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Obama wants 'price' on carbon emissions. Republicans see 'tax.' The Christian Science Monitor Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:14 PM PDT Putting a price on carbon emissions will help America reduce dependence on polluting fossil fuels and speed the transition to clean energy, Obama told a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday. Republicans decried that idea as a tax that will hurt the economy. 'No Palestinian state by 2012' Straits Times Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:12 PM PDT JERUSALEM - ISRAEL'S hard-line foreign minister said on Tuesday that there was 'no chance' a Palestinian state would be established by 2012 - a message that threatened to cloud the latest visit by President Barack Obama's Mid-East envoy. The comments by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman drew swift Palestinian condemnations and could put Israel at odds with the international community, which has ... Obama pushes senators to find common ground to pass energy legislation Times & Transcript Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:12 PM PDT Authors of sweeping energy legislation that is stalled in the U.S. Senate said Tuesday they were prepared to scale back their bill to get Republican support. They swiftly appeared to win a convert as a crucial moderate Republican said she might support a more targeted approach. Union leader: Blagojevich brought up Cabinet post ABC 13 Houston Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:07 PM PDT Rod Blagojevich brought up the possibility of a Cabinet post for himself after a union leader with close ties to Barack Obama urged the Illinois governor to appoint a friend of the president-elect to the U.S. Senate, the union official testified Tuesday Obama Pushes for Senate Climate Bill With Price on Carbon; GOP Resists Environment News Service Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:07 PM PDT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, consults with President Barack Obama. (Photo by Pete Souza courtesy The White House) Four energy and climate bills and one discussion draft have been introduced in the Senate. Petraeus backs Obama's plan for Afghan war Journal & Courier Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Gen. David Petraeus is giving a careful endorsement of President Barack Obama's exit plan for the Afghan war. White House launches plan to boost broadband TVNZ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:03 PM PDT US President Barack Obama's plan to free up airways would nearly double the amount of commercial spectrum currently available for wireless devices, an administration official said Carbon tax seen as hurdle to energy bill The Washington Times Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:58 PM PDT Democratic and Republican senators alike on Tuesday said they want to move forward with a clean-energy bill, but even after a meeting with President Obama there were few signs the lawmakers will be able to bridge a long-standing impasse over putting a price on carbon emissions. Key Senate Democrats emerged ... Democrats Willing to `Scale Back' Carbon Cap in Energy Bill, Kerry Says Bloomberg Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:58 PM PDT Obama told a bipartisan group of 23 senators at the White House he wants energy legislation to make companies pay a price for releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, said Kerry, the lead author of a plan to curb the pollution that scientists have linked to climate change. Obama y rey saudí acuerdan necesidad de continuar presión para paz en O.Medio Vivelo Hoy Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:58 PM PDT EEUU-O.MEDIO Washington, 29 jun (EFE).- El presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama,y el rey Abdulá de Arabia Saudí se mostraron hoy de acuerdo en lanecesidad de continuar la presión "de modo audaz y significativo" enfavor de la paz en Oriente Medio, que incluya la creación de unEstado palestino.

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