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U.S. Top News Early Edition: Obama pushes jobs, vows fight in State of the Union address

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Good Morning Aron, THU 28 Jan 2010 
 
Obama pushes jobs, vows fight in State of the Union address
Toyota extends massive safety recall to Europe
Senate to vote on Bernanke Thursday
Karzai government invites Taliban to peace meeting
Obama job drive earns business plaudits
Apple pitches $499 iPad, takes on Amazon
Iran hangs two people in first unrest executions
Capabilities of U.S. intelligence agencies questioned
North Korea fires artillery again toward South
Haiti pleads for better aid effort, survivor found


Obama pushes jobs, vows fight in State of the Union address
January 28, 2010 08:00 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pushed job creation to the top of his agenda and vowed not to abandon his struggling healthcare overhaul after a political setback that raised doubts about his leadership.

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Toyota extends massive safety recall to Europe
January 28, 2010 06:13 AM ET
TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is extending to Europe the recall of millions of its most popular cars due to dangerous accelerator pedals, a further blow to the reputation of the world's largest car maker.

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Senate to vote on Bernanke Thursday
January 28, 2010 05:56 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's nomination for a second term running the world's most powerful central bank faces a decisive day in the Senate on Thursday when his confirmation vote looks set to go ahead.

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Karzai government invites Taliban to peace meeting
January 28, 2010 08:49 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - The Kabul government on Thursday invited Taliban leaders to a peace council of elders in a step toward resolving the Afghanistan conflict and called on Saudi Arabia to help in the quest for peace.

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Obama job drive earns business plaudits
January 28, 2010 08:35 AM ET
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Wall Street executives welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to create jobs and a softening of his attack on banks, but questioned on Thursday whether proposals in his State of the Union address would become law.

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Apple pitches $499 iPad, takes on Amazon
January 28, 2010 09:09 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly low price to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops.

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Iran hangs two people in first unrest executions
January 28, 2010 09:35 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran executed two people on Thursday who were sentenced to death in trials that followed the disputed presidential election last year which caused bloody opposition protests, Iranian media said.

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Capabilities of U.S. intelligence agencies questioned
January 27, 2010 06:51 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks still have trouble with sharing information that could help them thwart plots like the one to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, a senior counterterrorism official said on Wednesday.

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North Korea fires artillery again toward South
January 28, 2010 02:25 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired several artillery rounds on Thursday in the direction of a South Korean island off the peninsula, a second day of shooting near a disputed sea border that has been the site of deadly clashes in the past.

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Haiti pleads for better aid effort, survivor found
January 28, 2010 08:02 AM ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti appealed to foreign governments and charities on Wednesday to do more to help earthquake victims as rescuers pulled a teenage girl out of the rubble 15 days after her Port-au-Prince home collapsed around her.

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