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Monday, January 12
Jan 05, 2009; ... Today is Monday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2009. There are 353 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1543 - England's King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, who outlives him. 1598 - Pope Clement VIII seizes Duchy of ...
Accused 9/11 plotter Mohammed faces a French trial
Jan 05, 2009; ... The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks goes on trial in absentia in France on Monday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington. The proceedings in Paris are expected to highlight the ...
Accused 9/11 plotter Mohammed faces a French trial
Jan 05, 2009; ... The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks goes on trial in absentia in France on Monday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington. The proceedings in Paris are expected to highlight the ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama has landed in the Washington area, setting up a final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed Sunday evening at Andrews Air Force Base before heading for his temporary home at the Hay-Adams Hotel across from the White House. His wife and two ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama has landed in the Washington area, setting up a final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed Sunday evening at Andrews Air Force Base before heading for his temporary home at the Hay-Adams Hotel across from the White House. His wife and two ...
Guam, focus of new US strategy, faces hurdles
Jan 05, 2009; ... Sprawling toward the horizon in every direction, Andersen Air Force Base is surprisingly quiet, leaving the impression of a big, empty parking lot. For now, anyway. Over the next six years, nearly 25,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers, family members and civilian Defense Department ...
Guam, focus of new US strategy, faces hurdles
Jan 05, 2009; ... Sprawling toward the horizon in every direction, Andersen Air Force Base is surprisingly quiet, leaving the impression of a big, empty parking lot. For now, anyway. Over the next six years, nearly 25,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers, family members and civilian Defense Department ...
Gazprom toughens position in Ukraine gas dispute
Jan 05, 2009; ... Russia's state-controlled gas company said it is increasing the price it wants Ukraine to pay for natural gas, hardening its position in a dispute that has decreased supplies to Europe. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Sunday that the company wanted $450 per 1,000 cubic meters, up from ...
Gazprom toughens position in Ukraine gas dispute
Jan 05, 2009; ... Russia's state-controlled gas company said it is increasing the price it wants Ukraine to pay for natural gas, hardening its position in a dispute that has decreased supplies to Europe. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Sunday that the company wanted $450 per 1,000 cubic meters, up from ...
Darfur peace push slowed by splits among rebels
Jan 05, 2009; ... International mediators pushing for new negotiations on Darfur are being hampered by divisions among Darfur's rebels and by some rebels' hopes that genocide charges will bring down Sudan's president. The ethnic African rebels, who rose up against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government ...
Darfur peace push slowed by splits among rebels
Jan 05, 2009; ... International mediators pushing for new negotiations on Darfur are being hampered by divisions among Darfur's rebels and by some rebels' hopes that genocide charges will bring down Sudan's president. The ethnic African rebels, who rose up against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government ...
Somali kidnappers release 2 foreign journalists
Jan 05, 2009; ... Two foreign journalists _ a Briton and a Spaniard _ have been released in good health after nearly six weeks in captivity in Somalia, officials said. The journalists, reporter Colin Freeman, 39, of The Sunday Telegraph and freelance photographer Jose Cendon, 34, were working on a ...
Somali kidnappers release 2 foreign journalists
Jan 05, 2009; ... Two foreign journalists _ a Briton and a Spaniard _ have been released in good health after nearly six weeks in captivity in Somalia, officials said. The journalists, reporter Colin Freeman, 39, of The Sunday Telegraph and freelance photographer Jose Cendon, 34, were working on a ...
Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas
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Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury ...
Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas
Jan 05, 2009; ... This is not just a place people are born and live. Las Vegas is an enterprise. It is a deal people enter, a set of givens agreed upon: More is better. Biggest is best. To live in Las Vegas is to stake your future on this enterprise _ for better or worse. For the ...
Egyptian women break new ground at the mosque
Jan 05, 2009; ... Amira Khairy is mobbed by housewives kissing her cheeks in greeting as she arrives to give a lesson on reciting the Quran to women at the Al-Sedeeq mosque in a Cairo suburb. Students set up chairs for the class, and soon the hum of chanting female voices fills one of the building's larger ...
Egyptian women break new ground at the mosque
Jan 05, 2009; ... Amira Khairy is mobbed by housewives kissing her cheeks in greeting as she arrives to give a lesson on reciting the Quran to women at the Al-Sedeeq mosque in a Cairo suburb. Students set up chairs for the class, and soon the hum of chanting female voices fills one of the building's larger ...
Kaine to take over as DNC chairman
Jan 05, 2009; ... Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is set to become the next chairman of the Democratic Party. Two Democratic officials said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the governor to take over the Democratic National Committee. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on ...
Kaine to take over as DNC chairman
Jan 05, 2009; ... Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is set to become the next chairman of the Democratic Party. Two Democratic officials said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the governor to take over the Democratic National Committee. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on ...
Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show
Jan 05, 2009; ... The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry. The economic downturn ...
Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show
Jan 05, 2009; ... The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry. The economic downturn will temper the normally dizzying ...
Former newspaper rivals cooperate as jobs are cut
Jan 05, 2009; ... Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover ...
Former newspaper rivals cooperate as jobs are cut
Jan 05, 2009; ... Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover the smallest meetings and sporting events. So it came as a surprise that The Dallas Morning ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury ...
Sri Lanka pushes ahead with war on rebels
Jan 05, 2009; ... Battle tanks rumbled north, attack helicopters flew overheard and artillery fire roared through the jungles as Sri Lankan forces pushed ahead with an offensive aimed at capturing the Tamil Tigers' last strongholds. A rebel-affiliated Web site reported that the insurgents stalled a ...
Ill gov allies vanish as impeachment vote nears
Jan 05, 2009; ... Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich does not have many friends these days, particularly among the state lawmakers who will decide whether to throw him out of office. The vote to begin impeachment proceedings was unanimous. Former allies have fallen silent since his Dec. 9 arrest on federal ...
Sri Lanka pushes ahead with war on rebels
Jan 05, 2009; ... Battle tanks rumbled north, attack helicopters flew overheard and artillery fire roared through the jungles as Sri Lankan forces pushed ahead with an offensive aimed at capturing the Tamil Tigers' last strongholds. A rebel-affiliated Web site reported that the insurgents stalled a ...
Ill gov allies vanish as impeachment vote nears
Jan 05, 2009; ... Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich does not have many friends these days, particularly among the state lawmakers who will decide whether to throw him out of office. The vote to begin impeachment proceedings was unanimous. Former allies have fallen silent since his Dec. 9 arrest on federal ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday he would drop his effort to become commerce secretary in the Obama administration, as a federal investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors became a growing threat to his nomination. Richardson insisted he would be ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday he would drop his effort to become commerce secretary in the Obama administration, as a federal investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors became a growing threat to his nomination. Richardson insisted he would be ...
UN chief expresses concern over Gaza conflict
Jan 05, 2009; ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Sunday to work for a speedy end to the escalating crisis in Gaza following Israel's ground attack. Ban said he recalled Robert Serry, his special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, from Jerusalem to ...
UN chief expresses concern over Gaza conflict
Jan 05, 2009; ... Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Sunday to work for a speedy end to the escalating crisis in Gaza following Israel's ground attack. Ban said he recalled Robert Serry, his special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, from Jerusalem to ...
Richardson's public life imperfect but resilient
Jan 05, 2009; ... When he ran for president, Bill Richardson touted more than an adventurous style and impressive resume. He was the guy who embraced flaws as a strength, the one who said the American people "don't want blow-dried candidates with perfection." A federal grand jury ...
Richardson's public life imperfect but resilient
Jan 05, 2009; ... When he ran for president, Bill Richardson touted more than an adventurous style and impressive resume. He was the guy who embraced flaws as a strength, the one who said the American people "don't want blow-dried candidates with perfection." A federal grand jury ...
Abandoned boy leads Ohio police to slain mother
Jan 05, 2009 ... Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop. A Maryland couple found the boy on Friday, wandering around a rest area along Interstate 70 in central Ohio. The travelers, Mike and Judith ...
Abandoned boy leads Ohio police to slain mother
Jan 05, 2009 ... Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop. A Maryland couple found the boy on Friday, wandering around a rest area along Interstate 70 in central Ohio. The travelers, Mike and Judith ...
Universal sells Rogue to financing partner
Jan 05, 2009 ... Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime financing partner Relativity Media LLC. NBC Universal spokeswoman Kori Bernards on Sunday confirmed the deal was closed shortly before Christmas but declined ...
Universal sells Rogue to financing partner
Jan 05, 2009 ... Universal Pictures, a division of General Electric Co., has sold horror and thriller film label Rogue Pictures to its longtime financing partner Relativity Media LLC. NBC Universal spokeswoman Kori Bernards on Sunday confirmed the deal was closed shortly before Christmas but declined ...
Kaine to take over as Democratic chairman
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama has selected Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, two Democrats said Sunday. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on a condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been officially announced ....
Kaine to take over as Democratic chairman
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama has selected Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, two Democrats said Sunday. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on a condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been officially announced ....
Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives
Jan 05, 2009; ... It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no high-tech stabilizers. And, of course, it is done on horseback, at upward of 40 mph ...
Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives
Jan 05, 2009; ... It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no high-tech stabilizers. And, of course, it is done on horseback, at upward of 40 mph ...
Police: Suicide attack kills 7 in Pakistan
Jan 05, 2009; ... A suicide bomber attacked police in northwest Pakistan as they rushed to treat civilians injured by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and wounding at least 25 others, said a police official. The bomber attacked police Sunday while they were investigating a minor blast in the ...
Police: Suicide attack kills 7 in Pakistan
Jan 05, 2009; ... A suicide bomber attacked police in northwest Pakistan as they rushed to treat civilians injured by an earlier explosion, killing seven people and wounding at least 25 others, said a police official. The bomber attacked police Sunday while they were investigating a minor blast in the ...
Parker scores 26 points as Raptors beat Magic
Jan 05, 2009 ... Anthony Parker scored a season-high 26 points and Chris Bosh added 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors overcame a 39-point performance by Orlando's Dwight Howard to beat the Magic 108-102 on Sunday. Parker was 13-of-16 from the field and came within one point of his ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury ...
Obama arrives in Washington area
Jan 05, 2009; ... President-elect Barack Obama landed in the Washington area Sunday evening, setting up the final march toward his Jan. 20 inauguration. Obama landed hours after his pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of the running amid a federal grand jury ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson abandoned his bid to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand jury investigation about political favoritism _ an investigation that threatened to embarrass President-elect Barack Obama. Richardson insisted he would be cleared in the probe, ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson abandoned his bid to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand jury investigation about political favoritism _ an investigation that threatened to embarrass President-elect Barack Obama. Richardson insisted he would be cleared in the probe, ...
Rolston's OT power-play goal gives Devils win
Jan 05, 2009 ... Brian Rolston scored a power-play goal 1:43 into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. Jamie Langenbrunner forced the overtime for New Jersey with a power-play goal with 3:40 left in regulation. Defenseman Johnny Oduya got the primary ...
Series of quakes hit Indonesia, killing 4
Jan 05, 2009; ... A series of powerful earthquakes killed at least four people and injured dozens in remote eastern Indonesia Sunday and briefly triggered fears of another tsunami in a country still recovering from 2004's deadly waves. One of the quakes _ a 7.3-magnitude tremor _ was felt as far away ...
Rolston's OT power-play goal gives Devils win
Jan 05, 2009 ... Brian Rolston scored a power-play goal 1:43 into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. Jamie Langenbrunner forced the overtime for New Jersey with a power-play goal with 3:40 left in regulation. Defenseman Johnny Oduya got the primary ...
Series of quakes hit Indonesia, killing 4
Jan 05, 2009; ... A series of powerful earthquakes killed at least four people and injured dozens in remote eastern Indonesia Sunday and briefly triggered fears of another tsunami in a country still recovering from 2004's deadly waves. One of the quakes _ a 7.3-magnitude tremor _ was felt as far away ...
Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan in attack
Jan 05, 2009 ... An Australian soldier was killed in Afghanistan during a Taliban rocket attack, the Defense Department said Monday. The soldier was killed instantly Sunday when a Taliban-fired rocket exploded in a compound in the southern province of Uruzgan where a group of Australian troops was ...
Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan in attack
Jan 05, 2009 ... An Australian soldier was killed in Afghanistan during a Taliban rocket attack, the Defense Department said Monday. The soldier was killed instantly Sunday when a Taliban-fired rocket exploded in a compound in the southern province of Uruzgan where a group of Australian troops was ...
Senate leaders oppose Illinois appointee
Jan 05, 2009 ... The Senate's top two Democrats defended their right to deny a seat to Roland Burris, Barack Obama's would-be successor-in-waiting, while refusing to rule out a deal as Congress and its new members begin work this week. Democrats say Burris' appointment is tainted because it was made ...
Senate leaders oppose Illinois appointee
Jan 05, 2009 ... The Senate's top two Democrats defended their right to deny a seat to Roland Burris, Barack Obama's would-be successor-in-waiting, while refusing to rule out a deal as Congress and its new members begin work this week. Democrats say Burris' appointment is tainted because it was made ...
Travolta says he is heartbroken at son's death
Jan 05, 2009; ... John Travolta said Sunday he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama. Police Superintendent Basil Rahming has said a caretaker found Jett Travolta ...
Travolta says he is heartbroken at son's death
Jan 05, 2009; ... John Travolta said Sunday he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama. Police Superintendent Basil Rahming has said a caretaker found Jett Travolta ...
Travolta says he is heartbroken at son's death
Jan 05, 2009; ... John Travolta said Sunday he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama. Police Superintendent Basil Rahming has said a caretaker found Jett Travolta ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson abandoned his bid to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand jury investigation about political favoritism _ an investigation that threatened to embarrass President-elect Barack Obama. Richardson insisted he would be cleared in the probe, ...
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 05, 2009; ... New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson abandoned his bid to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand jury investigation about political favoritism _ an investigation that threatened to embarrass President-elect Barack Obama. Richardson insisted he would be cleared in the probe, ...
Female bomber at Shiite shrine in Baghdad kills 38
Jan 05, 2009; ... A woman hiding among Iranian pilgrims with a bomb strapped under her black robe killed more than three dozen people Sunday outside a Baghdad mosque during ceremonies commemorating the death of one of Shiite Islam's most revered saints. The suicide attack, the most recent in a series ...