Obama: health plan "closer than ever" but needs work
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday US healthcare reform was "closer than ever," but fought to keep some fellow Democrats from deserting his chief policy initiative amid worries about its $1 trillion cost. …
Compulsory health-coverage plan wins supportmsnbc.com
In Health Care Fight, Defining Moment Nears for PresidentNew York Times
Obama to hit airwaves as health care plan wanesSan Francisco Chronicle
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Charges dropped against black Harvard professor
Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday dropped disorderly conduct charges against a preeminent black scholar stemming from an incident that drew fresh attention to police treatment of minorities in the United States. …
Arrest of Prof. Gates puts focus on biased police stopsNew York Daily News
No charge, but Gates case seethesBoston Globe
Harvard Scholar Won't Be ChargedNew York Times
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Darkness falls in Asia during total eclipse
CNN International
(CNN) — The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle. A woman looks through a refractor telescope with a …
Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in daytime darknessThe Associated Press
Solar eclipse footage and excited observersTimes Online
Cautiously, Chinese try creative ways to watch rare solar eclipseXinhua
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TRANSCRIPT: ABC News' Chris Cuomo Interviews Gov. Arnold …
ABC News
The president's health care push comes at a time when some states are slashing budgets. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faces a $26 billion shortfall in his state. He discussed the president's health care initiative and his thoughts on what it …
Budget to reshape the Golden StateLos Angeles Times
The spin on winners and losers in budget dealSan Francisco Chronicle
From the Tarnished Golden State, Lessons for WashingtonWashington Post
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Mumbai gunman suspect 'ready to die'
CNN
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — The alleged gunman captured alive during last year's Mumbai terror attacks told an Indian court Wednesday that he was ready to face execution. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel burns during last November's attack by gunmen. …
Mumbai Defendant Says He Would Accept HangingNew York Times
'Go ahead and hang me': Mumbai gunmanAFP
'Hang me, please', Kasab tells courtHindu
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Sudanese accept oil border ruling
BBC News
North and south Sudan say they will accept a ruling by judges in The Hague to award a large oilfield to the north. The Permanent Court of Arbitration redrew the boundaries of Abyei region, which became a flashpoint during a 22-year-long war between …
Ex south Sudan rebels respect Abyei ruling-SPLM's AlorReuters
Court rules on Sudan Abyei disputeAljazeera.net
Court reduces borders of Sudan's oil-rich AbyeiAFP
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Senate votes to kill costly fighter jet program
San Francisco Chronicle
The Senate voted Tuesday to kill the nation's premier fighter jet program, embracing by a 58-40 margin the argument of President Obama and his top military advisers that the F-22 is no longer needed for the nation's defense and a costly drag on the …
Senate vote blocks plan to add F-22sChicago Tribune
Senate votes to stop making more F-22 Raptor fighter jetsLos Angeles Times
Senate votes to kill fighter-jet programSeattle Times
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Indonesian police release sketches of bomb suspects
Washington Post
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police Wednesday released sketches of the faces of two Indonesian men they suspect were the suicide bombers in near-simultaneous attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta. Friday's attacks at the JW Marriott and …
Indonesia Police Seek Help in Identifying Bombers From SketchesBloomberg
DNA tests fail to match suspected bombers in JakartaXinhua
Indonesia police release images of suspect bombersAFP
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Judiciary panel delays Sotomayor vote; Leahy expects confirmation
Boston Globe
Country music singers Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley (right) participated in a workshop for middle and high school music students at the White House yesterday. (Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images) By Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee …
Sotomayor gains 1 GOP yes, 1 noPhiladelphia Inquirer
Crist says he opposes SotomayorMiamiHerald.com
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Afghan resources 'are sufficient'
BBC News
Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch Brown has rowed back on comments made in a Daily Telegraph interview that the UK did not have enough helicopters. Amid an on-going political row over resources, he had said "We definitely don't have enough …
UK minister: Helmand troops need more helicoptersCNN International
Minister lays down 'astonishing' challenge to Government over …Telegraph.co.uk
Troop resources 'enough' - MinisterThe Press Association
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