guardian.co.uk | Fine Print: McChrystal's Comments on War Misunderstood Washington Post Commentators who say Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan, is pressuring the White House to accept his ideas or else didn't pay close attention to his remarks last week in London. "I'm certainly not going to ... Afghan War Units Begin Two New Efforts |
Los Angeles Times | 8 US troops killed in Afghanistan Los Angeles Times Militant attacks on two remote outposts also leave as many as half a dozen Afghan troops dead. Marine Lance Cpl. Roy Aeschlimann takes cover during a shootout with Taliban militants in Helmand province. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press / October 4, ... King: Obama team to hash out Afghanistan strategy Afghan Forces Must Be Boosted, Jones Says as 8 Soldiers Killed Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Risks in Afghanistan |
ABC News | Report says Iran has data to make atom bomb Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A confidential analysis by staff of the UN nuclear watchdog has concluded that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to be able to design and produce" an atom bomb, The New York Times reported on Saturday. ... Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb Nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Iran Analysis: Iran is winner in nuclear talks, at least for now |
guardian.co.uk | First-round knockout stuns fans of Chicago 2016 bid Chicago Tribune The crowd came for a party but wound up at a funeral mourning the death of a dream. Wearing orange 2016 T-shirts, fans filled Daley Plaza Friday morning with chants of "Chi-ca-go! Chi-ca-go! ... A Great Choice, Even if Others Were Worthy First Lady! 's Olympian Effort F » |
Telegraph.co.uk | The Smart Choice for Olympic Host New York Times Will it be Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo? The grandees of the International Olympic Committee will announce the location of the 2016 Summer Olympics on Friday evening in Copenhagen. ... Olympics-IOC awaits Obama on decision day for 2016 Games If only the IOC was still taking bribes Chicago 2016 Games IOC vote: Charles Gibson to anchor ABC 'World ... |
BBC News | Landslides Trap Scores in Indonesia While Tsunami Unleashes Havoc ... Washington Post Thousands of people on Wednesday grappled with the devastation caused by two powerful earthquakes, with landslides leaving scores trapped in rubble in Indonesia and a tsunami in the Samoas flattening villages and sweeping some residents out to sea. ... Sumatra toll 'more than thousands' RPT-FACTBOX-Indonesia's Sumatra, home to key crudes, little LNG Fatalities Increase After Earthquakes in Samoa, Indonesia |
guardian.co.uk | Dozens Die as Tsunami Hits Samoa Islands New York Times SYDNEY, Australia รข€" A powerful tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake killed more than two dozen people and wiped out several villages in the tropical islands of American Samoa and Samoa early on Tuesday, according to officials ... Reports: Tsunami Has Taken At Least 34 Lives in South Pacific Islands 17 deaths reported after Samoa quake; tsunami warning ends Tsunami Wipes Out Village in the South Pacific |
