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B92 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:10 AM PDT
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WASHINGTON --
B92 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:10 AM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama said he expects the UN Security Council to adopt sanctions against Iran within "weeks". |
GOP wary of health law repeal push in fall races
Seattle Times Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:09 AM PDT
Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that's roaring through the conservative base: demand for the repeal of President Barack Obama's new health care law. |
Obama demands deadline for Iran
The Washington Times Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:09 AM PDT
President Obama on Tuesday said the international community needs to impose fresh sanctions if Iran fails to come clean on its nuclear program by this spring, injecting a new sense of urgency into the push to reel in that nation's suspected weapons program. In a joint appearance with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr. Obama said the U.S. and its allies are "working diligently" on the ... |
Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast
AP via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:09 AM PDT
In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. |
Sarkozy to U.S.: Help regulate world capitalism
The Washington Times Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:09 AM PDT
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday praised President Obama's health care overhaul, called his push for stricter financial regulations "great news" and, standing alongside Mr. Obama at the White House, said he hopes their administrations can team up "to go even further in regulating world capitalism." Mr. Sarkozy, a fierce advocate for tougher rules on global financial markets, said ... |
Obama Appoints Two C.U. Alums During Congressional Recess
The Cornell Daily Sun Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:06 AM PDT
As the Senate left for vacation last week after intense debates on health care, job creation and student aid, President Barack Obama appointed fifteen long standing nominees, including Michael Punke, J.D. ’89, and Mark Pearce ’76. Appointing these individuals now, while the Senate is in its spring recess, allowed the president to circumvent the usual Senate confirmation hearings, which are often ... |
Out Come the Demons
The Cornell Daily Sun Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:05 AM PDT
If you like your doctor and you like your plan, will you be able to keep them after the Apocalypse? As if a century of Americans striving for reform and a full year of debating the particulars of Obama’s healthcare plan in Congress weren’t epic enough, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) claimed a day before the final House vote that the bill would destroy America and bring about ... |
W.SCOTT THOMPSON Obama's victory a lesson to all leaders
New Straits Times Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:05 AM PDT
EVERY state has at least one big problem it needs to solve. Solving these big ones usually turns out to be a win-win solution because it permits the state to get its spark back, or its economic growth, or just its good humour. Right now, for example, the Thai elite needs to realise that the "Red Shirts" symbolise something more than Thaksin Shinawatra -- the peasants' place in the sun. If the ... |
International news briefs
Times Leader Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:05 AM PDT
Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process. |
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