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  • ABC News: NYC Trial of 9/11 Suspects Poses Legal Risks
  • By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON November 14, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture... FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid inPakistan. An Obama administration official said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh...
  • WPXI: A Look At The 10 Gitmo Detainees Headed To US
  • WASHINGTON -- Ten high-profile GuantanamoBay detainees are being transferred to facejustice in the United States. The five detainees heading to civilian court in New York to face charges they orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are: --Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who admitted to interrogators that he was the mastermind of the attacks. He allegedly proposed the concept to Osama bin Laden as early as 1996, obtained funding for the attacks from bin Laden, oversaw the operation and trained the...
  • Hartford Courant: Madoff Items Go On Block Today
  • NEW YORK — - Money can't buy love or happiness, and in the case of , Wall Street's biggest swindler, it couldn't buy good taste either. That's the opinion of some experts who saw the Madoff jewelry, furs and other ill-gotten extravagances that U.S. marshals will auctiontoday to benefit victims of his Ponzi scheme. "I can't imagine wearing any of this. I think it is so garish," said Lark Mason, owner of...
  • The Boston Globe: Obama vows to study status of Japan base
  • TOKYO - President Obama, seeking to mend fences with Japan, America's most importantAsian ally, announced yesterday that he would establish a high-level working group on the contentious issue of the continuing presence of a Marine base in Okinawa. The decision, announced at a news conference with PrimeMinister Yukio Hatoyama just a few hours after he touched down in Tokyo to begin his first presidential trip to Asia, appears to represent a concession by the Obama administration to consider, at...
  • Wall Street Journal: Blizzard Renews Storm Over China Making Snow
  • By JASON DEAN BEIJING -- Heavy snowfall in northern China is testing the country's disasterpreparedness and prompting fresh questions about Beijing's efforts to alter its weather. A massive blizzard over the past week has dumped some of the heaviest snow in five decades on China's usually arid north, clogging highways and collapsing buildings in seven provinces. The storm, which began Monday, had caused at least $650 million in damage as of Friday afternoon and killed more than 40 people in...
  • Wall Street Journal: Japan Faces Fear of New Downturn
  • By YUKA HAYASHI TOKYO -- Japan's new government faces a dilemma in trying to prevent a double-dip recession, with recent stimulus efforts due to wane, debt soaring and theeconomy likely to begin losing steam by early next year. Talk of new stimulus measures to respark the growth is pushing up long-term interest rates, threatening to limit any impact of fresh spending. That, in turn, is forcing officials to look for cuts to offset any new expenditures -- moves that could undermine a recovery in...