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Obama delays trip for final healthcare push

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:31 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on a final push to pass healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to take up a final version of the bill next week.

Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:29:54 -0500

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.

Clinton warns Israel over settlements

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:43 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday that his government sent a "deeply negative signal" by taking steps which undermined renewed Middle East peace talks.

Suicide blasts kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:46:20 -0500

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.

Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:05:46 -0500

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.

Obama's proposed student loan overhaul gets boost

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:10:59 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday.

German Church apologizes, vows action on abuse

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:56 -0500

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologized to victims of child abuse by priests on Friday and met Pope Benedict who encouraged him to press ahead with tough new measures.

Yellen leads picks for Fed seat

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:59:03 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a monetary policy dove, tops President Barack Obama's list to be No. 2 at U.S. central bank, the White House said on Friday.

Court rules again against vaccine-autism claims

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:58:59 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness.

Women on the pill live longer: study

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:32 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.