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Most popular news on 16 June 2009 |
Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result - Los Angeles Times
Ben Curtis / AP The supreme leader orders the hard-line Guardian Council to examine challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi's claims of fraud in the vote reelecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Discord grows over public health care plan - USA Today
By Jonathan Ernst, Reuters By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The mood was upbeat in early March when scores of powerful lawmakers and lobbyists joined President Obama in the East Room of the White House to talk about fixing the nation's health ...
N. Korea A-test seen as not so powerful - United Press International
WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- North Korea's underground nuclear test last month was nowhere near as powerful as originally estimated, a US analysis disclosed.
Seeking Financial Clout, Emerging Powers Prepare to Meet in Russia - New York Times
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY MOSCOW - Leaders of some of the world's most powerful economies are gathering on Tuesday to plot how they can exert more control over the global financial system as it takes its first wobbly steps toward recovery.
At Least 3 Hostages Reported Slain in Yemen - New York Times
By SOUAD MEKHENNET German intelligence confirmed Monday the deaths of three young women who were among nine foreigners abducted in a remote district of Yemen last week, while unidentified Yemeni officials cited by news agencies said that all nine had ...
Monserrate's Flip Creates Tie in New York Senate - New York Times
Senators Dean G. Skelos, top left, and Pedro Espada Jr., center, speaking to reporters Monday in the Senate chamber in Albany. By DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS ALBANY - A week after Republicans wrested power in the State Senate away from Democrats, ...
Obama says Italy will take 3 Guantanamo detainees - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Italy has agreed to accept three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama said Monday, as the administration continues its struggle to find homes for the prisoners so the facility can be shut down early next year.
CIA Mistaken on 'High-Value' Detainee, Document Shows - Washington Post
By Peter Finn and Julie Tate An al-Qaeda associate captured by the CIA and subjected to harsh interrogation techniques said his jailers later told him they had mistakenly thought he was the No.
BOJ More Optimistic About Economy, Holds Rate at 0.1% - Bloomberg
By Mayumi Otsuma June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan raised its view of the economy for a second month as improvements in exports and industrial output added to evidence that the nation's deepest postwar recession is easing.
FOREX-Dollar rebounds broadly, euro hit by weak data - Alibaba News Channel
NEW YORK, June 12 - The dollar rose on Friday, rebounding from vicious selling earlier this week, while data showing a plunge in euro-zone industrial production highlighted economic weakness in the region and pushed the euro lower.
Fraud Victims Want Maximum for Madoff - New York Times
In March, Bernard L. Madoff arrived at federal court in Manhattan where he pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
Green Dam built on copyright, open source violations - ZDNet
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Apple's iphone 3G S: How to Pre-Order Now - PC World
Looking to snag one of Apple's new iphone 3G S devices by Friday? You're not completely out of luck. Despite some reports to the contrary, the iphone 3G S pre-order stock is not sold out.
NASA Will Try Launching Wednesday - New York Times
By KENNETH CHANG Trying to maximize the chances of getting two rockets off the ground this week, NASA on Monday scheduled the launching of the space shuttle Endeavour for Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Enough of Sarah Palin, the victim - San Francisco Chronicle
During the 2008 presidential campaign, I wrote about the unfair personal treatment to which the political press corps subjected Palin and her children.
Misdiagnosis: TNT series 'HawthoRNe' suffers from identity crisis - Boston Herald
By Mark A. Perigard / Review In the first two episodes of TNT's new medical series ?HawthoRNe,? nurses are pushed, punched, choked, stabbed and bashed with a bedpan.
'Taking of Pelham 123' and 'Imagine That' fizzle - Los Angeles Times
John Travolta stars in ?The Taking of Pelham 123,? which debuted at $25 million. The film is the latest in a string of adult thrillers to start modestly this year.
Lakers melee tests LAPD's new crowd-control policies - Los Angeles Times
The department is pleased with its handling of Sunday night's celebrations, saying officers limited damage without excessive force.
Fielder's slam lifts Brewers past Indians - Rotoworld.com
Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with six RBI on Monday night, delivering a go-ahead grand slam to help lead the Brewers past the Indians 14-12 on Monday night.
Penguins, fans celebrate Stanley Cup triumph - The Tribune-Democrat
By Randy Griffith PITTSBURGH - Holding her aluminum-foil Stanley Cup over her head, Melissa Mackel of New Germany leads her family in the ?Go Pens? cheer during Monday's Penguins championship celebration downtown.
Woman, 30, becomes1st Mass. flu fatality - Boston Herald
By Edward Mason, Richard Weir and Laurel J. Sweet A 30-year-old Boston woman is Massachusetts' first casualty of the global swine flu pandemic, state and local health officials announced this afternoon.
Possible Link Between Deaths and ADHD Drugs - Washington Post
By Shankar Vedantam Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexplained death as children who are not taking such drugs, according to a study ...
Chemo Drug Cream May Fade Wrinkles - WebMD
By Miranda Hitti June 15, 2009 -- The chemotherapy drug fluorouracil, used in a skin cream, may have potential for fading wrinkles.
US officials skeptical on a demilitarized Palestine - Los Angeles Times
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's condition that any Palestinian state be unarmed would be hard for the other side to accept, State Department officials say.
Out of Guantánamo, Uighurs Bask in Bermuda - New York Times
AN OCEAN IDYLL Salahidin Abdulahat, left, and Khaleel Mamut, Uighur Muslims recently freed from Guantánamo Bay, swam in Bermuda on Sunday.
Two Miami Suburbs Breathe Easier as Police Nab Alleged Serial Cat ... - Washington Post
By Paul Scicchitano MIAMI, June 15 -- An 18-year-old Florida man suspected in the mutilation of numerous cats over the last month -- shocking attacks that kept two suburban Miami communities on edge -- appeared in court here Monday to face charges of ...
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