 Letterman: I faced extortion over affairs
 02.10.2009 22:13  23 views  0 comments
Tags: David, Lash, Letterman, David Letterman
 "Late Show" host David Letterman acknowledged on his show Thursday night that he'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion. Read more »
| Rio de Janeiro awarded 2016 Olympic Games
02.10.2009 21:06 23 views 0 comments
Tags: President, International, Summit, Brazilian, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro
 Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. Rio beat out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo. The announcement brought tears to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief several times in a news conference. Read more »
| Rio de Janeiro awarded 2016 Olympic Games
02.10.2009 20:33 27 views 0 comments
Tags: President, International, Summit, Brazilian, Olympic, Luke, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games
 Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. Rio beat out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo. The announcement brought tears to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief several times in a news conference. Read more »
| Rio de Janeiro awarded 2016 Olympic Games
02.10.2009 20:04 23 views 0 comments
Tags: South, America, South America, International, Summit, Olympic, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Madrid, Janeiro, Olympic Games
 Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. Rio beat out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo. It is the first time South America will host an Olympics. The city has budgeted $14.4 billion to the effort, the largest amount of any of the four finalists. Read more »
| Entire villages buried by Sumatra quakes
02.10.2009 19:21 20 views 0 comments
Tags: Officials, Indonesia, Sumatra
 What was once a thriving community of three villages now looks like a flattened mess of destruction. Officials believe 90 percent of the residents -- as many as a few hundred people -- were buried, just one piece of the devastation from two large earthquakes that struck Indonesia in as many days. Read more »
| Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics
02.10.2009 18:58 29 views 0 comments
Tags: President, Obama, Games, South, Tokyo, President Obama, International, Brazilian, Chicago, Olympic, Committee, International Olympic, Olympic Committee, Janeiro
 The International Olympic Committee names the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Games, beating Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago -- which sent U.S. President Obama to plead its case. Rio's Games will be the first ever in South America. Read more »
| Sources: Gates favors Afghan troop boost
02.10.2009 18:57 29 views 0 comments
Tags: Robert, Afghan, Secretary, Defense, Defense Secretary, Gates, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert
 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaning toward the view that a significant number of additional combat forces will be needed for the war in Afghanistan, sources tell CNN. Read more »
| Letterman: I faced extortion over affairs
02.10.2009 18:23 26 views 0 comments
Tags: David, Lash, Letterman, David Letterman
 "Late Show" host David Letterman acknowledged on his show Thursday night that he'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion. Read more »
| Chicago, Tokyo out of Olympics running
02.10.2009 17:58 26 views 0 comments
Tags: President, Obama, Barack Obama, American, Tokyo, Still, Chicago, Olympics, Olympic, Janeiro
 Chicago and Tokyo were Friday eliminated as contenders to host of the 2016 Games. Still under consideration to host the two-week sporting spectacle are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Madrid, Spain. Earlier, U.S. President Barack Obama urged the IOC to pick his hometown of Chicago, saying the city represents the American dream as well as the Olympic spirit. Read more »
| Israel airs videotape of kidnapped soldier
02.10.2009 17:31 22 views 0 comments
Tags: Israeli, Israel, September, Palestinian, Shalit
 A "proof-of-life" video of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than two years ago was made public Friday, after its delivery led to the release of Palestinian women prisoners. The video shows Gilad Shalit sitting in a chair, reading a newspaper dated September 14, 2009. "For a long time I've been waiting for the day to be released," Shalit says. Read more »
| Sources: Gates favors Afghan troop boost
02.10.2009 17:11 26 views 0 comments
Tags: Robert, Afghan, Secretary, Defense, Defense Secretary, Gates, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert
 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaning toward the view that a significant number of additional combat forces will be needed for the war in Afghanistan, sources tell CNN. Read more »
| Germany: Man held for online al Qaeda work
02.10.2009 17:11 26 views 0 comments
Tags: Qaeda, Germany
 Investigators in Germany have arrested a 24-year-old man on terror-related charges. Read more »
| Letterman: I faced extortion over affairs
02.10.2009 17:07 21 views 0 comments
Tags: David, Lash, Letterman, David Letterman
 "Late Show" host David Letterman acknowledged on his show Thursday night that he'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion. Read more »
| Israel airs kidnapped soldier video
02.10.2009 16:45 22 views 0 comments
Tags: Israeli, Israel, September, Palestinian, Shalit
 A "proof-of-life" video of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than two years ago was made public Friday, after its delivery led to the release of Palestinian women prisoners. The video shows Gilad Shalit sitting in a chair, reading a newspaper dated September 14, 2009. "For a long time I've been waiting for the day to be released," Shalit says. "I feel well in health terms and I'm being treated very well." Read more »
| Sources: Gates favors Afghan troop boost
02.10.2009 16:31 31 views 0 comments
Tags: Robert, Afghan, Secretary, Defense, Defense Secretary, Gates, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert
 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaning toward the view that a significant number of additional combat forces will be needed for the war in Afghanistan, sources tell CNN. Read more »
| Letterman: I faced extortion over affairs
02.10.2009 16:28 23 views 0 comments
Tags: David, Lash, Letterman, David Letterman
 "Late Show" host David Letterman acknowledged on his show Thursday night that he'd had sexual relations with members of his staff and that he revealed those liaisons during grand jury testimony for a case involving an attempted extortion. Read more »
| Entire villages buried by Sumatra quakes
02.10.2009 16:15 28 views 0 comments
Tags: Officials, Indonesia, Sumatra
 What was once a thriving community of three villages now looks like a flattened mess of destruction. Officials believe 90 percent of the residents -- as many as a few hundred people -- were buried, just one piece of the devastation from two large earthquakes that struck Indonesia in as many days. Read more »
| Emergency in Italy as mudslides kill 14
02.10.2009 16:02 22 views 0 comments
Tags: Italian, Italy
 The Italian government declared a state of emergency Friday for the Sicilian city of Messina and surrounding areas after mudslides left at least six people dead and many others injured or missing. Read more »
| Iranian dissidents: We were raped in prison
02.10.2009 15:49 24 views 0 comments
Tags: Iranian, Juba
 Two Iranians who were caught up in the waves of arrests that followed the disputed presidential elections in June have accused their captors of raping them. Read more »
| Israel frees Palestinian prisoners for videotape
02.10.2009 14:49 17 views 0 comments
Tags: Juba, Israeli, Israel, Palestinian, Palestinians, Shalit
 Israel released 19 Palestinian women prisoners Friday in exchange for a recent proof-of-life videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Israeli officials said. The Palestinians were taken from Ofer detention camp outside Jerusalem. Shalit has been held captive since being kidnapped by Palestinian militants on June 25, 2006. Read more »
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