Times Online | Senate passes healthcare overhaul Los Angeles Times Democrats win the vote 60 to 39 over Republican objections. It must be reconciled with the House's legislation in the New Year before President Obama can sign off on his top domestic priority. By James Oliphant Reporting from Washington - Senate ... Senate Passes Health-Care Bill |
Globe and Mail | Senators Cite New Budget Letter to Argue Health Care Bill Will Hike Deficit FOXNews Republicans, emboldened by a new letter from the Congressional Budget Office, accused Democrats on Wednesday of "Bernie Madoff accounting" for double counting the savings from Medicare as a means to pay for the Senate health care bill. File: Sen. ... After Senate Healthcare Vote, Obama Heads to Hawaii Jubilant Senate Dems ready to pass health care Senate nearing passage of landmark health care bill |
Times Online | US Jetliner Overshoots Runway in Jamaica, Injuries Reported Voice of America Photo: AP An American Airlines jetliner has overshot the runway at the airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, injuring at least 40 people. The Boeing 737 jet overran the runway at Norman Manley International Airport late Tuesday as it was coming in ... American: 2 engines broke off in Jamaica landing Passengers survive horror crash landing in Jamaica AP Top News at 8:14 am EST |
Globe and Mail | Health care overhaul bill raises hackles of SC lawmakers MiamiHerald.com With the clock ticking toward a Christmas Eve Senate vote on health care reform, South Carolina Republicans lashed out Monday at the proposed legislation, and also took swipes at Democrats for the tactics used in moving the bill ... No to health bill US senators prepare for next vote on health bill Dems Push To Pass Health Reform |
ABC News | Senate Democrats get 60 votes to move healthcare bill along Los Angeles Times It's the first of three major hurdles in the Senate en route to an anticipated vote by Christmas. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, greets Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., after the vote. ... Health-care bill clears crucial vote in Senate, 60 to 40 Senate Health Bill Moves Ahead In Initial Procedural Vote |
Reuters | Senate healthcare bill set to pass by Christmas Los Angeles Times Democrats' compromise on abortion with Nebraska's Ben Nelson gives them the 60 votes to fight off GOP filibusters. Obama c » |
Reuters | Copenhagen climate accord: Key issues BBC News The BBC's environment correspondent Richard Black analyses key elements of the US-backed climate deal agreed in Copenhagen. One widely-accepted definition of "dangerous climate change" is that it begins at a global temperature rise of 2C. ... UN Climate Talks 'Take Note' of Accord Backed by US Delegates 'take note' of brokered agreement UN conference recognizes climate pact; Ban: We have a deal |
Reuters | No deal on CO2 cuts as climate talks enter final day Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama joined other world leaders in a last push for a new global climate deal on Friday, but with no agreement on the core issue of greenhouse gas emissions they faced an enormous task. ... Obama arrives at Copenhagen talks Obama Presses China for Accountability on Climate Obama urges action at Copenhagen |
Times Online | New climate deal may have to wait BBC News The Danish presidency of the climate summit in Copenhagen has sought to play down expectations of a comprehensive deal emerging from the meeting. Officials said progress could be made, but an international agreement may have to wait until a 2010 ... Clinton arrives at COP15 amid fears for climate talks Clinton: US ready to join $100B climate aid fund US Proposes New Climate Funding To Break Stalemate |
CBC.ca | Copenhagen police fire tear gas at climate protesters BBC News Police have fired tear gas as hundreds of protesters tried to break through a perimeter fence at the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen. The Bella Centre, where the conference is taking place, has now been shut off, says the BBC's Sarah Mukherjee. ... Danish police arrest 150 activists as world leaders arrive in Copenhagen Copenhagen braces for mass protests Danish PM Rasmussen to become president of UN climate talks |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama Summons Senate Democrats to Health-Care Meeting Bloomberg Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, trying to revive flagging momentum for US health-care legislation, summoned » |
Reuters | China and US Hit Strident Impasse at Climate Talks New York Times COPENHAGEN â€" China and the United States were at an impasse on Monday at the United Nations climate change conference here over how compliance with any treaty could be monitored and verified. ... Time Is Running Out for Climate Change, US Negotiator Says Tensions Flare in Copenhagen |
ABC News | Spending measure clears Senate Washington Post The Senate cleared for President Obama's signature on Sunday a $447 billion omnibus spending bill that contains thousands of earmarks and double-digit increases for several Cabinet agencies, the latest target for Republicans seeking to ... Lieberman Rules Out Voting for Health Bill GOP: We're United Against Health Care Bill Medicare buy-in plan runs into Senate resistance |
Reuters | Hundreds detained in Copenhagen protests CNN International Copenhagen, Denmark (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters took to the streets and hundreds were detained Saturday in Copenhagen as they demanded a climate-change agreement that would curb greenhouse gas emissions and aid developing countries harmed by ... 968 detained at climate r » |
Reuters | Obama Can Earn His Nobel at Climate Talks, Advocacy Groups Say Bloomberg Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, who accepted a Nobel Prize in Oslo yesterday, will have a chance to earn it at climate talks in Copenhagen next week, environmental advocates said. “We urge President Obama to act in the ... From the archive: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Roosevelt Obama to choose Nobel winner for TVA board Obama wins unlikely support with Nobel speech |
ABC News | Senate rejects bid to put strict limits on abortion funding MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday rejected a bid by anti-abortion lawmakers to put strict limits on federal abortion funding in the Democrats' health care overhaul bill, setting up a congressional showdown over the issue in the ... Dems weigh transitional Medicare expansion Senate rejects abortion amendment to healthcare bill Senators Defeat Anti-Abortion Amendment in Health Care Bill |
Sydney Morning Herald | Verdict in Italy, but American's Murder Case Isn't Over New York Times PERUGIA, Italy â€" Tensions and cultural misunderstandings ran high on Saturday after an American college student was found guilty here of murdering her British housemate. Rather than clarifying the saga of what prosecutors said was a ... Meredith Kercher's family say guilty verdicts are not a time for celebration Family Sees 'Disappointed, Upset' Amanda Knox in Jail After Conviction Amanda Knox prosecutor: We had a strong case |
Telegraph.co.uk | Who was the real 'Foxy Knoxy'? BBC News Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have been found guilty of murdering British exchange student Meredith Kercher in her flat in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. From the start of the highly publicised case, 22-year-old Amanda Knox has been the ... Amanda Knox verdict vindicates prosecutor who thought the unthinkable Amanda Knox guilty of murdering Meredith Kercher Meredith Kercher trial: Amanda Knox, the 'shy' former Jesuit school girl |
CBC.ca | Al Qaeda No. 1 Target in Afghanistan War Despite Renewed Focus on Taliban FOXNews Despite » |
Times Online | ANALYSIS-Big risks for Obama in Afghanistan exit date Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's July 2011 date for the start of a US exit from Afghanistan is a calculated risk with two goals: to remind the Kabul government that support has limits and to reassure war skeptics at ... Key Anti-War Democrat Concedes Afghan Troop Surge Can't Be Stopped US troop surge met in Afghanistan with cynicism and conspiracy theories Gates: Failure in Afghanistan Would Mean a 'Taliban Takeover' of Country |
Telegraph.co.uk | Huge deployment of troops is President Obama's vision for quick end to war Times Online After 92 days of slow and at times agonised debate over how to prosecute the war in Afghanistan, President Obama is suddenly a man in a hurry: he now wants 30000 US troops to hit the ground within the next six months, an enormous logistical and ... Accelerated Troop Surge in Afghanistan Faces Logistical 'Ch » |
