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A shroud of haze is seen over the city of Zengzhou in central ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - A shroud of haze is seen over the city of Zengzhou in central China's Henan province in November 2009. The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of feasibility. The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/Graphic)

Todd Stern, US special envoy for climate change, listens to ...

(AFP/SCANPIX/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/SCANPIX/File) - Todd Stern, US special envoy for climate change, listens to questions during a press conference in Copenhagen in 2009. Stern described the positions of the four developing powers, China, India, Brazil and South Africa, as "a bit ambiguous" and said they wanted to "limit the impact" of the accord.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Jens Astrup)

Polluted waste water flows into the Ganges river in Kanpur, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - Polluted waste water flows into the Ganges river in Kanpur, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on January 13, 2010. China, India, Brazil and South Africa each submitted to the United Nations their plans to fight climate change but described them as voluntary and did not formally endorse the Copenhagen deal.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)

A helicopter flies from the Bundeswehr camp Marmal in Masar ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:10:23 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A helicopter flies from the Bundeswehr camp Marmal in Masar i Sahrif, Afghanistan to Kunduz in 2009. US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)

Officers of the US Border Patrol check vehicles in a control ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:18:02 GMT

(AFP/File) - Officers of the US Border Patrol check vehicles in a control facility in Falfurrias, Texas, in 2008. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States fell by seven percent last year to 10.8 million, coinciding with the country's financial crisis, a Department of Homeland Security report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jose Cabezas)

First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with athletes, farmers, doctors and the media Tuesday to confront the childhood obesity "epidemic" that affects a staggering one in three American youngsters.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

US First Lady Michelle Obama, alongside members of the 2009 ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - US First Lady Michelle Obama, alongside members of the 2009 National Championship Pee-Wee football team, the Watkins Hornets, speaks about her initiative, "Let's Move," a campaign to help combat childhood obesity, during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pictured during an ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pictured during an official meeting at the presidential offices in Tehran in January 2010. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)

Two Iranians work at the zirconium production plant, part of ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - Two Iranians work at the zirconium production plant, part of the nuclear facilities (UCF) in Isfahan in 2005. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Henghameh Fahimi)

An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing the nuclear reactor in the Iranian port town of Bushehr. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:17 GMT

(AFP) - US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Gerardo Ruiz Mateo (L) give a press conference in Mexico City. Mateo said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured on February ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:32:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured on February 3, heads to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this weekend amid efforts to boost ties with Muslim nations, revive Arab-Israeli peace talks and tackle security concerns.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

A booking photo released by the US Marshals Service on December ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:03:52 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - A booking photo released by the US Marshals Service on December 28, 2009, shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Michigan. US President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser hit back at lawmakers Tuesday over the handling of the Christmas bomb plot suspect, accusing critics of "fear-mongering."(AFP/HO/File)

US Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:03:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - US Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan, pictured in January 2010, hit back at lawmakers Tuesday over the handling of the Christmas bomb plot suspect, accusing critics of "fear-mongering."(AFP/File/Jim Watson)

House Minority leader John Boehner speaks following a meeting ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:03:52 GMT

(AFP) - House Minority leader John Boehner speaks following a meeting with US President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and jobs outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:25 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of feasibility. The United States on Tuesday pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/Graphic)

A child sleds down Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - A child sleds down Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 8. US lawmakers put off hearings on Toyota woes and government agencies shut down Tuesday, but it was business as usual at the White House as the snowbound capital braced for another punishing winter storm.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) speaks as House Minority ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:36 GMT

(AFP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) speaks as House Minority leader John Boehner looks on following a meeting with US President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and jobs outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

A Toyota logo is pictured outside a dealership near Chester ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:34:01 GMT

(AFP) - A Toyota logo is pictured outside a dealership near Chester in north-west England. US authorities said Tuesday they were "reviewing" complaints about steering problems from Toyota Corrolla drivers as the Japanese auto giant faced a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended acceleration to brake failure.(AFP/Paul Ellis)

US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a major push against ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:14:01 GMT

(AFP) - US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

An obese child steps on a scale. US First Lady Michelle Obama ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:14:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - An obese child steps on a scale. US First Lady Michelle Obama has launched a major push against childhood obesity, which affects around one in three US children and threatens to make the current generation of Americans the first to live shorter lives than their parents.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)

US assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:10:50 GMT

(AFP) - US assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson (L), seen here with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, highlighted the "uncertainty" in Nigeria where political turmoil has mounted while the country's ailing president is treated abroad.(AFP/Wole Emmanuel)

Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:44 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in New York City in 2009. President Barack Obama Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Congress to drop partisan sparring and unite to pass a jobs package in a conspicuous show of reaching across bitter party divides.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)

(L-R)House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Minority leader ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:44 GMT

(AFP) - (L-R)House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Minority leader John Boehner and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi listen as US President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and jobs in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks following a bipartisan ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:44 GMT

(AFP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks following a bipartisan meeting with US President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and jobs outside the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

After the head of Russia's armed forces, General Nikolai ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:49:18 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - After the head of Russia's armed forces, General Nikolai Makarov, seen here in 2008, was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying, "The development and deployment of missile defenses is aimed against the Russian Federation," the US on Tuesday denied Moscow's latest charge that US missile defense plans in Europe are aimed at Russia, insisting they are directed at Iran.(AFP/POOL/File/Vladimir Rodionov)

Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. The United States ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:42:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. The United States warned Tuesday that a referendum could undermine ethnically-divided Bosnia's fragile stability as Bosnian Serb lawmakers discussed plans to remove obstacles to a plebiscite.(AFP/File/Elvis Barukcic)

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing a memorandum ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:46:56 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama speaks before signing a memorandum on childhood obesity as First Lady Michelle Obama looks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

First Lady Michelle Obama stands in the Oval Office of the White ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:13:20 GMT

(AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama stands in the Oval Office of the White House during the launch of a major push against childhood obesity, which she has targeted as one of the greatest threats to America's health and economy.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:41:44 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee seen here in 2009, has mostly eased an unusual threat to block a vast number of President Barack Obama's nominees amid a dispute over a lucrative US Air Force tanker deal, his office said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)

An Iranian military helicopter flys over a nuclear power plant ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Iranian military helicopter flys over a nuclear power plant in Natanz, 270 kms south of Tehran. Defence Secretary Robert Gates is hoping for a new UN resolution on sanctions against Iran in "a matter of weeks", as world powers raise the heat on Tehran over its nuclear programme, a US defence spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Henghameh Fahimi)

A supporter of presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich in front ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:55 GMT

(AFP) - A supporter of presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich in front of the Central Election Commission in Kiev. Washington has praised Ukraine's presidential elections, saying the polls were another step in the consolidation of the country's democracy.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Taiwanese protesters demonstrate in Taipei against the import ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:18:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Taiwanese protesters demonstrate in Taipei against the import of US beef products to the island. The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, a group representing US businesses in Taiwan, has urged Washington to resume trade and investment talks with the island despite a row over beef imports.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)

John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - John Murtha, a prominent critic of the US-led war in Iraq and a veteran Democratic lawmaker seen here in 2009 and who chaired a key committee on defense, died Monday at the age of 77, his office said.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

Graphic on Asian carp in North American waterways. The White ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:42:41 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic on Asian carp in North American waterways. The White House said Monday it was eyeing "multiple lines of attack" against invasive Asian carp threatening Great Lakes eco-systems and fisheries after talking strategy with local state governors.(AFP)

Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju,aides ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:32:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju,aides for US president Ronald Reagan, seen here in 1983, made a concerted bid not to stress human rights with leader Chun Doo-Hwan, documents show.(AFP/File/Renaud Giroux)

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:53:23 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, seen here in January 2010, called on Monday on a health insurance company to publicly explain why it raised premiums for some customers by 39 percent.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)

President Barack Obama on Sunday unveiled a dramatic gambit ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:26 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - President Barack Obama on Sunday unveiled a dramatic gambit on his stalled health care plan to millions of Americans tuning in for the Super Bowl, summoning Republicans to a televised White House summit.(AFP/Graphic)

A woman is prepared for a heart operation at the University ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A woman is prepared for a heart operation at the University of Miami Health System in Miami, Florida in 2009. Republicans staked out a tough bargaining position Monday and demanded President Barack Obama shelve his massive health reform plan, after he cajoled them into a summit on his top priority issue.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

Republicans were dug into tough bargaining positions and facing ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Republicans were dug into tough bargaining positions and facing a political conundrum Monday, after President Barack Obama, seen here on February 6, cajoled them into a health reform summit during a live Super Bowl interview.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, seen here in 2009 and ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, seen here in 2009 and who has the power to block or delay Obama's reform agenda after Democrats lost their 60th Senate seat, said the president must put his mammoth health bill "on the shelf."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:20 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Conservative superstar Sarah Palin, seen here in 2009, came in for ridicule from her critics Monday, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Engman)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here on February ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:50:49 GMT

(AFP/File) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here on February 3, has urged the European Parliament not to block an EU-US deal on the transfer of banking data which Washington says is key to the fight against terrorism.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:47:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on February 5, agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)

The United States on Monday voiced concern about Sri Lanka's ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:42:02 GMT

(AFP) - The United States on Monday voiced concern about Sri Lanka's arrest of defeated opposition presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, fearing it would worsen divisions as the island recovers from war.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)

Technicians moving a container of radioactive uranium 'yellow ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:22:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - Technicians moving a container of radioactive uranium 'yellow cake' sealed by the IAEA at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities, south of Tehran. Iran's new plan to produce higher enriched uranium is "provocative" and will raise further "serious concern" about Tehran's nuclear program and intentions, a US official said Monday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)

A man who went by the Internet pseudonym "Devilfish579" ...

(DoJ) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:39:53 GMT

(DoJ) - A man who went by the Internet pseudonym "Devilfish579" has been charged with threatening Hispanic groups in the United States in a series of hostile emails, the Justice Department(DoJ) said Monday.(DoJ)

Climate activist Sarah Schwarz holds a banner at a climate change ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:55:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Climate activist Sarah Schwarz holds a banner at a climate change rally outside the White House in Washington in 2009. US President Barack Obama's administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy.(AFP/File/Alex Ogle)