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Saturday, September 10, 2011

AP sources: No sign of US entry for terror plot (AP)

AP sources: No sign of US entry for terror plot (AP)

AP sources: No sign of US entry for terror plot (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:11 AM PDT

A Port Authority police officer walks towards a commuter train station near ground zero Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in New York. Heavily armed police remained a visible presence around New York on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - U.S. intelligence agencies have found no evidence that al-Qaida has sneaked any terrorists into the country for a strike coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, senior officials said Saturday.

Courage of Flight 93 victims lauded at dedication (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Former President George W. Bush speaks to former President Bill Clinton as former first lady Laura Bush looks on after taking the stage at the dedication of phase 1 of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial near the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - The 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 performed one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, former President George W. Bush said Saturday at a ceremony dedicating the first phase of a memorial at the nation's newest national park.

9/11, minute by minute: Chaos and 1 man's escape (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT

FILE - This Sept 11, 2001 combination of five file photos shows the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsing in New York. (AP Photo/Jim Collins, File)AP - Close your eyes and picture Sept. 11. The memories are cauterized, familiar forever. The second plane banks and slides in, the fireball blooms, the towers peel away as if unzipped from the top.

Tanzania ship sinks; 45 dead, hundreds missing (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:32 AM PDT

CORRECTING PHOTOGRAPHER BYLINE TO ALI SULTAN - Tanzanian police carry bodies of children from the sea in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Saturday Sept 10, 2011. An overcrowded ship sank in deep sea off mainland Tanzania on Saturday with about 600 people onboard, and about 370 people are believed missing or dead. The ferry, M.V. Spice Islanders, was heavily overloaded and some potential passengers had refused to board when it was leaving the mainland port of Dar es Salaam, said survivor Abdullah Saied. It sank in an area with heavy currents in deep sea between mainland Tanzania and Pemba Island at about 1 a.m. Saturday. About 230 people had been rescued and 40 bodies had been recovered, said Mohamed Aboud, the minister for the vice president's office. (AP Photo/Ali Sultan)AP - An overcrowded ship carrying at least 600 people sank in deep sea near one of Tanzania's top tourist destinations on Saturday, leaving at least 45 people dead and some 370 more believed missing or dead. Many of the missing are children.

Chief of Libya's ex-rebels arrives in capital (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Libya volunteers set up the red carpet for the arrival of Libyan Transitional National Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at Metiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - The chief of Libya's former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi.

Israeli PM condemns embassy attack in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Protesters gather as smoke of tear gas rises nearby during clashes with the Egyptian security forces next to a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, early Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. Hundreds of Egyptian protesters, some swinging hammers and others using their bare hands, tore down parts of a graffiti-covered security wall outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - The storming of the Israeli embassy by a mob of Egyptian protesters inflicted a "severe injury to the fabric of peace" between the two countries, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Saturday, as both sides' leadership tried to contain the worst crisis in ties since their 1979 peace treaty.

Twin NASA craft launched to study insides of moon (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 10:00 AM PDT

A Delta II rocket, carrying the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. The objective of the mission is to determine the structure of the lunar interior.(AP Photo/Terry Renna)AP - A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what's inside Earth's orbiting companion — all the way down to the core.

Florida set for big role in GOP presidential race (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates stand together before a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Now Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a televised debate Monday, Sept. 12, in Tampa and ending with an early primary in 2012 that conceivably could wrap up the nomination. From left are former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Businessman Herman Cain and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)AP - Take a breather, Iowa and New Hampshire.

Sokurov's 'Faust' wins top Golden Lion at Venice (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:44 PM PDT

Director Aleksandr Sokurov holds the Golden Lion for best film for Faust, during the award ceremony of the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Russian director Aleksander Sokurov's "Faust," a new take on the German legend about the quest for knowledge at all cost, won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.

Fab 4 at US Open: Nadal-Murray, Federer-Djokovic (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:18 AM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Andy Roddick during a quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)AP - On a day judged as much by elapsed time as games won, Rafael Nadal came out looking the freshest.

Obama: U.S. stronger 10 years after September 11 attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:13 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the University of Richmond about the American Jobs Act September 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States was stronger 10 years after the September 11, 2001, attacks and Americans would "carry on" despite continued threats against their safety.

Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Saturday he would do whatever it takes to rescue his country from bankruptcy and stay in the euro zone, as doubts in Europe grew over its membership in the bloc.

Egypt vows to try those who targeted Israel mission (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Protesters tear down a concrete wall built in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo September 9, 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egypt's army rulers vowed on Saturday to try those behind the violence that drove Israel to evacuate its ambassador from Cairo, struggling to contain public fury against the Jewish state while fending off U.S. criticism.

Libya fighters assault Gaddafi-held Bani Walid (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters prepare to advance on the besieged town of Bani Walid September 10, 2011, on the day Libya's interim National Transitional Council (NTC) has set as a deadline for pro-Gaddafi outposts to surrender or face onslaughts. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libyan fighters trying to capture one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds battled for the desert town of Bani Walid on Saturday against stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists.

Marseille lays bare G7 differences and lack of policy room (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 04:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Vague pledges and a lack of action by G7 countries underscored differences between Europe and the United States and a lack of room to maneuver in the face of the worst loss of confidence since the credit crisis.

A decade on, rise of BRICs shaped by September 11 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:07 AM PDT

Reuters - As his global teleconference broke up in disarray on September 11, 2001, a top economist at a U.S. investment bank began to ponder what the attacks on the United States might tell him about the future shape of the world. His conclusions had little to do with Al Qaeda.

Ferry capsizes off Tanzania, nearly 200 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Rescuers carry the bodies of victims from a ferry tragedy near Zanzibar Island at Nungwi Beach September 10, 2011. REUTERS/Beatrice SpadaciniReuters - Nearly 200 people drowned when an overloaded ferry capsized off east Africa as it sailed from Zanzibar to Pemba island, police said on Saturday, Tanzania's worst maritime disaster in at least 15 years.

On eve of 9/11, what story is the media telling? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In the hours following the attacks on the World Trade Center, CNN reporters in New York stood on a balcony of their bureau that afforded live shots of the twin towers in the background. They were images that would become a part of the iconography of the day: the stricken buildings smoldering and then falling in to ash.

Response to 'credible threat' shows how much has changed since 9/11 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On Thursday, federal and New York City authorities disclosed that the U.S. had received specific and credible but uncorroborated intelligence indicating three individuals may have entered the U.S. as part of a possible plot to attack Washington or New York on the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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