U.N. Halts Gaza Shipments Due To Israeli Attacks (1/8/2009) After Brief Pause, Israel Resumes Assault On Hamas (1/7/2009) Hamas Rejects Gaza Cease-Fire Deal (1/7/2009) Gaza Truce Proposed After Israeli Shell Kills 30 (1/7/2009) Gaza Death Toll Rises As Diplomats Seek Truce (1/6/2009) Bush: Israel ...
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President-elect Barack Obama speaks about the economy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress on Thursday to "act boldly and act now" to fix an economy growing perilously weaker ...
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is laying plans to dissolve a White House security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. The White House Homeland Security Council will remain for a while at least, until Obama ...
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Senator-designate Roland Burris has told the Illinois House impeachment committee that he had no discussions with Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the Senate seat before the governor's arrest. He declined to say whether Blagojevich should quit or be impeached. Earlier today the panel investigating ...
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Something's missing here. It's hard to put your finger on it, but there's no denying it's there. The final game in college football's 2008 season will be played tonight, and it's somewhat anti-climatic. It shouldn't be, but it is. Somewhere, in all of this mess, there should be a few more games ...
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MUMBAI: Did Satyam Computers promoter-chairman Ramalinga Raju pick the lesser of two crimes when he decided to confess to India’s largest-ever corporate fraud of Rs 7,136 crore? That’s a question that had begun to niggle a few people on Wednesday itself, when the contents of his 5-page letter ...
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Heavy police presence greeted Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters Thursday, a day after more than 100 people were arrested in violent protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a transit police officer. At least three cars were set on fire, store windows were smashed and a police ...
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