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Obama pleads for health care overhaul, vote looms

AFP - 48 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century. More »

Oops: Republican jumps gun on health care vote
AFP - 1 hour 27 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's Democratic allies got an unlikely vote of confidence Saturday, as a top Republican foe prematurely declared defeat in the fight over remaking US health care. More »
Obama to push health care as lawmakers debate overhaul
AFP - 1 hour 37 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority. More »
109 arrests at Iran protests: Tehran police chief
AFP - 2 hours 20 mins ago
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian police arrested 109 people during opposition protests on the sidelines of an official rally marking three decades since the seizure of the US embassy, Tehran's police chief said on Saturday. More »
Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote
AFP - 4 hours 28 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. More »
Tehran police arrested 109 during protests
AFP - 5 hours 44 mins ago
TEHRAN (AFP) - Police arrested 109 people during opposition protests on the sidelines of an official demonstration marking three decades since the seizure of the US embassy, Tehran's police chief said on Saturday. More »
Activists bury heads in sand in G20 beach protest
Reuters - 5 hours 48 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Twenty activists donned suits and ties and buried their heads in the sand on a Scottish beach on Saturday to protest against a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 powerful nations. More »
Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote
AFP - 7 hours 1 min ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care. More »
Genetic tests help track food web, climate change
Reuters - 8 hours 44 mins ago
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday. More »
Obama to push lawmakers as health care vote looms
AFP - Today, 04:26 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care. More »