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Obama seeks Senate GOP help for recovery bill
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus legislation is headed for the Senate after a surprisingly partisan vote in the House in which Republicans united in opposition and 11 mostly conservative Democrats defected.
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Obama set to sign equal-pay bill
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is signing into law an equal-pay bill that is popular with labor and women’s groups and is expected to make it easier for workers to sue for decades-old discrimination.
Higher stakes: US to seek Afghanistan help at NATO
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama already is testing whether Europe will match its enthusiastic words about his administration with concrete actions. After seeking help shutting the Guantanamo Bay prison, Obama now has a potentially more contentious request: He wants more European troops fighting in Afghanistan.
Struggling Republicans to pick new party chief
WASHINGTON – When Republican Party insiders pick a new leader on Friday, he will have to be more than just a nuts-and-bolts manager by rallying the faithful after two disastrous elections that transformed U.S. politics.
Hopes high for Obama as World Social Forum tackles crisis
BELEM - The 100,000 participants in this year’s World Social Forum underway in Brazil are in a party mood despite the multiplying gloom from the global economic crisis.