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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Copter downing in Afghanistan kills 30 Americans (AP)

Copter downing in Afghanistan kills 30 Americans (AP)

Copter downing in Afghanistan kills 30 Americans (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:36 PM PDT

ADDS DATE OF CRASH - FILE - A US Marine tries to take cover, perched on a container, trying to shelter from the dust as a Chinook helicopter arrives to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, in this June 9, 2011 file photo. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says 31 U.S. special forces and seven Afghan soldiers were killed when a helicopter, similar to the one shown crashed in eastern Wardak province Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)AP - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite unit as the Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war against the Taliban.

After S&P downgrade, WH says 'we must do better' (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Sec. of Treasury Tim Geithner, left, partially blocked by his Secret Service agent, walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House towards the Oval Office to meet with President Barack Obama, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 in Washington. Obama met with Geithner prior to his departure for the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 lowered the nation's AAA rating for the first time since granting it in 1917. The move came less than a week after a gridlocked Congress finally agreed to spending cuts that would reduce the debt by more than $2 trillion - a tumultuous process that contributed to convulsions in financial markets. The promised cuts were not enough to satisfy S&P. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - After the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating, the White House said on Saturday that President Barack Obama believes it's clear Washington "must do better" in tackling the deficit.

Group hacks US law enforcement sites, steals data (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT

AP - The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a breach that one local police chief said had leaked information about an ongoing investigation.

Witness: Polygamist leader ruled with heavy hand (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:06 PM PDT

Warren Jeffs, right, is escorted out of the Tom Green County Courthouse by a law enforcement officer, left, Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs, a polygamist sect leader convicted of child sexual assault walked out of his sentencing hearing in protest Friday, after reading a statement he claimed was from God. The statement promised a 'whirlwind of judgment' on the world if God's 'humble servant' wasn't set free.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - A polygamist sect leader convicted of sexually assaulting two underage girls ruled his followers with a heavy hand, banning parades, dancing, Sports Illustrated magazine and even the color red, a sect member testified Saturday at his sentencing.

Rebels launch push in western Libya, aim for coast (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:44 PM PDT

Libyan men eat food after breaking the fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with a portrait of Omar Mukhtar, the symbol of the anti-Gadhafi campaign at right, at the square in t rebel-held Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. From Syria to Libya and Egypt, the uprisings and unrest gripping the Arab world have cast a pall on the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when the traditional focus on piety will likely be eclipsed by more unrest. Mukhtar was a guerrilla leader killed by the Italian occupiers in 1931. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Rebels launched a new offensive Saturday out of their stronghold in Libya's western mountains, battling regime forces in a drive toward the heartland of Moammar Gadhafi's rule on the Mediterranean coast. Opening a new front, the rebels are aiming to break a monthslong deadlock and eventually fight their way to the capital, Tripoli.

Perry: Turn to God for answers to nation's woes (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry bows his head as he leads a prayer at The Response, a call to prayer for a nation in crisis, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Houston. Perry attended the daylong prayer rally despite criticism that the event inappropriately mixes religion and politics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked Christians to turn to God for answers to the nation's troubles as he held court Saturday over a national prayer rally attended by thousands of evangelical conservatives, an important constituency should the Republican seek the GOP presidential nomination.

APNewsBreak: Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader released (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2005 file photo, Army Spc. Charles Graner walks into the judicial complex at Fort Hood, Texas, for the sentencing phase of his court-martial. Graner, the alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, was released Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 from a military prison after serving more than 6½ years of a 10-year sentence, an Army spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - The convicted ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib was released Saturday from a military prison, an Army spokeswoman said.

Malnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT

Minhaj Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child who arrived with a weight of 3.4 kilos Tuesday, July 26, 201 at the International Rescue Committee hospital in the Eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, is photographed in his mother's hands, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Minhaj condition drastically improved since his arrival, his current weight being 3.8 kilos. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother's hands. Now doctors say the severely malnourished 7-month-old appears out of danger of joining the more than 29,000 children who already have died in the famine.

Job worries surge as debt-limit issue recedes (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2011, file photo an electronic board displays trading activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Anger at the nation’s leaders for taking so long to strike a debt-ceiling deal has turned into high anxiety over jobs and the economy and fears of a new recession. Standard & Poor's downgrading of the nation's credit rating a notch for the first time ever only added to the tension. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, File)AP - Anger at the nation's leaders for taking so long to strike a debt-ceiling deal has turned into high anxiety over jobs and the economy amid growing fears of a new recession.

Spokesmen: Islamist militia leaving Somali capital (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:26 AM PDT

AMISOM soldiers guard the training ground for Islamist militia, after they abandoned their bases in the war-ravaged city overnight in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Islamist fighters withdrew overnight from almost all their bases in the famine-struck Somali capital, the most significant gain for the embattled U.N.-backed government in four years. Commanders toured newly abandoned positions Saturday, including a former sports stadium where the militia's tire marks were fresh in the grass.(AP Photo/ Katharine Houreld)AP - Islamist fighters withdrew overnight from almost all their bases in the famine-struck Somali capital, the most significant gain for the embattled U.N.-backed government in four years. Commanders toured newly abandoned positions Saturday, including a former sports stadium where the militia's tire marks were fresh in the grass.

World leaders to confer on debt crises this weekend (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets.

United States loses prized AAA credit rating from S&P (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:06 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday in an unprecedented blow to the world's largest economy in the wake of a political battle that took the country to the brink of default.

G20 deputies to hold crisis call Saturday: Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Reuters - Deputy finance ministers from the Group of 20 leading economic powers will hold a conference call on Saturday to discuss the crises in Europe and the United States, a Brazilian finance ministry official said.

G7 major powers to confer on markets crisis: source (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Reuters - Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations will confer by telephone on turmoil in the financial markets later on Saturday or on Sunday, a senior European diplomatic source said.

NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 31 (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai attends the funeral ceremony for his younger brother Ahmad Wali Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul in this July 15,2011 file photo.REUTERS/Massoud Hossaini/PoolReuters - A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. soldiers and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

Path to debt deal was too divisive: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:49 AM PDT

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks to the news in the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington July 27, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - The path to a debt deal took too long and was too divisive, and lawmakers must now work together to strengthen the country's fiscal position and spur growth, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Saturday.

Federal probes of mortgage lenders fizzle: report (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Reuters - Federal criminal investigations into failed mortgage lenders IndyMac Bancorp and New Century Financial Corp have stalled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Iran foreign minister says hopes U.S. "hikers" will be freed (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:55 AM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi addresses a news conference in the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Vienna, July 12, 2011. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderReuters - Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday he hoped two Americans jailed for more than two years on spying charges would be freed, the most positive signal yet that their ordeal may soon end.

31 US troops dead as Afghan Taliban down chopper (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:36 AM PDT

US soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team seal off a canal running through Highway 1 on the outskirts of Kandalay village. Thirty-one US and seven Afghan special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said Saturday, the biggest single loss yet for foreign troops in a decade-long war.(AFP/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Thirty-one US and seven Afghan special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said Saturday, the biggest single loss yet for foreign troops in a decade-long war.

US calls for end to bickering after credit rating loss (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Standard & Poor's headquarters in the financial district of New York. The White House on Saturday called for an end to the political gridlock blamed for the first-ever US credit rating downgrade as allies voiced confidence in the world's largest economy.(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP - The White House on Saturday called for an end to the political gridlock blamed for the first-ever US credit rating downgrade as allies voiced confidence in the world's largest economy.
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