With Katrina in Mind, Administration Says It’s Ready for Irene

With Katrina in Mind, Administration Says It’s Ready for Irene


With Katrina in Mind, Administration Says It’s Ready for Irene

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT

The Obama administration made a public display Saturday of the range of its efforts to make sure state and local officials had whatever help they needed to prepare for Hurricane Irene.


Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Qaeda No. 2, Is Said to Be Dead

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:35 PM PDT

An American official said that a strike by the Central Intelligence Agency on Aug. 22 killed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, a Libyan who in the last year had taken over as Al Qaeda's top operational planner.


Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Al Qaeda’s No. 2, Killed in Pakistan, U.S. Official Says

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:52 AM PDT

An American official said that a strike by the Central Intelligence Agency on Aug. 22 killed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, a Libyan who in the last year had taken over as Al Qaeda's top operational planner.


Liverpool 3-1 Bolton

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:55 AM PDT

Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam score their first goals for Liverpool as the Reds go top of the Premier League with a deserved victory over Bolton.


Commemorating Those Lost Through Time

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT

For every iconic American honored, there are also lesser known figures, each with a claim to historical significance and a memorial.


Does America Need Manufacturing?

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Amid the working-class ruins of Michigan, the Obama administration is pursuing what amounts to a stealth industrial policy.


Al Qaeda number two killed in Pakistan this week

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's new second-in-command, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, was killed earlier this week in Pakistan, dealing a "major blow" to the group still reeling from the death of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Saturday.


Al-Qaeda's number two 'killed' in Pakistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Senior US official says Atiyah Abd al-Rahman was killed on August 22 in the Waziristan region.


Top al-Qaeda man killed, says US

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:13 PM PDT

Al-Qaeda's suspected operations chief, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, a senior US official says.


Al Qaeda number two killed in Pakistan: U.S. official

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:02 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number two leader of al Qaeda, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, was killed on August 22 in Pakistan, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday.


City Room: Are You Prepared or Unprepared for Irene?

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:25 AM PDT

WNYC and The New York Times want to hear about any signs you're seeing that show the city is prepared or unprepared for the hurricane.


Judge Allows Forced Medication for Arizona Shooting Suspect

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:55 AM PDT

A federal judge cited Jared Lee Loughner's worsening psychological condition in his refusal to overrule prison doctors who decided to resume forced medication on July 18.


India’s Parliament Agrees to Anna Hazare’s Demands

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Lawmakers endorsed demands by Anna Hazare, the anticorruption campaigner who has been on a hunger strike, for legislation to fight graft.


India’s Parliament Agrees to Anna Hazare’s Demands

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Lawmakers endorsed demands by Anna Hazare, the anticorruption campaigner who has been on a hunger strike, for legislation to fight graft.


Hurricane hits UK flights to US

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Hurricane Irene causes flights from the UK to be cancelled after the storm hit the east coast of the US.


Scotland homeless team in final

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:28 AM PDT

The Scotland team qualifies for the final of the Homeless World Cup in Paris, where they are to play Mexico.


Subway Closes in New York as Hurricane Nears

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT

New York became a city without one of its trademarks — the nation's largest subway system — on Saturday as Hurricane Irene charged northward.


Fleeing New York’s Lowlands via Taxi, Bus or Wet Feet to Escape Hurricane Irene

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Residents of Zone A, a new neighborhood of sorts that included all of the city's low-lying areas, had to leave ahead of the approaching hurricane on Saturday.


India anti-graft activist to end fast after government

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:47 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A self-styled Gandhian activist whose campaign against corruption sparked some of India's biggest anti-government protests in decades will end a 13-day hunger strike Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh caved in to his demands.


VIDEO: Hurricane Irene lashes US coast

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Millions are fleeing the path of Hurricane Irene as it starts to hit America's east coast.


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