Jul 17, 2010
7 Fort Bragg soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week
“We truly mourn the loss of our paratroopers from the 618th Engineer Company, and we will never be able to fill the hole that now exists in our hearts,” Col. Richard G. Kaiser, commander, 20th Eng. Bde said in statement Friday. “These men were in the most dangerous spot on this Earth, doing what is arguably one of the most dangerous jobs that can be imagined--clearing roadside bombs, or improvised explosive devices. They did so willingly, professionally and absolutely without fear. Their whole purpose was to make Afghanistan a safer place for our American troops and our Afghan partners, as well as every citizen of Afghanistan. What more noble and selfless task could there be? They are true American heroes.”
On Tuesday, 23-year-old 1st Lt. Christopher Goeke, 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher Stout and 27-year-old Staff Sgt. Sheldon Tate died in Kandahar City, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked their unit with rifle, rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire.
Wednesday may be the worst single-day loss for Bragg units since April 2007. Nine 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers died and 20 were wounded when a bomb detonated outside a building they were occupying in As Sadah, Iraq on April 23, 2007 .
Funeral services have not yet been set for any of the men.
Fans flock to Italian court to see Clooney's latest star turn
AP
George Clooney leaving the Milan courtroom
Gianfranco Fini and Silvio Berlusconi are increasingly at loggerheads
GETTY IMAGES
Gianfranco Fini and Silvio Berlusconi are increasingly at loggerheads
Peacekeepers return from Sudan mission
Members of China's third batch of peacekeeping engineer corps who returned from Sudan's Darfur attend the welcoming ceremony in Qinyang, central China's Henan Province, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Yang Fan)
Annual World Bodypainting Festival kicks off
A model poses during the annual World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden July 16, 2010. The world's biggest bodypainting event takes place from July 16 to 18 at lake Millstaettersee in Austria's southern Carinthia province. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Paraguayan model Larissa Riquelme appears in Brazil
Paraguayan model Larissa Riquelme poses during an advertising campaign for the Brazilian clothing brand "Los Dos" in Sao Paulo, July 13, 2010. (Photo Source: chinanews.com)
Wen, Merkel visit Siemens Signalling Company in NW China
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visit Siemens Signalling Company Ltd, in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 17, 2010. (Xinhua/Jiao Weiping)
Trucks washed away from a road
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Trucks washed away from a road are seen in Kani, central Japan, after the Kani river nearby flooded due to heavy rain. Hundreds of thousands of people in western, southern and central Japan have been urged to evacuate their homes as heavy rains caused mudslides and flooded houses, killing three and leaving some missing.
The lawyer who hopes Baroness Ashton can free her from Gaza - Middle East, World
Fatma Sharif, a Gazan lawyer, has been barred from studying in the West Bank
AFP/Getty Images
Champion of UK burka ban declares war on veil-wearing constituents
Hollobone said the vast majority of Muslim women wore dress allowing people to see their face and claimed no Islamic scholars or clerics said wearing the burka or niqab was a religious requirement.
Jul 16, 2010
NASA - Apollo-Soyuz: An Orbital Partnership Begins
NASA - Giant Antenna Propped up and Ready for Joint Replacement
As the sun sets on July 8, 2010, workers prepare to pour new epoxy grout for the hydrostatic bearing assembly of the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network communications site in Goldstone, Calif. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
YAHOO, World News
-
Sunni group claims Iran mosque blast killing 27 (AP) AP - A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard.
- UK court fines 5 firms for massive 2005 explosion (AP)
- George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand (AP)
- 28 killed in hotel fire in Iraq's Kurdish region (AP)
- Thousands evacuated as typhoon hits southern China (AP)
- Pakistan: Skepticism over Punjab Terrorism Crackdown (Time.com)
YAHOO, Entertainment
-
George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand (AP) AP - It's no wonder the Italian businessmen claimed George Clooney was behind their fashion line — the actor knows how to wow an audience whether he's on the red carpet or the witness stand.
- Old Spice ad campaign goes viral — and then some (AP)
- Pink taken to hospital after stage fall (AP)
- Carlos Santana back at Woodstock site for concert (AP)
- Aerosmith's Perry injured in motorcycle accident (AP)
- Mia Farrow meets children of war in Uganda (AP)
YAHOO, Local
- Feds to consult biologists about river projects (Seattle Times)
- Electrical fire at Skagit County Jail (Seattle Times)
- 'Barefoot Bandit' on his way back to Seattle (seattlepi.com)
- Six charged in scheme to obtain home loans for illegal immigrants (seattlepi.com)
- Rebirth of burned Seattle coffee shop (KING5 Seattle)
- Owner chases boat stolen from Everett Marina (KING5 Seattle)
YAHOO NEWS
- Obama's next act | 180 Votes I have a warning for Republicans: Don't underestimate Barack Obama.
- Earthquake hits Areas of DC, MD and VA | 72 Votes
- Immigration re-enters national debate | 67 Votes
- Op-Ed Columnist: The Gospel of Mel Gibson | 8 Votes
- More Articles on Yahoo! Travel | 65 Votes
- Expect credit for free bumper, not recall, from Apple on Friday | 11 Votes
YAHOO, Top Stories
-
BP capped well holding nearly a day into new fix (AP) AP - BP said its capped-off well appeared to be holding steady Friday morning, almost midway into a white-knuckle waiting period in which engineers watched the pressure gauges for signs of a leak.
- Consumer prices dip for third straight month (AP)
- Sunni group claims Iran mosque blast killing 27 (AP)
- Apple: Free cases to alleviate iPhone 4 problems (AP)
- Ex-Manchin aide Goodwin tapped for Byrd seat (AP)
- 28 killed in hotel fire in Iraq's Kurdish region (AP)
Italian PM faces confidence vote
BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a confidence vote from the Senate as his approval rating falls dangerously low. The vote was on an unpopular 25 billion euro austerity package to get Italy's budget back in the black.
The survival of Berlusconi's government has been threatened by a corruption scandal and an open rift with his coalition partner Gianfranco Fini.
In Rome there were many disapproving voices.
Gianni Bozzi, Rome resident, said, "I hope this government will fall, I stand on the other side and I hope the vote will be against the survival of this government. I think this government should fall because there is too much talking and not enough doing."
It didn't fall as Berlusconi still commands a large majority in parliament.
Using the confidence vote to pass legislation also forces internal dissenters into line.
The austerity budget which includes pay cuts in the public sector and drastic reduction to regional funding is a trend across Europe.
Too early to sing praises of U.S. financial overhaul bill
People attend a press conference after a key vote on Wall Street accountability legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, July 15, 2010. The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to end debate on the historic financial overhaul, setting the stage for final approval of the landmark legislation. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. senate on Thursday passed an ambitious financial overhaul bill, touted as the most comprehensive since the 1930s Great Depression and meant to prevent a rerun of the current devastating financial crisis.
The 2,300-page bill touches almost very corner of the ever-growing financial services industry, setting up strict rules on financial activities and establishing new measures to protect consumers.
U.S. Democratic Senator Christopher Todd claimed the bill would make sure "we never ever again go through what this nation has been through."
Chinese president meets German Chancellor
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday the frequent high-level meetings between China and Germany demonstrate the strength of the bilateral relationship.
Hu made the remarks when meeting with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Hu said he had met with Merkel three times since April, including a meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
"Your visit, very shortly after our three meetings, fully demonstrates the sound momentum of bilateral relations," said Hu.
Police lowers death toll of a hotel fire in northern Iraq to 29
View of the fire-damaged Soma Hotel in the Iraqi northern city of Sulaimaniyah July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, July 16 (Xinhua) -- An officer from local police forces has lowered the death toll from a fire at a hotel Friday in Iraq's northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah back to 29, adding 21 others were also wounded.
Only 29 were dead and 21 others were wounded, a local police officer told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The latest casualties have been confirmed by an official from the health office of Sulaimaniyah.
Britain Unveils Prototype of New Unmanned Aircraft Taranis (photo) - Pravda.Ru
Britain’s Ministry of Defense Unveiled £ 14 Million Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle-UK Ministry of Defense unleashed Taranis its first ever high-tech unmanned combat air system vehicle, which will be flown in 2011. This represents the first funded UCAV program of UK Ministry of Defense.
Gaza aid ship unloads at Egyptian port
Workers load supplies on to a cargo ship at the Lavrio port, southeast of Athens, Greece, on Friday.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: A Libyan-backed ship carrying aid for Gaza unloads at the Egyptian port of Al Arish
- The ship's captain is awaiting final approval to unload aid
- The ship attempted to break an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, but was diverted
- Israeli soldiers killed nine activists aboard another aid ship in May
The vessel reached Egypt after sailing from Greece on Saturday with 2,000 tons of aid. It was the latest ship attempting to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza whose captain was persuaded to dock elsewhere instead.
The aid includes food, medicine, and construction materials to be taken from the port to the Gaza border about 25 miles (42 km) away.
Senate passes financial-reform bill
NBC, CBS reject ad against ground zero mosque
Parents seek lessons with conservative slant
Bikinis in Moscow: Europe wilts in heat wave
U.S. shifts control of last prison to Iraq
Associated Press Iraqi Minister of Justice Dara Noureddin speaks after the ceremony transferring the last U.S.-controlled prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday in Baghdad. The shift marked a milestone in Iraq's push for complete sovereignty.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)