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>>   US political columnists
Chapman: Dying shouldn't be beggars 
Chicago Tribune - 8 Hours ago
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. ... Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the
Chapman: Dying people shouldnâ??t be beggars Chicago Tribune
Dying people shouldnâ??t be beggars Chicago Tribune
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Page: Terrorists who defy every stereotype 
Chicago Tribune - 18 Hours ago
Thank you, "JihadJane" for making a point about racial profiling that I've been trying to make for years: You can't judge a potential terrorist by his complexion ? or, in this case, her complexion. For
Terrorists who defy every stereotype Chicago Tribune
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George Will: Temptation to Raise Inflation Targets 
MSNBC Newsweek - 3/13/2010
Was this a pebble that presaged an avalanche? The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund recently recommended that central banks raise their inflation target from 2 percent to 4 percent. The     Add Comment

Leading the fight against kidsâ?? obesity 
Boston Globe - 3/13/2010
By making the fight against obesity his personal mandate, state Representative Peter Koutoujian has done the Commonwealth a favor.
Leading the fight against kids’ obesity Boston Globe
Derrick Z. Jackson Leading the fight against kids? obesity Boston Globe
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>>   US politics
Obama, Medvedev Encouraged On Arms Talks Accord 
KPHO Phoenix - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Saturday had what the White House described as an 'encouraging' phone conversation with Russian President Dmitrty Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out
Obama and Medvedev Talk About Arms Treaty Lakeland Ledger
Obama, Medvedev happy on arms pact, signing seen near KNAU
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Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky. 
MSNBC - 4 Hours ago
HEBRON, Ky. - Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he's being heralded
Despite Brashness, Bunning A Hero Back Home In KY WFMY News 2
Despite Brashness, Bunning A Hero Back In Ky. WSOC-TV
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Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids 
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
ATLANTA -- President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground
Obama plan promises better education for kids NewsOK.com
Obama promise: better future for kids Vindy.com
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Don't look to Rahm Emanuel to explain Barack Obama's woes | John McQuaid 
Guardian.co.uk - 101 Minutes ago
Rahm Emanuel is an easy target. But endless analysis of his personality does nothing to explain Barack Obama's problems All Washington is in an uproar over White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. There     Add Comment
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>>   US social policy
Mort Zuckerman: Obama's Healthcare Focus Is Misguided - US News and World Report 
US News - 9 Hours ago
His ongoing focus on healthcare instead of jobs and the economy suggests a lack of empathy and imagination By initiating yet another public debate on healthcare instead of focusing on jobs and the economy,
Mort Zuckerman: Obama's Healthcare Focus Is Misguided US News
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Universal health care tends to cut the abortion rate 
Washington Post - 8 Hours ago
Countless arguments have been advanced for and against the pending bills to increase health-care coverage. Both sides have valid concerns, which makes the battle tight. But one prominent argument is illogical.
Budget cuts chomp on health care, lose federal funds Examiner.com
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Pelosi confident House will pass health care bill 
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 6 Hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she's confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.
Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill Detroit News
Nancy Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill Palm Springs Desert Sun
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Universal healthcare in Australia may become unaffordable 
Melbourne Age - 37 Minutes ago
In seeking to curb rising costs, we can learn from the Singapore model. FEW would argue against the need to change the cumbersome arrangements for funding and governance of Australia's hospitals. Unfortunately,     Add Comment
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>>   International development
More developing countries are planting genetically-modified crops and it's on their  
SciDev.Net - 3 Hours ago
[BEIJING] The planting of genetically modified crops has surged, particularly in developing countries, because of the global food crisis, according to a report. The number of countries growing GM crops     Add Comment

Third World 
Businessworld India - 7 Hours ago
Next time you watch a David Beckham free kick, find cover. The kick will hit you head on, and your grey matter will take a while to realise that you are watching the match on 3D. Coming soon are 3D telecasts:     Add Comment

Women smallholders lack proper training: Report 
Express India - 8 Hours ago
Investment destinations: India in top 3IIP accelerates to 16.7 pct in JanGrowth to return to 8.5% in FY11: Montek New Delhi Over half of the worlds agricultural producers are women, yet men still receive
New report reveals lack of appropriate training for women smallholders in developing  Financial Express
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How far will China go for yuan globalization? 
People's Daily Online - 11 Hours ago
The world is watching China's next move after it witnessed last year key progress in the initiative to make renminbi, or yuan, a global currency. As government officials hinted the establishment of a
China Focus: How far will China go for yuan globalization? Quote.com United States
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>>   Human rights
France looks to put ghosts of Rwandan genocide to rest 
Washington Post - 11 Hours ago
CESTAS, FRANCE -- For years, the ghosts of Rwanda's 1994 genocide have haunted France, finally intruding even into this tidy suburb of Bordeaux and the comfortable home of Sosthene Munyemana. Munyemana,     Add Comment

Police: Shooting at Dover home was suicide 
TMC Net - 3 Hours ago
(Foster's Daily Democrat - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Police say the death of an adult man at a Central Avenue home Wednesday morning was a suicide that took place during a
Serbia detains 9 over killings of Muslims in Kosovo World Bulletin
Serbia police arrest 9 suspected of Kosovo war crimes JURIST's Paper Chase
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Sickness and human rights 
Sunday Catholic Weekly - 6 Hours ago
Fr Ireneusz Skubis The sick. We have them in our family, among our friends, acquaintances. Adults and children get sick and the world of the sick is big. One can see it especially when you go to some     Add Comment

Nationalism rears its ugly head Amidst â??genocideâ?? debates 
Zaman - 7 Hours ago
One has to admit that the ruling Justice and Government Party (AK Party) has been struggling on various fronts with regards to both domestic and foreign policy as it has dared to deal with decades-old     Add Comment
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>>   Iran
Iran temporarily releases Iranian-American scholar 
Washington Post - 3 Hours ago
TEHRAN, Iran -- The lawyer of an imprisoned Iranian-American academic says his client was temporarily released Saturday night for Iranian New Year holidays. The lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, told the Associated
Iranian-American scholar temporarily freed Yahoo! UK and Ireland
Iranian-American scholar temporarily freed: lawyer Yahoo! Canada
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Pakistani scientist details Iran's nuclear efforts 
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
Bombmaker Abdul Qadeer Khan states in documents obtained by The Washington Post that in lieu of weapons, Pakistan gave Iran bomb-related drawings, parts for centrifuges to purify uranium and a secret
Scientist details Iran's nuclear efforts Washington Post
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U.N. Iran sanctions may take until June: Kouchner 
Reuters Canada - 64 Minutes ago
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said France remained determined to get U.N. backing for sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program, but indicated that the support of Russia and China among the
UN Iran sanctions may take until June: Kouchner Reuters UK
UN Iran sanctions may take until June - Kouchner Reuters UK
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Pakistani Scientist Khan Describes Iranian Efforts To Buy Nuclear Bombs 
SiliconValley.com - 11 Hours ago
WASHINGTON The father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program has written an official account that details an Iranian attempt to buy atomic bombs from Pakistan at the end of the 1980s. Bombmaker Abdul Qadeer     Add Comment
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>>   Iraq
Ex-ministers at Iraqi death inquiry 
AOL UK - 88 Minutes ago
Former Government ministers will be asked to provide evidence for a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian in British military custody. Those being required to make witness statements for
Ex-ministers at Iraqi death inquiry Former Government ministers will be asked to  Rugby Today
World & UK News: Ex-ministers at Iraqi death inquiry Surrey Herald
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Iraq PM leads in early results from oil hub Basra 
Reuters UK - 39 Minutes ago
BAGHDAD, March 14 (Reuters) - A list led by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a wide lead in early results from the southern oil hub of Basra a week after Iraq's parliamentary election, the country's     Add Comment

NYT: Probe finds widespread U.S. fraud in Iraq 
MSNBC - 2 Hours ago
Investigators looking into corruption involving reconstruction in Iraq say they have opened more than 50 new cases in six months by scrutinizing large cash transactions involving banks, land deals, loan     Add Comment

Baghdad hostage Peter Moore: kidnappers shot Britons as they tried to escape 
Telegraph - 6 Hours ago
Freed Iraq kidnap victim Peter Moore has shed new light on the fate of the four guards abducted with him, saying he believes that three of them were killed during attempts to escape and that the fourth     Add Comment
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>>   US security
Al Qaeda suspect worked at nuke sites 
CNN - 98 Minutes ago
Sharif Mobley, shown in an undated photo, is suspected of belonging to al Qaeda. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Senator calls for probe into background check system for nuclear plant workers Suspected al Qaeda member     Add Comment

Lindsey Graham runs afoul of GOP purity police with Guantanamo stance 
Washington Post - 8 Hours ago
It was another week in the life of Lindsey Graham (R-No Man's Land). On Monday, Sen. James Inhofe said his Republican colleague from South Carolina had "chosen to ignore" the American people and was making     Add Comment

Ireland frees American woman in terrorist plot 
Los Angeles Times - 10 Hours ago
Reporting from Leadville, Colo. For the parents of Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, the news late Saturday that Irish police had released their daughter from custody did little to alleviate the question of how she
Ireland frees U.S. woman in terror plot CNN
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Al Qaeda says its fund raiser in Yemen killed 
Russian Information Agency Novosti - 10 Hours ago
© �long_spaceAFP/Ahmad Charabli Related News The Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said one of its leaders who was responsible for collecting money to fund the group's military operations has
Al-Qaida says its fund raiser killed by Yemeni forces People's Daily Online
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>>   Climate change
Premier says China to continue to work with other countries to tackle climate change 
Balita.org - 83 Minutes ago
BEIJING, March 14 â?? China will continue to work with other countries to advance the international efforts in tackling climate change, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday after the close of the annual parliament
Premier says China's development affects no other countries SINA
Premier: China to continue to work with other countries to tackle climate change SINA
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An open letter to politicians on climate change and obesity 
Medical Journal of Australia - 52 Minutes ago
To the Editor: As health professionals, we urge Australian politicians (and the public) to recognise the overlap in the underlying cause of two great health threats that our population now faces: the     Add Comment

United States: Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - March 1, 2010 - Van Ness Feldman 
Mondaq - 3 Hours ago
Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman floated a trial balloon this week, suggesting that they will be releasing draft legislation in March and that it will depart from the economy-wide cap-and-trade model     Add Comment

United States: SEC Gives Guidance For Public Companies' Disclosures Related To Climate  
Mondaq - 3 Hours ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") published Release Nos. 33-9106; 34-61469; FR-82 (the "Release")â??effective on February 8, 2010â??which outlines the SEC's views concerning disclosure     Add Comment
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>>   Physical Sciences
Binary Black Hole in 3C 75 
Red Orbit - 52 Minutes ago
Credit: X-Ray: NASA / CXC / D. Hudson, T. Reiprich et al. (AIfA); Radio: NRAO / VLA/ NRL, Posted on: Sunday, 14 March 2010, 07:52 CDT Download full size image What's happening in the middle of this massive     Add Comment

British HC calls on LHC CJ 
The News International - 2 Hours ago
By Our Correspondent LAHORE BRITISH High Commissioner Adam Thomson on Saturday called on Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif and discussed judicial work and provision of justice in     Add Comment

MoÌ?ssbauer, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Magnetic Susceptibility Studies  
Inorganic Chemistry - 7 Hours ago
The synthesis and crystallographic characterization of a new family of M(μ-CN)Ln complexes are reported. Two structural series have been prepared by reacting in water rare earth nitrates (LnIII = La,     Add Comment

Phthalocyanine as a Chemically Inert, Redox-Active Ligand: Structural and Electronic  
Inorganic Chemistry - 7 Hours ago
This report describes the reduction of a niobium(V) phthalocyanine complex and investigation of the electronic structure of the resulting products. The reduction of PcNbCl3 (Pc = phthalocyanine dianion)     Add Comment
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