angeles Times


Washington Post -Detroit Free Press -Seattle Times


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Monday, July 27, 2009

Gates Says US Overture to Iran is 'Not Open-Ended' - New York Times


Boston Globe


Gates Says US Overture to Iran is 'Not Open-Ended'

New York Times


JERUSALEMâ€"Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Monday that the American overture to engage Iran in talks about its nuclear program “is not an open-ended offer” as Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, expressed impatience ...


Israel, US discuss Iran nuclear threat

CNN International


Top US official in Israel to push Mideast peace

AFP


Gates Says US Plan to Engage Iran Not Open Ended

Bloomberg


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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws - Los Angeles Times


ABC News


Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws

Los Angeles Times


In Massachusetts and other states, such laws give police wide power to arrest someone acting abusively toward them in public. By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington -- For some defense lawyers, the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates ...


Obama regrets his police words

Philadelphia Inquirer


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Friday, July 24, 2009

Obama parries, and critics pounce - Boston Globe


FOXNews


Obama parries, and critics pounce

Boston Globe


WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday stood by his criticism that Cambridge police “acted stupidly'' when they arrested Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. after responding to a burglary report at Gates's home, saying that he was ...


Obama remarks complicate race debate over scholar's arrest

Houston Chronicle


Police group criticizes Obama's comments on scholar's arrest

MiamiHerald.com


Obama Stands By Gates Arrest Criticism as Police Defend Conduct

Bloomberg


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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Obama: 'Stars Are Aligned' for Health Care Reform - FOXNews


FOXNews


Obama: 'Stars Are Aligned' for Health Care Reform

FOXNews


In the fourth prime-time press conference of his presidency, President Obama is once again appealing directly to the public at a critical juncture -- this time over health care reform. President Obama speaks to reporters Wednesday at the White House. ...


Obama defends healthcare proposal

BBC News


Obama, live from the East Room

USA Today


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

US Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet - Reuters


Boston Globe


US Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet

Reuters


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate voted on Tuesday to stop production of the F-22 fighter plane, handing President Barack Obama a victory as he tries to rein in defense spending. The Senate voted 58 to 40 to strip $1.75 billion for ...


Senate rejects additional F-22 funding

CNN


Senate sides with Obama, removes F-22 money

The Associated Press


Senate kills production of F-22 Raptor

Bizjournals.com


Kansas City Star -NECN -AFP


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Monday, July 20, 2009

Obama campaigns for public support of healthcare push - Reuters


New York Daily News


Obama campaigns for public support of healthcare push

Reuters


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public support for President Barack Obama's strategy to overhaul the US healthcare system appeared to waver as Republicans stepped up attacks on Monday on a plan they say is costly and unworkable. ...


Poll shows President Obama's approval numbers are slipping

New Yo! rk Daily News


Obama's Shrinking Approval on Health Care

Washington Post


Obama under fire on healthcare

Boston Globe


FOXNews -Right Pundits -Gant Daily


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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 16 civilian contractors - Los Angeles Times


MiamiHerald.com


Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 16 civilian contractors

Los Angeles Times


The victims were working for Western forces, but military officials rule out hostile fire as a cause. It is the second deadly crash in less than a week involving a Russian-made civilian helicopter. By Laura King Reporting from Kabul, ...


Civilian helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 16

Reuters India


Copter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan, NATO says

CNN


Reports: Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 15

The Associated Press


RIA Novosti -PRESS TV -The Press Association


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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Indonesia suspects fugitive terrorist in bombings - The Associated Press


Times Online


Indonesia suspects fugitive terrorist in bombings

The Associated Press


JAKARTA, Indonesia â€" Suspicions hardened Saturday that the fugitive leader of a Southeast Asian terrorist group masterminded suicide bomb attacks on two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital that killed seven people. ...


Marriott Attacks in Jakarta Probably Linked to Bali Bombers

! Bloomberg


Investigators sift for clues from Indonesia bombs

Reuters


Fugitive linked to Jakarta blasts

BBC News


AFP -CNN International -Aljazeera.net


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Friday, July 17, 2009

Rafsanjani speech provides another electrifying moment in Iran's ... - guardian.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk


Rafsanjani speech provides another electrifying moment in Iran's ...

guardian.co.uk


Iinfluential cleric and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers his sermon during Friday prayers at Tehran University. Photograph: Ali Rafiei/AFP Tehran University's prayer h »


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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sotomayor's stance on business is moderate - Los Angeles Times


Telegraph.co.uk


Sotomayor's stance on business is moderate

Los Angeles Times


Charles Dharapak / AP Sonia Sotomayor's life as a lawyer, judge and public servant has been tied closely to the business world. The Supreme Court nominee is far from an ideologue on business matters, many legal experts say. By WJ Hennigan Employers vs. ...


Tiptoeing through the Senate

Baltimor! e Sun


Sotomayor sidesteps questions on hot issues

San Francisco Chronicle


Sotomayor on the Issues

New York Times


The Associated Press -Washington Post -Philadelphia Inquirer


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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

168 Feared Dead After Plane Crashes in Iran - New York Times


CBC.ca


168 Feared Dead After Plane Crashes in Iran

New York Times


BEIRUT, Lebanon â€" A passenger plane bound for Armenia from Iran crashed Wednesday morning in northwest Iran, and  »


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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor defies labels - New York Daily News


Washington Post


Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor defies labels

New York Daily News


Conservatives are right to pillory liberal judges such as those of the New York State Court of Appeals who ruled a quarter-century ago that child pornography was protected by the First Amendment. Thankfully, the US Supreme Court soon decreed otherwise, ...


Nominee Sotomayor at center stage in Senate

San Francisco Chronicle


GOP aims to paint Sotomayor as biased

Los Angeles Times


No roadblocks seen in Sotomayor hearing

Philadelphia Inquirer


New York Times -The Associated Press -D »


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Sunday, July 12, 2009

SKorea lowers cyberattack alert - The Associated Press


Telegraph.co.uk


SKorea lowers cyberattack alert

The Associated Press


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â€" South Korea's spy agency lowered the country's cyberattack alert Monday as affected Web sites returned to normal after suffering outages in a series of assaults that have cast suspicion on North Korea. ...


Kim Jong Il Reportedly Has Pancreatic Cancer

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Taliban pushed back, long way to go-Obama - Reuters India


guardian.co.uk


Taliban pushed back, long way to go-Obama

Reuters India


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Friday, July 10, 2009

Death toll from China's ethnic riots hits 184 - The Associated Press


Washington Post


Death toll from China's ethnic riots hits 184

The Associated Press


URUMQI, China (AP) â€" China raised the death toll from riots in its Xinjiang region to 184, state media said Saturday, giving an ethnic breakdown of the dead for the first time after communal violence broke out in this far western city. ...


Woman behind Xinjiang riot caught self-contradictory

Xinhua


China's Ethnic Fault Lines

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Obama: Leaders will work together on climate - CNN International


New Zealand Herald


Obama: Leaders will work together on climate

CNN International


L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) -- Leaders of both industrialized powers and emerging economies have agreed to work together on setting a goal to limit global warming to levels recommended by scientists, US President Barack Obama said at the G-8 summit. ...


President Obama Delivers Remarks at G8 Summit

Washington Post


World powers accept warming limit

BBC News


Obama science adviser insists talks with China will not bypass UN

guardian.co.uk


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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Cyber attackers target South Korea and US - guardian.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk


Cyber attackers target South Korea and US

guardian.co.uk


North Korean hackers are suspected of launching a cyber-attack on some of the most important government offices in the US and South Korea in recent days, including the White House, the Pentagon, the New York Stock Exchange and the presidential Blue ...


North Korea Suspected in Cyberattack

Washington Post


US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack

Voice of America


White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack

The Associated Press


AFP -Times Online -Telegraph.co.uk


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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Barack Obama urges Russia not to interfere in neighbouring states - guardian.co.uk


FOXNews


Barack Obama urges Russia not to interfere in neighbouring states

guardian.co.uk


Barack Obama today set out his vision for a new post-cold war world, and urged Russia not to interfere in neighbouring states and to move on "from old ways of thinking". In a keynote speech during his first trip to Russia as US president, Obama c »


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Monday, July 6, 2009

Obama's Russia visit to bring over $1.5 billion in deals - Reuters


ABC News


Obama's Russia visit to bring over $1.5 billion in deals

Reuters


MOSCOW (Reuters) - US corporate giants John Deere (DE.N), PepsiCo (PEP.N) and Boeing (BA.N) will announce more than $1.5 billion worth of deals in Russia during President Barack Obama's visit, part of an effort to revive waning ...


Arms central to US-Russia talks

BBC News


Obama to Seek New Arms Control Deal in Moscow

New York Times


Obama's diplomacy to be tested in Russia

The Associated Press


CNN International -guardian.co.uk -Los Angeles Times


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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Sarah Palin keeps low profile, claims 'higher power' via Facebook ... - New York Daily News


Telegraph.co.uk


Sarah Palin keeps low profile, claims 'higher power' via Facebook ...

New York Daily News


Sarah Palin along with daughter Bristol, left watch the Juneau Fourth of July parade, as husband Todd, looks over son Trig and grandson, Tripp, Bristol's son, Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Juneau, Alaska. A day after she shocked the ...


McCain says Palin to play leadership role as ex-Governor

Washington Post


Palin's speech had shades of Nixon, circa '62

Los Angeles Times


Palin hints on political future

BBC News


New York Times -Bloomberg -Kansas City Star


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