WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for a new approach to international development by focusing on sustainability and requiring greater accountability for poor countries to ensure aid if effectively used.

ATLANTA — Like most golfers, Ernie Els always wonders if he could have achieved more in his career. He was reminded Wednesday he has done plenty with the announcement that he has been elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

AP Interview: Yanukovych seeks deeper US ties, moving on path to EU membership

NCAA suspends North Carolina’s Burney 6 games, Williams 4 amid probe into agents, academics

Yemeni officials say al-Qaida militants fighting off army’s attempt to retake besieged village

APNewsBreak: Senator recommends closing little-used border post undergoing $8.5M upgrade

Russia cancels arms deal with Iran

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cancelled a planned arms deal with Iran because of the UN sanctions against the country, the Kremlin announced late Wednesday.

Charter chaos: Woods’ caddie, 2 others, bumped from charter to Ryder Cup

Democrat in Conn. US Senate race, unions take aim at McMahon’s management of wrestling empire

APNewsBreak: 2 people close to Cook Co. Sheriff Tom Dart tell AP he will run for Chicago mayor

Yemeni officials say forces attempting to storm al-Qaida hideout in country’s south

AP Exclusive: PAC challenges tax-exempt status of Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowls

Woodward book unearths tensions over Obama’s war plan and fears public support will drain

UN rights experts say Israeli forces broke international law in flotilla raid

Wisconsin governor says office working on numerous complaints seeking removal of ’sexting’ DA

Remarks by the President at the Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York, New York

Region of Spain that banned bullfighting approves other treatment of bulls seen as cruel

MADRID — Lawmakers who banned bullfighting in Spain’s Catalonia region this summer voted Wednesday to endorse other traditions that have been criticized as cruel to bulls, such as attaching burning sticks to their horns as they chase human thrill seekers.

Remarks by the President at the Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York, New York

Nevada governor breaks pelvis in horse accident, will have surgery in Reno on Wednesday

World powers renew offer of negotiations to settle dispute over Iran’s nuclear programs

Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs aboard Air Force One en route New York, New York

Q Who are you looking at to replace Summers and how important is it to have someone who was in the business community before?

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 9/22/10

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:

Press Briefing by Mike Froman and Gayle Smith Previewing the President’s Speech at the Millennium Development Goals Summit

PRESS BRIEFING BY
MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS,
AND GAYLE SMITH, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PREVIEWING THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH
AT THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS SUMMIT

Fact Sheet: U.S. Global Development Policy

NY GOP official: Party will go to court to get its candidate off ballot over ‘racist’ essay

Background on Today’s Medal of Valor Ceremony

On Wednesday, September 22nd, Vice President Biden will host a Medal of Valor ceremony with Attorney General Eric Holder. The Vice President and Attorney General will deliver remarks at this ceremony.
Watch this event live at 4:30 PM ET at www.whitehouse.gov/live (www.whitehouse.gov/live)

Rudy Giuliani Opposed Obama On Absorption of Terror Attacks

Violence erupts in east Jerusalem after deadly shooting of Palestinian, clouding peace efforts

Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts

Nevada governor breaks hip in horse accident, will have surgery in Reno on Wednesday

Nev. gov to have surgery on hip after horse fall

Ohio Dems seek IRS audit, say Kasich improperly used nonprofit to pay political staff

Ohio Dems seek IRS audit of group tied to Kasich

Zimbabwe’s prime minister says violence that killed 1 strips constitution reform of legitimacy

Zimbabwe PM condemns violence against reform

Cuomo seeks independent appeal in NY gov’s race with NYC mayor; poll shows GOP foe closing in

Cuomo seeks independent appeal in NY gov’s race

California consumer group airs election ad in Times Square labeling tea party ‘insane’

Calif group airs anti-tea party ad in Times Square

Congress eyes FAA plan to block development of new hangar homes next to public airports

FAA says hangar homes won’t fly at public airports

NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, a former Dem and ex-Republican, backs Democrat Cuomo for governor

NYC mayor backs Andrew Cuomo in NY governor’s race

India rejects third party mediation on Kashmir

NEW DELHI - Rejecting Pakistan’s bid to internationalize the Kashmir issue, India Wednesday underlined that there was no scope for third party mediation on Kashmir even as it braced to counter a likely offensive by Islamabad on the issue at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Remarks by the President in a Backyard Discussion on Health Care Reform and the Patient’s Bill of Rights

Falls Church, Virginia

11:59 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Well, it is great to see you. Thanks, all, for taking the time to be here. I know it’s a little warm under the sun, so if anybody at some point wants to shift their chairs into the shade, I’m fine with that. I won’t be insulted.

Digvijay’s comments on Ayodhya ‘disgraceful’: BJP

LUCKNOW - The president of the Uttar Pradesh state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Surya Pratap Shahi Wednesday accused Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh of making irresponsible comments ahead of the Ayodhya verdict to garner support from the minority community.

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