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Russian exclave of Kaliningrad at forefront of a nationwide protest movement (20 March 09:30) |
| KALININGRAD, RUSSIA -- Almost every Friday for more than a year, a small band of dockworkers, sailors and other stubborn souls has gathered outside the governor's office in this Russian Bal... |
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Washington regions unemployment rate hits 69 in January 20-year record (20 March 09:30) |
| The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area's highest level in 20 years of record-keeping. |
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Key appointees at Treasury used as pawns in unrelated legislative battles (20 March 09:30) |
| For more than a year, the Treasury Department has grappled with a monumental global economic crisis while many of its most senior people have had to walk out of internal meetings at critical... |
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Fed can provide loan details to media court rules British Airways strike looms (20 March 09:30) |
| A federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Reserve can reveal information to news agencies seeking to learn about loans that private banks received from the 12 Federal Reserve Banks as t... |
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In China Google users worry they may lose an engine of progress (20 March 09:30) |
| BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers... |
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Four Democrats change sides will vote for health-care bill (20 March 09:30) |
| Democratic leaders persuaded four more House members Friday to support a landmark health-care bill after initially opposing it, but they still need votes from a pivotal bloc of lawmakers who... |
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In choosing its battle names the military must know its target audience (20 March 09:30) |
| In the hypercharged rush of combat, the adrenaline flows and the rhetoric soars. After the "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq, many of the names the military gave early battles were pugnacious... |
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Dutch reject retired US generals claim that having gay soldiers led to Srebrenica massacre (20 March 09:30) |
| LONDON -- Top Dutch officials ditched their usual diplomacy Friday in an angry reaction to suggestions by a retired U.S. Marine Corps general that allowing openly gay troops to serve in thei... |
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Va burglary attempt ends with arrest of suspect and homeowner (20 March 09:30) |
| The terror in his daughter's voice shook Reginald T. Anderson when she called him on his cellphone to say that someone was breaking into their Woodbridge townhouse. |
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Senators divided over rules on the derivatives market (20 March 09:30) |
| Two senators charged with shaping new rules to oversee the vast, unregulated over-the-counter derivatives market said Friday that they have failed to reach agreement on the legislation, cons... |
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North Dakota residents on tenterhooks eyeing Red Rivers rise (20 March 09:30) |
| FARGO, N.D. -- A year ago, weather forecasters changed late in the game their estimate of just how high the Red River would rise. That stoked an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry here that proved... |
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Lawsuit claims Boy Scouts coverup of sex abuse (20 March 09:30) |
| The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years. |
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Russias Vladimir Putin bombards Hillary Clinton with complaints about trade (20 March 09:30) |
| MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greeted visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday with a volley of complaints about trade, while another top Russian offici... |
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Latinos increasingly critical of Obamas record on immigration (20 March 09:30) |
| As tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters prepare to demonstrate in Washington on Sunday in favor of an immigration overhaul, the Obama administration is finding its relationsh... |
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses global risk World Health Organization says (20 March 09:30) |
| The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times as high in the vast area that once encompass... |
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Immigrant groups reach out to blacks (20 March 09:30) |
| Organizers of a march for immigrants' rights in Washington on Sunday are reaching out to African Americans, hoping to bring the two communities together around an issue that has been a wedge... |
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IMF calls for European reforms (20 March 09:30) |
| The International Monetary Fund is pressing Europe to speed and deepen reform of its financial system, urging the continent to act more as a single economy even as disagreement intensified o... |
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Health-care legislations insurance subsidies prompt questions of affordability (20 March 09:30) |
| The final health-care legislation that House Democrats are striving to pass this weekend would give about 19 million Americans subsidies averaging $6,000 to help pay premiums and other insur... |
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Activist investors to push back against lax corporate governance (20 March 09:30) |
| Investor groups have launched a two-pronged battle this spring against the lax corporate governance that they say helped precipitate the financial crisis.
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Washington regions unemployment rate hits 69 in January 20-year record (20 March 09:30) |
| The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area's highest level in 20 years of record-keeping. |
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Fed can provide loan details to media court rules British Airways strike looms (20 March 09:30) |
| A federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Reserve can reveal information to news agencies seeking to learn about loans that private banks received from the 12 Federal Reserve Banks as t... |
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In China Google users worry they may lose an engine of progress (20 March 09:30) |
| BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers... |
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Four Democrats change sides will vote for health-care bill (20 March 09:30) |
| Democratic leaders persuaded four more House members Friday to support a landmark health-care bill after initially opposing it, but they still need votes from a pivotal bloc of lawmakers who... |
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In choosing its battle names the military must know its target audience (20 March 09:30) |
| In the hypercharged rush of combat, the adrenaline flows and the rhetoric soars. After the "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq, many of the names the military gave early battles were pugnacious... |
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Dutch reject retired US generals claim that having gay soldiers led to Srebrenica massacre (20 March 09:30) |
| LONDON -- Top Dutch officials ditched their usual diplomacy Friday in an angry reaction to suggestions by a retired U.S. Marine Corps general that allowing openly gay troops to serve in thei... |
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Va burglary attempt ends with arrest of suspect and homeowner (20 March 09:30) |
| The terror in his daughter's voice shook Reginald T. Anderson when she called him on his cellphone to say that someone was breaking into their Woodbridge townhouse. |
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North Dakota residents on tenterhooks eyeing Red Rivers rise (20 March 09:30) |
| FARGO, N.D. -- A year ago, weather forecasters changed late in the game their estimate of just how high the Red River would rise. That stoked an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry here that proved... |
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Russias Vladimir Putin bombards Hillary Clinton with complaints about trade (20 March 09:30) |
| MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greeted visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday with a volley of complaints about trade, while another top Russian offici... |
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Latinos increasingly critical of Obamas record on immigration (20 March 09:30) |
| As tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters prepare to demonstrate in Washington on Sunday in favor of an immigration overhaul, the Obama administration is finding its relationsh... |
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses global risk World Health Organization says (20 March 09:30) |
| The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times as high in the vast area that once encompass... |
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Health-care legislations insurance subsidies prompt questions of affordability (20 March 09:30) |
| The final health-care legislation that House Democrats are striving to pass this weekend would give about 19 million Americans subsidies averaging $6,000 to help pay premiums and other insur... |
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Washington regions unemployment rate hits 69 in January 20-year record (20 March 09:30) |
| The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area's highest level in 20 years of record-keeping. |
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Fed can provide loan details to media court rules British Airways strike looms (20 March 09:30) |
| A federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Reserve can reveal information to news agencies seeking to learn about loans that private banks received from the 12 Federal Reserve Banks as t... |
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In China Google users worry they may lose an engine of progress (20 March 09:30) |
| BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers... |
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Four Democrats change sides will vote for health-care bill (20 March 09:30) |
| Democratic leaders persuaded four more House members Friday to support a landmark health-care bill after initially opposing it, but they still need votes from a pivotal bloc of lawmakers who... |
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In choosing its battle names the military must know its target audience (20 March 09:30) |
| In the hypercharged rush of combat, the adrenaline flows and the rhetoric soars. After the "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq, many of the names the military gave early battles were pugnacious... |
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Dutch reject retired US generals claim that having gay soldiers led to Srebrenica massacre (20 March 09:30) |
| LONDON -- Top Dutch officials ditched their usual diplomacy Friday in an angry reaction to suggestions by a retired U.S. Marine Corps general that allowing openly gay troops to serve in thei... |
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Va burglary attempt ends with arrest of suspect and homeowner (20 March 09:30) |
| The terror in his daughter's voice shook Reginald T. Anderson when she called him on his cellphone to say that someone was breaking into their Woodbridge townhouse. |
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North Dakota residents on tenterhooks eyeing Red Rivers rise (20 March 09:30) |
| FARGO, N.D. -- A year ago, weather forecasters changed late in the game their estimate of just how high the Red River would rise. That stoked an 11th-hour sandbagging flurry here that proved... |
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Russias Vladimir Putin bombards Hillary Clinton with complaints about trade (20 March 09:30) |
| MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greeted visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday with a volley of complaints about trade, while another top Russian offici... |
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Latinos increasingly critical of Obamas record on immigration (20 March 09:30) |
| As tens of thousands of immigrants and their supporters prepare to demonstrate in Washington on Sunday in favor of an immigration overhaul, the Obama administration is finding its relationsh... |
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses global risk World Health Organization says (20 March 09:30) |
| The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times as high in the vast area that once encompass... |
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Health-care legislations insurance subsidies prompt questions of affordability (20 March 09:30) |
| The final health-care legislation that House Democrats are striving to pass this weekend would give about 19 million Americans subsidies averaging $6,000 to help pay premiums and other insur... |
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Washington regions unemployment rate hits 69 in January 20-year record (20 March 09:30) |
| The unemployment rate in the Washington region soared to 6.9 percent in January, according to government data released Friday. It is the area's highest level in 20 years of record-keeping. |
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Fed can provide loan details to media court rules British Airways strike looms (20 March 09:30) |
| A federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Reserve can reveal information to news agencies seeking to learn about loans that private banks received from the 12 Federal Reserve Banks as t... |
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In China Google users worry they may lose an engine of progress (20 March 09:30) |
| BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers... |
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Four Democrats change sides will vote for health-care bill (20 March 09:30) |
| Democratic leaders persuaded four more House members Friday to support a landmark health-care bill after initially opposing it, but they still need votes from a pivotal bloc of lawmakers who... |
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|
In choosing its battle names the military must know its target audience (20 March 09:30) |
| In the hypercharged rush of combat, the adrenaline flows and the rhetoric soars. After the "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq, many of the names the military gave early battles were pugnacious... |
| |
|
Dutch reject retired US generals claim that having gay soldiers led to Srebrenica massacre (20 March 09:30) |
| LONDON -- Top Dutch officials ditched their usual diplomacy Friday in an angry reaction to suggestions by a retired U.S. Marine Corps general that allowing openly gay troops to serve in thei... |
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Va burglary attempt ends with arrest of suspect and homeowner (20 March 09:30) |
| The terror in his daughter's voice shook Reginald T. Anderson when she called him on his cellphone to say that someone was breaking into their Woodbridge townhouse. |
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