Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Twin car bombs kill up to 22 in Baghdad (AP)

A man wounded in a roadside bomb blast lies on a stretcher in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. A roadside bomb that narrowly missed an Iraqi police patrol killed one civilian and wounded four others. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Twin car bombs targeted a meeting of Sunni tribal leaders Monday, killing as many as 22 people in the latest attack against U.S. allies who have turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.


Ex-Boeing engineer charged in China spying case (Reuters)

The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 7, 2008. A former Boeing engineer was arrested on Monday on charges of stealing trade secrets for China related to several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle, the Justice Department said. (Pierre Ducharme/Reuters)Reuters - A former Boeing engineer was arrested on Monday on charges of stealing trade secrets for China about several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle, the U.S. Justice Department said.


Clemens, McNamee focus of hearing (AP)

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte stands in an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Monday, Feb. 4, 2008 file photo, after he was deposed before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Pettitte's lawyer has been in discussions with congressional staff to have the pitcher dropped from the witness list at a House committee hearing about Roger Clemens scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 13. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Now this much is undeniable: Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will be the focus of Wednesday's congressional hearing about the Mitchell Report.


Clemens, McNamee focus of hearing (AP)

New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte stands in an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Monday, Feb. 4, 2008 file photo, after he was deposed before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Pettitte's lawyer has been in discussions with congressional staff to have the pitcher dropped from the witness list at a House committee hearing about Roger Clemens scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 13. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Now this much is undeniable: Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will be the focus of Wednesday's congressional hearing about the Mitchell Report.


Suicide by Guard, Reserve troops studied (AP)

Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters on his way to a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2008. Top Japanese officials on Tuesday deplored the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on the southern island of Okinawa, an episode with echoes of a 1995 incident that jolted the U.S.-Japan security alliance. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)AP - National Guard and Reserve troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan make up more than half of veterans who committed suicide after returning home from those wars, according to new government data obtained by The Associated Press.


East Timor president serious but stable (Reuters)

Special U.N police from Portugal stand guard outside the office of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili February 12, 2008, after the country's interim president Vicente Guterres had declared a state of emergency. Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers and was airlifted to Darwin on life support after treatment at an Australian military hospital. (Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters)Reuters - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said.


East Timor president serious but stable (Reuters)

Special U.N police from Portugal stand guard outside the office of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili February 12, 2008, after the country's interim president Vicente Guterres had declared a state of emergency. Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers and was airlifted to Darwin on life support after treatment at an Australian military hospital. (Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters)Reuters - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said.