Archive for March, 2010

Mar 30 2010

Obama takes care in sizing up ‘tea party’ movement (AP)

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Obama takes care in sizing up ‘tea party’ movement
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People cheer as they stand near the site of the 'Showdown in Searchlight' tea party rally in Searchlight, Nev., Saturday, March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP – President Barack Obama stepped carefully when talking for the first time about the conservative tea party movement, acknowledging it has legitimate concerns about federal reach and spending, but he contended the core of the loose anti-government network is “on the fringe.”

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Mar 29 2010

Twin suicide bombings kill 38 in Moscow subway (AP)

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Twin suicide bombings kill 38 in Moscow subway
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A woman cries as Interior Ministry officers block her way in front of the exit of Lubyanka metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin  (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)AP – Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters of the secret police.

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Mar 28 2010

In surprise visit to war zone, Obama prods Afghans (AP)

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In surprise visit to war zone, Obama prods Afghans
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US Task Force Leatherneck Marines walk at Camp Bastion in Helmand province. The House of Representatives on Wednesday roundly defeated a resolution demanding President Barack Obama withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, in a key election-year test for his war strategy.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AP – In a surprise visit, President Barack Obama pressed Afghan leaders on Sunday to do more to rein in rampant corruption and improve their government as he got a firsthand look at the 8-year-old war he inherited and dramatically escalated.

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Mar 27 2010

SKorean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing (AP)

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SKorean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing
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A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks as a coast guard vessel sails near the ship in an attempt to rescue its sailors near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Word that a South Korean naval ship sank in the tense waters around the disputed maritime border with communist North Korea set off panic: The president convened an emergency meeting and the military dispatched a fleet of ships.  (AP Photo/ Ha Sa-hun, Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**AP – Military divers plunged into the waters near South Korea’s tense maritime border with North Korea on Saturday, searching in vain for 46 missing marines from a naval ship that exploded and sank, officials said.

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Mar 27 2010

SKorean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing (AP)

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SKorean naval ship sinks near NKorea; 46 missing
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A South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sinks as a coast guard vessel sails near the ship in an attempt to rescue its sailors near South Korea's Baeknyeong Island, close to North Korea, in the western waters on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Word that a South Korean naval ship sank in the tense waters around the disputed maritime border with communist North Korea set off panic: The president convened an emergency meeting and the military dispatched a fleet of ships.  (AP Photo/ Ha Sa-hun, Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**AP – Military divers plunged into the waters near South Korea’s tense maritime border with North Korea on Saturday, searching in vain for 46 missing marines from a naval ship that exploded and sank, officials said.

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Mar 26 2010

Democrats send Obama final health measure (AP)

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Democrats send Obama final health measure
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, front right, D-Md.; with, from left, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; George Miller, D-Calif.; Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; Hoyer; and Dale Kildee, D-Mich., speaks to the media following the passage of the Health Insurance and Student Loan Reforms Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – Congressional Democrats sent the final piece of landmark health care legislation to President Barack Obama before heading home to face a skeptical — and sometimes even threatening — electorate.

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Mar 25 2010

Senate will have to return health bill to House (AP)

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Senate will have to return health bill to House
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AP – A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the bill making changes in President Barack Obama’s newly enacted health care overhaul will have to go back to the House for final congressional approval, something top Democrats were trying to avoid.

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Mar 25 2010

Senate will have to return health bill to House (AP)

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Senate will have to return health bill to House
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AP – A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the bill making changes in President Barack Obama’s newly enacted health care overhaul will have to go back to the House for final congressional approval, something top Democrats were trying to avoid.

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Mar 25 2010

Senate will have to return health bill to House (AP)

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Senate will have to return health bill to House
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AP – A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the bill making changes in President Barack Obama’s newly enacted health care overhaul will have to go back to the House for final congressional approval, something top Democrats were trying to avoid.

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Mar 23 2010

It’s the law of the land: Health overhaul signed (AP)

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It’s the law of the land: Health overhaul signed
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** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** President Barack Obama signs the health care bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010,  in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Claiming a historic triumph that could define his presidency, a jubilant Barack Obama signed a massive, nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul on Tuesday that will for the first time cement insurance coverage as the right of every U.S. citizen and begin to reshape the way virtually all Americans receive and pay for treatment.

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