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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama began a week that will dwell heavily on overhauling the health care system, declaring himself confident Congress will pass "a good health care bill" even though some Republican opponents were trying to kill the measure for political gain. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - A tortuous trial that revealed the elegant philanthropist Brooke Astor as a deluded invalid struggling with Alzheimer's disease is nearing an end after more than four months of testimony. Full Story »
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KABUL - Afghan army recruit Shahidullah Ahmadi can't read — and neither can nine out of 10 soldiers in the Afghan National Army. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - Kim Clijsters made history Sunday night, capping a comeback from two years out of tennis to become the first unseeded woman to win the U.S. Open — and the first mom to win a major since 1980 — with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will try on Monday to revive a stalled push for stricter oversight of Wall Street, using the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to argue for sweeping regulatory changes. Full Story »
BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. decision to impose special duties on Chinese tires could open the door to a host of trade complaints against Chinese products, creating tensions as Western nations seek Beijing's support at the G20 meeting. Full Story »
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the American people over their government's close ties with Israel in an apparently new audio tape posted on an Islamist website Monday. Full Story »
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LONDON (Reuters) - Three British Muslims were jailed for at least 108 years Monday for plotting to kill thousands by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives. Full Story »
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and world powers seeking to resolve a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program will start talks on October 1, in what a senior U.S. official described as an "important first step." Full Story »
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces intensified a hunt on Monday for the Pakistani Taliban leader in the Swat valley, military officials said, and a U.S. drone killed four militants in a missile strike near the Afghan border. Full Story »
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LONDON (Reuters) - Most people around the world support significantly increasing government spending to counter the economic crisis, according to a 20-nation opinion poll released on Monday. Full Story »
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile at a Taliban target in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials and residents said. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A year after Lehman Brothers imploded and unleashed global financial contagion, President Barack Obama will argue Monday that his policies are rescuing a US financial system that was near collapse. Full Story »
Wah Cheong, a lifelong Republican and the soon-to-be divorced father of two teenage boys, sometimes surprises his co-workers and neighbors in a relatively conservative community outside San Francisco when he says he supports same-sex marriage. Full Story »
China accused Washington on Monday of violating World Trade Organization rules by raising tariffs on Chinese tires and demanded talks in the WTO on the latest and most acrimonious in a string of trade disputes. Full Story »
Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. Full Story »
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