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Oct 8, 2009 - 3:11:44 PM
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Health bill would cost $829B, help cover 94 pct
WASHINGTON – Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief after a positive cost report on health care overhaul gave them a chance to rally around a Senate plan that significantly expands coverage while trimming the federal deficit.
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the latest version of the Senate Finance Committee proposal would expand coverage to 94 percent of all eligible Americans at a 10-year cost of $829 billion.
Oct 8, 2009 - 3:08:37 PM
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Despite rain, Kennedy mourners flock to church
BOSTON – Hundreds of mourners lined the sidewalks near Boston's Mission Church where a funeral Mass was held Saturday for Sen. Edward Kennedy, with some holding signs urging lawmakers to approve health care legislation in his honor, and other saying they just wanted to witness a moment in history.
Lillian Bennett, 59, of the city's Dorchester neighborhood said she was a longtime Kennedy supporter and was determined to get as close as she could to the invitation-only funeral, despite the driving rain.
"I said to myself this morning, 'no matter what the weather, I'm going. I don't care if I have to swim," she said, calling Kennedy "irreplaceable."
Aug 30, 2009 - 12:15:49 PM
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Text of Obama's eulogy at Kennedy's funeral Mass
Text of President Barack Obama's eulogy at Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral Mass on Saturday in Boston, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House:___
Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son Edward as the heir to a weighty legacy; a champion for those who had none; the soul of the Democratic Party; and the lion of the U.S. Senate — a man whose name graces nearly one thousand laws, and who penned more than three hundred himself.
But those of us who loved him, and ache with his passing, know Ted Kennedy by the other titles he held: Father. Brother. Husband. Uncle Teddy, or as he was often known to his younger nieces and nephews, "The Grand Fromage," or "The Big Cheese." I, like so many others in the city where he worked for nearly half a century, knew him as a colleague, a mentor, and above all, a friend.
Aug 30, 2009 - 11:53:43 AM
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Kennedy carried to Arlington, laid beside brothers
WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening, celebrated for "the dream he kept alive" across the decades since their deaths.
Crowds lined the streets of two cities on a day that marked the end of a political era — outside Kennedy's funeral in rainy Boston, and later in the day in humid, late-summer Washington. With flags over the Capitol flying at half-staff in his memory, his hearse stopped outside the Senate where he served for 47 years.
"Go now, to your place of rest. And meet the Lord, your God," said the Rev. Daniel Coughlin, the House chaplain.
Aug 29, 2009 - 10:19:43 PM
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Sen. Kennedy's body begins final poignant tour
BOSTON – His life's journey ended, the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy traveled by motorcade Thursday from the family compound where he spent his last days, past the building where he opened his first office to the presidential library named for his slain brother.
Thousands of mourners assembled along the 70-mile route that was dotted with landmarks named for the Kennedys. The crowds gathered to bid farewell to the last of the family's brothers and mark the end of a national political chapter that was equal parts triumph and tragedy.
Aug 27, 2009 - 7:44:09 PM
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03/11/2010 08:11 AM
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Biden implores Israel, Palestinians to make peace
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 AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Israelis and Palestinians to move beyond a diplomatic spat that has marred his trip to the region, urging the sides to waste no time in resolving their decades-old conflict despite daunting obstacles.
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03/11/2010 08:26 AM
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Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan
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 AP - Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.
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03/11/2010 07:08 AM
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Tapestry of violence haunts central Nigeria
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 AP - Christians and Muslims once shared their lives together in Nigeria's fertile central belt, buying each other's goods in mixed neighborhoods and cultivating each other's farms across a sun-baked plateau.
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03/11/2010 08:24 AM
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from voting
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AP - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is barred from running in upcoming elections and won't even be allowed to vote, according to laws published Thursday.
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03/11/2010 08:33 AM
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HSBC: data on 24,000 Swiss account holders stolen
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 AP - Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.
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03/11/2010 05:15 AM
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Pakistan's Acid-Attack Victims Fight Back
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Time.com - A landmark court ruling has opened the way for women to seek greater protection through a new law being debated in parliament
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03/11/2010 08:52 AM
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Ukraine's Yanukovich gets close ally as PM
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 Reuters - Ukraine's new prime minister Mykola Azarov, declaring state coffers were empty, promised on Thursday to meet all obligations to the International Monetary Fund and push through a realistic 2010 budget.
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