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		<title>Nonprofit report: Pro-Cuba embargo money on the rise to congressional campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Wides-munoz</dc:creator>
		
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Pro-Cuba embargo money flows to lawmakers
MIAMI — Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years, according to a study released late Sunday night by a group supporting campaign finance reform.
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Public Campaign said the study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French President Sarkozy&#8217;s envoy says talks with North Koreans addressed sensitive issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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French envoy talks about trip in North Korea
PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#8217;s special envoy to North Korea said Sunday that he had long talks with officials there about sensitive issues including nuclear proliferation and human rights.
Jack Lang, a former French culture minister, returned this weekend from a five-day mission to explore possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates, lawmakers to push for Mass. immigrant tuition bill 3 years after it failed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Contreras</dc:creator>
		
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Mass. immigrant tuition bill to get new push

CHELSEA, Mass. — It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college.
The Guatemalan-born student certainly had the academic credentials, going from English as a second language classes to taking advanced placement exams for college credit his senior year at Chelsea High School.
But paying for it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton ties further US aid to Afghan corruption crackdown, says US goals are limited</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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Clinton: Specific demands will accompany US help
WASHINGTON — The United States is limiting its goals in Afghanistan and demanding better accountability from that country&#8217;s underperforming leader, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday, and she tied additional U.S. civilian help to results from Kabul.
Clinton, an influential voice in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans jump on report from Medicare agency that says Democratic bill would boost spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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GOP leaps on study of rising health care costs

WASHINGTON — Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups fight to maintain influence in health care debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.
They&#8217;re blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone calls in efforts to defeat the restrictions in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama asks Congress to wait for other investigations before launching Fort Hood shooting probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican lawmaker says House Democrats rejected GOP proposals to improve health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals
WASHINGTON — House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
Delivering the Republicans&#8217; weekly radio and Internet address, Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-La. congressman in freezer cash case gets 13 years; longest term for US rep for bribery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors called a former Louisiana congressman&#8217;s corruption the most extensive in the history of Congress. His punishment delivered a similar message.
William Jefferson, who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi: Amendment in House&#8217;s health care overhaul bill would further limit access to abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Leblanc</dc:creator>
		
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Pelosi: Health bill would limit abortion access
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she agrees with critics who say an amendment included in the health care bill passed by the House would additionally limit access to abortion.
Pelosi acknowledged the scope of the amendment despite the fact that she said one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former La. congressman in freezer cash case gets 13 years in prison for bribery, racketeering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Barakat</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-congressman gets 13 years in freezer cash case

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking bribes, the longest term ever imposed on a congressman for bribery charges.
William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First lady seeks to assure older women health care legislation will benefit them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women on Friday that efforts to overhaul health care won&#8217;t undercut the benefits they receive through Medicare, saying her husband considers the government-run program a &#8220;sacred part of America&#8217;s social safety net.&#8221;
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		<title>Federal judge rejects mistrial motion in former NY Senate leader&#8217;s political corruption case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge rejects motion for mistrial in Bruno case

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge denied a motion for a mistrial Friday in the corruption case of former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno, rejecting the defense argument that he was favoring the prosecutors.
Defense attorney William Dreyer asked for the mistrial on grounds that some of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge sues impeachment panel over use of immunized testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Federal judge sues impeachment panel
WASHINGTON — A Louisiana federal judge sued a House impeachment task force Friday, contending the panel is making the case for his ouster by using testimony he gave under a promise of immunity.

U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. is under investigation for alleged misconduct, including an allegation that he accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama&#8217;s news conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama&#8217;s remarks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo, as transcribed by the White House.
HATOYAMA: (As translated.) President Obama, I would like to welcome you to Japan. I&#8217;d like to express my heartfelt welcome to you. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopian human rights activist says liberties are waning in his country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Powell</dc:creator>
		
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Activist: Rights, liberties waning in Ethiopia

JOHANNESBURG — An Ethiopian human rights activist who was jailed for 2 1/2 years said Friday that his country is less free today than it was during its disputed 2005 election.
Daniel Bekele, 42, is crisscrossing the U.S. and Canada on a speaking tour after being honored for his human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he&#8217;ll decide soon on sending more US troops to fight in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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TOKYO — President Barack Obama, facing withering criticism for a prolonged decision-making process on Afghanistan, asserted Friday he&#8217;s doesn&#8217;t want the next move to be seen as an &#8220;open-ended commitment.&#8221;
In a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Obama also said he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brother-in-law of Iran opposition leader, arrested in postelection turmoil, to be tried</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader

TEHRAN, Iran — The brother-in-law of Iran&#8217;s top opposition leader will be put on trial before the Revolutionary Court, months after his arrest in the country&#8217;s postelection crackdown, Tehran&#8217;s top prosecutor said Friday.
The opposition has denounced the arrest of Shapour Kazemi as an attempt to pressure opposition leader Mir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Officials say Greg Craig will step down as Obama&#8217;s top lawyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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TOKYO — The White House&#8217;s top lawyer is announcing his resignation on Friday, senior administration officials said.
White House counsel Greg Craig has been the subject of questions about his future since late summer, dogged by talk that President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance covers elective abortions for its employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Simmons</dc:creator>
		
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RNC health insurance plan covers abortions

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee&#8217;s health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress.
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele learned of the policy&#8217;s abortion coverage Thursday through a news report and immediately instructed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president says US changed tack, yielded to interim government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathia Martinez</dc:creator>
		
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Ousted Honduran president: US weakened, yielded

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country.
Washington has said it supports Zelaya&#8217;s reinstatement, but a U.S.-brokered pact signed by Zelaya and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia accuses Thai national of spying, intensifying row with its Southeast Asian neighbor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cambodia-accuses-thai-national-of-spying-intensifying-row-with-its-southeast-asian-neighbor-227824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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Cambodia accuses Thai national of spying
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia has detained a Thai man for allegedly spying on fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two neighbors.

Thaksin, a fugitive from justice in Thailand, was named an adviser to Cambodia&#8217;s government on economic affairs last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NY Gov. Spitzer lectures on institutional integrity at Harvard ethics forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Salsberg</dc:creator>
		
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Spitzer speaks on corporate integrity at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The head of an ethics program at Harvard University strongly defended the choice of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer to deliver a lecture on integrity in the nation&#8217;s financial markets.
Spitzer, driven from office by a prostitution scandal, did not make reference to the episode during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Roundtable says health legislation _ if done right _ can cut costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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CEOs say health legislation could cut costs

WASHINGTON — The Democratic health care bills in Congress — if done right — have the potential to tame runaway medical inflation, a leading business group said Thursday in a report immediately hailed by President Barack Obama.
The Business Roundtable, which represents big company CEOs, said some of the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War criminal Biljana Plavsic says she&#8217;s glad to see Bosnian Serb ministate is thriving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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War criminal praises ministate she helped create

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic said Thursday the success of Bosnia&#8217;s Serb Republic helped her survive her years in jail, but she does not plan to return to politics.
Plavsic, the former Bosnian Serb president, was freed on Oct. 27 from a Swedish prison after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care issues: Controlling medical costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Health care issues: Controlling medical costs

A look at key issues in the health care debate:
THE ISSUE: How can Americans control medical costs without it leading to rationing of health care?
THE POLITICS: There&#8217;s broad agreement that health care costs are too high and that if left unchecked, they could bankrupt the government, not to mention businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: NATO chief says allied countries willing to help more in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paisley Dodds</dc:creator>
		
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LONDON — Allied countries are pledging to send more help to Afghanistan before a much anticipated decision from President Barack Obama on whether to send more troops, NATO&#8217;s secretary-general said Thursday.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen also agreed with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that handing over parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NY Gov. Spitzer speaks at Harvard ethics forum about government participation in market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer speaks at Harvard ethics forum

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to speak at a Harvard University ethics forum.
Spitzer&#8217;s address scheduled for Thursday at Harvard&#8217;s Safra Foundation Center for Ethics is entitled &#8220;What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?&#8221;
Spitzer, a Democrat who also served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business groups in Mexican border city gripped by violence call for UN peacekeepers to help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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Mexico border city groups call for UN peacekeepers

MEXICO CITY — Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
Groups representing maquiladora assembly plants, retailers and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Reid considering higher payroll tax on wealthy for health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy
WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.
These officials said one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s future imperiled by ex-warlords in government amid pressure to end corruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan future threatened by ex-warlords in gov&#8217;t

KABUL — Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left.
Now they are back in positions of power, in part because the U.S. relied on them in 2001 to help oust the Taliban after the Sept. 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo. Senate candidate Carnahan gives mixed review to health care bill; Blunt opposed it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Carnahan excited, concerned about health care bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan said she is both excited and concerned about legislation passed by the House that would overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.
Carnahan, Missouri&#8217;s secretary of state, has previously expressed general support for a health insurance overhaul but has shied away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deals to tackle $3.2 billion deficit elusive as NY Legislature meets in extraordinary session</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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No deficit deals in NY Legislature special session

ALBANY, N.Y. — With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature met in special session Tuesday and put off what Gov. David Paterson called the &#8220;tough decisions to save our state.&#8221;
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: In parishes and in the Capitol, Catholic bishops shape health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill
WASHINGTON — The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was on the line for Pelosi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican mayor whose anti-crime stance drew suspicion says he has received threats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Mexico&#8217;s tough-talk mayor has gotten threats

MONTERREY, Mexico — A Mexican mayor known for his tough anti-crime proposals and seeming advance knowledge of the death of a purported kidnapper said Tuesday that he has received threats and now has a security escort.
Mauricio Fernandez, mayor in the wealthy Monterrey suburb of San Pedro Garza Garcia, spent almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton tells Senate Democrats that imperfection is OK in health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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Bill Clinton urges Senate passage of health bill
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year&#8217;s end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
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		<title>AP-GfK Poll: Obama governing an increasingly dispirited country a year after euphoric election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama still has the approval of a majority of Americans, but it&#8217;s an increasingly pessimistic nation.
The public grew slightly more dispirited on a range of matters over the past month, including war and the economy, continuing the slippage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy says he&#8217;s troubled by criticism from RI bishop over abortion, health care reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Kennedy says he&#8217;s troubled by bishop&#8217;s comments

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy says recent comments by Rhode Island&#8217;s Roman Catholic bishop questioning the congressman&#8217;s faith because of his stance on abortion and health care reform were &#8220;very disconcerting.&#8221;
Kennedy, a Catholic and congressman from Rhode Island, had planned to meet Thursday with Providence Bishop Thomas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care moves to the Senate, Bill Clinton goes to the Capitol to meet with Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Bill Clinton urges Senate Dems to pass health care
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year&#8217;s end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994.
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		<title>Women on pace to become majority of unionized workers within a decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Women on pace to be majority of union workers

WASHINGTON — Women are on track to become a majority of unionized workers in the next 10 years, signaling their growing clout in the labor movement.
The shift, outlined in a report Tuesday from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, could see organized labor focus more intensely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President Clinton cites economy in urging Senate Democrats to pass health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is urging Senate Democrats to put aside their differences and pass a health care overhaul bill.
Clinton, who failed in his reform bid nearly 20 years ago, spoke to lawmakers Tuesday at their weekly luncheon. Emerging from the closed-door session, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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CAMDEN, N.J. — The city&#8217;s mayor-elect has a vision of bringing the middle class to her impoverished hometown. But Dana Redd&#8217;s first task is to try to get full mayoral powers restored.
Seven years ago, the state implemented a $175 million bailout designed to invigorate [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday shuffled its communications team, with Anita Dunn stepping down as expected and her deputy taking over day-to-day management of President Barack Obama&#8217;s vaunted messaging machine.
Dan Pfeiffer will become White House communications director and Dunn will became a consultant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming&#8217;s Sen. Enzi critical of House health care bill, says will increase insurance costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Wyo. Sen. Enzi critical of House health care bill

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi says legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would increase the cost of health insurance.
The Wyoming Republican is a member of the Senate finance and health committees, and he&#8217;s been closely involved in negotiations over health care reform.
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		<title>Republicans say Oregon Democratic congressman&#8217;s health care vote makes him target in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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GOP targets Ore. Dem lawmaker&#8217;s health care vote

SALEM, Ore. — National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader&#8217;s vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010.
Republicans say the freshman Democrat&#8217;s vote will cause him problems with moderate and independent voters in the 5th District because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberia president Taylor claims war crimes indictment was part of US regime change plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during Sierra Leone&#8217;s brutal civil war.
Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-union official says his boss expected Bruno favors in return for pension investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Virtanen</dc:creator>
		
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NY union official expected Bruno favors
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former union president imprisoned for racketeering testified Monday that his late boss expected &#8220;favors&#8221; in Albany from then New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno in return for investing union pension funds with the company that employed Bruno.

Mark Congi, who was also Laborers Local 91&#8217;s assistant business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care moves to the Senate, Bill Clinton heads to the Capitol to meet with Democrats</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-care-moves-to-the-senate-bill-clinton-heads-to-the-capitol-to-meet-with-democrats-224121/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are looking to former President Bill Clinton to jump-start their push to overhaul America&#8217;s health care system, hoping a battle-scarred veteran of past health care fights can motivate their ranks to finish the politically tricky job this time.
Clinton, whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Medical Association members reaffirm support for health system reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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HOUSTON — The American Medical Association on Monday rebuffed dissident members and voted to stick with support for ongoing health reform efforts, while reiterating wariness over proposals that threaten doctors&#8217; pocketbooks and independence.
The action at the group&#8217;s semiannual meeting in Houston could be seen as a vote of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Former President Bill Clinton to speak to Dem senators about health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: Bill Clinton to speak to Dem senators
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton plans to visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss health care legislation with Senate Democrats.
Officials says the former president is scheduled to speak during the Democrats&#8217; weekly caucus. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity late Monday because they [...]]]></description>
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