| Iran plans enrichment sites in defiance of UN (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST  AP - Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the West.
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| Four Wash. police officers killed in coffee shop 'execution' Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST ![]() One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before ...
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| Clippers announcers meet with Haddadi before game (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:13 PM PST ![]() Clippers play-by-play man Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith met with Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi before Sunday's game at Staples Center, where they expressed regret for an incident that earned the TV broadcasters a one-game suspension. It was the first meeting between the teams since Lawler's and Smith's off-the-cuff remarks about the Iranian-born center during the final...
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| Tony Blair Defends Obama On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:43 AM PST  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to President Barack Obama's defense on Sunday after a scathing New York Times editorial accused the White House of losing legitimacy and strategic standing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," Blair urged, above all, patience in resolving a problem that has confounded so many previous administrations. noting, also, how long it took to resolve the discord in Northern Ireland. More subtly, he contrasted Obama's commitment to the issue to that of his predecessor, George W. Bush, arguing the importance of sett
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| Rumsfeld decision allowed Bin Laden to escape: Senate report (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 08:13 AM PST  AFP - Osama bin Laden was "within the grasp" of US forces in late 2001 but escaped because then-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected calls for reinforcements, a US Senate report says.
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| Real time, real discussion, real reporting: choose two Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:23 PM PST  As you likely know, Tiger Woods was in an accident under apparently mysterious circumstances early Friday morning. Predictably, the reports and reactions thereto pertaining varied somewhat in quality and timeliness, and predictably, this has led to paroxysms of futurist glee in some and sullen condemnation by others. Now that the smoke has cleared, we can examine the event, which is certainly worth a little inspection despite its obvious triviality, with a little perspective. I'm not going to speculate on Woods' injuries, the cause of the crash, or rumors of fights and affairs. I don't care,
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| Senators: Take action against White House crashers (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:19 AM PST  AP - Two senators say authorities ought to pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House.
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| LA stylist learns modern meaning of 'pay phone' Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:46 AM PST ![]() LOS ANGELES – When a Los Angeles hairstylist accepted a collect call from a customer, she had no idea it would run more than $45. And no idea that's just what collect calls from pay phones cost in the mobile age.
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| USC and UCLA get territorial over Trojans' gratuitous TD bomb Posted: 29 Nov 2009 08:13 AM PST ![]() There's a classic scene in the "Dawn of Man" sequence of "2001: A Space Odyssey" in...
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| US Soldiers: Afghan War More Challenging Than Iraq Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:42 AM PST  FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHANK, Afghanistan — Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world. Now fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers invariably encounter illiterate farmers who may never have talked to an American as they slog into remote villages on dirt tracks through bitterly cold, snow-streaked mountains. Read more: Us Soldiers Afghan War, Afghan War, Afghanistan, US Soldiers, Us Soldiers Afghanistan Iraq, World News
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| Euro zone officials: China yuan should strengthen (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:47 AM PST ![]() European financial leaders on Sunday urged China to let its currency gain against the euro, for the sake of the world economy and its own future growth, but there was no sign the appeal would be heeded.
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| Leading Irish Catholic priest: Child sex-abuse scandal 'goes right to the top in Rome' (IrishCentral) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:12 AM PST ![]() One of Ireland's best-loved priests, Father Brian D'Arcy, has called for the resignation of clergy who knowingly covered up for sex-abuse priests. Five bishops who once served in the Dublin Archdiocese when the abuse was taking place and took no action have faced resignation calls over the Murphy Report, which found child sex-abuse rampant.
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| Jay Leno losing his audience to DVR machines (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST ![]() Much of the prime-time audience lost to NBC when Jay Leno moved into prime-time has gone not to its rivals but the digital video recorder.
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| Israel to beef up enforcement of settlement freeze (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:11 AM PST  AP - Israel's defense minister on Sunday ordered his office to triple the number of construction inspectors in the West Bank to enforce a new settlement freeze declared by the government, while settler leaders vowed to defy the edict.
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| Swiss voters ban new mosque minarets Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST ![]() Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers ...
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