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This week sees a series of meetings that could create the right conditions for achieving a new global treaty on climate change. In the Green Room this week, three senior political figures from Latin America - Jose Maria Figueres, Juan Mayr and Marina ...

UN climate change summit awaits word from heavyweights US and China

Christian Science Monitor

UN seeks momentum in climate talks as Obama, Hu speak

Reuters

As UN Meets on Climate, Momentum Is Elusive

New York Times

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Washington Post

The White House's decision to involve itself in the New York governor's race sends one very clear message: President Barack Obama and his senior advisers simply do not believe that Gov. David Paterson (D) can win re-election next ...

Obama flies into epicenter of NY political flap

The Associated Press

Obama, NY Governor Shake Hands Amid Democrat Unease

Bloomberg

Obama adds fuel to controversy over Paterson

Buffalo News

WCBS-TV New York -New York Post -Slate

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New York Times

Ahmad Wais Afzali had for years been a popular imam in Queens. First at one mosque, and then at others, he had become known for his moving sermons. He also ran a funeral home, and won praise for helping families deal with ...

Terror Suspects to Appear in Court

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

The story is that Huckabee won the poll clearly and everyone else was an afterthought. Maybe Pawlenty can hold his own with this group and … read more try to grab the center--but I doubt it. I like the thought of the repubs ...

Huckabee wins Values Voters' straw poll

Washington Times

Early-test poll gives Huckabee big lead

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Political Memo GOP Checks for a Pulse, and Finds One

New York Times

Examiner.com -Christian Science Monitor -Village Voice

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The Associated Press

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AFP

CAIRO — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday that the failure by US envoy George Mitchell to a secure a deal on Jewish settlements means the resumption of peace talks with Israel is on hold. "The road is now blocked," Abbas told ...

Abbas: Peace process stuck

Ynetnews

US envoy's push in Middle East yields little

Los Angeles Times

Envoy's Mideast Trip Ends Without Accord

Washington Post

New York Times -Ha'aretz -guardian.co.uk

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New York Times

The Denver shuttle bus driver at the center of a federal terrorism investigation has begun to cooperate with the authorities, admitting that he had perhaps unwittingly crossed paths in Pakistan with extremists  »</nobr>

BBC News

On the cusp of the volatile tribal areas, the Shia-dominated Astarzai village was in many ways an obvious target for an attack by Sunni militant groups. On Friday, the village was thronging with shoppers when a suicide bomber rammed an ...

Pakistani Suicide Bomber Kills 32 in Deadliest Attack in Months

Bloomberg

Suicide bomb in northwestern Pakistan kills 25

Christian Science Monitor

Bomb Rips Through Market in Northwest Pakistan, Kills 25

Voice of America

Xinhua -CNN International -euronews

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CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Race and politics are a combustible combo that explodes into headlines when an ex-president lights the fuse, as Jimmy Carter did recently. President Obama during the 2008 campaign faced questions over ...

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Presenting his first Medal of Honor, President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the sacrifice of a soldier who braved enemy fire while attempting to save a comrade during the war in Afghanistan. Obama honored Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti of ...

Slain Soldier Receives Top Military Honor

CBS News

Troops in Afghanistan Pay Tribute to Soldier Awarded Medal of Honor

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Los Angeles Times

The White House tries to maintain the focus on healthcare and other policies. But the former president's comments about opponents' vitriol toward Obama strike a chord on both sides. By Peter Nicholas Reporting from Washington - As the nation's first ...

Obama tries to sidestep debate on race and politics

San Jose Mercury News

Obama disagrees with Jimmy Carter on race issue

Reuters

White House rejects racism claim

BBC News

St. Louis Post-Dispatch -Examiner.com -CQPolitics.com

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FOXNews

ACORN workers have been caught on camera offering all manner of advice on how to avoid tax, zoning and prostitution laws. So what if a real pimp and prostitute took ACORN's advice? Would it work? The people they were taped offering it to were a ...

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San Francisco Chronicle

(09-15) 20:44 PDT -- After six long years being tagged as a failure by federal standards, Malcolm X Academy was recast Tuesday as an unmitigated success story. The sm »</nobr>

Ha'aretz

By Haaretz Service Israel has opened an international campaign to protest a United Nations report which ruled it committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity during its offensive on the Gaza Strip earlier this year. ...

UN Panel Finds Israel, Palestinians Committed Gaza War Crimes

Voice of America

How to get Mideast peace talks out of 'dark corner' of Israeli ...

Christian Science Monitor

Israel slams, PA praises UN report

Jerusalem Post

Times Online -BBC News -CNN International

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Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservatives have a 14-point lead over Labor ahead of an election due by next June, setting them up for a return to power for the first time since 1997, the Times reported on Tuesday. ...

Gordon Brown to say the c-word and admit cuts will be made

Telegraph.co.uk

Unions wary of undermining Labour

Reuters UK

PM 'to admit spending cuts need'

The Press Association

Times Online -AFP -guardian.co.uk

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ABC News

Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech was not the first time the rapper shocked crowds. By KRISTIN BRASWELL The rapper upstages Taylor Swift during her MTV Awards acceptance speech. With his controversial comments, the 32-year-old ...

Russell Brand Comes to Kanye's Defense

People Magazine

Should Taylor Swift Accept Kanye West's Apology? The Oh Snap! Poll

MTV.com

MTV VMA poll: Do you think Kanye West's apology to Taylor Swift ...

Los Angeles Times

The Associated Press -msnbc.com -CNN International

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Los Angeles Times

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FOXNews

Investigators sifted through trash at a Hartford, Conn., incinerator Sunday, looking for any signs of missing Yale graduate student Annie Le, the New Haven Independent reported. Authorities intensified their search efforts for Le after finding bloody ...

Source: Bloody clothes tested for link to Yale student

CNN

Reports: Search for missing Yale student Annie Le leads to ...

New York Daily News

11 m agoSearch for missing Yale student moves to landfill

Newsday

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