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| Source: AIG to get up to $30B more in Fed aid (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 7:53 pm
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|  AP - Struggling insurer American International Group Inc. will receive up to $30 billion in additional federal assistance in the fourth government rescue of the company, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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| Hariri tribunal gets under way in The Hague (AFP)
March 1, 2009 at 7:50 pm
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|  AFP - A landmark international tribunal to try the suspected killers of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri opened here Sunday with pledges to provide justice to victims of terrorism.
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| EU rejects eastern Europe bailout, protectionism (AFP)
March 1, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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|  AFP - EU leaders ruled out on Sunday a regional bailout plan for eastern Europe despite a Hungarian warning of a "new iron curtain" while rejecting protectionism as a response to the economic crisis.
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| Ogilvy wins Match Play in a rout over Casey (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 7:45 pm
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|  AP - Geoff Ogilvy won the Accenture Match Play Championship for the second time in four years with a 4-and-3 victory over Paul Casey of England to stake his claim Sunday as the best in the world at match play.
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| U.S. commits further $30 bln to AIG: sources (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 6:55 pm
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|  Reuters - The U.S. government will commit another $30 billion to prop up American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.
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| Mullen: Iran has fissile materials for bomb (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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|  AP - The top U.S. military official said Sunday that Iran has sufficient fissile material for a nuclear weapon, declaring it would be a "very, very bad outcome" should Tehran move forward with a bomb.
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| States' budget woes will outlast the recession (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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|  AP - Even after $135 billion in federal aid gets spent, many states will be staring down budgetary black holes unless they initiate dramatic spending cuts or tax increases, or both.
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| 'Madea' locks up top spot at weekend box office (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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|  AP - "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience."
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| Iran "not close" to nuclear weapon: Gates (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm
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| | Reuters - Iran is not close to having a nuclear weapon, which gives the United States and others time to try to persuade Tehran to abandon its suspected atomic arms program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday. |
| EU leaders battle economic crisis (AFP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:53 am
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|  AFP - EU leaders struggled on Sunday to overcome divisions over the increasingly dire economic crisis as protectionism fears and appeals of help from poorer members prompted a warning of a "new iron curtain" in Europe.
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| Abu Dhabi reviewing Citigroup investment: sources (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 8:52 am
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| | Reuters - Abu Dhabi is assessing its $7.5 billion investment in Citigroup as the bank's problems deepen and consequences of a possible nationalization become clearer, according to sources close to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). |
| EU leaders to pledge to avoid protectionism (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 8:35 am
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| | Reuters - European Union leaders, trying to present a united front to stave off recession, were set on Sunday to promise to avoid protectionist measures that prop up national industries but hurt other member states. |
| Broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey dies at age of 90 (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:16 am
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|  AP - Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
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| Mideast peace, Russian ties next up for Clinton (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:14 am
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|  AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip to assess Mideast peace prospects, reconnect with European allies and remind her Russian counterpart that U.S. efforts to rebuild relations with Moscow have their limits.
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| Embattled senator from Illinois fights to fit in (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:14 am
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|  AP - If it were up to Roland Burris, he'd be here to stay. A week of lonely walks, calls for his resignation and cameras following his every move didn't seem to affect the new senator from Illinois. The opposite, actually: Burris spent most of his time digging in.
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| Olmert threatens strong response to Gaza rockets (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:11 am
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|  AP - Israel's prime minister threatened "uncompromising" retaliation against Gaza militants Sunday as Palestinian rocket fire persists six weeks after Israeli forces halted an offensive meant to end the attacks.
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| Karzai's rivals say early Afghan poll a mistake (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 7:20 am
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| | Reuters - Bringing Afghan presidential elections forward from August to April as demanded by President Hamid Karzai will not give other candidates time to contest the campaign, rival presidential contenders said on Sunday. |
| Clinton dives into Arab-Israeli peacemaking (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 4:59 am
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| | Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on her way to the Middle East and Europe on Sunday, delving into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking for the first time at an international donors conference for Gaza. |
| AIG near deal on new terms of U.S. bailout: source (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 4:26 am
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| | Reuters - American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, give a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday. |
| Obama picks Sebelius as health secretary (Reuters)
March 1, 2009 at 4:17 am
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama has chosen Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be his cabinet secretary charged with helping to overhaul U.S. healthcare, a U.S. official said on Saturday. |  |
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