By ANDREW TAYLOR and JULIE PACE
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling "fiscal cliff" negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

"This was a central question during the election," Obama said in his first

ROODEPOORT, South Africa (AP) - Julius Mthembu's mud-spattered face lit up as he held a tin pan and pointed to the glimmering flecks of hope lying among sand and water: gold. The find meant the 48-year-old would eat that week.

"It's difficult. I don't make a lot of money here," Mthembu said as