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March 11, 2010
US views Doha framework as 'not satisfactory': lawmaker
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AFP - The United States is unhappy with the current framework of the Doha Round of negotiations to forge a global trade accord, a key lawmaker said Wednesday after talks with WTO chief Pascal Lamy.
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March 11, 2010
48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
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AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50
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March 10, 2010
Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
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AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.
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March 10, 2010
Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom's help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Teh
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March 10, 2010
Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list
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AP - It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.
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December 31, 2009
Internet writer to challenge TSA subpoena in court
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AP - An Internet travel writer who was leaked an airline security directive asked the Transportation Security Administration on Thursday to postpone enforcement of a subpoena so he can challenge it in federal court.
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November 7, 2009
Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote
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AFP - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care.
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August 22, 2009
Obama calls for 'honest debate' on health care
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AP - President Barack Obama is challenging his critics on a national health care overhaul, accusing them of making "phony claims" about the legislation.
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July 13, 2009
Obama orders probe of killings in Afghanistan
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AFP - US President Barack Obama said in an interview to be aired that he has ordered a probe into attempts to quash an investigation into the mass execution of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan.
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January 14, 2009
Atheists want God stricken from inaugural oath
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama wants to conclude his inaugural oath with the words "so help me God," but a group of atheists is asking a federal judge to stop him.
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