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Times Square car bomb: Pakistan arrests man ‘with links to US terror plot’
The suspect provided an “independent stream” of evidence that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was behind the failed attack on May 1, the newspaper said, quoting US officials.
The suspect also admitted helping Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American man being held over the Times Square plot, to travel to Pakistan’s tribal areas for bomb-making training, the report said.
The Health Care Bill’s 8 Key Moments
The Health Care Bill’s 8 Key Moments The proposal to overhaul the nation’s health care system started a year ago with optimistic predictions that the “stars were in alignment” for an idea that had been a Democratic promise for decades, and became President Obama’s defining legislative initiative. But the plan would face , protests and backlash [...]
Democrats say they have votes to pass healthcare
An upbeat House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer predicted victory in Sunday’s vote on the biggest revamp of the $2.5 trillion healthcare system in four decades, although even the most optimistic Democrats expected a razor-thin margin.
“Clearly, we believe we have the votes,” Hoyer told reporters. “We expect we have the votes to pass the Senate bill.”
House [...]
Washington turns ugly on eve of historic health-care vote
Washington turns ugly on eve of historic health-care vote House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from U.S. President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And, at times, it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.
Most of the day’s important work leading up [...]
Thailand’s Red Shirts Hold 7th Day of Peaceful Protests
Thailand’s Red Shirts Hold 7th Day of Peaceful Protests The so-called “Red Shirts” plan to follow up their day-long caravan with a “blood painting” on Sunday, the latest tactic in their week-long effort to oust the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Leaders of the anti-government movement on Friday rejected the prime minister’s repeated offer for [...]
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal VATICAN CITY — Confronting a sex abuse scandal spreading across Europe, including his native Germany, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday apologized directly and personally to victims and their families in Ireland, expressing “shame and remorse” and saying “your trust had been betrayed and your dignity has been [...]
For Google stock, China could mark turning point
(Reuters) – An exit from China’s search market could mark a setback not only for Google Inc’s (GOOG.O) global business strategy but for a stock that has long been synonymous with virtually limitless growth opportunities.
After nearly six years of tantalizing Wall Street with its unbridled potential, Google is for the first time threatening to close [...]
