Archive for July, 2009

Charges dropped against black Harvard professor - Reuters

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Times Online
Charges dropped against black Harvard professor
Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday dropped disorderly conduct charges against a preeminent black scholar stemming from an incident that drew fresh attention to police treatment of minorities in the United States.
No charge, but Gates case seethesBoston Globe
Charges Against Gates DroppedDiverse: Issues in Higher Educatio
Harvard Scholar Won't Be ChargedNew York Times
Bloomberg -New York Daily News -WBUR
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UK has enough helicopters - Brown - BBC News

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk
UK has enough helicopters - Brown
BBC News
Gordon Brown has said the UK has enough helicopters for an offensive in Helmand - and said lives lost during the past month were not due to a shortage. It comes after Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch Brown rowed back on comments in a newspaper
Tories and Lib Dems would let recession take its course, says guardian.co.uk
Minister stokes Afghanistan helicopter rowAFP
UK minister: Helmand troops need more helicoptersCNN International
Bloomberg -Reuters India -The Press Association
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Senate votes to kill costly fighter jet program - San Francisco Chronicle

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

BBC News
Senate votes to kill costly fighter jet program
San Francisco Chronicle
The Senate voted Tuesday to kill the nation's premier fighter jet program, embracing by a 58-40 margin the argument of President Obama and his top military advisers that the F-22 is no longer needed for the nation's defense and a costly drag on the
Senate votes to stop making more F-22 Raptor fighter jetsLos Angeles Times
Senate vote blocks plan to add F-22sChicago Tribune
Senate votes to kill fighter-jet programSeattle Times
Boston Globe -Military.com -Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Obama to Press Iraqi PM on Reconciliation - Voice of America

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Washington Post
Obama to Press Iraqi PM on Reconciliation
Voice of America
By VOA News US President Barack Obama is expected to press Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to move more quickly on national reconciliation during talks in Washington Wednesday. The leaders will discuss ongoing disputes between Mr. Maliki's Shi'ite
Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investmentReuters
Iraq's Reluctant Leader Emerges as Unlikely ForceWall Street Journal
US to urge Iraqi reconciliationAljazeera.net
AFP -The Associated Press
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Judiciary panel delays Sotomayor vote; Leahy expects confirmation - Boston Globe

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Boston Globe
Judiciary panel delays Sotomayor vote; Leahy expects confirmation
Boston Globe
Country music singers Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley (right) participated in a workshop for middle and high school music students at the White House yesterday. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images) By Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee
Sotomayor gains 1 GOP yes, 1 noPhiladelphia Inquirer
GOP Senators Weigh Backing SotomayorWall Street Journal
Sotomayor hearings: Perry Mason popular with other lawyers, tooUSA Today
New York Times -The Associated Press -MiamiHerald.com
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Indonesian police release sketches of bomb suspects - Washington Post

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

CTV.ca
Indonesian police release sketches of bomb suspects
Washington Post
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police Wednesday released sketches of the faces of two Indonesian men they suspect were the suicide bombers in near-simultaneous attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta. Friday's attacks at the JW Marriott and
'Jakarta bombers' images releasedAljazeera.net
Indonesian economy not affected by bombings: officialsXinhua
Indonesian TV: Wife of fugitive militant detainedThe Associated Press
Times Online -Bloomberg -AFP
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Dietary Oils May Help Some Fight Fat (HealthDay)

Friday, July 17th, 2009

HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) — For certain people, dietary
oil supplements could help ward off unwanted fat, according to a new
study.

Docs, nurses use and recommend diet supplements (Reuters)

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Reuters - Doctors and nurses commonly take vitamin, mineral, and other dietary supplements themselves, and recommend the same to their patients, results of a survey indicate.

Healthy Diet, Exercise Keeps Mind Sharp As You Age (HealthDay)

Friday, July 17th, 2009

HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) — Eat right, exercise and hope
that your genes don’t predispose you to dementia.

Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 9, wound 50 - The Associated Press

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Globe and Mail
Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 9, wound 50
The Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Bombs minutes apart ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing nine and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least 14 foreigners were
Indonesia Bomb Victims Were Attending Business ForumWall Street Journal
Manchester United cancel tour game after Jakarta terrorist attackTimes Online
Indonesia hotel bombings: Manchester United cancel tour match in Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Post -Xinhua -Reuters
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