Rival edges ahead of Iraq PM in overall vote count (AP)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 at 8:40 am  
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Iraqi policemen stand guard in front of an election campaign poster for former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 20, 2010. A secular challenger to Iraq's prime minister has again edged ahead in parliamentary elections now that the vote count is nearly complete. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP – A secular challenger to Iraq’s prime minister edged ahead Saturday in the overall vote count in parliamentary elections, while the prime minister held onto his province-by-province lead as the counting neared completion.


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Obama, Democrats push hard ahead of health vote (AP)

Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 10:38 am  
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Clinic workers hold signs and chant during a rally in support of US President Barack Obama's health care reform package in Oakland, California, on March 17. US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to see his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP – President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensely for historic health care legislation Friday, gaining momentum and another precious “yes” 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.


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Bridge snubs Terry handshake ahead of match (AFP)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 7:34 am  
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Chelsea's captain John Terry (R) fails to get a hand shake from Manchester City's English defender Wayne Bridge before the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in London.(AFP/Olly Greenwood)AFP – Wayne Bridge refused to shake hands with former England team-mate John Terry ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Manchester City on Saturday.


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Obama silent ahead of vote on Armenian genocide (AP)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 3:08 am  
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FILE - In this April 24, 2009 file photo, Armenians gather to mark the 94th anniversary of the mass killing of the Armenian people, at a monument in Yerevan. President Barack Obama is facing a bind as a congressional panel prepares a vote next week on a resolution that would recognize the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide. (AP Photo/ Mkhtar Khachatryan/Photolure, File)AP – President Barack Obama is in a bind as a congressional panel prepares to vote next week on a resolution that would recognize as genocide the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.


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Health care odds long, but Democrats push ahead (AP)

Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 4:07 pm  
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul on Friday — and pointed to glimmers of hope — but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama’s extraordinary summit with both parties’ leaders.


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