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59 and counting: Health care bill nears test vote

By ERICA WERNER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., accompanied by, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speak during a health care reform news conference on Capitol...

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Sen. Landrieu says she will support health care debate

Sens. Jack Reed, left, Dick Durbin and Robert Menendez, right, hold a news conference about health care Friday at the Captiol. After hours of debate, 60 votes are needed to move health care bill to debate Vote on whether to...

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Foreign Minister's Row Puts Merkel in Bind

By MARCUS WALKER BERLIN -- Guido Westerwelle is making his first mark as Germany's new foreign minister by blocking a controversial appointment by the lobby of Germans expelled from Eastern Europe after World War II -- a move...

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Top German economists critical of tax relief: report

BERLIN (AFP) - A panel of top German economists, which has slammed the country's huge public debt, says Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government should take back its & quot;gift baskets & quot; of tax relief, a German weekly...

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RIGHTS-CHAGOS: 'My Navel is Buried There'

PORT-LOUIS, Nov 21 (IPS) - "We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests. Nature was...

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Points shared in KC thriller

Ten-man Tigers come from two down to deny Hammers Jack's the lad: Jack Collison celebrates putting the Hammers two goals up MATCH FACTS Man of the match: Scott Parker. Just shaded his midfield rival Jimmy Bullard. It was his...

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Dems have 60 for health care; Lincoln a 'yes'

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., accompanied by, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speak during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20,...

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Premier League: Bent sinks Gunners, Blues cruise

Darren Bent did not need a beach-ball this time but Sunderland claimed another big scalp with a 1-0 defeat of Arsenal at the Stadium of Light. When a missed header rebounded off a Sunderland team-mate Fraizer Campbell's shins,...

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Chelsea extend lead; Arsenal beaten; Liverpool held - Update

London - Chelsea extended their lead at the top to eight points after a comprehensive 4-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday while several of their rivals lost points. Michael Essien scored two of Chelsea's goals but...

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90s in Lithuania

My friend M. wrote on his facebook that it's not his 30th birthday that makes him feel old, but rather knowing that Freddie Mercury died 18 years ago. It made me think about my memories of that time, when I was still at primary...

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