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 | 9 Muslim passengers removed from jet
Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
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| Nation |
 | States cut Medicaid coverage further
States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.
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| World |
 | Pakistan 'deploys soldiers to Indian border'
Pakistan moved troops away from its western border with Afghanistan, amid reports that thousands of soldiers were being redeployed along the eastern frontier with India yesterday, in what would be a major escalation of the confrontation between the two countries after the Mumbai terrorist attack last month.
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| Afghanistan War |
 | Afghanistan farmers in the midst of poppy cultivation dilemma
Farmers in Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan, have been told by Taliban insurgents to grow poppy, but the government has warned them not to.
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| Iraq War |
 | US-installed Iraqi ex-PM says Bush 'utter failure'
Former U.S.-installed Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has denounced the policies of President George W. Bush as an "utter failure" that gave rise to the sectarian venom that ravaged his country.
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| Palestine/Israel |
 | Israel defies peacemakers and prepares for invasion
Israel has defied a formidable international consensus in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza by opting to continue its unprecedentedly fierce air attacks on Hamas targets and stepping up preparations for a possible ground offensive.
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| Labor |
 | Starbucks loses round in battle over union
A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled on christmas eve that Starbucks had illegally fired three baristas and otherwise violated federal labor laws in seeking to beat back unionization efforts at several of its Manhattan cafes.
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| Environment |
 | Colorado seeks protections amid energy boom
When a Colorado emergency room nurse fell gravely ill after treating a gas field worker, doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong with her.
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| Women |
 | Clergy renew women bishops threat
Traditionalist clergy have renewed their threat to leave the Church of England if it goes ahead with proposals for the ordination of women bishops.
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| LGBT |
 | Gay Christians denounce Pope's comments
Lesbian and gay Christians today denounced Pope Benedict's claim that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior is as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.
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| Media Watch |
 | Web overtakes newspapers as source of news in US survey
As Barack Obama marched towards the White House and the economy plunged, more Americans ditched newspapers for the internet.
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| Health |
 | Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number
Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer.
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| Analysis |
 | What helped the rise of Hamas? US, Israel policies, turns out
The Gaza Strip wasn't supposed to be like this.
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| Technology |
 | Royal Navy goes with 'Windows for subs'
Bucking the open-source trend, the British Royal Navy has developed a modified version of Microsoft Windows XP and has begun installing it on its fleet of nuclear submarines.
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| Commentary |
 | Is Obama's education pick the Sarah Palin of the school system?
When President-elect Barack Obama recently named Chicago Schools Superintendent Arne Duncan as his choice for secretary of education, the reaction was a chorus of praise in the national media for a man they hailed as a true reformer and passionate educator. The consensus was that Duncan was great at building consensus, tough on the teachers' union, and committed to the kids. And, incidentally, he was pretty good on the basketball court.
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| Obituary |
 | Anti-apartheid icon Suzman dies
Helen Suzman, a celebrated South African MP and anti-apartheid campaigner, has died at the age of 91.
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Cost of the War in Iraq
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| Quote of the Week |
"There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Israel uses munitions that are allowed for under international law.
We have nothing against the people of Gaza." |
-- Oved Yehezkel, Ehud Olmert's Secretary of the Cabinet,in response to chorus of international concerns; Captain Ishai David, spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces, in response to photos published worldwide showing White Phosphorus shells exploding over Gaza; Ehud Olmert, on the first day of the Israeli assault.
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