Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon and Air Force are reviewing whether their officials may be partly to blame for a $328,835 photo-op of a jumbo jet used by the president soaring above New York City that has already forced the White House military director to step down.

TOKYO - Japanese authorities scrambled Saturday to track travelers who arrived on the same flight as three people diagnosed with the country's first confirmed cases of swine flu. Australia also joined the ranks of affected countries with its first confirmed case.

ST. LOUIS — Missouri's governor planned to tour damaged areas Saturday as residents in parts of the Midwest clean up from powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed five people.

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio - U.S. immigration officers are ready to make another attempt to deport John Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old Ohio man sought in Germany to answer in court for an alleged past as a guard at a Nazi death camp — the latest episode in a complex 32-year case linking him to World War II atrocities.

DETROIT - Chuck Daly, who coached the original Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 78.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo sold more than $15 billion of shares and bonds, as the two companies rushed to the head of the line of banks looking to raise funds following government stress tests.

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani helicopter gunships and war planes hit Taliban positions in the militants' Swat valley bastion on Saturday but a curfew prevented civilians from fleeing the fighting.

SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) - A California wildfire burned for a fourth day on Friday above the seaside town of Santa Barbara as firefighters battled flames that have damaged or destroyed 80 homes.

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military acknowledged on Saturday that civilians were killed in a battle which prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to call for a halt to airstrikes within the country's borders.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court will hear Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi's appeal against her eight-year prison sentence for espionage on Sunday, her lawyer said on Saturday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korea, which rattled regional security with a threat to hold a second nuclear test, said on Saturday it would not hold talks with its wealthy South Korean neighbor because it "defiled" Pyongyang's dignity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza virus quickened its spread across the United States, but health officials said on Friday they were encouraged that more people were washing their hands as a result of the outbreak.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc posted its first quarterly loss since 2001, hurt by losses on derivative contracts, a big investment in the oil company ConocoPhillips, and the weakening economy.

PRETORIA (AFP) - New South African President Jacob Zuma seized the legacy of reconciliation laid down by icon Nelson Mandela, vowing in his inaugural speech Saturday to defend democracy and reunite the country after years of divisive politics.

AMMAN (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI called on Saturday for reconciliation between Christians and Jews, a day after stressing his "deep respect" for Islam on his first trip to the Holy Land as pontiff.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has pledged to mount an all-out war against Taliban extremists, vowing to kill the militants in a military offensive.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Saturday sternly warned its foes not to dare attempt any aggression against the country, as it put on a Soviet-style show of military might in Red Square including nuclear capable missiles.

OTTAWA (AFP) - The Americas are back in the spotlight over swine flu fears after Canada announced its first death, the number of US infections almost doubled, and more cases were found in Latin America.

NDJAMENA (AFP) - Chad government forces fought desert battles against rebels who were stepping up an offensive against President Idriss Deby, with almost 250 reported dead in two days of conflict, as the UN Security Council condemned the rebel assault.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said that there is a risk that US economic recovery could take a long time, but vowed to take all necessary steps to speed it up.