Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Bomb at Iranian Parade Kills at Least 10



War Debate: Woodward Exposes White House Divisions on Afghanistan
ABC News
* The book describes President Obama pushing a withdrawal timetable because, "I can't lose the whole Democratic Party." Richard Holbrooke says of the new strategy, "it can't work." * Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, the president's adviser on the wars in ...
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Obama returns to stump for health care
Washington Post
The House of Representatives passed landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, approving a Senate bill and a separate package of amendments. By Anne E. Kornblut After six rocky months, President Obama's health-care reform law is ...
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Egg Producer to Apologize for Salmonella Outbreak
New York Times
By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON — An Iowa egg producer at the center of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella is expected apologize to a Congressional panel on Wednesday and admit that his family operation "got big quite a while before we stopped acting ...
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Don't Replace Larry Summers With a CEO
The Atlantic
White House economic adviser Larry Summers will resign from the the National Economic Council at the end of the year. Many observers see the opening as an opportunity for the president to bring on one of two underrepresented groups: women and corporate ...
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Why Democrats are pushing a series of bills doomed to fail
Christian Science Monitor
Democrats have put three hot-button issues atop their agenda this week – 'don't ask, don't tell,' immigration reform, and campaign finance reform. They likely won't pass a thing on any of them. But they aren't too worried by that. ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Democrat Cuomo narrowly leads NY governor's race
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Carl Paladino, backed by the conservative Tea Party movement, has pulled within 6 percentage points of Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, in the New York governor race, a poll showed on Wednesday. ...
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Riots at Temple Mount, 1000 join funeral procession
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF 32-year-old east J'lem resident shot and killed by a security guard in Silwan after residents threw rocks, blocked streets with trash cans. There were riots at Temple Mount on Wednesday, and approximately 1000 people joined a funeral ...
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Three French sailors kidnapped in Nigeria
Monsters and Critics.com
Paris - Three French crew members were kidnapped from a supply ship during an attack on an offshore oil field in Nigeria, the owners of the ship, Bourbon Maritime, said Wednesday. The attack was carried out overnight Tuesday to Wednesday by kidnappers ...
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GOP to Decide Fate of Top Energy Spot in Senate Today
New York Times
By KATHERINE LING of Greenwire Senate Republicans today are expected to remove Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) from her spot at the top of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and to choose a successor. If Murkowski is ousted it paves the way for ...
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Bomb at Iranian Parade Kills at Least 10
Voice of America
Iranian authorities say a bomb exploded at a military parade in the northwest and has killed at least ten people, wounding dozens of others. Reports from Mahabad say most of the victims are women and children. The wives of two military officers are ...
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