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Syrian pound tumbles to record low on military intervention talk
ReutersBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, June 17 (Reuters) - Washington's decision to arm opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and reports of Gulf military aid to rebels have sent the Syrian currency plunging to a new record low, currency dealers and...Tags: Prices, Foreign Exchange Market, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Central Bank
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Budgets and Budgeting, American Hospital Association, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Iran president-elect strikes conciliatory tone toward U.S.
TEHRAN — Iran's president-elect called his nation's strained relations with the United States "an old wound" that would take time to heal but signaled Monday that Tehran was ready to work to reduce tensions with Washington and the West. In his...
Tags: Hasan Rowhani, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Politics, Barack Obama
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Envoy appointed to shut down prison at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Monday that it had chosen a longtime Washington attorney who has worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations to find a way to close down the prison at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay,...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, John Kerry, Politics, U.S. Navy
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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter Monday illustrating how difficult it may be to drive Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, even after some...
Tags: Hasan Rowhani, David Cameron, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Peace Negotiations
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WRAPUP 1-Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
Reuters* Obama, Putin seen clashing over Syria at G8 summit * Saudi Arabia supplies rebels with missiles * Rebels report fierce fighing around Aleppo By Andrew Osborn and Amena Bakr ENISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/DUBAI, June 17 (Reuters) - R ebels fought to...Tags: Missile Systems, Government, Saudi Arabia, Weaponry, Human Rights
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Obama says Bernanke has 'stayed a lot longer' than he wanted at Fed
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than the current chairman had originally planned....Tags: Central Bank, Financial Markets, Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawrence Summers
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Governor candidate Daley criticizes Quinn, Madigan
Tribune reporterDemocratic candidate for governor Bill Daley excoriated Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership over the state's pension crisis and criticized potential rival Lisa Madigan for not providing a legal opinion on the constitutionality of possible solutions....Tags: Executive Branch, Pension and Welfare, Illinois Governor, Politics, Springfield
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Patent trolls collect 'nuisance fees' and political enemies
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)WASHINGTON Mason Cos. of Chippewa Falls, Wis., sells shoes, women's clothing and general merchandise on the Internet and through mail-order catalogs. It does not produce or market computers or their components. Yet six times in the past three years,...Tags: Research and Development, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Instrument Engineering
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Obama suggests he won't renominate Ben Bernanke as Fed chair
President Obama suggested he might not renominate Ben S. Bernanke for a third term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying the central bank chief has already stayed in the job longer than originally planned. In a PBS interview that aired late Monday,...
Tags: Central Bank, Republican Party, Financial Markets, Politics, Money and Monetary Policy
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Led by Republicans, House passes measure to limit abortions
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation to enact stringent restrictions on abortion Tuesday, acting on an issue championed by social conservatives in the Republican majority and inviting a possible new challenge to...Tags: Todd Akin, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia Foxx, Republican Party, Zoe Lofgren
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More than 80 detained in Turkey police raids, reports say
dpaISTANBUL Turkish anti-terrorism police detained scores of people in overnight raids, Turkish media reported Tuesday, a day after a minister warned that the government might deploy the army to end nearly three weeks of protests. Eighty-four people were...Tags: First Aid, Crime, Law and Justice, Ankara (Turkey), Health Treatments, Government
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