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Healthcare overhaul faces new challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans vowed to fight back on Monday after Congress passed President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul, while a dozen U.S. states promised new legal challenges and health stocks rose.
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House backs Obama's bid to revamp student loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Sunday approved President Barack Obama's bid to implement what would be the biggest overhaul in decades of the federal student loan program.
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Sarkozy prepares cabinet reshuffle after vote rout
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy looked set to shake up his government on Monday after the center-right was savagely beaten in regional elections, with the minister in charge of sensitive pension reforms facing the chop.
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Immigration activists rally for change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the U.S. capital on Sunday to demand immigration reform that defends the rights of foreign workers, but their voices may have been muted by Democrats' push for a historic vote on healthcare.
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Immigration activists rally for change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the U.S. capital on Sunday to demand immigration reform that defends the rights of foreign workers, but their voices may have been muted by Democrats' push for a historic vote on healthcare.
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Greenberg sells AIG stock to UBS for $278 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief executive of American International Group Inc, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, reached a deal to sell most of the shares he holds in the insurer to a unit of Swiss bank UBS.
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Sarkozy loses heavily in French regional polls
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party suffered a comprehensive defeat in regional elections on Sunday, but pledged to push on with reform plans before the 2012 presidential race.
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Anti-abortion Democrats reach deal with White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Sunday President Barack Obama would issue an order reaffirming a ban on using federal funds for abortion in a deal with holdout Democrats that could clear the way for passage of a healthcare overhaul.
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U.S. missile strike kills 8 militants in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into an al Qaeda and Taliban hideout in northwest Pakistan on the Afghan border on Sunday, killing eight militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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Palestinians warn Israel after troops kill 4
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank were buried on Sunday following violence that has exacerbated growing tensions.
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U.S. actions contrary to desire for better ties: Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that Washington's actions contradict its call for friendly ties, a day after a renewed offer of dialogue by President Barack Obama.
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Vatican must take abuse more seriously: Swiss abbot
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Vatican has to take cases of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy more seriously, the abbot of a Swiss monastery at the center of an abuse scandal told a Swiss Sunday paper.
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Pope apology disappoints, victims seek accountability
PARIS (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's apology to Ireland went further than any other papal statement on child sex abuse by priests, but still fell far too short for many victims of the scandals shaking the Roman Catholic Church across Europe.
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U.N.'s Ban in Gaza, calls on Israel to end closures
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged Israel to end a three year-long blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and called on Palestinians to heal their political rifts.
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Iran parliament may accede to president on subsidies
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament could finally accede to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demands for radical subsidy cuts after blocking the plan for months, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday.
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Netanyahu stands firm on Jerusalem before U.S. visit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had informed Washington in writing that Israel would not stop Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, setting the stage for a defiant visit to the United States this week.
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Democrats see healthcare bill passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives neared final passage on Sunday of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that would create the biggest health policy changes in four decades and hand President Barack Obama a landmark victory.
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California governor's race to set spending record
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California governor's race is on track to be the most expensive nonpresidential election in U.S. history, sparking a debate over money and influence that could become the campaign's defining issue.
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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed two Palestinians who tried to stab a soldier on Sunday, the Israeli army said, in West Bank violence that placed further strain on U.S. efforts to get indirect peace talks under way.
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Allawi leads Iraq vote, Maliki asks for recount
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secularist challenger Iyad Allawi retained a slim lead in Iraq's tight election race after a preliminary count of 95 percent of votes released on Sunday.
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