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Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Reuters - 2 hours 11 mins ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis. More »

Senate Democrats eye key US health care victory
AFP - 4 hours 32 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats in the US Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system. More »
Obama's Senate allies eye key health care victory
AFP - 4 hours 46 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system. More »
Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving
AFP - 5 hours 10 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said. More »
U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard
Reuters - 8 hours 49 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. More »
Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling
Reuters - 11 hours 41 mins ago
DIMOCK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property values. More »
U.S. urges Honduras de facto leader to step aside
Reuters - 11 hours 59 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader should make good on an offer to step aside for a week so voters can focus on November 29 polls and resolve the country's political crisis, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. More »
Obama's Senate allies eye first health care victory
AFP - Yesterday, 05:51 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down the support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking US health care. More »
Major world powers meet to discuss Iran nuclear snub
AFP - Yesterday, 12:34 pm
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Major world powers met in Brussels Friday to plot their next move after Iran rejected a nuclear fuel deal, as the UN atomic watchdog's chief warned that Tehran risked losing a "unique" opportunity. More »
Pakistan worries over new U.S. Afghan strategy
Reuters - Yesterday, 08:56 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S. troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk. More »