ABC News | Senate vote nears on health care bill Houston Chronicle The US Senate is expected early today to pass compromise legislation to remake US health care, lifting the curtain on the final act of a drama expected to end in February with President Barack Obama signing a reform bill into law. ... GOP fights to the end on health Senate and House in search of health-care compromise In Senate Vote on Health Care Overhaul, New Partisan Vitriol |
Times Online | Senate Sets Christmas Eve Vote on US Debt Limit New York Times By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Tuesday set a Christmas Eve vote on final congressional approval of a bill ... Harry Reid Turns Insurance Into a Public Utility |
guardian.co.uk (blog) | Africa: Climate Accord Offers Some Grounds for Hope, Say Analysts » |
CBC.ca | Actress Brittany Murphy dies at 32 Washington Post Brittany Murphy died early Sunday morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived. Murphy starred in such films as "Clueless", "8 Mile" and "Don't Say a Word". She was 32. Brittany Murphy's breakthrough role was 1995's ... Brittany Murphy dead at 32 Brittany Murphy's father mourns actress' death Actress Brittany Murphy dead at 32 |
ABC News | President Obama Hails Senate Health Care Bill as Ben Nelson Jumps on Board ABC News Senate Democratic leaders inched closer to attaining their goal of passing a health care bill by Christmas as Ben Nelson, the Nebraska senator who had been skeptical of the bill, jumped on board, winning major concessions for his state, ... Sen. Nelson accepts Reid abortion provisions, upsets pro-life community Senate now poised to adopt historical health care bill Obama says health-care reform almost a reality |
Reuters | Obama says 'unprecedented' deal reached on climate The Associated Press COPENHAGEN â€" President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached a "unprecedented breakthrough" Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions â€" including a mechanism to verify compliance â€" after a frenzied day of ... Copenhagen cuts corners on climate Climate Summit Ends With Deal |
Telegraph.co.uk | Deal on abortion coverage not enough, Nebraska senator says Washington Post The most-closely-watched man in the Senate, Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, on Thursday rejected a proposed compromise related to abortion coverage, but Democratic leaders said that they remain confident that the matter would be ... Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floor Nelson Says Abortion Compromise F » |
Reuters | House Backs $290 Billion Increase in Federal Debt Limit FOXNews AP The House has approved legislation giving the federal government the ability to borrow a whopping $290 billion to finance its operations for just six additional weeks. The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving the ... House Narrowly Passes $290 Billion Increase in Debt Limit |
Washington Post | Obama cautiously optimistic on US healthcare bill Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama pushed Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass a broad healthcare overhaul and said he was cautiously optimistic they could agree on a bill that saves money and ... Senate Democrats Seek To Close Ranks On Health Care |
Globe and Mail | Berlusconi bloodied but unbowed BBC News Like any true heavyweight, Silvio Berlusconi is a bruiser who likes a rumble in the political jungle. Well now he's got the scars to prove it. On his nose, his lips and his teeth, or what's left of them. It wasn't quite a knock-out ... Man charged over Berlusconi attack Berlusconi May Spend Second Night in Hospital After Attack Silvio Berlusconi left with severe headache after Milan attack |
BBC News | Climate activists condemn Copenhagen police tactics BBC News Climate change groups have criticised Danish police for using heavy-handed tactics after they detained 968 people at a r » |
guardian.co.uk | SC governor's wife files for divorce CNN International South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits to an extramarital affair during a June news conference at the state Capitol in Columbia. Jenny Sanford says she's filing for divorce from Gov. Mark Sanford (CNN) -- Jenny ... Jenny Sanford files for divorce from South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford Sanford's Wife Files for Divorce Text of divorce statements from SC first lady, gov |
guardian.co.uk | Analysis: Obama's case for war in support of peace The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Barack Obama split the difference in his Nobel speech, laying down a doctrine that will likely define his presidency: a steadfast defense of warfare against evil, praise of nonviolence and exhortations for mankind to affirm the "spark of ... Obama Defends 'Just War' at Oslo |
FOXNews | Obama's Nobel snub angers Norwegians guardian.co.uk President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle arrive in Oslo. Photograph: Heiko Junge /AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama has arrived in Oslo to receive his Nobel peace prize amid considerable anger over the White House's decision to cancel a series of ... Obama arrives in Norway to accept Nobel Peace Prize Dalai Lama: Obama's Nobel Prize Is 'A Little Early' Oslo Prize Spurs Rights Groups to Seek Commitment to Human Rights at Home |
CBS News | Business leaders, Bay Area officials praise Obama's jobs plan San Jose Mercury News Business leaders and Bay Area public officials praised President Barack Obama's c » |
CBC.ca | Market Attack in Pakistan Kills at Least 54 New York Times LAHORE, Pakistan â€" Militants set off two bombs on Monday night in one of the busiest markets of this eastern Pakistani city, then sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least 54 people, including many women and children, ... Bombs Strike Pakistan's Punjab for Second Day, Killing 12 Police: Bomb kills 4 in central Pakistan Pakistan 'bomb' near intelligence office |
CBC.ca | 'She-devil' Knox and lover guilty BBC News But as the judge read out the jury's decision she turned and buried her face in her lawyers chest and started to sob uncontrollably. She was still crying as she was led from court, facing a sentence of 26 years in prison for the ... Exclusive: Amanda Knox's Family Says Judge Couldn't Look Them in the Eyes American student Amanda Knox found guilty of murder Amanda Knox's aunt says hearing verdict was 'gut-wrenching' |
Reuters | Somalia al-Shabab Islamists deny causing deadly bomb BBC News The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has denied being responsible for a suicide attack in Mogadishu in which at least 22 people were killed. Three government ministers were among those who died in the attack on the Shamo Hotel in the capital on Thursday ... Al-Shabab denies Somalia blast link Somali militant group denies role in suicide bomb Somali rebels deny they carried out suicide bombing |
ABC Online | Afghanistan timetable raises questions Los Angeles Times President Obama's plan to expand, then shrink, the US forces fighting the Taliban has critics and supporters at home and in Europe asking for clarification. US soldiers patrol Kabul, the capital. President Obama plans to send 30000 more troops to fight ... Rove: Obama Can Win in Afghanistan |
guardian.co.uk | Obama outlines troop buildup, withdrawal plan for Afghan war CNN International In a nation » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Frequently asked questions about the mission in Afghanistan CNN International US troops search for militants in the mountainous Taliban stronghold in Paktika Province in Afghanistan. Washington (CNN) -- President Obama is expected to announce Tuesday that he's sending more ... Obama to lay out long-awaited Afghan plan Barack Obama to order 34000 troops to Afghanistan Obama's Troop Increase Means He Now 'Owns' Unpopular Afghan War |
Telegraph.co.uk | Bomb pieces steer Russian inquiry toward terror plot Washington Post Russian investigators discovered traces of an improvised bomb Saturday on the rail line between Moscow and St. Petersburg, where a train derailment killed at least 26 people in what appeared to be the nation's worst terrorist attack in ... Russia says homemade bomb caused deadly train derailment Train traffic resumes after deadly train crash in northwest Russia Bomb blamed in train crash |
