Last Minute News Topics» says http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Prez says Afghan leaks contain no smoking guns http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/prez-says-afghan-leaks-contain-no-smoking-guns http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/prez-says-afghan-leaks-contain-no-smoking-guns#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:18:16 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/prez-says-afghan-leaks-contain-no-smoking-guns President Obama yesterday brushed off the massive leak of Afghanistan war reports, saying the Bush-era files show why he needed to overhaul the strategy.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/prez-says-afghan-leaks-contain-no-smoking-guns/feed 0 Damage from leaks? WH says disclosure alarming (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/damage-from-leaks-wh-says-disclosure-alarming-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/damage-from-leaks-wh-says-disclosure-alarming-ap#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:28 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/damage-from-leaks-wh-says-disclosure-alarming-ap WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London Monday July 26, 2010. Assange said Monday he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. The remarks came after WikiLeaks, a whistle-blowing group, posted some 91,000 classified U.S. military records over the past six years about the war online, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures. (AP Photo/Lizzie Robinson, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP – The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create new conflict with Pakistan, whose spy agency was a focus of much of the material, and raised questions about Washington’s own ability to protect military secrets. The White House called the disclosures “alarming” and scrambled to assess the damage.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/damage-from-leaks-wh-says-disclosure-alarming-ap/feed 0 WikiLeaks says evidence of war crimes in documents (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/wikileaks-says-evidence-of-war-crimes-in-documents-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/wikileaks-says-evidence-of-war-crimes-in-documents-ap#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:10:38 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/wikileaks-says-evidence-of-war-crimes-in-documents-ap An Afghan soldier stops a mini bus as a U.S. soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) checks its passengers during a search for the two missing U.S. Navy personnel at a joint check post with Afghan soldiers in Pul-e-alam, Logar province of Afghanistan on Sunday, July 25, 2010. The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy sailor they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday. (AP Photo)AP – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there appears to be evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/wikileaks-says-evidence-of-war-crimes-in-documents-ap/feed 0 Tony Hayward leaving as BP CEO, US official says (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/tony-hayward-leaving-as-bp-ceo-us-official-says-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/tony-hayward-leaving-as-bp-ceo-us-official-says-ap#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:51:57 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/tony-hayward-leaving-as-bp-ceo-us-official-says-ap FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward testifies before an Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A senior U.S. government official says BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced. An official announcement could come as early as Monday, July 26, 2010. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because that announcement had not been made, was briefed on the decision by a senior BP official late last week. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP – BP’s Tony Hayward, whose gaffes added insult to oil-spill injury for the Gulf Coast, is on his way out as CEO, a U.S. government official said Sunday. Many residents found small comfort in that as BP’s biggest mistake under Hayward continued to foul their waters, their beaches and their way of life.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/tony-hayward-leaving-as-bp-ceo-us-official-says-ap/feed 0 Busted Bouquet Bandit says ‘flowers show I’m polite’ http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/busted-bouquet-bandit-says-flowers-show-im-polite http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/busted-bouquet-bandit-says-flowers-show-im-polite#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:51:32 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/busted-bouquet-bandit-says-flowers-show-im-polite The gentleman robber, suspected of holding up six banks, was busted after his fingerprints were lifted from a pair of the fresh flowers that became his signature.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/busted-bouquet-bandit-says-flowers-show-im-polite/feed 0 Taliban says ambush kills 1 US sailor, 1 captured (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-says-ambush-kills-1-us-sailor-1-captured-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-says-ambush-kills-1-us-sailor-1-captured-ap#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:51:11 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-says-ambush-kills-1-us-sailor-1-captured-ap United States Marine LCpl. Brian Quinnones from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines has an unlit cigarette in his mouth following a gun battle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP – The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy member they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners, an Afghan official said Sunday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-says-ambush-kills-1-us-sailor-1-captured-ap/feed 0 Rangel says he’s ready to clear his name (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-clear-his-name-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-clear-his-name-ap#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:53 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-clear-his-name-ap Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., answers questions from the media on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 22, 2010. A House investigative committee has charged Rangel, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with multiple ethics violations.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he looked forward to clearing his name next week at a meeting of the House ethics committee, which has indicated the 40-year congressional veteran will be charged with serious violations.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-clear-his-name-ap/feed 0 Rangel says he’s ready to fight ethics charges (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-fight-ethics-charges-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-fight-ethics-charges-ap#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:21:44 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-fight-ethics-charges-ap Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., answers questions from the media on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 22, 2010. A House investigative committee has charged Rangel, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with multiple ethics violations.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Rep. Charles Rangel, who has spent half of his 80 years as a member of Congress, says he looks forward to fighting ethics charges. Other Democrats won’t be so pleased.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/rangel-says-hes-ready-to-fight-ethics-charges-ap/feed 0 Sherrod says she’d love to talk race with Obama (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/sherrod-says-shed-love-to-talk-race-with-obama-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/sherrod-says-shed-love-to-talk-race-with-obama-ap#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:12:12 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/sherrod-says-shed-love-to-talk-race-with-obama-ap Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tells reporters that he acted in haste in firing Shirley Sherrod, a black U.S. Agriculture Department official, after it appeared she had made racist remarks in unfair and heavily edited video posted on a conservative Web site, during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Vilsack said he is taking personal responsibility for what happened. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama, who’s “not someone who has experienced some of the things I’ve experienced in life.”


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/sherrod-says-shed-love-to-talk-race-with-obama-ap/feed 0 NATO says 4 dead in shooting at training range (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nato-says-4-dead-in-shooting-at-training-range-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nato-says-4-dead-in-shooting-at-training-range-ap#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:03:36 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/nato-says-4-dead-in-shooting-at-training-range-ap A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP – Two American civilians and two Afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting on a northern Afghan military base, NATO said.


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