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House narrowly passes landmark health care bill

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the issue that has come...

• Health care bill passes in US House - Boston Globe
• House makes history on health care - Indy Star
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Proud homecoming for former refugee

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 42 minutes ago

DANANG, Vietnam - On the day his family's side lost the Vietnam War, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le fled his homeland in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming - as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

• Unique homecoming to Vietnam for U.S. commander - kansascity.com
• Vietnam War refugee returns to his homeland at helm of US warship - Scotland on Sunday
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Bomb in Pakistan Market Kills 12

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people.

• Police: Suicide Bomb in Northwest Pakistan Kills 9 - ABC News
• Market attack in NW Pakistan kills at least 5 - Reuters
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China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 32 minutes ago

Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.

• China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Abbas retires - who cares?

Life in Israel (Free subscription) | 50 minutes ago

On Friday PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he would be stepping down come January and not running for re-election. After the initial announcement, everyone in the media went into overdrive trying to figure out what that meant - why he announced it, is he serious, is just trying to put pressure on Bibi and/or Obama, can he be talked out of it, what it means for the future of the peace process,...

Dalai Lama begins visit to India's disputed Arunachal Pradesh

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

New Delhi - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived Sunday to a resounding welcome at the monastery town of Tawang in India's eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China considers a disputed region. Thousands of maroon-robed monks and loc...

Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said.

• Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills twelve - The Independent
• Police: Suicide Bomb in Northwest Pakistan Kills 9 - ABC News

New Zealand minister repays girlfriend's holiday on taxpayer

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Wellington - A minister in the New Zealand government who once promoted himself as The Perkbuster in parliament made a public apology Sunday for taking his girlfriend overseas at taxpayer expense and said he would pay back the cost of her trips. Ro...

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

KOURE, Niger — A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. The tallest animals on earth are here, the guide says, somewhere amid the scant green bush on one side, and the thatched dome villages on the other. They're here, but by all accounts, they shouldn't be.

Mexican army makes large opium seizure

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

MORELIA, Mexico — The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

TAWANG, India — The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit that has heightened tensions between India and China. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived Sunday morning in this town near the border with Tibet to lead prayer services with local Buddhists.

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.

Palestinians are on their own and Washington will never help

Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Tony Karon in The National on the dawning realisation by the US-backed Palestinian Authority: The sad truth dawning on Ramallah, now, is that there will be no salvation from Washington. Not now, possibly not ever. A sad truth, perhaps, but the kind that can set free those who recognise it. In the shocked aftermath of the [...]

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

KOURE, Niger -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.

'We even smile at these stories from our parents because it seems so . . . absurd'

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Just an infant when the Berlin Wall fell, Valentin Geissler never felt its restrictions. But he has always been aware of east and west. Valentin Geissler has no memory of the wall.

See the Whole Country with Car Hire Isle of Man

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Scapa Group plc - Financial Analysis Review

aarkstore | 11/06/2009

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olivias70jr | 11/05/2009

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