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Obama vows to keep pressing Karzai on corruption

Obama vows to keep pressing Karzai on corruption 
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AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday vowed to keep up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to tackle widespread corruption, saying it threatened the stability of that country.
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9/08/2010
08:10:42 AM
Old Farmer's Almanac: Global cooling to continue (US National)
Most of the country will see a colder-than-usual winter while summer and spring will be relatively cool and dry, according to the time-honored, complex calculations of the "Old Farmer's Almanac."
9/08/2010
06:10:28 AM
BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (US National)
Oil giant BP PLC laid much of the blame for the rig explosion and the massive Gulf of Mexico spill on itself, other companies' workers and a complex series of failures in an internal report released Wednesday before a key piece of evidence has been analyzed.
9/08/2010
05:10:20 AM
Fla. minister: Sept. 11 Quran burn still planned (US National)
The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.
9/08/2010
05:10:20 AM
BP: Multiple companies, teams contributed to spill (US National)
Oil giant BP PLC said in an internal report released Wednesday before a key piece of evidence has been analyzed that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months.
9/08/2010
04:10:15 AM
Former NM gov is little known but has big ideas (US National)
Despite two terms as governor of New Mexico and recent visits to 26 states, most Americans have never heard of Gary Johnson.
9/08/2010
02:10:20 AM
LAPD brass plead for calm; protesters egg station (US National)
Police Chief Charlie Beck pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a drunken day laborer with a knife.
9/08/2010
02:10:20 AM
FBI: Aircraft searched, no credible threat found (US National)
Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror, the FBI said Wednesday.
9/08/2010
02:10:20 AM
Colo. wildfire's toll of destroyed homes rises (US National)
Will Esposito describes an otherworldly scene after a wildfire tore through a canyon in the Colorado foothills: Some houses in his neighborhood burning while others stood intact, a propane tank shooting flames into the sky, and an eerie quiet interrupted only by firefighting helicopters and airplanes.
9/08/2010
01:10:14 AM
Hermine's remnants head north after storm weakens (US National)
It's power spent, what was left of Tropical Storm Hermine was making its way north Wednesday, having drenched parts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas before weakening.
9/08/2010
01:10:14 AM
Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside (US National)
Suddenly, the race for Chicago mayor is on. Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown the competition for the city's top job wide open by announcing he won't run for a seventh term, ending 21 years of token opposition and prompting speculation about who's next in line to lead the nation's third largest city.
9/08/2010
01:10:14 AM
All eyes on BP report on Gulf oil spill disaster (US National)
BP says it plans to release results of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
9/08/2010
01:10:14 AM
Fla. minister: Quran burning still planned (US National)
The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off.
9/08/2010
12:10:27 AM
300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (US National)
Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife.
9/07/2010
09:10:20 PM
Imam: NYC Islamic center to include other faiths (US National)
A proposed Islamic community center near ground zero will include separate prayer spaces for Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of other faiths, the imam behind plans for the facility wrote in an op-ed piece published online Tuesday.
9/07/2010
08:10:26 PM
Authorities: 92 structures destroyed in Colo. fire (US National)
David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness.
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