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House set to open healthcare debate

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:44:36 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was set to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades.

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.

Motive probed in Fort Hood shooting rampage

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:55:42 -0500

KILLEEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators searched on Friday for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling U.S. Army base in Texas, in which an Army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.

UK joins G20 push for world levy on banks

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:21:51 -0500

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change.

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

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:42:42 -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 Saturday.

Laid-off Orlando engineer kills one, wounds five

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:28:57 -0500

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An ex-employee of an engineering consulting firm who was laid off in 2007 opened fire at his former workplace in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, killing one person and wounding five others, police said.

Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:29 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring firm.

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:42:45 -0500

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.

Lebanon's Hariri set to announce unity government

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:44:03 -0500

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday.

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:42:22 -0500

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.