Politics

Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable.
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Obama nears compromise on Guantanamo trials (AFP)

AFP - President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories (AP)

AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.
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Turkey pledges safer homes after quake (AP)

AP - Turkey's leaders pledged Tuesday to build quake-proof homes after a magnitude 6 temblor shattered mud-brick homes in the eastern part of the country, killing 51 people. Still, similar promises after devastating earthquakes in the west in 1999 have ha
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Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan (AP)

AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstartin
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Obama says to explore all avenues on job creation (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to look at all options to spur job growth and revive the U.S. economy after the worst recession since the Great Depression.
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Alleged Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times (AP)

AP - Retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk was charged Wednesday with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder while working as a guard at a Nazi death camp in occupied Poland. The arrest warrant could move the 30-year global legal battle over
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House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus Plan

The House of Representatives late Wednesday passed President Barack Obama's $819 billion plan to stimulate the economy and curtail the nation's year-old recession.
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Obama Sees His Race As Opportunity

As Barack Obama stands on the verge of becoming the nation's first African American president, he's talking more about how his racial identity can unify and transform the country.
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