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Senate Democrats vote to bring health bill to floor for debate
The Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation's health-care system.
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Sunday Take: Divided public complicates Afghanistan decision
As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the decision suggest that he is trying to accommodate the views with a war strategy that can be successful and contained.
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Thrust and Parry on the Senate Floor
A fight of galactic proportions over health care looms. Here’s a playbook for aficionados of legislative war games.
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Italian Prosecutors Ask for Life Sentence in Trial of U.S. Student
Prosecutors asked an Italian court to hand down life sentences to an American student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in a fatal stabbing.
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Benedict Woos Artists, Urging ‘Quest for Beauty’
The Vatican pulled out all the stops Saturday at a meeting that aimed to revive the age-old ties between the Catholic Church and artists.
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Medvedev Says ‘Backwardness’ Undermines Party
President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia warned leaders of his party that they must learn to win elections honestly if it is to survive.
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Medical Marijuana: No Longer Just for Adults
Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D.
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Healthcare bill passes first Senate test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades.
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Gaza Militants Agree to Halt Rocket Fire
Hamas announced Saturday evening that it had reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks.
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Italian Prosecutors Ask for Life Sentence in Trial of U.S. Student
Prosecutors asked an Italian court to hand down life sentences to an American student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in a fatal stabbing.
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Italy Arrests 2 Over Attacks in Mumbai
The authorities arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of providing logistical support and money for a terrorist strike in India.
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Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges.
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Survey of Pakistan’s Young Predicts ‘Disaster’ if Their Needs Aren’t Addressed
A majority of the country’s young people think the nation is on the wrong course, and they are divided between a preference for democracy and Islamic law, a report says.
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Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said.
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Healthcare bill poised to pass Senate test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.
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Pressure for progress at talks on rebel Karabakh
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia hold talks on Sunday on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with Azeri ally Turkey pressing for progress before it seals an historic rapprochement with neighboring Armenia.
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Plotting Thrillers in the Fog of China
So much of what is known of China’s beating Communist heart is guesswork. But not for the spy novelist.
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Fair Game: Revisiting a Fed Waltz With A.I.G.
A government report on the bailout of A.I.G. is must reading for taxpayers looking to know why the $182 billion “rescue” is the most troubling episode of the financial disaster.
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'Public Option' Remains Possible Snag As Vote Looms
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes — that's every Democrat and both Independents — to clear the way for a vote on historic heath care legislation Saturday. The final two Democrats fell in line Saturday afternoon — Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. But the holdouts still expressed strong reluctance about the "public option" in Reid's bill.
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