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Jerusalem Post

The Palestinian Authority's former ambassador to Egypt, Nabil Amr, on Sunday expressed fear that PA President Mahmoud Abbas was seeking to harm him because of his criticism of the decision to abandon a vote in support of last ...

Abbas defends delay of Gaza war crime report vote

Reuters

Abbas tables report slamming Israel

CNN

Palestinian reconciliation deal delayed by UN row

guardian.co.uk

Xinhua -Ynetnews -Jerusalem Post

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Washington Post

President Obama, struggling to keep promises he made during last year's campaign, renewed his pledge to end the military's ban on openly gay service members as he appeared at a fundraising dinner for the nation's largest gay advocacy group on Saturday ...

Obama vows to end 'don't ask, don't tell'

Chicago Sun-Times

Obama Pledges Again to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

New York Times

Obama reaffirms will end 'don't ask, don't tell'

The Associated Press

CNN -BBC News -Detroit Free Press

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Aljazeera.net

Taliban-led forces fighting US and Nato troops in Afghanistan have increased nearly fourfold since 2006, according to a US intelligence estimate presented to the US president. The report says that the number of Taliban fighters has grown to 25000, ...

US troops abandon remote Afghan base where 8 were killed

Los Angeles Times

US Public Split as Obama Weighs Afghan Strategy

Voice of America

General Wants More US Troops For Afghan War

New York Times

BBC News -The Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk

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New York Times

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — More than 230000 miles from Earth, a NASA spacecraft hit a bull's-eye on the Moon on Friday morning. Actu »</nobr>

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand on Thursday rejected c »</nobr>

Los Angeles Times

The Congressional Budget Office calculates that the Senate Finance Committee overhaul would cover more people while saving money. By Noam N. Levey Reporting from Washington - Senate Democrats pushing healthcare legislation received a boost today from ...

Health-Care Bill Wouldn't Raise Deficit, Report Says

Washington Post

CBO: Senate Finance Health Plan Would Cut Deficit

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Voice of America

By VOA News An aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian leadership erred by suspending action on a UN report that criticizes Israel's offensive in Gaza. Yasser Abed Rabbo, a senior advisor to Mr. Abbas, said Wednesday that the ...

Top Israeli Muslim leader detained, banned from Jerusalem

Christian Science Monitor

Palestinian official: We erred over Gaza report

The Associated Press

Hamas bans women from riding motorbikes

guardian.co.uk

Jerusalem Post -Xinhua -Ynetnews

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CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Leading Republicans urged President Obama to make a swift decision in favor of more US troops for the war in Afghanistan after talks between the president and congressional leaders Tuesday. Top Republicans were at the White House on ...

Obama aware of Afghan differences

BBC News

US lawmakers press Obama on Afghan war strategy

Reuters

Obama Meets With Lawmakers On Afghanistan

Voice of America

The Associated Press -MiamiHerald.com -Times Online

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Los Angeles Times

The newest Supreme Court justice doesn't play the shy rookie, but peppers lawyers with questions, more even than Scalia and Ginsburg. The court takes a close look at the Miranda rule. By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington - By mid-morning on the ...

Sotomayor adept at getting a few words in edgewise

USA Today

Sotomayor Takes Active Role on Court's First Day

Washington Post

Sotomayor taking active role

MiamiHerald.com

CNN -Austin American-Statesman

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USA Today

NEW YORK — Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation's oldest food magazine, and three other titles as the high-end publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump. In addition to Gourmet, ...

Goodbye, 'Gourmet' magazine

Entertainment Weekly

At 68, Gourmet Magazine Is 86ed

Washington Post

Why Did Conde Nast Close Gourmet?

Atlantic Online

Chicago Tribune -Bloomberg -CNNMoney.com

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BBC News

A passenger train bound for Bangkok has derailed in Thailand's Hua Hin coastal resort district, killing at least five people and injuring dozens more. At least six of the train's 16 carriages went off the tracks amid torrential downpours. ...

Seven dead as Thai train derails: police

AFP

Passenger train derails in Thailand: 5 dead-report

Reuters

Medical official: 4 dead in Thai train derailment

The Associated Press

Monsters and Critics.com -Malaysia Star -New Straits Times

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Aljazeera.net

Sahar Francis, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, is a human rights lawyer and advocate who has been campaigning for Palestinian rights for over 20 years. She is the director of Addameer, a prisoner support and human rights association, ...

Israeli planes strike Gaza

AFP

PA slammed for bumping Goldstone draft

Jerusalem Post

UN Human Rights Council Defers Vote on Gaza Resolution

Voice of America

Xinhua -The Associated Press -Washington Post

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New York Times

Over the next few weeks, Barack Obama must make the most difficult decision of his presidency to date: whether or not to send up to 40000 more troops to Afghanistan, as his commanding general there, Stanley McChrystal, has reportedly ...

Army chief warns of 'terrifying prospect' of failure in Afghanistan

Telegraph.co.uk

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New York Times

COPENHAGEN — Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago's bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the ...

Obama to Olympics: 'This could be a meeting in Chicago'

USA Today

IOC votes for 2016 Olympic host

The Associated Press

Olympics Photo Wire

ESPN

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The Associated Press

APIA, Samoa — Samoans searched flattened homes and debris-filled swamps Thursday as more military ships and planes began arriving on the disaster-stricken Pacific islands after an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 150 people. ...

Asian tsunami could have made earthquake risk in Indonesia worse

Telegraph.co.uk

They have just minutes to issue tsunami warning

CNN

First US aid teams reach tsunami-hit American Samoa

AFP

BBC News -Christian Science Monitor -Voice of America

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Los Angeles Times

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are at odds over how far to go in preventing insurance companies from covering the procedure for woman who would get subsidies. By Noam N. Levey Reporting from Washington - As the Senate Finance ...

Congress Passes Bill to Keep Government Running

New York Times

Senate approves stopgap to keep gov't running

The Associated Press

US Senate averts looming government shutdown

Reuters

MiamiHerald.com -CNN -Bloomberg

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Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to cut back its army and boost the navy and air force, sources with ties to the People's Liberation Army said, extending its military reach and risking greater regional tensions. ...

China's National Day parade: public barred from celebrations

guardian.co.uk

China to parade its new and improved arsenal

Los Angeles Times

China's 60th anniversary of Communism: public barred from parade

Telegraph.co.uk

Xinhua -Reuters India -New York Times

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ABC News

As director Roman Polanski remains in a Swiss jail and the debate about his arrest rages on, his Hollywood representative says attorneys are preparing a motion for his release. The Swiss Justice Ministry says director Roman Polanski, ...

Polanski Seeks Release From Swiss Jail

New York Times

Roman Polanski files for release from jail

Entertainment Weekly

Victim: Courts did more harm than Polanski

CNN

BBC News -TMZ.com (blog) -CBS News

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