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Unadim Kanna, a Christian member of the Iraqi parliament, speaks to the media after voting on an election law at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen

Iraq passes election law, Obama hails milestone 

Reuters - 2 hours 59 mins ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk. More »

  • U.S. healthcare measure faces tough path in Senate 

    Reuters - 4 hours 10 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a landmark win in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed. More »

  • A crucifix is seen on a wall as a student writes on a blackboard in a school classroom in Rome November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

    Italians want crucifixes to stay in classrooms

    Reuters - 6 hours 8 mins ago

    ROME (Reuters) - Some 84 percent of Italians oppose a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, according to a poll Sunday. More »

  • Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East

    Goldman Sachs - banks do "God's work"

    Reuters - 6 hours 23 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Goldman Sachs, which has attracted widespread media attention over the size of its staff bonuses, believes banks serve a social purpose and are doing "God's work." More »

  • Army Chief of Staff General George Casey addresses the media at the Fort Hood Army Post in Fort Hood, Texas November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

    More troops needed for Afghanistan - U.S. General Casey

    Reuters - 7 hours 51 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General George Casey, Army chief of staff, on Sunday became the latest U.S. military official to advocate sending more troops to Afghanistan as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy. More »

  • Britons not convinced Afghan war can be won - Stirrup 

    Reuters - 10 hours 13 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are not convinced the war in Afghanistan can be won, Britain's chief of defence staff said on Sunday, as two new polls showed support for the war was dwindling. More »

  • "Apprentice" boss considers firing himself

    Reuters - 10 hours 18 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Tycoon Alan Sugar, famous for his putdown "you're fired" on hit TV show "The Apprentice," said he was considering firing himself from his government job after a backlash at comments he made about struggling small businesses. More »

  • A bomb disposal team member inspects a damaged vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Matni village near Peshawar November 8, 2009. REUTERS/K. Parvez

    Market attack in Pakistan kills at least 12 

    Reuters - Today, 10:21 am

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban village mayor and 11 other people in an attack near Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said. More »

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