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New York Times

UNITED NATIONS -- Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to announce today a sweeping climate change package that some here claim may elevate China to a leadership position on climate change. A blog about energy, ...

Bid to jump-start climate talks

BBC News

RPT-Carbon intensity in focus as China's Hu heads to UN

Reuters

UN climate change summit awaits word from heavyweights US and China

Christian Science Monitor

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USA Today

Most Americans marry for keeps or, if it doesn't last, don't want to repeat the same mistake, according to new Census data that show 76% of those who have ever been married have married just once. Almost 20% have been married twice and 5% have been ...

Census Data Show Recession-Driven Changes

New York Times

Census: Foreign-Born People in US Declined Last Year

Washington Post

Census finds Hawaii 1st in carpooling

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Voice of America

By VOA News Iran says its largest charity organization is bailing out 21000 prisoners for the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The gesture was announced Tuesday as the country marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan with Eid celebrations and family gatherings. ...

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Newsday

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Reuters

MOGADISHU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents have warned schools not to use textbooks provided by UN agencies and other donors they accuse of being un-Islamic. The rebel group, which Washington says is al ...

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New York Times

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PRESS TV

Western officials have reacted strongly to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's September 18 comments about the Holocaust. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his German counterpart Frank-Walter ...

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Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON - -- Trying to quell a building conservative firestorm, the House and Senate made clear in separate and lopsided votes Thursday that the beleaguered community-based nonprofit advocacy organization ACORN ...

House opposes ACORN funding

Boston Globe

House Votes to Cut Off US Acorn Funds After Video Uproar

Bloomberg

House votes to defund ACORN

The Associated Press

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FOXNews

The House voted 345-75 and the Senate voted 85-11 to strike ACORN funding in two different bills. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from right, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., Rep. Parick McHenry, RN. ...

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Bloomberg

Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Police gathered at a motel housing a Yale University laboratory worker named as a “person of interest” in the murder of Annie Le, the graduate student killed days before her wedding. ...

Report: Police nearing arrest; DNA links Raymond Clark to Annie Le ...

New York Daily News

Police say arrest 'soon' in Yale student killing

The Associated Press

Report: DNA match in Yale murder

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BBC News

US President Barack Obama does not believe current criticism of his policies is based on the colour of his skin, the White House has said. It was responding to comments by former President Jimmy Carter that much of the vitriol against Mr Obama's health ...

Obama disagrees with Jimmy Carter on race issue

Reuters

Jimmy Carter racism charge triggers next US race debate

Christian Science Monitor

The race from race: Dems rebut Carter

Politico

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The Associated Press

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Problems finding a usable vein during an attempt to execute an Ohio inmate have halted his lethal injection for a week, but one death penalty scholar says possible legal ch »</nobr>

USA Today

Police on Tuesday were again searching the property of the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and imprisoning her in his Northern California home for 18 years, looking for clues into the disappearance of two other ...

Police search Garrido home in connection with other abductions

CNN

Police Try to Link Garrido With Other Kidnappings

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Washington Post

Federal and city counterterrorism agents raided homes in New York City early Monday after a man under surveillance for suspected ties to al-Qaeda met with people in Queens, federal officials said. Rep. ...

Terrorism Task Force Raids Queens Apartments

New York Times

New York homes raided in terrorism case

Los Angeles Times

New York homes raided as part of ongoing terror investigation

Boston Herald

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New York Times

TORONTO — A leading opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, issued a statement on Monday giving new details of prison abuse  »</nobr>

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Someday Kim Clijsters will show her daughter the pictures — Jada pointing at herself on the giant video boards, scampering around the court and leaning over to touch the trophy. The 18-month-old is too young to remember her mother's ...

Day after US Open tirade, Serena Williams hit with fine & backlash

New York Daily News

With family on board, Clijsters back in the game

FOXSports.com

Clijsters' comeback and Open title serve as memorable heart-warmer

SI.com

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ABC Online

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party of persecuting his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). He says Zanu-PF has violated the law and spread the language of hate, and he has vowed not to let ...

EU Says Normalization of Relations With Europe Up to Zimbabwe

Voice of America

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai puts heat on Mugabe as EU retains sanctions

guardian.co.uk

Zimbabwe: MDC-T in Crisis Review of GNU

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Philadelphia Inquirer

In a campaign-style event in Minnesota, he asked supporters for help. It's time "to close the deal," an official said. By Ceci Connolly MINNEAPOLIS - Recapturing the energy of his brightest days on the campaign trail, President Obama attempted ...

In Health Care Battle, a Truce on Abortion

New York Times

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New York Times

LONDON — Britain's Defense Ministry issued a statement on Thursday naming the soldier who was killed during the raid that rescued a reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan as 29-year-old Cpl. John Harrison of the Parachute ...

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