Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech

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• Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech
• City Says 9/11 Trials Will Cost $200 Million a Year
• Holocaust Museum Suspect Dies
• Guinea junta offers steps towards civilian rule
• Nigerian Man Indicted in Plot to Blow Up Plane
• Web Campaign Fails to Prevent Execution in China
• Bin Laden Children Reportedly Held in Iran
• All Quiet on the South Waziristan Front
• 'Just War' Theory and Afghanistan
• De Villiers wades into ball row
• Running scared?
• Nigerian charged over plane plot
• Discord, revolt roil Brown's Labor Party before elections in Britain
• US 'museum gunman' dies in jail
• Fed Minutes Show Division on Emergency Steps
• Afghan military surge mustn't harm civilian work: U.N.
• Dawson to Enter Hall of Fame Alone
• Deadly Gunfire at Gaza Protest on Egypt Border
• Egypt allows through Gaza aid convoy after protests
• Taliban issue demands for release of French journalists

Paterson Chastises Lawmakers in Blunt Speech Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:06 PM PST Gov. David A. Paterson delivered an unusually blunt address to the Legislature on Wednesday.

City Says 9/11 Trials Will Cost $200 Million a Year Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST Mayor Bloomberg outlined the city's projected security expenses in a two-page letter to Peter R. Orszag, the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget.

Holocaust Museum Suspect Dies Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST The man accused of shooting a security guard at the Holocaust museum in Washington last June died at a hospital near the federal prison where he was being held.

Guinea junta offers steps towards civilian rule Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's deputy junta chief pledged on Wednesday to pave the way for a return to civilian rule and announced that military leader Moussa Dadis Camara would need time to recover after an assassination bid.

Nigerian Man Indicted in Plot to Blow Up Plane Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:58 PM PST The six charges against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder.

Web Campaign Fails to Prevent Execution in China Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:57 PM PST A British human rights group tried to save a man with a history of mental illness by posting online his rambling e-mail messages to world leaders, along with a pop song he thought could be the start of a music career.

Bin Laden Children Reportedly Held in Iran Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:22 AM PST On Wednesday a Saudi-owned newspaper based in London reported that six of Osama bin Laden's children have been held under house arrest in Iran they escaped Afghanistan in late 2001.

All Quiet on the South Waziristan Front Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST New video offers a rare glimpse of the front in Pakistan's war on the Taliban in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border -- but it remains unclear if the militants have been dealt a real blow or just made a tactical retreat.

'Just War' Theory and Afghanistan Posted: 10 Dec 2009 01:16 PM PST President Barack Obama discussed "the concept of a 'just war,'" as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, just over a week after he decided to send 30,000 more American soldiers to fight in Afghanistan. This raises the obvious question: is the Afghan war a just one?

De Villiers wades into ball row Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST South Africa's AB de Villiers says an official complaint should have been made about alleged ball-tampering by England in the third Test in Cape Town.

Running scared? Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:30 PM PST Mark Mardell: Why some Democrats are bowing out

Nigerian charged over plane plot Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST A US grand jury indicts Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane on Christmas Day.

Discord, revolt roil Brown's Labor Party before elections in Britain Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to fend off a surprise challenge to his leadership from within his own ranks Wednesday, dealing a blow to both Brown and his ruling Labor Party just months before general elections.

US 'museum gunman' dies in jail Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:03 PM PST A US man accused of murdering a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum dies in a prison hospital, aged 89, officials say.

Fed Minutes Show Division on Emergency Steps Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST The comments reflected a lingering wariness about the strength of the recovery in the face of high unemployment and slack in the economy.

Afghan military surge mustn't harm civilian work: U.N. Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:41 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday warned the United States and other Western powers not to let a planned troop surge divert attention from civilian and political goals in the Asian nation.

Dawson to Enter Hall of Fame Alone Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:11 PM PST Andre Dawson was elected by baseball writers on his ninth try, while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar just missed.

Deadly Gunfire at Gaza Protest on Egypt Border Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:28 AM PST Demonstrators rushed the border fence and threw stones at Egyptian troops, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier.

Egypt allows through Gaza aid convoy after protests Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:25 AM PST RAFAH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt has reached a deal with members of an aid convoy to take supplies to Palestinians in Gaza after protests overnight, but Cairo barred their private cars from crossing, an Egyptian security source said.

Taliban issue demands for release of French journalists Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban kidnappers holding two French journalists have demanded the release of a militant commander held by the United States and a cash ransom in return for freeing the hostages, an Afghan security official said.

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