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Obama to get report on intelligence failures in Abdulmutallab caseWashington PostPresident Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound …Spy Agencies Failed to Collate Clues on TerrorNew York TimesAbdulmutallab grew more [...]
MiamiHerald.com
Radio Host Limbaugh Hospitalized in Hawaii: ReportABC NewsHONOLULU (Reuters) – Top conservative US radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii on Wednesday with chest pains, a local television station reported. KITV television station said Limbaugh was in serious condition at …Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio host, rushed to Hawaiian hospital [...]
ABC News
Western troops killed civilians, Afghan investigators sayLos Angeles TimesThe government investigators say that eight of those killed over the weekend in a remote eastern province were boys under 18. Western military officials say there is no evidence to back the claim. By Laura King Reporting from Kabul, …Eight US 'CIA agents' killed in Afghanistan [...]
CBC.ca
Obama to get report on intelligence failures in Abdulmutallab caseWashington PostPresident Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound …Spy Agencies Failed to Collate Clues on TerrorNew York TimesAbdulmutallab grew more [...]
Times Online
Eight US 'CIA agents' killed in Afghanistan bomb attackBBC NewsEight CIA workers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in south-eastern Afghanistan, the worst attack against intelligence officials since 2001. A bomber wearing an explosive vest entered Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost Province, …Attacks kill 8 purported CIA employees, 5 Canadians in [...]
Reuters
Indonesians to bury popular former president WahidWashington PostAP JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of mourners thronged roads Thursday in Indonesia to say farewell to late President Abdurrahman Wahid, a beloved, one-eyed cleric who reached out to religious minorities in the world's most populous …Abdurrahman Wahid, 69, Is Dead; Led Indonesia for 2 Years of TumultNew York [...]
Aid is is less than the roughly billion the government had earlier thought GMAC would need
The government on Wednesday provided a fresh .8 billion cash infusion to stabilize GMAC Financial [...]
Times Online
Obama Says 'Catastrophic Breach' Led to Bomb PlotWall Street JournalHONOLULU — President Barack Obama on Tuesday said a "catastrophic breach" of security led to the Christmas Day attempted bombing on a Detroit-bound airplane. "A systemic failure has occurred and I consider that totally …Obama: "A Systemic Failure Has Occurred"CBS NewsObama says "systemic failure" in [...]
Times Online
Attack stokes Yemen terror fearsBBC NewsThe Christmas Day plot to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in the skies over Detroit was hatched in an impoverished republic on the Arabian Peninsula, according to jihadist websites. Suspected Nigerian plane bomber …Online poster appears to be Chrismas Day bomberCNNYemen's al Qaeda affiliate seen among most activeReutersWhat [...]
Modesto Bee
GOP California Congressman Radanovich Will Retire Next YearFOXNewsAP Democrats hope to make some gains in California next year by targeting congressional districts won by President Barack Obama in 2008, but the 19th Congressional District in the state's Central Valley, was not part of that effort. …GOP California Rep. Will Retire Next YearCBS NewsDenham To [...]
