The US Senate passed a sweeping health care reform bill early Thursday by 60 votes to 39, extending coverage to 31 million Americans and landing President Barack Obama a major political victory.
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The UN Security Council has imposed tough sanctions on Eritrea, targeting government and military leaders with an arms embargo, travel restrictions, and asset freezes in a bid to stop Asmara’s support for Somali rebels.
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An American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing at the international airport at Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday night. Local officials reported 91 mainly minor injuries, but no fatalities.
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Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — Ian Harnett, managing director at Absolute Strategy Research, talks with Bloomberg’s Rishaad Salamat about the outlook for European stocks and investment strategy. Speaking in London, Harnett also discusses market volatility, Treasury yields and Federal Reserve intere...
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The interim leader of Guinea’s ruling junta, Sekouba Konate, who stepped in for injured strongman Moussa Dadis Camara, has vowed to hold elections "at the earliest possible date", in a speech to mark one year since a military coup.
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Mexico City approved gay marriage on Monday, becoming the first municipality in Latin America to do so. The city’s lawmakers are now pushing the battle further as they seek to extend adoption rights to same-sex couples.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has accused the FARC rebels of killing Luis Cuellar, the Caqueta state governor, whose body was found on Tuesday just a day after he was kidnapped in the country’s south.
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Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) — Stephen Gallo, head of market analysis at Schneider Foreign Exchange, talks with Bloomberg’s Rishaad Salamat about the outlook for the dollar, euro, yen and pound. Gallo speaks in London. ... Gallo Sees Reasons to Shun Dollar Pound in Longer Term Analyst Ratings-Forex...
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President Barack Obama has touted a US Senate vote that inched healthcare reform closer to passage as a "big victory". But the bill still has a long way to go before Obama can sign it into law.
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Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote and gaining the support of a powerful lobbying group for doctors.
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The Sept. 28 massacre of opposition supporters by Guinean troops loyal to the ruling junta amounted to a "crime against humanity", a UN report said on Monday. The attack left scores of women raped and more than 156 people dead or missing.
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