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Obama pleads for health care overhaul
President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.
November 8, 2009, 7:04 am -
Arsenal up to second as City slip in Premier League
LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal swept Wolves aside to climb to second place in the Premier League on Saturday as a fifth consecutive draw resulted in Manchester City being ejected from the top four.
November 8, 2009, 6:55 am -
Pounced wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
ARCADIA, California (AFP) - Pounced, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the one million-dollar Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.
November 8, 2009, 6:44 am -
Swan hopeful of climate change deal
Treasurer Wayne Swan hopes Copenhagen's climate change summit will make progress on how to pay for carbon reduction measures.
November 8, 2009, 6:29 am -
Troops kill 12 Taliban militants in NW Pakistan: army
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's military said Saturday it had killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops pressed a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.
November 8, 2009, 6:27 am -
Obama to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.
November 8, 2009, 6:09 am -
Obama makes pitch for U.S. House healthcare votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.
November 8, 2009, 5:59 am -
IMF says stimulus needed to aid 'nascent' recovery
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.
November 8, 2009, 5:55 am -
G20 agrees timetable for monitoring economic policy
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 5:51 am -
Howard unleashes on Rudd over immigration
Former prime minister John Howard has lashed out at Kevin Rudd's handling of asylum seekers and accused his Government of wasting the nation's cash.
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Memorial for doomed Air France flight
Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a memorial service in Rio de Janeiro.
November 8, 2009, 5:46 am -
G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks
G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 5:45 am -
Brown plugs financial transactions tax
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable to society.
November 8, 2009, 5:44 am -
Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan
Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says.
November 8, 2009, 5:44 am -
Dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall
Giant dominoes were placed along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city.
November 8, 2009, 5:44 am -
Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his "Russophobe" Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko was the sole reason for the decline in relations between the two countries.
November 8, 2009, 5:44 am -
Draw at Bayern denies Schalke second spot in Bundesliga
BERLIN (AFP) - Schalke 04 missed the chance to claim second in the Bundesliga behind leaders Leverkusen on Saturday after they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Bayern Munich.
November 8, 2009, 5:04 am -
British man provides photo for his own wanted poster
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.
November 8, 2009, 4:34 am -
Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.
November 8, 2009, 3:47 am -
AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline.
November 8, 2009, 3:45 am
