2012年11月13日星期二

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Petraeus Scandal: Where It Stands

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:57 PM PST

Petraeus Scandal: Where It StandsGen. John Allen, Sister Military Supporters Implicated

Husband of slain Iraqi-American pleads not guilty

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:55 PM PST

The husband of an Iraqi-American woman whose slaying was initially believed to be connected to a hate crime pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murdering her during a domestic dispute.

France recognizes new Syria group, 1st in West

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:53 PM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

Congress, Obama playing with dynamite, CEOs say of "fiscal cliff"

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:20 PM PST

New York Stock Exchange CEO Duncan Niederauer listens during an interview in his officeBOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate America is raising the volume of its plea that the U.S. government avert a year-end "fiscal cliff" that could send the nation back into recession, but chief executives aren't pushing the panic button just yet. With a heated election season in the rear-view mirror, executives are calling on the White House and congressional leaders to head off a self-imposed deadline that could bring $600 billion in spending cuts and higher taxes early in 2013 if they are unable to reach a deal on cutting the federal budget deficit. ...

Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:15 PM PST

FILE - In this July 9, 2011 file pool photo, USMC Gen. John Allen, left, and Army Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and incoming CIA Director, greet former CIA Director and new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, as he lands in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, his task complicated by a scandal that has cost him a CIA chief and raised doubts about his Afghanistan war commander.

In Sandy, NYC rescuers find themselves the victims

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo, a member of the New York Police Department walks through snow as it accumulates in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Hundreds of New York City police officers and firefighters who have spent the past few weeks helping a storm-battered city get back on its feet are also dealing with personal losses related to the floods. The NYPD and FDNY say an estimated 1,700 members of their departments had homes, vehicles or other property severely damaged or lost when Sandy came ashore. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)When Sandy's storm surge plowed into the seaside neighborhood of Breezy Point, New York City police Officer and volunteer firefighter Tim O'Brien was part of the small band of first responders who kept the flood from becoming a slaughter.

PM Note: The Petraeus Affair, For Once Soap Opera Isn't Hyperbole, Obama to Take Questions, Pelosi's Future

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:45 PM PST

Paul Ryan Tells Jon Karl Obama Has No Mandate – - John Parkinson writes: Despite a devastating loss last week, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan rejected Democratic claims of a mandate to raise tax rates on the wealthy. Asked directly whether President Obama has...

Methodical murder of 16 Afghans merits court martial: U.S. prosecutor

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:40 PM PST

Staff Sgt. Bale's civilian attorney Scanlan gives closing argument while investigating officer Col. Demecky listens at Joint Base Lewis-McChordTACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A decorated U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers carried out his rampage in a methodical manner and should face a court martial and, ultimately, the death penalty, a military prosecutor said on Tuesday. Army Prosecutor Major Rob Stelle said that Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 39, ventured out of his remote camp in Afghanistan on two revenge-fueled forays over a five-hour period in March. ...

A cast of characters in the Petraeus sex scandal

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:40 PM PST

Jill Kelley leaves her home Tuesday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)One day CIA Director David Patraeus was sending out signals he'd like to stay on for President Barack Obama's second term. The next he was hurrying to the White House to offer his resignation and remorse over an extramarital affair. In rapid succession, other characters have emerged in North Carolina, Florida and Afghanistan with story lines that resemble the latest installment of "Real Housewives."

ShelterBox in Guatemala After Earthquakes Leave Hundreds Homeless

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:12 PM PST

A ShelterBox Response Team is in Guatemala assessing the need for emergency shelter and other aid after the San Marcos region was hit by two devastating earthquakes in one week.Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) November 13, 2012 A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) is in Guatemala assessing the need for emergency shelter and other aid after the San Marcos region was hit by two devastating earthquakes in one week. ...

Saudi student in US gets life in prison for bombmaking scheme

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:11 PM PST

A Muslim student who had spent four years in the US on an academic scholarship from Saudi Arabia was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for attempting to assemble an improvised explosive device.

US government runs $120 billion October deficit

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:19 PM PST

This Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, photo shows the Capital building in Washington. The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit, an indication that the U.S. is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus deficit. Another soaring deficit puts added pressure on President Barack Obama and Congress to seek a budget deal in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit in October, an indication that the nation is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus annual deficit.

France recognizes new Syria opposition

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 01:14 PM PST

Damaged buildings are pictured in the Salah Eldine district in AleppoCAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - France became the first European power to recognize Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against President Bashar al-Assad once they form a government. Twenty months into their bloody uprising against Assad, fragmented Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Qatar on Sunday to form a broad coalition and their leader immediately appealed for European backing. ...

Indexes fall in uneven trading; Home Depot soars

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks drifted lower in uneven trading Tuesday as fears about the "fiscal cliff" and Greece tipped major indexes between gains and losses. A surge in Home Depot's stock prevented a much-steeper drop for the Dow Jones industrial average.

Wounded Warrior to Climb Aconcagua, the Highest Mountain in the Americas

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:12 PM PST

Double-leg amputee to tackle 22,837-foot climb to raise awareness and funds for Disabled Sports USA's Warfighter Sports program and other disabled veteran nonprofitsRockville, MD (PRWEB) November 13, 2012 Disabled Sports USA, one of the nation's largest sport organizations for people with disabilities, announced that Army Sgt. Neil Duncan (Maple Grove, MN), 29, a double-leg amputee injured in Afghanistan, will climb the 22,837 foot Aconcagua, highest mountain in the Americas, located in the Andes mountain range near the Argentina and Chile border. ...

Israel prepares new missile defense system

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, a rocket is launched from the Israeli anti-missile system known as "Iron Dome" in order to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in Ashdod, Israel. Last year Israel activated the Iron Dome, a first-of-its-kind system that intercepts rockets fired from short distances of up to 70 kilometers (50 miles) and has shot down dozens of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, including several projectiles fired over the past week. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, file)Israel's newest missile defense system, designed to provide another layer of protection against enemy fire, is on schedule for deployment in 2014, defense officials said Tuesday.

VFW: Larry McReynolds Joins Troy Polamalu in Standing 'United For Veterans'

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:05 AM PST

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASCAR legend Larry McReynolds has teamed up with the NFL's Troy Polamalu to stand "UNITED FOR VETERANS" this holiday season. "UNITED FOR VETERANS" is a historic awareness campaign launched by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW), dedicated to raising awareness and funds that help veterans secure their VA benefits, smoothly transition to civilian life and apply to receive assistance for necessities like rent, mortgage payments and food. ...

Stocks rise in uneven trading; Home Depot soars

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks rose modestly in uneven trading Tuesday as fears about the "fiscal cliff" and Greece dragged major indexes between gains and losses. A surge in Home Depot's stock lifted the Dow Jones industrial average.

Two Generals, Two Women and the FBI: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:55 AM PST

They were said to be generals cut from the same cloth, David Petraeus and John Allen: whip-smart, adaptable, erudite and above reproach. Indeed Allen was Petraeus's hand-picked successor in Afghanistan, having served as deputy commander at Centcom in Tampa, Fla., first under Petraeus, then under Marine Gen. James Mattis. Petraeus and Allen, the soldier and the Marine, represented, in other words, the very best that the U.S. military has to offer.

The 7 Most Famous Solar Eclipses in History

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:49 AM PST

The 7 Most Famous Solar Eclipses in HistoryAt 3:35 p.m. ET today, people living in the northern edges of Australia should be able to view a total solar eclipse, the last one until 2015.

Creating Veteran Employment Opportunities Inspires Strategic Partnership Between Point Capital Partners LLC and The Sterling Group LLC

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:42 AM PST

Leading New Jersey Merchant Bank, Point Capital Partners LLC, partners with top Service Academy Recruiting Company, the Sterling Group LLC, to create new employment opportunities for military veterans.New York, NY (PRWEB) November 13, 2012 Point Capital Partners LLC and The Sterling Group LLC announced a strategic partnership to create veterans employment opportunities. This initiative is aimed at solving the problem of veteran unemployment as millions of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans finish their service and begin to look for meaningful civilian employment. ...

Syrian Expatriates Organization Announces the Starting of the “Don’t Leave Syrians Cold” Project to Help Syrians Cope with Winter

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:38 AM PST

SEO announces the starting of a new project "Don't Leave Syrians Cold" directed to benefit Syrians living under extremely harsh conditions, inside the country and in the refugee camps. SEO believes that the "Don't Leave the Syrians Cold" project is significantly important at this time, it highlights one of the major challenges facing Syrian people on a daily basis. SEO would like to ask people to relieve the suffering of Syrians by making a simple donation. ...

Balkan conflicts hold clear lessons on intervention in Syria

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:38 AM PST

The latest estimates put the number of dead in the Syria conflict at more than 36,000, with a million people internally displaced. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled to neighboring countries. A second day of government shelling of the Syrian border town Ras al-Ayn continues to drive refugees into Turkey.

US stocks rise; Home Depot boosts Dow average

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after a sluggish start. A surge in Home Depot's stock lifted the Dow Jones industrial average.

Scandal Widens; US General's Emails 'Flirtatious'

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:06 AM PST

Petraeus scandal widens to probe of top US general's 'flirtatious' emails to 2nd woman in case

Exxon in talks with buyers for Iraq West Qurna 1 field: Shahristani

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 09:05 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil is in advanced stages of discussions with potential buyers to take on the West Qurna 1 oilfield, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Shahristani said on Tuesday. He told reporters on the sidelines of the Oil and Money conference in London that Exxon would soon hand over the field to a company that had the capabilities to exploit it, but he declined to say how many companies there were or to identify their country of origin. ExxonMobil has informed the Iraqi government it wants to pull out of the $50 billion oil project in southern Iraq. ...

US stocks rise as Home Depot boosts Dow average

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 08:37 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)U.S. stocks rose Tuesday morning after a sluggish start. A surge in Home Depot's stock lifted the Dow Jones industrial average.

Preliminary hearing to end in US soldier's case

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 08:32 AM PST

Attorneys will wrap up a preliminary hearing against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of massacring 16 Afghan villagers during a pre-dawn rampage earlier this year.

Jill Kelley and Twin Closely Tied to Top Brass

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 07:48 AM PST

Jill Kelley and Twin Closely Tied to Top BrassKelley's Action Over Emails Sparked Investigation to Led to CIA Director's Resignation

Stocks edge higher, shrugging off Greece jitters

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 07:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, supporters from the Independent Greeks party hold Greek flags as Presidential guards performs the changing of the guards ceremony outside the Greek parliament during an anti- austerity rally in central Athens. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, as a deal to rescue the Greek economy now looks much less certain than it had just one day ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)The stock market shrugged off a sluggish start and inched higher in morning trading Tuesday. A surge in Home Depot's stock lifted the Dow Jones industrial average.

Scandal widens in probe of top US general's emails

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 06:53 AM PST

FILE - This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon says Gen. John Allen is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with Jill Kelley, the woman who is said to have received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, the woman with whom former CIA Director David Petraeus had an extramarital affair. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the FBI referred the matter to the Pentagon on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Panetta says he ordered a Pentagon investigation of Allen on Monday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)The sex scandal that led to CIA Director David Petraeus' downfall widened Tuesday with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for thousands of alleged "inappropriate communications" with another woman involved in the case.

Fighting grows along Syria's borders, threatening to spread war

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 06:46 AM PST

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Ahead of the Bell: Weatherford International

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:57 AM PST

Weatherford International Inc. appears headed for a new four-year low Tuesday, a day after the oilfield services company reported lower than expected third-quarter revenue.

General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:34 AM PST

Jill Kelley leaves her home Monday, Nov 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)The career of Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is now in jeopardy due to the investigation of the David Petraeus sex scandal.

War uproots 2.5 million Syrians, aid groups say

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:26 AM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 2.5 million Syrians are believed to have fled their homes because of civil war, aid groups said on Tuesday, more than double previous estimates. The figure comes from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, whose volunteers are on the frontlines of the 20-month conflict, delivering aid supplies and evacuating wounded. "The figure they are using is 2.5 million. If anything, they believe it could be more, that this is a very conservative estimate," Melissa Fleming, chief spokeswoman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing. ...

Petraeus shocked that girlfriend allegedly threatened another woman in emails, AP is told

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:10 AM PST

TAMPA, Fla. - The FBI is preparing a timeline of its criminal investigation that brought to light CIA Director David Petraeus' extramarital affair so the bureau can respond to members of Congress asking why they and the White House weren't notified of the probe months ago.

Syria bombs town near Turkish border for 2nd day

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)Syria's air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said.

Rivals of Iraq's Maliki try to block third term

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:52 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attends the opening ceremony of the Defence University for Military Studies inside BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's rivals have started campaigning for term limits in an attempt to block the Shi'ite leader running for a third term in 2014, opening up a new battle in the country's fragile cross-sectarian government. Since the last American troops left Iraq nearly a year ago, the country's Shi'ite, Sunni Muslim and ethnic Kurdish parties have been caught up in a power-sharing stalemate that has left key oil and investment laws paralyzed in parliament. ...

Syrian fighter jet attacks near Turkish border

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:33 AM PST

This image taken from video obtained from Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and an Associated Press journalist who saw a plane bomb an area around the Syrian-Turkish border town of Ras al-Ayn, shows Syrians inspecting the damage and looking for victims moments after an airstrike by Syrian warplanes in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)A Syrian jet bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said.

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