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Vilasrao Deshmukh-India-Politics
India   Maharashtra   Mumbai   Photos   Politics
 The Times of India 
Congress not to break ties with NCP in Maharashtra
Thu 9 Jul 2009
              Text: NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s efforts to convince his party high command to go solo in the... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
** FILE ** Leon Panetta appears on CBS' "Face the Nation" news show, Nov. 12, 1995 in Washington.
CIA   Congress   Democrats   Investigation   Photos
 Star Tribune 
House Democrats say CIA misled Congress; White House threatens veto on eve of intel debate
Thu 9 Jul 2009
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, the chairman and other members... (photo: AP / Doug Mills)
President Barack Obama gestures during his town hall meeting at Tophane Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.  Syracuse  Thu 9 Jul 2009
G-8 promise pressures US Congress to deliver
(AP) - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama made the world the boldest promise yet on Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet. He committed the United States to reduce greenhouse... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Environment   Obama   Photos   President   US
Homeowners placed their flooded home appliances outside their homes in Phase 3,  NHA Bangkal, Davao City, Philippines as seen in this June 29, 2009 photo.  Inquirer  Wed 8 Jul 2009
No need for 'Magna Carta' for homeowners
According to the legislative staff of Sen. Miguel Zubiri, a bicameral session is scheduled this August to tackle the proposed Magna Carta for Homeowners and Homeowners Associations. This will be a... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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AP-US--Patrick Kennedy, US
(AP) - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rep. Patrick Kennedy says he decided to enter an addiction treatment center last month because he was showing signs of a relapse and was dealing... (photo: AP Photo / amany)
Addiction   Congress   Doctor   Photos   Treatment
In this March 1, 2005 file photo, a U.S. military personnel member walks at the U.S. air base at Manas international airport, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan's government submitted a draft bill to parliament Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 to revoke the country's hosting of a U.S. base that is an important component of the Afghanistan military campai Asia Times Wed 8 Jul 2009
Baseless expenditures
By Chalmers Johnson The United States empire of bases - at US$102 billion a year already the world's costliest military enterprise - just got a good deal more expensive.... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev, File)
Budget   Government   Military   Photos   US
Gay rights activists pose as they take part in a rally in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 5, 2009. An Indian court on Thursday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict that will bolster demands by gay and health groups that the government scrap a British colonial law which bans homosexual ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK The Examiner Tue 7 Jul 2009
Gay hate rears its ugly head in nation's capital
Comment RSS Email Print                    Bishop Harry Jackson (AP Photo)... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Bishop   Congress   Discrimination   Homosexual   Photos
President Barack Obama speaks at a joint news conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, not shown, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, July 6, 2009. The Examiner Tue 7 Jul 2009
Delicate economic summer crucial to Obama's agenda

Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Politically and economically, the next three months are critical for Barack Obama's presidency. The pace of the economic recovery... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Economy   Obama   Photos   Politics   US
Oysters The Press Democrat Wed 8 Jul 2009
CLOSE TO HOME: Why rush Point Reyes lease?
In 1976, after extensive public hearings, Congress decided to allow oyster farming in Drakes Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore for 36 years, after which the Estero... (photo: GFDL / Peter Gugerell)
Congress   Farming   Oyster   Photos   Public
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, arrives at the parliament house for the budget session, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 2, 2009. India's new government will present the federal budget for 2009-2010 on July 6. Asia Times Tue 7 Jul 2009
Mukherjee budget bows to politics

By Kunal Kumar Kundu BANGALORE - The plunge in Indian stock prices that greeted Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget on Monday says as much about the inability of... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
Budget   Financial Crisis   India   Photos   Politics
President Barack Obama greets military families on the South Lawn during an Independence Day celebration at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 4, 2009. Obama invited about 1,200 military families to the White House for an Independence Day bash to personally thank them for their service and sacrifice. CBS News Tue 7 Jul 2009
Obama Supports New Long-term Care Benefit
Obama Supports New Long-term Care Benefit As Part Of Health Overhaul Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) Moving to broaden the scope of the health care overhaul,... (photo: US DoD / Elaine Wilson)
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