2012年9月16日星期日

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Chicago teachers union to continue strike

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT

A young girl plays a toy horn as striking Chicago teachers rally Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in Chicago. Union president Karen Lewis reminded that although there is a "framework" for an end to their strike, they still are on strike. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States.


One killed in anti-American protest in Pakistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:52 AM PDT

Supporters of a Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice burn an effigy of U.S. President Barrack Obama during a demonstation in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video broke through a barricade near the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, sparking clashes with police in which one demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen injured.


Libyan leader: 50 arrested in U.S. consulate attack

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:28 PM PDT

President of the newly-empowered Libyan national assembly, Mohammed Magarief speaks to Reuters, in TripoliLibyan leader Mohammed Magarief said on Sunday that about 50 people have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week, which he said was planned by foreigners linked to al Qaeda. The attack on Tuesday in Benghazi came amid protests over a video made in the United States that Muslims saw as blaspheming the Prophet Mohammad. It resulted in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. ...


Third insider attack kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Four US Troops Killed in Afghan Inside Attack; 8 Coalition Troops Killed in 3 DaysFour American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early today, the third attack on coalition forces in three days, bringing the death toll in the recent violence to eight.


One year on, Occupy Wall Street movement in disarray

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:39 AM PDT

A member of Occupy Wall Street marches from Washington Square Park to the Financial District in New YorkOccupy Wall Street began to disintegrate in rapid fashion last winter, when the weekly meetings in New York City devolved into a spectacle of fistfights and vicious arguments.


Netanyahu: Iran moving close to nuclear bomb capability

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during a joint news conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Borisov in JerusalemIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran was just six to seven months away from the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb, adding urgency to his demand that President Barack Obama set a "red line" for Tehran in what could deepen the worst U.S.-Israeli rift in decades. Taking to the television airwaves to make his case directly to the American public, Netanyahu said that by mid-2013 Iran would be "90 percent of the way" toward enough enriched uranium for a weapon. ...


Obama crams for debates, works on being concise

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:34 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama waves as he returns to the White House in WashingtonOn long flights to swing states in the West and late nights at the White House after his children have gone to bed, President Barack Obama is cramming like a student for a test that could determine his political future. The subject? His opponent, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The test? His face-off with the former Massachusetts governor at their first one-on-one debate next month. ...


Romney set to talk specifics of economic proposals

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is seen in his vehicle as he leaves his residence in Belmont, MassachusettsRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to talk up some specifics of his economic proposals as he enters a critical period of his campaign and tries to erase a small lead that President Barack Obama has built in the polls. Romney's challenge is to keep it close until the campaign goes into its conclusive phase next month, when he and Obama met on October 3 for the first of three presidential debates that will dominate the final weeks leading up to the November 6 election. In a race defined by the weakness of the U.S. ...


Obama inches ahead in key voter polls

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama delivers statement about the Supreme Court's decision on his Administration's health care law at the White House in WashingtonIt's been a rough week for both President Obama and Mitt Romney,


NASA postpones final ferry flight of Endeavour

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT

The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route.

Palace to file criminal complaint over Kate pics

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William, left, and his wife Kate prepare to sit for a meal at Government House in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. (AP Photo/William West, Pool)Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France, William's office said Sunday.


Hezbollah urges protests against anti-Islam film

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Supporters of a Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf or Movement for Justice chant slogans during a demonstration in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)The leader of Hezbollah has called for protests against an anti-Islam video starting on Monday and says protesters should not only 'express anger' at US embassies but urge leaders to act.


Egypt denounces breaching of U.S. embassy compound

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Egypt's presidential spokesman says the breaching of the U.S. embassy in Cairo during protests over an anti-Islam film was "unjustified," denouncing it in the strongest words to date to come from the nation's highest office.

Ambassador: Libya attack not premeditated

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Ambassador Susan Rice: Libya Attack Not PremeditatedU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was not premeditated, directly contradicting top Libyan officials who say the attack was planned in advance...


Romney cancels campaign event due to crash probe at airport

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:49 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Romney and his wife Ann arrive for dinner in Belmont, MassachusettsBURLINGTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was forced to cancel a campaign event in Colorado on Sunday due to the investigation of a small plane crash at the airport he was to use. The Romney campaign said Romney would fly straight to Los Angeles, while making a plane refueling stop on the way. He is to speak on Monday in Los Angeles to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. ...


17 mutilated bodies found in central Mexico

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:37 PM PDT

The dismembered bodies of 17 men were found Sunday on a farm in central Mexico, in an area disputed by violent drug cartels, officials said.

Report: Reward for Rushdie's death boosted in Iran

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 09:36 AM PDT

A semi-official religious foundation in Iran has increased a reward it had offered for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie to $3.3 million from $2.8 million, a newspaper reported, days after protests coursed through the Muslim world over alleged insults to the Prophet Muhammad.

Three space station astronauts set to return to Earth

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:38 AM PDT

3 Space Station Astronauts to Return to Earth TonightThree astronauts are preparing to leave the International Space Station tonight (Sept. 16), returning to Earth after a four-month stay aboard the huge orbiting lab.


African-American Christians waver over vote

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept 12, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Jacksonville, Fla. Some black clergy, seeing no good choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day _ a message that could be worrisome in what is expected to be a tight race. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first African-American president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.


FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 03:21 PM PDT

The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about violent jihad and the killing of Americans.
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