Archive for September 4th, 2009

G20 to tackle rift over bankers’ bonuses (AFP)

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Ben Bernanke, (L) chairman of the US Federal Reserve and Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, arrive at the Guildhall for the G20 finance ministers' dinner in London. Sharp divisions between Europe and the United States over bankers' bonuses were set to dominate talks between the finance ministers of the world's largest and fastest-emerging economies here Saturday.(AFP/Pool/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP – Sharp divisions between Europe and the United States over bankers’ bonuses were set to dominate talks between the finance ministers of the world’s largest and fastest-emerging economies here Saturday.

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Oregon suspends Blount for season for punch (AP)

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In this image rendered from video and provided by ESPN.com, Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, left, punches Boise State's Byron Hout  as coach Chris Peterson, foreground right, tries to pull Hout away at the end of an NCAA college football game on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2009, in Boise, Idaho. Boise State won 19-8. (AP Photo/ESPN.com) NO SALESAP – A day after Oregon’s college football season opened, it finished for running back LeGarrette Blount. Blount was suspended for all remaining games on Friday for punching Boise State defensive end Byron Hout in the jaw following the 16th-ranked Ducks’ 19-8 loss to the 14th-ranked Broncos the night before.

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Appeals court rules against Ashcroft in 9/11 case (AP)

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FILE - In this Thursday, June 21, 2009  file photo, former Attorney General John Ashcroft talks to reporters after meeting with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence about the controversy regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA, , at the Capitol in Washington. A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, to the Bush administration's detention policies after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, file)AP – A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday to the Bush administration’s post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11.

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