Obama talks strategy with US ambassador to Afghanistan - AFP
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Newsweek


Obama talks strategy with US ambassador to Afghanistan

AFP


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spoke Sunday with the US ambassador to Kabul about the country's recent election and the administration's review of US strategy in the region, the White House said. Obama talked by phone with Ambassador Karl ...


US Legislators Debate Way Forward in Afghanistan

Voice of America


Afghan outlook bleak as Taliban grabs territory

The Associated Press


McCain warns against 'historic' error in Afghanistan

CNN


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Philippines rescuers struggle to reach isolated areas - AFP
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Los Angeles Times


Philippines rescuers struggle to reach isolated areas

AFP


MANILA — Search and rescue teams on Sunday struggled to reach areas of the northern Philippines cut off by storm-triggered landslides and flooding that have left more than 600 people dead, officials said. In the heavily-damaged northern province of ...


Rescuers search for more bodies in the Philippines

Reuters


Philippine Death Toll From Parma Storm Rises to 193

Bloomberg


Toll rises in Philippine flooding

BBC News


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Insurance Mandates Draw Flak From Both Sides - Wall Street Journal
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guardian.co.uk


Insurance Mandates Draw Flak From Both Sides

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Mills appeal calls for Berlusconi - BBC News
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ABC News


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Suicide car bomb kills 49, wounds 100 in Pakistan - The Associated Press
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Sky News


Suicide car bomb kills 49, wounds 100 in Pakistan

The Associated Press


PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 49 people and pushing the country closer to an offensive against militants in their main stronghold along the Afghan border. ...


Suicide attack kills 42 in Pakistan

Times Online


At least 42 dead in Pakistan market bombing: officials

AFP


Car bomb in Peshawar market kills 41

Los Angeles Times


Reuters India -CNN -Bloomberg


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Forget basketball, watch Obama versus the press - USA Today
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Boston Globe


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Obama agenda: health care - msnbc.com
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New York Times


Obama agenda: health care

msnbc.com


The New York Times looks at four swing vote senators on the Finance Committee: Rockefeller, Wyden, Snowe and Lincoln. And the Washington Post looks at the White House's efforts to find non-Congressional Republicans to say positive things about their ...


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Senate Panel Pushes for Tough New Sanctions on Iran - Voice of America
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Times Online


Senate Panel Pushes for Tough New Sanctions on Iran

Voice of America


Members of the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs are pushing for legislation to impose new economic sanctions on Iran. But at a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, senior Obama administration officials asked Congress ...


US warns Iran may face more sanctions

Reuters


Obama's envoy to return to Middle East

Xinhua


US sanctions on Iran: Expanding 'pistachios and Persians' worldwide

Jewish Telegraphic Agency


CNN International -Bloomberg -AFP


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RPT-UK Conservatives aim to speed up pension age rise - Reuters
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Mirror.co.uk


RPT-UK Conservatives aim to speed up pension age rise

Reuters


MANCHESTER, England, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservatives aim to speed up planned rises in the state retirement age if elected to government in 2010 to ease pressure on government finances, the party's economics chief ...


Pension age to rise within 7 years, say Conservatives

Telegraph.co.uk


'Retire at 66' under new Tory plans

The Press Association


Conservatives to raise retirement age in bid to cut budget deficit

guardian.co.uk


BBC News -Times Online -Telegraph.co.uk


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Indonesia calls off search for missing survivors - The Associated Press
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New York Daily News


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Greenspan Foresees a Rise in Unemployment - New York Times
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MiamiHerald.com


Greenspan Foresees a Rise in Unemployment

New York Times


Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve board, said on Sunday that the latest job report showing the nation's unemployment at 9.8 percent was “pretty awful” and said he expected the figure to climb even higher. ...


Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan says growth to come in third ...

CNN


Alan Greenspan is the definiton of “EPIC FAIL”

True/Slant


Unemployment Still Looking Grim, Says Analysts

WTVY


ABC News -Voice of America -The Associated Press


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Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan attend Chicago teen's funeral - Los Angeles Times
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In-Forum


Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan attend Chicago teen's funeral

Los Angeles Times


Derrion Albert, 16, was beaten to death last week in a melee captured on cellphone video. The civil rights leader and the Nation of Islam figure use the occasion to c »</nobr>



In NJ, It's All About the Incumbent - Washington Post
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NJ.com (blog)


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David Letterman affair is no joke - Los Angeles Times
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Telegraph.co.uk


David Letterman affair is no joke

Los Angeles Times


The talk show host's revelation that he had relationships with female employees sparks impassioned discussion about hypocrisy and sex in the workplace. By Matea Gold and Scott Collins Reporting from Los Angeles and New York - David Letterman has milked ...


Will Stupid Human Tricks Turn Off Letterman's Fans?

Washington Post


Source: Letterman Had a Fling with Another Staffer

People Magazine


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Tens of thousands in Philippines flee new typhoon - The Associated Press
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ABC News


Tens of thousands in Philippines flee new typhoon

The Associated Press


MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down Friday on the Philippines, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed more than 420 in ...


Philippines battens down for new storm

ABC Online


Philippines 'state of calamity' as typhoon looms

AFP


Philippines alert for super-typhoon

Aljazeera.net


Times of India -The Press Association -Reuters


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Worldwide praise to China for its achievements over 60 years - Xinhua
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ABC News


Worldwide praise to China for its achievements over 60 years

Xinhua


BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Countries worldwide on Thursday lauded the great strides China has made in the past six decades, as the nation celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...


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For Alan Grayson, a liberal rebel, 'die quickly' was tame - Christian Science Monitor
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FOXNews


For Alan Grayson, a liberal rebel, 'die quickly' was tame

Christian Science Monitor


To the vast majority of Americans, Rep. Alan Grayson (D) of Florida is the representative who told members of Congress late Tuesday night that the Republicans' health care plan was for sick Americans to die quickly. ...


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China to parade its new and improved arsenal - Los Angeles Times
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ABC News


China to parade its new and improved arsenal

Los Angeles Times


The government's 60th-anniversary event will showcase military technology, most of which was made in China. Beijing dislikes its army's image as a poorly equipped force of rural enlistees. Military vehicles park near Tiananmen Square during a rehearsal ...


Beijing locked down ahead of national day parade

Reuters


China's 60th anniversary of Communism: public barred from parade

Telegraph.co.uk


Time for China to celebrate and to ponder

Xinhua


Voice of America -Reuters India -New Yorker


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US urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peace - Reuters
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Voice of America


US urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peace

Reuters


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A New Star in German Politics - New York Times
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Telegraph.co.uk


A New Star in German Politics

New York Times


BERLIN — The politician everyone was talking about in the German capital the morning after national elections was not Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose party won the most votes, but the sm »</nobr>



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