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Seattle Times, 12.03.10 19:11 UTC

Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in East Jerusalem.

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Huffington Post, 12.03.10 19:09 UTC

Mitchell Bard: Fearful and Scheming Republicans Are Playing into al-Qaida's Strategy

You might have missed an AP article on al-Qaida that slipped nearly unnoticed through yesterday's news cycle. The piece reports that the terrorist operation is moving towards smaller-scale attacks ...

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Seattle Times, 12.03.10 17:14 UTC

Homeowners seek help at Glendale foreclosure event

Hundreds of homeowners trying to avoid losing their homes to foreclosure met with housing counselors and lender representatives at an event in Glendale on Thursday.

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Huffington Post, 12.03.10 16:50 UTC

The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: Politics Confuse Public Perception of Climate Change

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Americans don't know what to think about climate change anymore. A few years ago, the public more or less trusted the science that said human activity was ...

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Huffington Post, 12.03.10 16:50 UTC

Matt Finkelstein: Republicans Still Lying About Christmas Bomber

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the Obama administration is considering abandoning its plans to hold a civilian trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, in ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 12.03.10 16:49 UTC

State transit projects may be U.S. models

Alex Wong / Getty Images Sen. Barbara Boxer says of a new transit system plan in Los Angeles: "It makes a lot of sense to me." View Larger Image (03-12) 04:00 PST Washington -- The Obama ...

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WashingtonPost Business, 12.03.10 16:05 UTC

Some tax issues to consider on mortgage write-downs

With the Obama administration and private lenders actively considering mortgage principal-reduction programs to help financially distressed homeowners, the Internal Revenue Service has issued a new ...

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guardian.co.uk, 12.03.10 14:27 UTC

How Bibi lost a best friend

Netanyahu needs all the support he can get. But he still turned Biden's visit into a diplomatic fiasco

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Huffington Post, 12.03.10 11:22 UTC

Johann Hari: Enough. The Palestinians Should Now Declare Independence

Could the Israeli government make it any more obvious they have no intention of sharing the Over-Promised Land with its other inhabitants? This week the Obama administration - who give Israel $3bn a ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12.03.10 07:36 UTC

Talks to Address Trade in Tuna and Ivory

Marathon negotiations on protecting the planet's endangered species open on Saturday in Qatar with tensions bubbling over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant ivory ...