Obama approval slips below 50 percent in McClatchy Ipsos poll
McClatchy Ipsos poll shows 49 percent approval for President Obama and 36 percent on the right track, with 60 percent on the wrong track. The survey of 1,120 adults has a 2.93 point margin. Protests spread to campus sites as Ahmadinejad re election sparks arrests.
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Okinawa Talks Stall Over Base Relocation
United States and Japan tensions over the Okinawa air station rise as Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada says talks on relocating the base are suspended. Japan weighs requests to mitigate the military impact on Okinawans before a final decision.
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Google tests Living Stories bundling from major papers
Google bundles ongoing New York Times and Washington Post stories into Living Stories to help readers track evolving news. The experiment groups coverage under topics like health care reform executive pay and the Washington Redskins with no payment to the newspapers.
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Arlington mayor apologizes for Obama Peanuts joke
Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman apologizes for a Facebook post claiming to time a speech to block the Peanuts Christmas special and saying the president is Muslim. He says the remark was a poor tongue in cheek joke among friends and has deleted his account.
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Militia Attacks Iranian Students on Tehran Campuses
Militia forces stormed Tehran University and another campus, attacking hundreds of protesters as thousands defied security measures in the Iranian capital. The campuses were placed under lockdown amid days of anti-government demonstrations.
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McChrystal Says Killing Bin Laden Key to Defeating Al Qaida
Army General Stanley McChrystal told the Senate Armed Services Committee that capturing or killing Osama bin Laden is essential to defeat Al Qaida. He outlined Obama’s strategy to deploy 30 000 to 35 000 more U S troops to Afghanistan and for Afghan security forces to reach 300 000 by July 2011.
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