Sunday, February 28, 2010

Japan 'cautious' as tsunami alert is canceled - CNN


The Hindu


Japan 'cautious' as tsunami alert is canceled

CNN


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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Massive earthquake strikes Chile, 122 dead - Reuters


CTV.ca


Massive earthquake strikes Chile, 122 dead

Reuters


SANTIAGO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 122 people, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific. ...


Sirens Sound on Hawaiian Coasts

New York Times


Pacific nations gear for tsunami

BBC News


Chile Suffers Massive Earthquake

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Friday, February 26, 2010

New York's Paterson Won't Seek New Term - Wall Street Journal


Reuters


New York's Paterson Won't Seek New Term

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Obama Details Plan to Expand Health Care to Uninsured - New York Times


National Post


Obama Details Plan to Expand Health Care to Uninsured

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" President Obama on Monday laid out for the first time a detailed legislative proposal for overhauling health care, largely sticking with the approach passed by the Senate with unified ...


Republican Doctors Offer to Make White House C »


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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Alexander M. Haig Jr., at 85; was Reagan's secretary of state - Boston Globe


Globe and Mail


Alexander M. Haig Jr., at 85; was Reagan's secretary of state

Boston Globe


Alexander Haig Jr. also served as White House chief of staff during the Nixon administration. He was a four-star general. (Mark Wilson/Globe Staff/File 1988) By Mark Feeney Alexander M. Haig Jr., who as secretary of state declared “I'm in control ...


Alexander Haig Dies at Age 85

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies - CNN


CBS News


Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies

CNN


Washington (CNN) -- Alexander Haig, the former military officer, secretary of state and adviser to presidents, died Saturday, a Johns Hopkins Medical Center spokesman said. Haig, 85, was admitted to the Baltimore, Maryland, hospital on January 28, ...


Ex-Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig dead at 85

Reuters


Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies

BBC News


Alexander Haig, Take-Charge Aide to US Presidents, Dead at 85

BusinessWeek


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Friday, February 19, 2010

Texas Plane Crash: Did Suicidal Pilot Joe Stack Have Explosives on Board? - ABC News


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Texas Plane Crash: Did Suicidal Pilot Joe Stack Have Explosives on Board?

ABC News


The sheer volume of flames and smoke pouring from the Austin office building where a suicidal pilot slammed his plane at full speed has prompted authorities to investigate whether he had some kind of explosive on board ...


Witness becomes rescuer in Austin plane incident

CNN


Tax Protester Crashes Plane Into IRS Office

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Miliband denies going soft on Israel over 'Mossad' killing - Times Online


ABC News


Miliband denies going soft on Israel over 'Mossad' killing

Times Online


The Foreign Secretary insisted today that Britain was not "going through the motions" over the cloning of six British passports in a suspected Mossad assassination after Israel's Ambassador denied he was rebuked by the Government. ...


Prosor tight-lipped on 'forged passports' in Dubai hit

Ha'aretz


Israelis question Mossad methods

Reuters


Another bump in the road for British-Israeli relations

BBC News


CNN International -New York Times -The Associated Press


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Illinois Republicans see unique chance for victory - The Associated Press


Telegraph.co.uk


Illinois Republicans see unique chance for victory

The Associated Press


CHICAGO â€" The last decade was lousy for Illinois Republicans. They lost a Senate seat, their party's last governor went to prison and they were shut out of every statewide office. But the recent surprise win by Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate ...


Democrats can blame themselves for gridlock

Chicago Sun-Times


Failure of health care overhaul will add more woes

KAIT


Elections' Stakes: Control of Senate

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Even as he shakes political world, Bayh remains a voice of reason - Indianapolis Star


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Even as he shakes political world, Bayh remains a voice of reason

Indianapolis Star


It says something about the expectations people have had of Sen. Evan Bayh -- as well as his own ambition -- that so many observers refused to believe the Indiana Democrat might have stepped back, looked at his long career and decided it was time for ...


What Evan Bayh's retirement re »


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Monday, February 15, 2010

Belgian trains crash head-on, 20 feared dead - Reuters


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Belgian trains crash head-on, 20 feared dead

Reuters


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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Biden: White House wants to hear GOP health ideas - The Associated Press


Biden: White House wants to hear GOP health ideas

The Associated Press


WASHINGTON â€" Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is ready and willing to listen to health care ideas from Republicans. President Barack Obama has invited members of both parties to the White House for a televised meeting on Feb. ...


Back to work on health care

Buffalo News


Republican strategy: Filibuster everything, win in November

MiamiHerald.com


GOP using filibuster to paralyze Senate

UPI.com


Christian Science Monitor -AFP -Washington Post


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Friday, February 12, 2010

Former US President Clinton Doing Well After Heart Procedure - Voice of America


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Former US President Clinton Doing Well After Heart Procedure

Voice of America


Photo: AP Former President Bill Clinton's cardiologist says Mr. Clinton has been up and walking around following a procedure to improve blood flow to his heart. The former president underwent the procedure Thursday after feeling discomfort in his chest ...


Friends: Bill Clinton keeps 'frenetic pace'

CNN


Clinton could return home today

NECN


Bill Clinton leaves hospital after heart procedure

BBC News


NPR -FOXNews -Ozarks First


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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Clashes in Iran on Anniversary of Islamic Revolution - Voice of America


Reuters


Clashes in Iran on Anniversary of Islamic Revolution

Voice of America


Photo: AP Iranian authorities clashed with opposition supporters Thursday as huge crowds r »

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Obama, GOP Seek Accord - Wall Street Journal


Washington Post


Obama, GOP Seek Accord

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Region rushes to prepare for another shot of winter weather - Washington Post


CBC.ca


Region rushes to prepare for another shot of winter weather

Washington Post


Snowplow crews worked through Monday night and early Tuesday to try and open thousands of untouched neighborhood streets before turning to meet an ominous new winter storm. Metro also rushed to finish digging out half-buried trains ...


Chicago airports brace for snow storm

USA Today


Snowstorm underway; 5 to 9 inches expected

Indianapolis Star


Snowstorm expected to strike, not ignore, area this time around

The Journal News | LoHud.com


Fort Worth Star Telegram -Winston-Salem Journal -Brazil Times


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Monday, February 8, 2010

Obama Asks Republican Lawmakers to Discuss Health Care Overhaul - Bloomberg


China Daily


Obama Asks Republican Lawmakers to Discuss Health Care Overhaul

Bloomberg


Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama invited Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate to a Feb. 25 meeting to discuss ways to get an overhaul of the US health-care system through Congress. ...


Clinton-Era Health Aides Push to Save Obama's Plan

ABC News


Obama invites Republicans to summit on health care

Washington Post


Obama invites Republicans to healthcare session

Reuters


New York Times -NPR -Los Angeles Times


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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sarah Palin lashes Obama at first Tea Party convention - BBC News


Globe and Mail


Sarah Palin lashes Obama at first Tea Party convention

BBC News


Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has spoken at the first US Tea Party convention, urging a return to conservate principles. Speaking in Nashville, Mrs Palin c »


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Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Tea Party is still taking shape - Washington Post


Los Angeles Times


The Tea Party is still taking shape

Washington Post


Six hundred tea party leaders arrived Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, for the first-ever three-day National Tea Party Convention. Organizers announced the creation of a political action committee c »

Friday, February 5, 2010

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Toyota Admits Prius Brakes Had Design Problems - New York Times


Telegraph.co.uk


Toyota Admits Prius Brakes Had Design Problems

New York Times


Toyota admitted Thursday that the hybrid-electric Prius had problems with its anti-lock braking system, the latest blow to the beleagered company and one that affects the symbol of the automaker's engineering prowess. ...


Toyota Swings to Profit, Beats Estimates

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Foreigners killed in north west Pakistan explosion - BBC News


BBC News


Foreigners killed in north west Pakistan explosion

BBC News


Police say three Western aid workers are among at least six people killed after a roadside bomb hit a convoy in north-west Pakistan. A group of journalists and aid workers was travelling in an army convoy to the opening of a girls school in the Lower ...


Bomb kills four foreigners, 3 Pakistani students

Reuters


Six killed on way to Pakistan school event

CNN


5 killed, including foreigners, in Pakistan bomb

AFP


BusinessWeek -Houston Chronicle -The Press Association


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Monday, February 1, 2010

Obama's budget proposal draws rapid fire from legislators - USA Today


CBC.ca


Obama's budget proposal draws rapid fire from legislators

USA Today


WASHINGTON â€" President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion budget ran into immediate trouble in Congress on Monday among lawmakers who said it tries to do too much while cutting the deficit too little. The quick response came as ...


Obama projects record budget deficit

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Huge Deficits May Alter US Politics and Global Power

New York Times


How does Obama's 2011 projected deficit compare?

Los Angeles Times


Beaufort Observer -Austin American-Statesman -ABC News


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