Thursday 30 June 2011

Airstrike Kills Insurgent Suspected in Planning Kabul Attack

KABUL, Afghanistan — An airstrike in southeastern Afghanistan killed an insurgent leader who was involved in organizing the suicide assault on the Intercontinental Hotel here Tuesday, NATO officials said. The airstrike was carried out on Wednesday in the Gardez district of Paktia Province, and it ...


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Analysis: Weak economy shadows Obama in bright areas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bright spot for President Barack Obama in the bleak economic picture should be that many of the "swing" states crucial to his 2012 re-election bid are weathering the recession relatively well. But unfortunately for Obama, voters in those states are just not seeing the light ...


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Man detained aftec grabbing French leader Sarkozy

PARIS (AP) -- The arm reached out from a crowd of smiling families, grabbed the French president's shoulder and nearly sent Nicolas Sarkozy to the ground as shocked security agents leapt into action. An unarmed 32-year-old Frenchman who works in the theater industry and didn't have a previous police ...


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Judge: Prison can forcibly medicate Tucson suspect

SAN DIEGO, CA -- A federal judge rejected an argument by attorneys for the Tucson shooting rampage suspect and ruled that he can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said in Wednesday's ruling that he did not want to second-guess doctors at the federal ...


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Judge denies Boeing motion to dismiss labor case

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge has denied Boeing Co.'s request to dismiss a federal lawsuit that claims the company illegally retaliated against unionized workers by moving some work from Washington state to South Carolina. The ruling by Administrative Law Judge Clifford Anderson allows the National ...


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Killer returned from Mexico begins Conn. sentence

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A man captured in Mexico after 22 years on the run from a Connecticut murder conviction was sent to prison Thursday, hours after he was flown back to the United States from Mexico City. Adam Zachs, whose legs and hands were shackled, did not say a word during a brief appearance in ...


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Obama awards Gates the Medal of Freedom

President Obama pulled another military surprise today during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' farewell ceremony. Obama awarded Gates the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. A moved and surprised Gates told Obama: "You're getting pretty good at this covert opps stuff." We think ...


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NM fire poised to be largest in state history - AP

A wildfire that is threatening the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory and a community in northern New Mexico is poised to become the largest fire in state history. The fire near Los Alamos has charred nearly 145 square miles, or 92,735 acres. The blaze has been growing by tens of thousands ...


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Greek parliament starts vote on second austerity law

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament began voting on Thursday on an implementation law for a five year austerity plan needed to secure a vital 12-billion-euro tranche of EU/IMF financing. On Wednesday, lawmakers approved by 155 votes to 138 a framework law for the 28 billion euro program of tax ...


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Nadal's injury keeps Murray fans hopeful

WIMBLEDON, England -- Rafael Nadal 's left foot is bothering him, and that alone is giving just about every tennis fan in Britain hope that Andy Murray can finally end the nation's Wimbledon drought. They will play each other in the semifinals on Friday. "I'm not worried about my foot," said Nadal ...


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Casey Anthony's defense expected to rest case - AP

Attorneys for Casey Anthony, who's accused of killing her toddler, are wrapping up their defense with their final witnesses. Anthony's defense team is expected to rest its case Thursday. It's still not known if the 25-year-old mother will take the stand to answer questions about whether she killed ...


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Recent studies suggest that the FDA has begun approving cancer drugs at a faster rate. This is welcome news for early stage drug developers -- many of which struggle to secure the necessary capital to maintain operations. The Bedford Report examines the outlook for companies in the Healthcare Sector ...


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UN court issues indictment in Hariri assassination

BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon's opposition says a U.N.-backed court has delivered indictments in the 2005 assassination of the country's former prime minister Rafik Hariri. The office of Saad Hariri, the former prime minister's son, says the indictments were handed over Thursday. The names of the accused ...


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Skyrim: Fewer but 'more substantial' DLC updates planned

The days of £1.50 horse armour are long gone, and will never return we can safely assume. Todd Howard, director of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has said Bethesda wants to deliver fewer but more substantial download updates for the epic RPG. Discussing DLC packs, Howard said: "They've been really ...


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Judge: Prison can forcibly medicate Tucson suspect

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, rejecting a plea by defense attorneys that the decision by prison doctors merited more scrutiny. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns' decision came after ...


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Greece to vote on cuts after riots

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers are set to pass a bill to implement more austerity measures demanded by creditors, following two days of rioting in Athens that left some 200 people injured. The vote is expected around 3 p.m. (1200GMT) Thursday - on the day of a deadline set by European countries ...


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Wednesday 29 June 2011

California: Forced Drugs Approved for Loughner

A federal judge in San Diego ruled Wednesday that prison officials could forcibly give antipsychotic drugs to the man held in the Tucson shooting rampage in a bid to make him mentally fit for trial. The decision, by Judge Larry A. Burns of Federal District Court, came after lawyers for the defendant ...


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Fed Caps Debit Card Fees for Merchants

The Federal Reserve Board voted on Wednesday to limit the fees that banks collect from retailers each time a customer makes a purchase to an average of 21 cents a transaction, a cut of nearly 50 percent from what banks and credit card companies currently earn. The cap is a defeat for banks generally ...


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Defense in Casey Anthony case ready to wrap up

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Casey Anthony's father broke into tears Wednesday when telling jurors about his suicide attempt some six weeks after his granddaughter's body was found, undercutting defense claims that the girl was not slain by her mother but accidentally drowned and that he helped cover it up ...


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Is Deluged Minot, N.D., Ready for Drought?

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Nazir Amini, an Afghan visiting from his home in Germany, had just come back from the buffet with a bowl of ice cream when he saw two men armed with an AK-47 and a machine gun emerge and start shooting at guests seated around the pool at the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel, one ...


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8 militants, 10 others dead after attack on Kabul hotel

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