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Huge demo calls for new Thai elections
March 16, 2010Thailand's PM and his military backers have rejected an ultimatum to dissolve parliament as over 100,000 protesters in Bangkok vowed to continue their push to oust the right-wing government.
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Obama in Strongsville: It takes courage
March 15, 2010STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Speaking to a boisterous crowd of 800 in suburban Cleveland here, President Barack Obama made an impassioned appeal for health care reform.
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Israel faces moment of truth over East Jerusalem
March 15, 2010Last Tuesday's announcement by the Israeli government that it will build 1,600 new housing units for Israelis in Palestinian East Jerusalem has unleashed an unparalleled furor.
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Debate on FCC broadband plan includes closing digital divide
March 15, 2010The Federal Communications Commission is set to unveil a sweeping proposal tomorrow to overhaul the U.S. broadband policy in order to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans.
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Health care reform poised to pass, 41 senators support public option
March 15, 2010The White House predicted today that the president's health care reform plan will pass the House this week and, in a related development, even the public option is looking like a very real possibility.
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