Daily News Digest: Top Stories

Yahoo! Alerts

Yahoo! News | My Alerts | Edit Alert

Monday, June 15, 2009 12:02 AM PDT

Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com

Today's Top Stories: Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops US Gen. McChrystal takes command in Afghanistan Disputed Iranian ballot complicates US diplomacy Kobe Bryant leads Lakers to 15th NBA title Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence Co-op compromise gives White House a health option S. Korean leader heads to US for summit with Obama Son of alleged museum shooter expresses remorse Argentine glacier advances despite global warming Springsteen, Phish jam together at Bonnaroo Iran bans planned Mousavi rally in Tehran Obama to lobby doctors on healthcare reforms Netanyahu bows to Obama, accepts Palestinian "state" CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked U.S. special operations leader takes Afghan command Rich nations to plot exit from crisis measures Threats, violence seen eroding U.S. abortion rights Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief Iran braces for more anti-Ahmadinejad protests Netanyahu endorses demilitarised Palestinian state Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:04 pm PDT AP - Protesters battled police over Iran's disputed election and shouted their opposition from the rooftops Sunday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest as little more than "passions after a soccer match" and drew his own huge rally of support. Full Story Top US Gen. McChrystal takes command in Afghanistan Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:31 pm PDT AP - Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long history in special operations, took charge of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a change of command the Pentagon hopes will turn the tide in an increasingly violent eight-year war. Full Story Top Disputed Iranian ballot complicates US diplomacy Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:39 pm PDT AP - The crackdown on dissent following the disputed elections in Iran puts the Obama administration in a tougher spot, as it sticks with diplomacy as the best way to end that country's nuclear weapons program. Full Story Top Kobe Bryant leads Lakers to 15th NBA title Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:57 pm PDT AP - Kobe Bryant pulled Phil Jackson close, embracing his coach and looking him straight in the eyes. After all they'd been through, this was their moment, their championship, their time. This was the one to top all the others. Full Story Top Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:38 pm PDT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state beside Israel for the first time on Sunday, reversing himself under U.S. pressure but attaching conditions such as having no army that the Palestinians swiftly rejected. Full Story Top Co-op compromise gives White House a health option Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:14 pm PDT AP - With Republicans fighting the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, members of President Barack Obama's team said Sunday that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but without direct governmental control. Full Story Top S. Korean leader heads to US for summit with Obama Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:08 pm PDT AP - South Korea's president said Monday that the country's alliance with the United States is key to resolving North Korea's nuclear and missile threats as he flew to Washington for a summit with President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Son of alleged museum shooter expresses remorse Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:48 pm PDT AP - The son of the man accused of killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said Sunday that his father had long burdened his family with his white supremacist views and that he wishes his father would have died in the shooting instead. Full Story Top Argentine glacier advances despite global warming Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:25 pm PDT AP - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. Full Story Top Springsteen, Phish jam together at Bonnaroo Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:26 pm PDT AP - They were chanting "Bruuuuuce" at Bonnaroo all weekend, as Bruce Springsteen performed a three-hour set with the E Street Band one night and joined Phish on stage another. Full Story Top Iran bans planned Mousavi rally in Tehran Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:31 pm PDT Reuters - Iran's Interior Ministry declared as illegal a rally which supporters of defeated moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi plan to hold in Tehran later on Monday. Full Story Top Obama to lobby doctors on healthcare reforms Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:05 pm PDT Reuters - With Congress working to flesh out controversial elements of his healthcare reform plan, President Barack Obama will make his case for a public insurance program to the nation's doctors on Monday, seeking to overcome their resistance. Full Story Top Netanyahu bows to Obama, accepts Palestinian "state" Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:39 pm PDT Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to uncommon pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement -- with conditions -- to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Full Story Top CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:10 pm PDT Reuters - CIA director Leon Panetta says it's almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the "harsh interrogation" of terrorism suspects. Full Story Top U.S. special operations leader takes Afghan command Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:04 pm PDT Reuters - A veteran commander of top-secret special operations takes charge of the nearly 90,000 U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan Monday, promising to limit the civilian deaths that have cost Western troops Afghan support. Full Story Top Rich nations to plot exit from crisis measures Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:43 pm PDT Reuters - Rich nations have taken the first step toward winding down measures designed to rescue their economies amid tentative signs of recovery, reassuring investors who had begun to fret about inflation, but will not move to withdraw stimulus plans yet. Full Story Top Threats, violence seen eroding U.S. abortion rights Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:51 am PDT Reuters - The patients are gone and so are the protesters. Once the site of daily anti-abortion picketing, the Kansas clinic run by murdered doctor George Tiller is busy only with workers shutting down the facility. Full Story Top Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:49 am PDT Reuters - Pakistan has ordered the military to carry out an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters, a provincial governor said on Sunday. Full Story Top Iran braces for more anti-Ahmadinejad protests Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:32 pm PDT AFP - A tense Iran was gearing up for more street protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after authorities banned a nationwide march by his defeated rival. Full Story Top Netanyahu endorses demilitarised Palestinian state Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:25 pm PDT AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state, provided it was demilitarised, after weeks of pressure from Washington. Full Story Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.