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House passes sweeping healthcare overhaul

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:13:01 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.

Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:49:03 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturday.

House backs anti-abortion amendment

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:00 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Saturday to tighten a ban against using federal funds to finance abortions under the proposed Democratic healthcare reform legislation.

UK floats bank levy

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:16 -0500

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United States.

Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:06:37 -0500

KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:09:39 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.

Ida becomes hurricane again in northwest Caribbean

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:40:48 -0500

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ida became a Category 1 hurricane again late on Saturday in the northwestern Caribbean off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:30 -0500

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:47:20 -0500

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.

U.S. Army gunman's act "impossible": grandfather

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:55:10 -0500

AL-BIREH, West Bank (Reuters) - The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.