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Obama looks for Republican healthcare backing

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:33:10 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to persuade Republicans to support overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry, his signature domestic policy goal, as the measures moved on a fast-track through congressional committees with only Democratic support.

Obama Supreme Court pick on track for quick vote

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:26 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, appeared headed for confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court after Senate hearings ended on Thursday with Republicans promising a speedy vote.

Ahmadinejad opponents to attend weekly Iran prayers

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:28:54 -0400

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi plans to attend weekly prayers in Tehran on Friday in his first official public appearance since a disputed vote that provoked mass protests by his pro-reform supporters last month.

September 11 suspects hold up Guantanamo hearing

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:08:59 -0400

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The five men accused of the September 11 attacks on the United States disrupted and delayed the Guantanamo war court on Thursday when they refused to leave their cells for a hearing at the remote U.S. military base in Cuba where they are held.

Congress gets pay bill as bank bonuses swell

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:28 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the smell of fat bonus checks again wafting down Wall Street, the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress on Thursday moved closer to a clampdown on U.S. corporate executive pay.

U.S. releases unclassified spy images of Arctic ice

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:26 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice to help scientists study the impact of climate change, within hours of a recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences.

Hillary Clinton rejects notion of diminished role

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:38:36 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday rejected suggestions she had been sidelined by President Barack Obama, her rival for last year's Democratic presidential nomination.

Airlines can't interview FBI about 9/11: U.S. judge

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:39:37 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aviation companies may not interview six current and former Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who worked on government probes into the September 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a judge ruled on Thursday.

H1N1 pandemic spreading too fast to count: WHO

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:32:47 -0400

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the H1N1 flu pandemic was the fastest-moving pandemic ever and that it was now pointless to count every case.

Space shuttle tank foam loss spurs new probe

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:10:29 -0400

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will suspend flights of its space shuttle fleet until it understands why strips of insulating foam peeled off the fuel tank used by shuttle Endeavour, officials said on Thursday.