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Obama trip puts spotlight on growing power of Asia

President Obama will leave the country Thursday for a four-nation tour of Asia despite a variety of domestic concerns, including a sharply rising jobless rate and health-care legislation stalled in the Senate.

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Owens' Win is Now Democrats' Loss

Liberal Democrats declared a huge victory this past Tuesday in NY-23 against the Tea Party movement and the despised Rush-Beck-Palin Evil Trinity. Yet not only has Rep. Bill Owens wiped away all that good work, he may have just...

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US ship built from twin tower steel commissioned (AFP)

AFP/Getty Images – Commandant USMC Gen. James Conway and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend the commissioning of … NEW YORK (AFP) – The USS New York, an amphibious transport ship built with steel salvaged from the World...

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Al-Shabaab Accuses Kenyan MPs Over Youth Recruitment

Somalia Al-Shabaab group has accused Kenyan lawmaker, particularly those from Somali-inhabited region, for backing the secret recruiting of fighters from among young Kenyan Somalis to help the Somalia's weak government fight...

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FACTBOX - India, China's old border dispute

REUTERS - The Dalai Lama, branded by China as a separatist began a week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a remote Indian province also claimed by Beijing as the two countries struggle to settle a border dispute. Here are key...

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Airstrike inflames Afghan tensions

U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two U.S. paratroopers in a Taliban-infested area of the country's...

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In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism (Reuters)

Reuters – A man is reflected in a marble plate of a monument with the names of some 20,000 victims of the communist … By Anna Mudeva Anna Mudeva – 19 mins ago BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) – In the dense forests of the idyllic...

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Biggest Loser in Health Care Reform: Small Business

By Grace-Marie Turner Nov 7, 2009 Small businesses have the highest hopes for health reform, but they’d be big losers under the bills Congress is debating. The 1,990-page bill the House leadership unveiled Thursday would impose...

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Head Strong: Here's a hard truth for the hard right

Who is Dede Scozzafava? If you believe Rush Limbaugh, she's a "liberal woman." Columnist Michelle Malkin called her a "radical leftist." There's "nothing Republican" about her, according to the New York Post editorial board.

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Y. scientists take issue with climate comments

Published: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 9:20 p.m. MST PROVO — A group of scientists from BYU has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue. The 18 scientists rebuked legislators in a letter...

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