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Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:28 PM

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 66 Documents

NATO

NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kabul

Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.'Due to a NATO forces air strike on November 6 in Badghis province seven Afghan security personnel (both ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 43 mins ago]

Entities: NATO, Friendly Fire, Air Strike, Kabul

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 58 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible" - grandfather (Reuters)

AL-BIREH, West Bank (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act."He is a doctor ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 35 mins ago]

Entities: Fort Hood (United States), US Army, Nader Hasan

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 39 mins ago - 30 Documents

Barack Obama

Obama signs bill extending jobless benefits and homebuyer tax credits

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic-stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.The bill-signing came a day after the House, ... [Denver Post - 39 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, Barack Obama, Unemployment, White House

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 162 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Sacked worker in Orlando shooting spree

A disgruntled ex-worker shot dead one person and wounded five others Friday in the US city of Orlando, before shouting 'they left me to rot' as he was hauled into custody, police said.In the second mass shooting in the United States in two days, the alleged ... [Fijilive.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Buddy Dyer, Fort Hood (United States), Fort Hood, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 82 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Verizon Communications Inc

Happy Droid Day

After weeks of speculation, followed by a real announcement , followed by more waiting, Motorola and Verizon have finally released the Droid, the supposed iPhone-killer which is the first device using version 2.0 of Google’s Android operating system.The ... [Industry Standard - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Verizon Communications Inc, iPhone, Greg Kumparak, Motorola Inc

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 35 Documents (in Politics)

Republican Party (US)

House members face decisive vote on Obama health care plan; GOP united in opposition

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. ... [Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Health Care, Barack Obama

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 50 mins ago - 24 Documents

United Nations

UN to refer Gaza report

Edith M LedererNew York - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he will send a report calling for Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war crimes during last winter's conflict in Gaza to the UN Security Council 'as soon as possible.'The ... [News24.com - 50 mins ago]

Entities: Israel, International Criminal Court, Riyad Mansour, United Nations, Crime

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 51 mins ago - 24 Documents

Boeing Company

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing (Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.It said in a statement a search was under way for the crew of the Tu-142 aircraft. But RIA ... [Yahoo! News - 51 mins ago]

Entities: Aeroflot-Nord, Ural (Russia), Pacific Ocean, Boeing Company, Ukraine

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 17 Documents

Baldor Electric Company

What recovery? US unemployment tops 10%

Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the US economy relapsed on Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought. The jobless ... [NDTV Profit - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Jose Betancourt, Recession, Baldor Electric Company, Unemployment Rate

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 20 Documents

Canadian, U.S. Jobless Data Sow Confusion

OTTAWA - The missing link in the U. S economic recovery -- job creation -- could materialize in the coming months, analysts say, after figures released yesterday indicated the pace of layoffs has eased considerably even though the jobless rate soared ... [Financial Post - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Stewart Hall, United States, Canada, Layoffs

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 145 Documents

The U-6

Earlier in my post on US Unemployment Reaching a 26-Year High, I said this about the U-6: Among all groups, the U6 underemployment rate -- a broader measure of the jobs shortfall which includes people whose hours have been cut, those working part-time ... [MyDD - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Unemployment, Recession, Unemployment Rate, David Leonhardt

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 Documents

ATandT completes delayed Centennial acquisition

Sorry, this 3rd party supplied article requires Javascript to be displayed in full.AT&T said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications, has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. ... [Cellular-News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Acquisition, Complementary, Centennial Communications Corp.

More Top Stories

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 23 Documents

International Monetary Fund

G20 divided on financing climate change deal

British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts today to work toward a $100 billion deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it.Mr Darling is hosting the third meeting of Group ... [Irish Times - 40 mins ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, International Monetary Fund, Copenhagen, Scotland

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 45 mins ago - 23 Documents

Hosni Mubarak

Premier Wen meets Egyptian president

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) talks with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo November 7, 2009. [Agencies]CAIRO: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on ... [CHINAdaily - 45 mins ago]

Entities: Egypt, Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Wen Jiabao, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 60 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Skype Technologies SA

Skype founders get stake

Online auction giant eBay ended a year-long battle with the founders of Skype yesterday, clearing the way to sell off the Internet calling service.Litigation had been flying back and forth among Skype's founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who ... [New York Post - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc, Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 21 Documents

Hizballah

Hezbollah says Lebanon opposition agrees to govt line-up

hrs BEIRUT: Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election.Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties ... [Channel NewsAsia - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Hizballah, Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, Saad Hariri, Syria

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 51 mins ago - 17 Documents

Ali Asghar Soltanieh

Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP (AFP)

TEHRAN (AFP) Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions.Under ... [Yahoo! News - 51 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Tehran, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Mohamed ElBaradei, Nuclear Fuel

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 43 Documents

Adam Opel GmbH (Opel)

GM's Europe chief leaving after Opel deal rejected

Carl-Peter Forster, who has been General Motors' top European executive since June 2004, supported a proposed Opel sale that was rejected by GM's board. ( AFP/ file photo ) DETROIT Carl-Peter Forster, the chief executive of General Motors Europe who ... [Denver Post - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Adam Opel GmbH (Opel), Carl-Peter Forster, General Motors Corporation

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 33 Documents

United Security Bank in Sparta, Georgia closes

United Security Bank, Sparta, Georgia, was closed Friday by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.To protect depositors, FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption ... [Big News Network - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Security Bank Corp, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Georgia

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 18 Documents

Dell Adamo XPS coming 'in time for the holidays' for $1799 (unboxing and hands-on video!)

Dell's finally run its finger along the edge and unhinged the last bit of details for its enigmatic, 0.4-inch-thin Adamo XPS. As it turns out weren't entirely off. We're looking at a LED-backlit 13.4-inch, 720p widescreen display, 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 ... [Engadget - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Intel Corporation, Windows 7, Rob Enderle

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 32 Documents

'Combat Barbie' Is The New Miss England

Damien Pearse, Sky News Online A soldier dubbed 'Combat Barbie' has been crowned Miss England after her predecessor relinquished the title over a nightclub bust-up. Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge takes over from Rachel Christie, 21, who is stepping down ... [Sky News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: England, Miss Jones, Katrina Hodge, La Senza, Miss World

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 31 Documents

S. Arabia 'neutralising' Yemen rebels

Arabia) Saudi Arabia said on Friday its jets and ground forces blasted Yemen rebels on the two countries rugged border after being attacked and briefly occupied by the insurgents.Sporadic shelling could be heard from the border around the Jebel Al Dukhan ... [Oman Tribune - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Yemen, Neutralization, Jizan (Saudi Arabia), Tornado, Military Campaigns

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 15 Documents

Buy gold to diversify reserves

COLOMBO - SRI Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.Central Bank assistant governor Nandalal ... [Straits Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, India, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Volatility

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 34 Documents

Climate negotiations in Barcelona: some progress but no political breakthrough

- At the end of the round of negotiations in Barcelona in view of the Copenhagen summit, progress has been made on issues relating to adaptation to climate change. However, the revision of negotiation texts failed to bring a decisive breakthrough on the ... [Ch.ch - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Barcelona, Copenhagen, Climate

Blogs

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Canon EOS 7D firmware update cures 'residual im... [Engadget - 46 mins ago] Say what you will, but Canon's customer service / engineering department definitely looks out for consumers willing to spend just under two large on a new body. ...
Ex-Hurricane Ida batters Nicaragua [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 ...
Obama 'firm' on US support for Taiwan [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] President Barack Obama, set for a mission to China this month to boost warming ties, will stay firm on the US policy of supporting but not recognizing rival Taiwan, ...
Russian military plane crashes, killing 11 [Raw Story - 1 hour ago] A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials ...
ASUS to dizzy eyes with G51J3D and G72GX 3D lap... [Engadget - 1 hour ago] Well, lookie here. ASUS has just jumped in on the 3D bandwagon. Just a few weeks after the 5738DG was unveiled, two more 3D laptops are now said to be on tap. Yeah ...

Audio/Video

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'Everybody's Fine' premiere [CNN.com - Video - 10 hours ago]
Mobile bulletin - 1935 - 06 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
Crowds Roar, Confetti Falls for NY Yankees [Associated Press - YouTube - 10 hours ago]
CNN News Update (11-6-2009 9 PM EST) [CNN News Update - 10 hours ago]
Independence, satire and press freedom [News On ABC - YouTube - 10 hours ago]

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