http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F National and world news from the Inquirer. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447692&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Hundreds_arrive_early_to_get_H1N1_flu_vaccine_at_clinic.html They started lining up at 8:30 a.m. for free H1N1 vaccinations at a Westampton clinic that wasn't supposed to open until 2 p.m. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6478699cafc937c0c8d11834e27ff79a 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447822&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_SEPTA_strike_drives_commuter_to_protest.html By yesterday evening, a frustrated Tili Ayala had decided to fight back, staging a one-woman protest at Suburban Station to demand an end to the transit strike. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3df9ba9a17675bfc6f07a1b107772642 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447697&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Jobless_rate_rises_to_10_2_percent_in_October.html The numbers are remarkable: Nearly 16 million Americans are without work. The unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. And 190,000 more jobs were lost in October, an outcome worth cheering only when compared with the month-by-month carnage that has brought the nation its biggest employment crisis in 26 years. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 30aef85ea05e45e5f93f35957332a477 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447902&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_For_a_climate_of_security.html Al Gore made 'em laugh yesterday when he brought his climate-change road show to Philadelphia. Criticized by some observers for being too serious, too eggheaded, during his 2000 campaign for the presidency, Gore introduced himself during his Foreign Affairs Council keynote address with "I'm Al Gore. I used to be the next president of the United States." Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 88d71043de82928c82faa34c5abb7bce 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447812&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_In_Fort_Hood_carnage__a_savior_with_Pa__ties.html FORT HOOD, Texas - Sgt. Kimberly Munley, a civilian police officer on this Army post, was taking her vehicle to be serviced Thursday when the killing began. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 80883c442ca4b60d94f82d6149f67468 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447792&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Counties_sponsoring_swine_flu_clinics.html Vaccine may be paid for by the feds, but distribution is decidedly local. Around the region, several counties have held swine flu clinics for various priority groups. Some reported lines but few arguments. More clinics are being scheduled as vaccine arrives. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT db3a81a98016214b4a5bd929c3f7b94f 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447782&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Likely_delay_on_health-care_vote.html WASHINGTON - House Democrats acknowledged yesterday they do not yet have the votes to pass an overhaul of the health-care system and signaled they may push back the vote until tomorrow or early next week. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c31e82f3aea3d3880479d1f38f3d35ec 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447762&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Allies_ambushed_as_they_look_for_2_lost_U_S__soldiers.html KABUL, Afghanistan - More than 25 members of international and Afghan security forces were wounded yesterday in fierce fighting in northwest Afghanistan while carrying out a large-scale hunt for two missing American soldiers, military officials said. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 298ddea481c58cf5ab73a0e026d1e523 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447817&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Fla__shooting_suspect_struggled_with_debt.html ORLANDO, Fla. - A man so broke that he said he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire yesterday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9337176f246836a27c2d8f881fa44db3 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447807&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_In_the_Nation.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8cbd18644811d917cd41a6147018f115 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447832&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Families_mourn_the_fallen.html Army Pfc. Francheska Velez, 21, had only recently returned from deployment in Iraq, where she disarmed bombs. Pregnant, she was preparing to head home to Chicago. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9a156d2c804516eb7072714a8fe260e8 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447827&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_U_N__panel__Sudan_still_commits_abuses_in_Darfur.html UNITED NATIONS - Sudan's government continues to commit human-rights abuses in Darfur, a U.N. report said as the Obama administration pursues a new policy of engagement conditioned on an improvement in the situation there. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6bd42bfe7ec31e916aba3d357d22d43a 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447802&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Afghan_insurgents_cripple_U_S__armored_vehicles.html WASHINGTON - Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs, by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 011e196f7d9a1d3d97df0851b31a074b 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447797&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Despair_rises_as_Abbas_talks_of_bowing_out.html JERUSALEM - By saying he wants to step down as president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3dfeab0267d02d00758af69929764804 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447777&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_In_the_World.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8b38485de2ec18aa8d7b987aaee033c3 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447787&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Honduran_accord_bogs_down_ahead_of_election.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says the same deal has been successfully accomplished. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 4b37019e571da0ae68454d45054612ff 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447767&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Top_leaders_needed_at_Copenhagen__negotiators_say.html BARCELONA, Spain - After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen, Denmark, negotiators said yesterday. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 216f84bd52e897efe9bfbaeb2ea807ae 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447772&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Critics_say_they_can_block_U_S__tourism_to_Cuba.html WASHINGTON - Opponents of opening Cuba to U.S. tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 House Democrats, saying it shows they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 69d6696aa2490d52ec23f094dd2c8d87 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69447687&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091107_Ft__Hood_suspect_a_man_of_contrasts.html FORT HOOD, Texas - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor, and called another to thank him for his friendship - common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the rampage that left 13 people dead and 31 injured. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 54fa0d7670359611f923d5301d084e34 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167271&44=69353977&32=3796&7=195567&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fworld_us%2F20091106_Commuters_gritting_and_bearing_it.html As the SEPTA strike gummed up the city works for a third infuriating day, Philadelphia commuters persevered yesterday, proving their resilience, their patience, and (let's be honest) their resignation that there's nothing they could do but accept and deal. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8dbad2a636819ab124c89af9eec2c99f 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z