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Obama intensifies focus as economy worsens

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Posted by pranay

WASHINGTON - With the economy in free fall, President-elect Barack Obama is stepping up efforts to let Americans know what he has planned to stabilize the nation's financial system and calm the markets. He announced a plan this weekend to...

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World Leaders at APEC Anxiously Await Obama Administration

Lima :: Peru | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 23, 2008; 12:45 PM LIMA, Peru, Nov. 23 -- George W. Bush was the U.S. president at an economic summit here this weekend, but many foreign leaders were focused on President-elect...

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Redrawn map has Pakistan wary - Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U....

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Posted by starsandstripes

President Obama - Memo From Islamabad By Jane Perlez published in the New York times and the Seattle Times needs your attention. So how will your promise, President Barrack Obama , for a new start between the United States and...

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Obama: 'Millions of jobs' in danger next year

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 14 hours ago | Political News

Posted by cooldiponline

WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was crafting an aggressive, two-year stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, warning that swift action was needed to prevent a deep slump and a spiral of falling prices....

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Pakistan says it is for nuclear-free South Asia

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 8 hours ago | Political News

Posted by kalex

Pakistan's president assured rival India he would not be the first to use atomic weapons in any future conflict and proposed the idea of a nuclear-free South Asia. Pakistan's nuclear doctrine does not contain a clause saying the country will...

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Redrawn theoretical map makes Pakistan uneasy, says IHT

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Posted by MarcusCato

According to a story by Jane Perlez in the IHT, a redrawn map of South Asia that has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites has made a lot of people uneasy. It shows Pakistan more than halved in size...

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Dalai Lama seeks dialogue with Chinese public

Beijing :: China | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Source: Taiwan News

The Dalai Lama warned Tibetan exile leaders yesterday to be prudent in their plans or risk failure, after they said at a key conference they might push for independence for their homeland if China refuses to grant it autonomy soon...But...

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Hussein-era officials face new trial

Baghdad :: Iraq | about 9 hours ago | Political News

Source: The New Zealand Herald

An Iraqi court has opened a new trial against 16 top former Saddam Hussein-era officials...They're accused in the brutal repression of Shiite riots after the 1999 assassination of the father of anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Prosecutors said Sunday that at...

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Voting disrupted in Rajouri after clashes

Srīnagar :: India | about 17 hours ago | Political News

Source: The Hindustan Times

Polling was disrupted on Sunday at half a dozen polling stations in Darhal and Rajouri constituencies in the Jammu region following clashes between supporters of various political parties and independent candidates. The police had to open fire to disperse stone-pelting...

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Treasury proposes limited safety net

Jerusalem :: Israel | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Source: Globes Online

Adrian Filut and Stella Korin-Lieber 23 Nov 08 19:35 After marathon discussions, which began on Thursday, senior officials at the Ministry of Finance, together with their counterparts at the Bank of Israel and Israel Securities Authority, will complete formulation of...

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