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Obama administration to appeal healthcare ruling

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Lawyers for President Barack Obama will on Wednesday seek to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet to healthcare reform, his signature domestic policy achievement.... Full story

Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday a Palestinian unity deal would sabotage prospects for peace and stemmed from panic by Hamas and Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas over popular uprisings in Syria and Egypt... Full story

Economy slowed by high gas prices, bad weather

WASHINGTON – The economy slowed sharply in the first three months of the year as high gas prices cut into consumer spending, bad weather delayed construction projects and the federal government slashed defense spending by the most in six year... Full story

Libyan rebels bear down on Gadhafi hometown

BIN JAWWAD, Libya – Rebel forces bore down Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold where a brigade headed... Full story

Sony chairman credited with developing CDs dies

TOKYO – Opera singer Norio Ohga complained about the quality of Sony tape recorders before he was hired by the company, developed the compact disc and championed its superior sound. Love of music steered the former Sony chairman's career and in turn, he transformed the Japanese electronics maker into a global software and entertainment empire. ... Full story

lundi 4 juillet 2011

Will Thailand's New Leader Hurt or Heal a Divided Nation?

Posted by Unknown on 07:12


With barely more than a month under her belt as a professional politician, Yingluck Shinawatra stood poised Monday to become Thailand's first woman prime minister after her Pheu Thai party scored a resounding victory in Sunday's national elections.
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Angry Mladic removed from U.N. war crimes court

Posted by Unknown on 07:02



THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Guards at the U.N. war crimes tribunal removed Ratko Mladic from the courtroom on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb army chief harangued the judge as he read out the charges and entered a not guilty plea on Mladic's behalf.
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France debates Strauss-Kahn return to politics

Posted by Unknown on 07:00


PARIS (AP) — From sidewalk cafes to political party headquarters, France was consumed Monday by the question of whether the sudden weakening of the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn would revive his hopes of running for president.
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Petraeus marks July 4 with troops in Afghanistan

Posted by Unknown on 06:58


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A member of the NATO-led international force fighting in Afghanistan went missing in the country's restive south and a search is under way, the NATO command said Monday.
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vendredi 24 juin 2011

Will Obama be forced to back gay marriage?

Posted by Unknown on 11:47

New York – The president is feeling the heat to quit tiptoeing around same-sex marriage — even as he faces a tough re-election battle
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House votes against defunding Libyan war

Posted by Unknown on 11:44




WASHINGTON – The House has turned back a Republican-led effort to cut off money for military hostilities in the Libyan war.
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lundi 20 juin 2011

21-year-old Californian wins Miss USA crown

Posted by Unknown on 00:49




LAS VEGAS – A 21-year-old auburn-haired California model won the Miss USA crown Sunday night and will represent the nation in this year's Miss Universe pageant.
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