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4 hrs ago | The Missourian

Japan's PM faces crucial test in Tokyo poll

Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso faces a crucial test in a Tokyo municipal election Sunday, seen as a bellwether for a coming national vote in which the ruling party risks losing power after governing for virtually all the past 50 years.

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8 hrs ago | The Boston Globe

Cheney told CIA to withhold information: report

The CIA withheld information about a secret counter-terrorism program from Congress for eight years on orders from former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the New York Times said on Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, George Bush

Sat Jul 11, 2009

Andover Advertiser

Obama acknowledges UK troop losses

Barack Obama has said his heart went out to British soldiers killed in Afghanistan after eight troops died in the space of 24 hours.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Terrorism

WLFI-TV West Lafayette

Iranian-Americans rally at White House

Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

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Coshocton Tribune

Biden shows modern vice president's relevance

Vice President Joe Biden hosted a small dinner last month for authors and experts on the vice presidency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, W., Washington, George Bush, Hillary Clinton

WHDH

Women's groups quiet on Sotomayor

Women's groups, euphoric when President Barack Obama chose Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, have been remarkably quiet in the weeks since on the judge who would be the court's third woman ever.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Sonia Sotomayor, Abortion, US Senate, Democrat, Amy Klobuchar

WHDH

Obama parks pick enmeshed in Calif. oyster flap

President Barack Obama on Friday tapped Jon Jarvis to head the National Park Service, turning to a 30-year-veteran who oversees the national parks across the Western states, and who also has angered a powerful U.S. senator and backers of a Northern California oyster farm.

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Related Topix: Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, California, California Government, US National Parks

Fri Jul 10, 2009

WBT-AM Charlotte

Geithner: Stimulus is working and on right path

Despite persistently high unemployment, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Friday the Obama administration's economic stimulus plan is on the "expected path." "There's been substantial improvements in arresting what was the worst recession globally we've seen in generations," Geithner told lawmakers Friday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Bill Posey, Republican, US House of Representatives

Reuters

VIDEO: Pope, Obama meet

Jul. 10 - The Obamas' meeting with the Pontiff takes place amid tight security following the U.S. president's attendance at the summit of G8 leaders in L'Aquila. U.S. President Barack Obama had his first meeting with Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Friday.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, US Politics, US News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

National Post

Bono: 'New face of America, meet the new face of Africa'

WASHINGTON a When Barack Obama arrives in Ghana Friday for his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president, it will be the new face of America meeting "the new face of Africa," says Irish rocker and anti-poverty activist Bono.

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HeraldTribune.com

Plumage -- but at a price

Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 4:28 p.m. WASHINGTON The signing ceremony in Moscow was a grand affair.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, North Korea, World News, Asia, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Modesto Bee

House passes bill to boost food stamp spending

A $48.8 billion measure funding foreign aid and the State Department budget has passed the House after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to force U.S. officials to oppose International Monetary Fund loans to countries that support terrorism.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Sam Brownback, US Senate, Republican

Thu Jul 09, 2009

WLS-TV Chicago

A Democratic official says Roland Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010.

The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Roland Burris, Democrat, Barack Obama, Richard Durbin, 2008 Presidential Election

Guardian Unlimited

Most Americans sceptical of climate change

Barack Obama's sense of urgency in getting Congress and the international community to act on climate change does not appear to have rubbed off on the average American, a new study published today reveals.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Global Warming

KRQE

Government hosting summit on swine flu

The Obama administration put the states on notice Thursday: Swine flu vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease's resurgence, so figure out now how to deliver them.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Politics, US News, Medicine, Influenza

Fox News

Fed Could Get Its Wings Clipped

A proposal from a long-time congressional foe of the Federal Reserve that could give lawmakers sway over monetary policy has won the support of a majority in the House of Representatives, alarming officials at the U.S. central bank.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Business News

Salisbury Journal

Brown in G8 crunch talks on climate

Gordon Brown and his fellow G8 leaders are taking part in crunch talks with emerging economies, including China and India, over plans to halt global warming.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, Global Warming, US Politics, US News, George Bush

Wed Jul 08, 2009

The Straits Times

CIA lied: House Democrats

CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, the chairman and other members of the House Intelligence Committee said in letters revealed on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Peter Hoekstra, Republican, US House of Representatives

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

Official: Obama to name influential geneticist Francis Collins to lead NIH

President Barack Obama is choosing an influential scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code - and is known for finding common ground between belief in God and science - to head the National Institutes of Health.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat

The Huffington Post

GOP Candidates In Virginia, NJ Wary Of Palin

Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor was driven in part by her wish to help Republican candidates across the country, associates say.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, US News, US Governors, Sarah Palin, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Tim Kaine

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