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MANILA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The Philippines turned its focus on Sunday from rescue operations to sending relief to northern provinces devastated by floods and cut off by landslides as the death toll from two typhoons in 14 days rose to more than 600. ...

Battered Philippines Struggles to Regain Footing

New York Times

US choppers bring aid in stricken Philippine city

The Associated Press

Floods, landslides kill more than 300 in Philippines as rescue picks up

Xinhua

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Reuters

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski signed the European Union's reform treaty into law on Saturday, leaving the Czech Republic as the only country still to ratify the document. The Lisbon Treaty is designed to ...

President of Poland signs Lisbon Treaty

Telegraph.co.uk

Polish president ratifies EU reform treaty

The Associated Press

Faulty pen delays Polish approval of EU treaty

AFP

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact ...

This Isn't About Going Lunar, It's Just Loony

FOXNews

NASA Moon Bomb Stirs Up Cloud

InformationWeek

NASA's moon crash doesn't produce a spectacle, but it still might be a hit

Los Angeles Times

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Aljazeera.net

Anti-government fighters in Pakistan have set alight supply trucks destined for Western forces in Afghanistan. The attack on six Nato vehicles on Friday at a terminal in a suburb of the city of Peshawar occurred after a weapon was stolen from a ...

US forces in Afghanistan leave base after attack

The Associated Press

Nato lorries torched in Pakistan

BBC News

Militants torch NATO vehicles in Pakistan: police

AFP

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FOXNews

House Republicans on Wednesday tried to pass a resolution to oust Rangel from his chairmanship pending an Ethics Committee investigation into a long list of  »</nobr>

AFP

UNITED NATIONS — A contentious UN report blasting the Israeli military offensive in Gaza will be raised next week as part of a rescheduled Security Council debate on the Middle East, diplomats said. The compromise move by a divided council was agreed ...

Israel, PA trade blame over frozen funds to disabled Gazans

Ha'aretz

UNSC rejects Libya's request for special Goldstone session

Jerusalem Post

Hamas plays down upcoming US envoy's visit

Xinhua

The Associated Press -BBC News -Ha'aretz

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guardian.co.uk

Workers build a sea w »</nobr>

Washington Post

GAZA -- In the two years since it seized power here, the militant Hamas movement has undercut the influence of the Gaza Strip's major clans, brought competing paramilitary groups under its control, put down an uprising by a rival ...

Egypt says Hamas, Fatah to sign peace pact Oct 25

Reuters

Victory for Israel in Goldstone delay, fury among Palestinians

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Palestinians to sign reconciliation agreement late October:Egyptian FM

Xinhua

Baltimore Jewish Times -Jerusalem Post -Aljazeera.net

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Los Angeles Times

The newest Supreme Court justice doesn't play the shy rookie, but peppers lawyers with questions, more even than Scalia and Ginsburg. The court takes a close look at the Miranda rule. By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington - By mid-morning on the ...

Sotomayor adept at getting a few words in edgewise

USA Today

Sotomayor Takes Active Role on Court's First Day

Washington Post

Court begins new term with a new justice

CNN

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NBC New York

AP Sonia Sotomayor will make history as the nation's first Latina justice today when the ideologic »</nobr>

Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON - -- Despite months of seeming ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan, the Obama White House has launched an intensifying behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided ...

Obama urges spirit of compromise on healthcare

Reuters

Reid's at the Reins in Health-Care Battle

Washington Post

The surgery begins

Los Angeles Times

CBS News -Boston Globe -The Associated Press

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BBC News

Thousands of people may have died in remote village areas when a powerful earthquake struck Sumatra last week, emergency workers and officials fear. Some villages were completely destroyed in landslides, with access roads torn apart by the quake ...

Sumatra quake levelled three villages

guardian.co.uk

Officials: 3000 People Trapped Due to Indonesian Quake

Voice of America

Up to 4000 buried in Indonesian quake rubble

CNN International

Reuters -ABC Online -New York Times

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Washington Post

JERUSALEM, Oct. 2 -- The UN Human Rights Council on Friday shelved a controversial report on Israel's recent war in the Gaza Strip, averting a crisis in the push to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but ...

Hamas: Deal proves Israel has no choice but to accept our demands

Jerusalem Post

Video: Final Shalit deal uncertain

Aljazeera.net

Palestinians drop support for war crimes report

The Associated Press

Los Angeles Times -BBC News -Bloomberg

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Washington Post

AP WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court could ignite a vigorous new fight over state and local gun controls across the nation when it rules on a ch »</nobr>

Washington Post

Senate Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday establishing mandatory, nationwide limits on greenhouse gases, hoping to spur political momentum on the issue before negotiators meet in Copenhagen in December to try to forge a new ...

Boxer, Kerry Launch Campaign to Pass Senate Cap-And-Trade Bill

New York Times

INSTANT VIEW: US Senate climate bill reaction

Reuters

Senate Democrats Push Forward With Climate Bill Despite Full Plate

FOXNews

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Washington Post

For many months, advocates of health-care reform have implored President Obama to outline in greater detail the provisions he's prepared to push and defend. So far, he has largely resisted, offering broad principles and leaving the details ...

Public Health-Plan Option Rejected by Senate Panel

Bloomberg

Senate panel defeats public healthcare option. Is it dead?

Christian Science Monitor

In setback for Obama, Senate panel rejects government-run ...

MiamiHerald.com

Voice of America -Politico -Washington Times

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CNN International

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The US State Department is c »</nobr>