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High court to rule on Washington DC handgun ban
(Reuters)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071120/ts_nm/usa_guns_court_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071121/2007_11_20t131127_450x325_us_usa_ guns_court.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=EXT jprj5YSP2634SpvRazw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun sits on display at the 132nd Annual National Rifle Association Meeting in in Orlando, Florida April 27, 2003. The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether handguns can be banned in the nation's capital, a case that could produce its first ruling in nearly 70 years on the right of Americans to bear arms. (Shannon Stapleton SS NRA/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether handguns can be banned in Washington , D.C., a case that could produce its first ruling in nearly 70 years on the right of Americans to carry guns.</p> More About: High , High Court
Kobe sends Lakers to a 4th straight win
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071121/ap_on_sp_bk_ga_su/bkn_lakers_pacer s"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071121/capt.06c351b922654939a856d4015793 62c0.lakers_pacers_basketball_naf102.jpg? x=100&y=130&sig=dk3UW1MOqkJAZhJPs 5.iLw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) drives to the basket against Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)" border="0" /></a>AP - Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 134-114 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. Jordan Farmar had a career-high 18 points, Andrew Bynum added 17 points and 10 rebounds and the Lakers rolled to a season-high point total.</p> More About: Straight , TRAI
Polygamy leader Jeffs sentenced to prison
(Reuters)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071121/ts_nm/usa_polygamy_jeffs_dc">< img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071121/2007_11_20t171613_450x344_us_usa_ polygamy_jeffs.jpg?x=130&y=99&sig =rVtEMQRep7oCRlFUTvzWDA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Warren Jeffs looks toward the jury in his trial in St. George, Utah, September 25, 2007. U.S. polygamist sect leader Jeffs, who was considered a prophet by his church of breakaway Mormons, was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison on Tuesday for being an accomplice to rape by forcing a 14-year-old to marry her cousin. (Douglas C. Pizac/Pool/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, self-proclaimed prophet of a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years to life in prison for forcing a 14-year-old to marry her first cousin.</p> More About: Polygamy , Prison , Sentenced , Leader
Yanks' bug spray among MLB auction items
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071121/ap_on_fe_st/bbo_mlb_auction_bug_sp ray"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071121/capt.6c16bd7c4faf46998506668f4d18 4d66.mlb_auction_bug_spray_baseball_ny177 .jpg?x=130&y=110&sig=uOoPFJHLdqRj ZlnTNlNUlA--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="New York Yankees trainer Gene Monahan sprays New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain with bug spray as swarms of small insects swarm in the eighth inning of a baseball playoff game Oct. 5, 2007, in Cleveland. A can of bug spray used in the Yankees' dugout when the tiny midges swarmed Cleveland's Jacobs Field will be among the items up for bid in a Major League Baseball auction of memorabilia from the 2007 postseason. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Start the bidding on Yankees bug spray. Who could forget New York rookie Joba Chamberlain getting doused with pest repellant during the American League pla... More About: Auction , Items , Spray
Bush to host key Mideast peace conference Nov 27
(AFP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2 0071121/pl_afp/mideastdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/ 20071121/capt.sge.bvq38.211107032046.phot o05.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y =89&sig=bAyWLeDjGa186KXgq8MoOg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Marine One, carrying US President George W. Bush , takes off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. The United States will host an international Middle East conference on November 27 aiming to kickstart the moribund peace process, US officials said Tuesday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush will host a key conference on November 27 aiming to revive the Middle East peace process and pave the way towards a separate Palestinian state, US officials said Tuesday.</p> More About: Peace , Host , Conference , Midea
Former press aide blames Bush in CIA leak case
(Reuters)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071121/pl_nm/book_cialeak_bush_dc"><i mg src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071121/2007_11_20t211131_450x303_us_book _cialeak_bush.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig= gcwQp_uMcRco1Uod9Qp50g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Scott McClellan is pictured through a door window behind the scenes at an event on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit at the Asociacion Borinquena de Florida Central in Orlando, Florida May 10, 2006. McClellan says in an upcoming book that he was misled by President George W. Bush and other high officials into misinforming the press about a CIA leak case that fueled debate about the Iraq war. (Jason Reed/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former White Press Secretary Scott McClellan says in an upcoming book that he was misled by President George W. Bush and other high officials into misinforming the press about a CIA leak case that fueled debate about the Iraq w... More About: Case , Leak
US to host Mideast talks next week
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_mideast">< ;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071120/capt.531d01478dba4b91918929024920 6dd1.egypt_nn104.jpg?x=130&y=86&s ig=HRC_d7EniaXzPrRhoUXU9w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after attending a press conference following their meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Bush administration said Tuesday it will inaugurate peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians next week, ending a seven-year lull, with a conference of leaders and diplomats the U.S. hopes will help shepherd a final Midea st settlement.</p> More About: Week , Host , Mideast
San Francisco to give illegal aliens ID cards
(Reuters)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071121/ts_nm/usa_immigration_identificati on_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071121/2007_11_20t192646_450x350_us_usa_ immigration_identification.jpg?x=130& y=101&sig=Z45qRTz1EaLc02HPrY4yMQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A man carries a sign to protest moves to tighten U.S. immigration laws in San Francisco , California March 27, 2006. San Francisco will give resident identification cards to illegal immigrants under a plan approved on Tuesday amid a fierce nationwide debate on granting privileges to undocumented aliens. (Kimberly White/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - San Francisco will give resident identification cards to illegal immigrants under a plan approved on Tuesday amid a fierce nationwide debate on granting privileges to undocumented aliens.</p> More About: Illegal Aliens , Aliens , Give
Scientists find fossil of enormous bug
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071121/ap_on_sc/biggest_bug_ever"><im g src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071121/capt.5531fe789e114bb68cff7d5df337 87b7.britain_gigantic_scorpion_lon803.jpg ?x=77&y=130&sig=bMJ3rKJ9eGqTuVOVf eLGmA--" align="left" height="130" width="77" alt="This is a computer generated image issued by the University of Bristol in England released on Tuesday Nov. 20, 2007 showing a size comparison between a human an ancient sea scorpion. A fossil found in Germany indicates the ancient sea scorpion was once 2.5 metres (8 feet) long, making it the biggest bug ever known to have existed. (AP Photo/University of Bristol, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on. British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever.... More About: Find , Scientists , Fossil
Jennie Garth eliminated from 'Dancing'
(AP)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071121/ap_on_en_tv/tv_dancing_with_the_st ars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.b71b011fd80343d6becd0128816b 425a.disney_jennie_garth_dancing_with_the _stars_cadb102.jpg?x=130&y=122&si g=p0znRKbAB2dL5lCmmgPOUg--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Disneyland, actress Jennie Garth performs with Mickey Mouse for Disneyland guests in front of Sleeping Beauty's Winter Castle in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, for a taped segment to air on 'Dancing with the Stars' next week. (AP Photo/Disneyland, Paul Hiffmeyer)" border="0" /></a>AP - She may have been the most popular girl at West Beverly Hills High School, but Jennie Garth couldn't muster enough votes to reach the final of "Dancing with the Stars."</p> More About: Mina
U.S. announces Mideast conference for November 27
(Reuters)
2007-11-21 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071121/pl_nm/palestinians_israel_dc">< ;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071121/2007_11_20t040118_450x310_us_pale stinians_israel.jpg?x=130&y=89&si g=kocnxSTFXMJq9ZKJ1gQmsw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem November 19, 2007, in this picture released by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO). Israel and the Palestinians are making a last-ditch effort under U.S. and Arab pressure to prepare a joint document before a U.S.-hosted peace conference next week, officials said on Tuesday. (Thaer Ganaim/PPO/Handout/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States announced on Tuesday it will host a Middle East peace conference on November 27 in Annapolis, Maryland, which Washington hopes will launch formal negotiations to create a Palestinian state.</p> More About: Conference , Midea , Anno
Sumber artikel Malaysia percuma untuk pecinta artikel malaysia
2007-11-18 00:00:00 Adakah anda sukar untuk mendapatkan sumber artikel berbahasa melayu atau english? dapatkannya di timestreets.com . Ianya mudah dan berkesan untuk laman web atau blog anda More About: Malaysia , Mala , Sumber , Malays , Cuma
Giuliani would pick conservative judges
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_el_pr/giuliani_federalists"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.e604064515ca4735ba53eac24b05 f9df.giuliani_2008_whcd119.jpg?x=130& y=105&sig=VNgqiSgonKwXtr6KZp3fiQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Republican Presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , addresses the Federalist Society at the 2007 National Lawyers Convention in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rudy Giuliani assured a conservative legal group Friday that if elected president he would appoint federal judges who adhere to their principles. He also praised a judge who declared the capital city's gun ban unconstitutional and ridiculed efforts to eliminate the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.</p> More About: Conservative , Judges , Pick
Senate Republicans bar Iraq withdrawal plan
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/pl_nm/iraq_usa_funding_dc"><im g src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t121623_450x293_us_iraq _usa_funding.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=c kzmCJRKHWkIeW45vK1ZvQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A U.S. tank (covered with smoke and dust) fires towards insurgents to give cover to a U.S helicopter flying out of Combat Outpost Cahill, a small U.S. military camp southeast of Baghdad, November 6, 2007. (Erik de Castro/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a $50 billion Iraq war bill that included a troop pullout plan, killing the latest Democratic attempt to end the war while keeping up the fight over its funding.</p> More About: Plan
Democrats unable to bring troops home
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071113/capt.02e56a64284848c0b0d049fde3c4 b8c1.reid_war_costs_wx102.jpg?x=130&y =96&sig=BOk47Uh.Bj7x746ycYsHVA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Oct. 16, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. Frustrated by Republican roadblocks, Democrats now plan to sit on President Bush's $196 billion request for war spending until next year pushing the Pentagon toward an accounting nightmare and deepening their conflict with the White House on the war.</p> More About: Home , Troops
Clinton seeks to convince voters she won debate
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/pl_nm/usa_politics_democrats_dc">& #60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071116/2007_11_16t151901_450x382_us_usa_ politics_democrats.jpg?x=130&y=110&am p;sig=UmJkB6Fla5pwnqSupSd6tQ--" align="left" height="110" width="130" alt="U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (C) and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (L) listen as former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-NC) speaks during the CNN/Nevada Democratic Party debate at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) in Las Vegas, Nevada November 15, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's camp tried to convince voters on Friday that she had put a bad two-week stretch behind her and emerged strong from her debate performance in Las Vegas.</p> More About: Debate , Voters , Linton
Bangladesh cyclone toll nears 600
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/ts_nm/bangladesh_storm_dc"><im g src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t025349_450x300_us_bang ladesh_storm.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=f QH_iklk3eWWu8VdUHsI9A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man removes damaged tin sheet from a broken boundary wall that had been destroyed during a storm in Dhaka November 16,2007. A 15-feet (5-metre) high water surge triggered by a cyclone that battered Bangladesh overnight has devastated three coastal towns with a combined population of 700,000, officials said on Friday. (Rafiqur Rahman./Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A severe cyclone has killed more than 580 people in Bangladesh and left thousands injured or missing, triggering an international relief effort on Friday to help the disaster-prone country cope with its latest emergency.</p> More About: Toll , Cyclone , Glad
U.S. envoy talks to Bhutto on Pakistan's future
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/pl_nm/pakistan_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t093510_311x450_us_paki stan.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=byBjKFV12 sLfqTP0A7GRgA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Pakistan 's caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro reviews an honour guard in Islamabad November 16, 2007. Pakistan freed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from house arrest on Friday hours before Soomro was sworn in to oversee elections the opposition say won't be free and fair. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. envoy John Negroponte spoke to Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday and said moderate forces should work together to put the country back on a democratic path.</p> More About: Future , Hutto
Oregon QB Dixon to have knee surgery
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_t25_oregon_dixo n"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.e09ce1e3a3534b3aa098c9962c52 44f8.oregon_arizona_football_azwl106.jpg? x=130&y=90&sig=_GuP9fc.NFk8fqSBS7 vYOA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon (10) is treated by trainers after hurting his knee in the first quarter of a college football game against Arizona at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. Arizona won, 34 -24. (AP Photo/Wily Low)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dennis Dixon will have surgery on the left knee that buckled early in second-ranked Oregon's upset loss to Arizona, spoiling his chance to win the Heisman Trophy. The quarterback tore his anterior cruciate ligament during Oregon's Nov. 3 victory over Arizona State, according to coach Mike Bellotti, but he had rested it and felt as if he was ready to play Thur... More About: Surgery , Urge
New Hampshire investigating anti-Romney calls
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/pl_nm/usa_politics_republicans_dc" ><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t172413_450x321_us_usa_ politics_republicans.jpg?x=130&y=92&a mp;sig=SCphEUkovpxPrxFTd.2AlQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters during the opening of his campaign headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa, November 13, 2007. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The New Hampshire attorney general's office said on Friday it was investigating suspicious telephone calls to voters highlighting Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in an apparent effort to erode his support.</p> More About: Calls , Anti
Robotic bugs mingle with cockroaches
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_sc/robots_and_roaches">< img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.8c3109876d8a4980a1c9c05c4ea2 8d61.robots_and_roaches_wx101.jpg?x=130&a mp;y=58&sig=_WSJPZQyvB97iv6sgv7TxQ--" align="left" height="58" width="130" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows cockroaches and robots interacting for common shelter selection. Tiny robots programmed to act like cockroaches were able to join and participate in cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to self-organize into leaderless groups, seeming to reach consensus on where to rest together. (AP Photo/Science)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tiny robots programmed to act like roaches were able to blend into cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to self-organize into leaderl... More About: Robotic , Bugs , Mingle
Trial set for highest-ranking Marine in Haditha case
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/ts_nm/usa_iraq_haditha_dc"><im g src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t180009_299x450_us_usa_ iraq_haditha.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=y KRwPfRab70zXg0mM5hE5w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Chessani walks towards his arraignment on charges of dereliction of duty and violation of a lawful order at USMC Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California November 16, 2007. (Fred Greaves/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The highest-ranking U.S. Marine charged in connection with the 2005 shooting deaths of two dozen unarmed men, women and children in the Iraqi town of Haditha was ordered on Friday to face court martial in April.</p> More About: Trial , Case , Ranking
Army desertion rate up 80 pct. since '03
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_deserte rs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071112/capt.86145392e550469b8710632d6f09 c4ee.war_opposition_okso101.jpg?x=130& ;y=96&sig=fguICCa_qWz7.cT9BVuDxg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Warren Henthorn, at center with microphone, of Choctaw, Okla., speaks at a Veterans Day protest of the war at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007. Henthorn's son, 25-year-old Jeffrey Henthorn, was an Army specialist killed during his second tour of Iraq in 2005. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 percent increase since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.</p> More About: Rate
State Department official and brother queried on Blackwater
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/ts_nm/iraq_usa_blackwater_dc">< ;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/ 20071115/capt.sge.adr11.151107201652.phot o00.photo.default-512x317.jpg?x=130&y =80&sig=NfRfXZMG3NERHsfhv7wsCw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A US private security company Blackwater helicopter flies over Baghdad in 2003. A guard from the US security firm Blackwater says his motorcade came under fire and that he feared for his life in a deadly shootout in Iraq.(AFP/File/Ali Youssef )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The State Department 's top investigator and his brother will both be asked to testify to a committee of Congress about the brother's link to the Blackwater security firm, the committee announced on Friday.</p> More About: State Department , Brother
Woman stabs dog that attacked her cat
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 said a woman stabbed a pit bull that got into her house and attacked her cat. The Otter Tail County sheriff's office said the woman's daughter and a friend were walking into the house on Wednesday evening when the neighborhood dog made it past them a More About: Woman , Attacked , Attack , Atta
Britney 'red light' video into evidence
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_en_mu/britney_spears_custody "><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.82e58e0489174f6484597ac6e61e dc1f.britney_spears_custody_ny130.jpg?x=8 7&y=130&sig=0j61p3qFzh.FLmsZEVBWj w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas, in a Sept. 1, 2007 file photo. The video of Britney Spears apparently running a red light with her children in the car was submitted into court Friday, a week after anyone with an Internet connection could judge it for themselves. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The video of Britney Spears apparently running a red light with her children in the car was submitted into court Friday, a week after anyone with an Internet connection could judge it for themselves.</p> More About: Video , Evidence , Light
Thousands march against race crimes in Washington
(Reuters)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20 071116/pl_nm/usa_race_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071117/2007_11_16t155439_450x357_us_usa_ race.jpg?x=130&y=103&sig=7LNm1jp7 bGPKUdujJpwOTQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Civil rights and racial equality supporters march around the U.S. Justice Department in Washington November 16, 2007. (Molly Riley/Reuters )" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of black Americans marched around the U.S. Justice Department on Friday to protest what they described as heavy-handed law enforcement and a reluctance to prosecute racially motivated crimes.</p> More About: Race , March , Crimes
US air assault targets militants in Iraq
(AP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/2 0071116/capt.18424a0847f34c2eb7b646a581ca ee70.aptopix_iraq_operation_marne_courage ous_pjo111.jpg?x=130&y=79&sig=wl8 cadM4h6flDIqHLigcCw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="A U.S. soldier of 3rd Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne Division guards detainees, suspected of insurgents activities, while waiting for helicopters to land during an operation Marne Courageous in the village of Owesap, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq , Friday Nov. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hundreds of American and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters descended Friday on a remote desert area southwest of Baghdad to root out al-Qaida in Iraq and search for two U.S. soldiers missing after a deadly insurgent ambush six months ago.</p> More About: Assault , Saul
Hundreds dead after cyclone rips through Bangladesh
(AFP)
2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2 0071116/wl_asia_afp/sasiabangladeshindiac yclone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/ 20071116/capt.sge.aon26.161107203906.phot o00.photo.default-512x335.jpg?x=130&y =84&sig=mxgyL12_YIiqqvbKAxV2TA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Relatives of victims of cyclone Sidr mourn at village Goyar, in Rupsha sub district in Khulna, some 320 kms south from the capital Dhaka. More than 600 people were Friday confirmed dead and one report put the toll at over 1,100 after a powerful cyclone smashed impoverished Bangladesh with huge waves, severe winds and torrential rains.(AFP/Farjana Khan Godhuly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than 600 people were Friday confirmed dead and one report put the toll at over 1,100 after a powerful cyclone smashed impoverished Bangladesh with huge waves, severe winds and torrential rains.</p> More About: Dead , Cyclone , Glad
Bangladesh cyclone said to kill 1,100
(AP)
More articles from this author:2007-11-17 00:00:00 ef="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 071117/ap_on_re_as/bangladesh_cyclone"> 60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/2 0071116/2007_11_16t025403_450x300_us_bang ladesh_storm.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=s G3B7HXfY7I.0dDaRwPxnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People gather around a fallen tree after a storm in Dhaka November 16,2007. A 15-feet (5-metre) high water surge triggered by a cyclone that battered Bangladesh overnight has devastated three coastal towns with a combined population of 700,000, officials said on Friday. (Rafiqur Rahman./Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported 1,100 people, savaging coastal towns, and leaving millions without power in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade.</p> More About: Kill , Cyclone , Glad 1, 2, 3, 4 |



