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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As thousands gathered Sunday in Washington for a march and r »</nobr>

Aljazeera.net

Turkey and Armenia have signed a historic accord, agreeing to resume diplomatic ties and re-open borders after a century of hostility. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, and Edward Nalbandian, his Armenian counterpart signed the Swiss-mediated ...

Clinton uses diplomatic muscle in Turkey-Armenia row

Reuters

Armenia, Turkey Reach Accord

Washington Post

Turkey, Armenia Agree to Formal Ties; Clinton's Skills Tested

Bloomberg

Xinhua -guardian.co.uk -AFP

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact ...

No plume, but a firehose of data from NASA moon bombing

Ars Technica

US Spacecraft Crash on Moon in Search of Water

ABC News

NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud

InformationWeek

Los Angeles Times -msnbc.com -Wired News

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Los Angeles Times

Born and raised in Romania, the writer says the Ceausescu regime had a profound effect on her books. By Carolyn Kellogg Herta Müller appeared overwhelmed as she was escorted Thursday into the headquarters of the Trade Assn. of German Publishing in ...

A Prize That Shies From Predictability

New York Times

A Nobel for Tales of Tyranny

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BBC News

Research into the family of US First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed that her great-great-great-grandmother was a slave given away at the age of six. According to genealogist Megan Smolenyak, the girl was described in papers only as "negro girl ...

Michelle Obama's Roots From Slavery to the White House

ABC News

In First Lady's Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery

New York Times

Michelle Obama's slavery roots

The Week Magazine

Chicago Sun-Times -Huffington Post (blog) -Chicago Tribune

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Since last time we could blame Bush, now it only makes sense to blame Obama. After  »</nobr>

Reuters

CHICAGO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Much soul-searching and speechmaking has followed the videotaped beating death two weeks ago of a Chicago honor student that has been viewed around the world on the Internet. The sight of Derrion Albert, 16, ...

In Violent Chicago, 'It's Tough to Be a Kid'

Washington Post

Duncan, Holder in Chicago to discuss teen violence

The Associated Press

Violent Deaths Shock Chicago Into Action

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ABC News

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities rejected an appeal on Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski, the film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case. ...

Swiss refuse bail for Roman Polanski

Los Angeles Times

Swiss fight Polanski appeal against arrest

CNN International

Polanski Denied Bail Pending Swiss Extradition Ruling

Bloomberg

E! Online -Seattle Post Intelligencer -Voice of America

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Washington Post

AT THE heart of the Obama administration's deliberations about Afghanistan is the question of whether US security rests on the defeat of the Afghan Taliban movement. The discussion often gets narrowed to the point of whether al-Qaeda, which is based in ...

Afghanistan and Leadership

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New York Times

Today is the first heave in a week of heavy lifting for Democrats pushing for a health care reform bill by the end of the year. President Obama hosts a mid-morning meeting today with doctors from around the country — at least one from ...

Politics Today: Obama Works the Phones for Health Care

CBS News

States Resist Medicaid Growth

Washington Post

Dem leader faces tough job in crafting health bill

The Associated Press

New York Daily News -Cherry Hill Courier Post -Human Events (blog)

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Bloomberg

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Parma crashed through the northern Philippines and then unexpectedly hovered, increasing the threat of landslides and raising concern Manila will flood anew a week after it was drenched by Tropical ...

Taiwan takes early actions against approaching typhoon

Xinhua

Typhoon Parma kills 15 in the Philippines

AFP

Typhoon leaves 18 dead in north Philippines

GulfNews

Inquirer.net -Aljazeera.net -Reuters

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Detroit Free Press

Compiled from reports by AP They cashed out retirement funds to build their business during the 2008 presidential campaign. Now they have 3000 jack-in-the-boxes with smiling Barack Obama puppets inside --  »</nobr>

New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee are expected to conduct preliminary inquiries into whether Senator John Ensign violated federal law or ethics rules as part of an effort to conceal an ...

Ensign embarrasses the GOP

Kansas City Star

Ensign's Senate Prospects Grow Cloudy

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Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Days before the swine flu vaccine becomes available, more than half of US adults say they will get the vaccine for themselves and 75 percent will get it for their children, according to a ...

Swine flu deaths double in Minn. to 6

Minneapolis Star Tribune

H1N1 Vaccine Controversy

Eyewitness News Memphis

First shipments of H1N1 flu vaccine expected in LA within a week

Los Angeles Times

CIDRAP -San Luis Obispo Tribune -South Carolina Now

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AFP

MANILA — Millions of terrified Philippine flood survivors hunkered down Friday as a super typhoon approached, with officials pleading for God to save the disaster-struck Southeast Asian country from more devastation. Typhoon Parma, packing gusts of 230 ...

Super typhoon bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines

Reuters

Evacuations start for new Philippine storm

The Associated Press

Death toll from typhoon Ketsana rises to 101 in Vietnam

Xinhua

BBC News -Radio Australia -New York Times

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Voice of America

Aid is starting to reach the Pacific islands devastated by a powerful earthquake and a resulting series of tsunami waves. The death toll is now above 120 on American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga and is expected to rise as authorities ...

Missing tsunami boy's father hurt

BBC News

Samoan islands shaken by second quake

CNN

Aid reaches tsunami-hit Samoans

Aljazeera.net

The Associated Press -guardian.co.uk -Telegraph.co.uk

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Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many people who have died of H1N1 swine flu in the United States have also had bacterial infections, health officials reported on Wednesday. A study of 77 patients who died of the new ...

Napa offers drive-up service for flu vaccine

San Jose Mercury News

H1N1 Flu Vaccine: What You Need to Know

FOXNews

CDC Links Infections With Swine Flu Deaths

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Bizjournals.com -msnbc.com -ABC News

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Washington Post

For many months, advocates of health-care reform have implored President Obama to outline in greater detail the provisions he's prepared to push and defend. So far, he has largely resisted, offering broad principles and leaving the details ...

Making Sense of the Debate on Health Care

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Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - If President Barack Obama decides to send 30000 to 40000 more US troops to Afghanistan, he will be doing it against the advice of some advisers and leading Democrats in Congress. ...

US experts divided on whether US troops should pull out of Afghanistan

Xinhua

With Obama Wavering, Congress Seeks to Chart a Course on Afghanistan

TIME

McChrystal Says He's Talked With Obama Once Since Taking ...

FOXNews

Christian Science Monitor -AFP -CNN

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