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The Hindu | Hawaii prepares evacuations ahead of tsunami Reuters HONOLULU (Reuters) - Hawaii prepared to start evacuations ahead of a tsunami generated by a massive earthquake in Chile, a civil defense official on the US island said on Saturday. "Get off the shore line. We are closing » |
Washington Post | New York's Paterson Won't Seek New Term W » |
Washington Post | Obama hosts summit to rescue health bill Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama launches a last-ditch bid to salvage his st » |
National Post | Cantor: White House Health Care Bill Is a 'Non-Starter' ABC News House Minority Whip Eric Cantor today expressed little hope for bipartisan agreement on a health care bill when Republicans and Democrats meet Thursday in a joint summit c » |
Kansas City Star | Health insurance rate hikes targeted CNN President Obama is set to unveil his proposal to overhaul health care on Monday morning. Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration will propose legislation that would » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Alexander Haig Remembered as Soldier-Statesman New York Times By AP The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 ... Alexander M. Haig Jr., at 85; was Reagan's secretary of state Alexander Haig Dies at Age 85 |
New York Times (blog) | Obama Presses Parties on Health W » |
FOXNews | O'Keefe and Young Conservative Troublemakers Hit CPAC The Washington Independent On the way from the press room to a Thursday night reception I snapped the quick photo below of James O'Keefe (left), who made it to CPAC after » |
BBC News | Why does the West love the Dalai Lama? BBC News A US president is again choosing to meet the Dalai Lama despite Chinese opposition. But why is this Tibetan spiritual and political leader such a popular figure in the West? To the Chinese government and to many of its people he is an ... China braced for Barack Obama meeting Dalai Lama China on the Dalai Lama Tibetans herald Obama-Dalai Lama meeting with fireworks |
USA Today | Biden: US got 'money's worth' from stimulus act The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Vice President Joe Biden asserted in an interview Wednesday that taxpayers have "gotten their money's worth" out of the $787 billion stimulus program that Congress passed during the depths of the recession. In an interview broadcast on ... Please, Mr. President, No More Stimulus! One Year On, Obama Administration Notes Gains Of Stimulus Package |
The Guardian | How significant is Mullah Baradar's arrest? BBC News The capture of top Taliban militant commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Pakistani city of Karachi is the most important catch for the American CIA and the Pakistani intelligence service since March 2007. Back then, operatives of ... Taliban commander captured Taliban commander held in Pakistan: US officials Afghanistan's No. 2 Taliban leader captured in Pakistan |
Washington Post | Clinton expected to seek Saudi Arabia's help in confronting Iran Washington Post Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton begins a difficult diplomatic assignment Monday in Saudi Arabia, a key US » |
The Guardian | Nato aims to add to Afghan gains BBC News Thousands of US, UK and Afghan troops are trying to consolidate gains on the second day of a major offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. They are advancing carefully, clearing thousands of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from the ... NATO, Afghan Troops in Second Day of Operation in Taliban Stronghold Afghan flag-raising in NATO offensive draws gunfire Gunfire As Some Taliban Fight Marines In Marjah |
Sydney Morning Herald | Clinton could return home today NECN (NECN/ABC) - Former President Bill Clinton could go home as early as Friday, just one day after having minor heart surgery. Six years after a quadruple bypass, Mr. Clinton had chest pains that sent him back to the hospital. Clinton, the UN's Special ... Friends: Bill Clinton keeps 'frenetic pace' Doctor: Clinton Most Likely Recognized Chest Pain as Serious No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case shows |
Reuters | Iran Marks Revolution Anniversary, Cracks Down on Opposition Voice of America Photo: AP Hundreds of thousands of people r » |
Reuters | Iran TV: Higher Uranium Enrichment Process Started Voice of America Iran says it has begun enriching uranium to a higher level, defying international efforts to curb its nuclear activity. Iranian state television quoted officials who said the process started Tuesday at Iran's Natanz facility in the presence of ... Iran still open to talks on nuclear fuel swap US wants UN sanctions resolution on Iran within weeks Iran begins enriching higher grade uranium, says state TV |
ABC News | Middletown Explosion: Relief Centers Set Up For Employees, Family Members Hartford Courant Where: Not-yet-operational 620-megawatt Kleen Energy power plant on the Connecticut River in Middletown. Size: The 96 percent complete plant was to be one of the largest in New England in recent years. Operations: The Kleen Energy plant is meant to ... Marshals Seek Deadly Conn. Gas Plant Blast's Cause 5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant Officials search for cause of deadly explosion at Kleen Energy plant |
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 » |
Los Angeles Times | Tea party groups aim to form PAC Boston Globe NASHVILLE - Organizers of the National Tea Party Convention said yesterday that participants would form a political action committee aimed at electing up to 20 candidates this f » |
Globe and Mail | Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti W » |
Kansas City Star | House Faces Tough Vote on $1.9T More Debt FOXNews AP The debt measure set for a House vote Thursday would raise the cap on federal borrowing to $14.3 trillion. WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives are counting on new budget deficit curbs to help smooth the way for a bill ... Obama criticizes Senate Republicans for delaying confirmation votes Congressional Democrats are nay-saying Obama's budget Rove: The President's GOP Outreach Comes Too Late |