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Obama to plead US case at global warming summit
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President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade -- despite resistance in Congress over higher costs -- when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month. Comment?
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Pro-immigration reform PACS growing in influence
Immigrants' List and ImmigrationPAC, both established less than four years ago, have raised $100,000 combined this election cycle. Comment?
UK 'accepted' Iraq action in 2002
The UK believed it was pointless to resist US plans for regime change in Iraq a full year before the invasion, the Iraq war inquiry has been told. Comment?
I'm itching like a volleyball-playing nudist in a field of poison oak to inflate the first four-story tall balloon and kick-start the national parade of giving thanks down Main Street, because Turkey Damage Day couldn't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. Comment?
Stabbing Canada in the back
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In Kentucky, a Senate Candidate With a Pedigree for Agitation
Representative Ron Paul proved to be a surprising presence in the presidential race in 2008. Comment?
Polarizing. That's the word that comes to mind in reading the Iowa Poll results about Sarah Palin, the bestselling author who may or may not run for president in 2012. Comment?
Pudsey Bear at Drusillas for BBC Children in Need
PUDSEY Bear was at Drusillas on Friday as the award-winning zoo played host to this year's outside broadcast for BBC Children in Need. Comment?
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution outlining what agreements the upcoming Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen should bring, although pledges recently made by leading economies are falling far short of expectations, and observers are sceptical about the odds of a treaty succeeding the 1997 Kyoto Protocol being drawn up. Comment?
Jane Taber, senior political writer
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The debate over the first Thanksgiving
So, where was the first Thanksgiving? If you say Plymouth, Massachusetts, your answer would match that of most 7th graders, and their mothers. Comment?
U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017: White House
The United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort. Comment?
Energy agency head praises Obama emissions goal
TOMOKO A. HOSAKA IEA head welcomes Obama proposal to cut US emissions 17 percent by 2020 TOKYO - TOKYO a ' The head of the International Energy Agency on Thursday applauded President Barack Obama 's plans to commit the U.S. to significant greenhouse gas reductions at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. Comment?
Obama to plead US case at global warming summit
President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade - despite resistance in Congress over higher costs - when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month. Comment?
Iraq inquiry: deal might have been 'signed in blood' by Blair and Bush in 2002
Tony Blair and George Bush might have "signed in blood" their agreement to topple Saddam Hussein a year before the Iraq war, according to Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's former ambassador to Washington. Comment?
Anti-coup protesters demonstrate in front of the Electoral Tribune headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on November 20. Comment?
Al-Qaeda Terror Attack Threat May Be Waning, Former British Spy Chief Says
The al-Qaeda terrorist network may be losing its capacity to carry out large-scale attacks in the U.S. and U.K. because of improved security, Richard Dearlove , former chief of Britaina s MI6 spy agency, said. Comment?
Feds acknowledge withholding permits for AZ resort
The U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday it was withholding snowmaking permits for a northern Arizona ski resort as a way to promote settlement talks in a long-running dispute between American Indian tribes and the resort's owners. Comment?
Inside Washington: Stream of WH health care visits
FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Comment?