At White House, Biden's Expletive Caught on Open Mic Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:43 PM PDT The vice president's effusiveness to President Obama was overheard at the ceremony for the signing of health care legislation.  
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What the Health Care Overhaul Means for Americans Abroad Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:26 AM PDT How the new health care legislation will affect Americans living abroad.  
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'The Reality of Reform': Understanding the Health Care Law Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT Lesson Plan | Clarifying what the health care reform law means for Americans, and putting the law into historical and current context.  
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U.S. and Mexico Set New Anti-Drug Strategy Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:50 PM PDT A $331-million plan aims to strengthen law enforcement and rebuild communities, and was at the center of a visit by several senior Obama administration officials.  
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'Gang of Retires' Guilty of Kidnapping Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:01 PM PDT A German court has convicted and sentenced members of a group dubbed the "gang of retirees" to jail for kidnapping their financial adviser and forcing him to transfer money into their bank accounts.  
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Clinton in Mexico for crime talks Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:51 PM PDT High-level US delegation to look at $1.6bn programme to fight organised crime.  
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Jonathan selects Nigeria ministers Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:57 PM PDT Acting-president sends list of 18 cabinet members to the senate for approval.  
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Google, China showdown marks a turning point for the West, Beijing Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:16 PM PDT BEIJING -- The showdown between the Internet giant Google and the world's most populous country marks a turning point in what was one of the great alliances of the late 20th century -- the bond between Western capital and Beijing's authoritarian system.  
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White House Takes First Steps to Replace Fannie and Freddie Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PDT The first step includes seeking comment on the appropriate role of the government in housing policy and housing finance.  
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Pay cuts for US bailed-out bosses Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PDT White House pay tsar tells bosses at five bailed-out firms to take a 15% drop in pay after calling AIG's recent bonuses 'outrageous'.  
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Rio Tinto bribery suspects await fate Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:22 AM PDT The commercial bribery case against four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto resumed in Shanghai on Tuesday -- a day after the Australian executive at the heart of the case admitted to taking money.  
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Affleck in Congo aid initiative Posted: 22 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT Actor Ben Affleck on Monday launched a grassroots initiative to assist communities ravaged by war in one of the most troubled places on earth, the Democratic Republic of Congo.  
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Netanyahu fears peace talks delay in settlement feud Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he feared Middle East peace talks could be delayed for another year unless Palestinians drop their demand for a full freeze on housing settlements.  
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Live - Tuesday football Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:59 AM PDT West Ham host relegation rivals Wolves and Newcastle visit Doncaster on a busy night of Premier League and Football League action.  
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Cameron: Scandal worse than 1990s Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:09 AM PDT David Cameron says the "scandals" besetting Labour are "worse" than 1990s sleaze, but his inquiry calls are rebuffed.  
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G20 protest woman 'like lunatic' Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PDT A G20 protester allegedly assaulted by a police officer was acting like a "lunatic", a court hears.  
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ICC prosecutor: Sudan poll like vote under Hitler Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:30 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday that monitoring Sudan's election next month would be like monitoring a vote in Hitler's Germany.  
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France backs down on carbon tax Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:23 AM PDT The French government signals that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions.  
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Ex-Nazi gets life for Dutch murders Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:01 AM PDT Court finds 88-year-old former member of SS guilty of killing three civilians in 1944.  
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Libya releases Islamist prisoners Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:50 AM PDT Libya frees 214 Islamist inmates as part of its programme of rehabilitation, Muammar Gaddafi's son announces.  
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