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After a tumultuous lead-up, the U.S. Senate has voted to hold full debate on the health care bill, with all 58 Democratic senators and two independents voting to surpass the 60 needed to avoid a filibuster.The BBC:The US (Read More)
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The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said today. Related StoriesWhat women want... and it may not be DaveFortunes of war: Iraq? Never did me any harm (Read More)
The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed:
The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said today. Related StoriesWhat women want... and it may not be DaveFortunes of war: Iraq? Never did me any harm (Read More)
The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed:
The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said today. Related StoriesWhat women want... and it may not be DaveFortunes of war: Iraq? Never did me any harm (Read More)
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias:
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" offered viewers a parody movie trailer of the disaster film "2012" Saturday evening. The premise: former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Fox News host Glenn Beck have been elected President and Vi (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Give it up for Ragtime, a sweeping, ambitious revival that, with the election of Barack Obama, carries added resonance. The musical, an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel about early 20th-century America, is moving, stirring (Read More)
The Guardian:
White House calls vote 'historic' as Republicans fail to kill off Barack Obama's proposalsBarack Obama's troubled healthcare reforms today overcame another obstacle when the US Senate voted to begin full debate on the legisla (Read More)
The Guardian:
America's white supremacists may be riddled with competing factions but their vile ideas still seep into the mainstreamJust as Barack Obama's election infused the floundering Democratic party with energy, it breathed new life (Read More)
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CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Dodd Dodges Protesters:Rather than face a crowd of protestors who jeered at his appearance, Sen. Chris Dodd entered LaCupola’s restaurant through the back entrance Saturday for a luncheon with Democrats.Li (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Move to close loophole in compensation law denying help to Britons injured overseas removed from Queen's speech at last minuteGordon Brown made a last-minute U-turn on a promise to compensate British victims of terrorism abro (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President (Read More)
CNN:
A former Iranian vice president was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in post-election violence, but will remain free on bail while his case is appealed, the semi-official Iranian Student's News Agency reported. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The (Read More)
BBC:
As Bolivia's Evo Morales campaigns for re-election ahead of polls in December, his support from the nation's indigenous coca producers is again coming under scrutiny. (Read More)
The Daily Dish:
Douthat applauds the pro-life movement's gradual acceptance of women in the workplace:During the ‘08 election, you’d often hear media types buzzing abouthow Palin was a bad mother for putting her political ambitions ahead ofh (Read More)
The Guardian:
Mohammad Ali Abtahi jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest after disputed June election in IranA former vice president has been jailed for six years after being accused of fomenting unrest to overthrow t (Read More)
BBC:
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the next election will not be a "shoo-in" - while David Cameron says the Tories would have to "work for" victory. (Read More)
NY Post:
A new deal hatched between Mayor Bloomberg and the Building and Trades Council will net union hardhats an estimated $10 billion in work in coming years, The Post has learned.
The deal -- hammered out ahead of the Nov. (Read More)
New York Times:
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice president accused of fomenting widespread street unrest after Iran’s June election has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian media said on Sunday.
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