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CIA probes Afghan base security after bomber kills 7

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:54 +0000

WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The CIA vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history.

Iraq regrets Blackwater case dismissal, may sue

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:46 +0000

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq expressed its disappointment on Friday with a U.S. federal court ruling that threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of gunning down Iraqi civilians in 2007.

Obama summons intel chiefs for security talks

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:37 +0000

KANEOHE, Hawaii (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday summoned U.S. intelligence chiefs to a meeting next week at the White House to discuss how to prevent a repeat of the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on December 25.

U.S. drone attack in Pakistan kills three militants

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:29 +0000

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, security officials said.

North Korea says wants end to hostile U.S. ties

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:20 +0000

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea called for an end to hostile ties with the United States and an atomic-free peninsula in a New Year message that comes weeks after it indicated it could end its year-long boycott of nuclear disarmament talks.

U.S., foreign officials to discuss airport security

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:12 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will dispatch senior agency officials to meet with airport executives around the world to review security and technology used to screen passengers on U.S.-bound flights, the department said.

Fed’s balance sheet shrinks slightly

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:04 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet shrank slightly in the latest week on a small dip in its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed.

China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:54:55 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall censorship.

AT&T ends sponsorship of scandal-hit Tiger Woods

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:54:47 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said on Thursday it was terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods, joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal.

Judge throws out Blackwater manslaughter charges

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:54:38 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge threw out all charges on Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, saying the U.S. government had recklessly violated the defendants’ constitutional rights.