Africa: Obama in Ghana, What Kind of Change?AllAfrica.com - 16 minutes ago
Washington, DC - President Barack Obama's trip to Ghana, beginning today, will be rich in symbolism. But those hoping for a new direction in US Africa policy are tempering their hopes with skepticism.
President Obama arrives in Ghana to warm welcome CNN International
Death Toll Debated In China's RiotingWashington Post - - 3 hours ago
URUMQI, China -- The Yu siblings could hardly bear to look at the police snapshots of the dead -- the images so full of anger and cruelty.
A Strongman Is China's Rock in Ethnic Strife New York Times
Troops 'fighting for UK's future'BBC News - 10 minutes ago
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has defended the UK's continued military presence in Afghanistan, after eight troops were killed in 24 hours.
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Poor Nations Get G8 Promise of $20 Billion Toward Food Security
Voice of America - 8 hours ago
Leaders of the world's wealthiest nations have promised twenty billion dollars to increase food security in poor countries. The promise came Friday on the third and final day of the Group of Eight summit meeting in L'Aquila, Italy.
Honduras crisis may spur Latin America coups - Castro
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
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Philadelphia Inquirer - - 1 hour ago
The Bush program's secrecy - only three Justice lawyers knew of it - nearly brought mass resignations. By Carrie Johnson and Ellen Nakashima WASHINGTON - The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless-eavesdropping program that ...
Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps Los Angeles Times
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State leaders talking again - budget woes go on
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 hours ago
California's fiscal crisis continued unabated Friday with most major banks refusing to cash the state's IOUs starting today, the state controller delaying $4 billion in payments to public schools, and Gov.
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Sotomayor's Defense on 'Wise Latina' Comment Takes Shape
Wall Street Journal - - 7 hours ago
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The Interrogation of Sonia Sotomayor Washington Post
Women's groups quiet on Sotomayor The Associated Press
With Bankruptcy Behind It, GM Focuses on a Culture Change
Washington Post - - 1 hour ago
General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson says the new GM will be far faster and more responsive to customers than the old one and will focus on a streamlined product offering to maximize quality and efficiency.
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$200 Million Slated For Controversial Derivatives Unit
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American International Group's recent discussions with President Obama's compensation czar have centered on whether the company should pay about $250 million in promised bonuses that come due during the next nine months.
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Dow, S&P 500 in fourth weekly fall as economy weighs
Washington Post - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 fell on Friday, dropping for the fourth straight week, after Chevron Corp warned about its quarterly results and consumer confidence fell to it lowest level since March.
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Google Chrome OS: Web Platform To Rule Them All
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Weather may delay shuttle launch
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There is a strong chance the US shuttle Endeavour will have to wait even longer before getting its latest mission to the space station under way.
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Jackson probe hinges on the coroner's report
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What really killed Michael Jackson? The late pop star's family and fans aren't the only ones waiting for the final coroner's report.
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Giants' Sanchez fires first no-no of '09
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Kerr and Creamer lead surge
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State to get $30 million to ready for swine flu
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California will receive more than $30 million in federal grants to help prepare for an expected resurgence of the swine flu in the coming influenza season, federal public health authorities announced Friday.
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Kennedy's voice missed in health debate
Boston Globe - - 3 hours ago
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his wife, Vicki (center), headed out of the Hyannis Port Yacht Club for an afternoon of sailing Thursday.
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Bristol's Ex Knocks Palin
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Roland Burris officially bows out of 2010 Senate election
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CIA misled Congress, but about what?
Los Angeles Times - - 6 hours ago
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