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| | Good Morning Aron, | TUE 26 Jan 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | January 26, 2010 09:26 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under pressure from deficit hawks, will seek a three-year freeze on domestic spending in his 2011 budget that would save $250 billion by 2020, administration officials said on Monday. | | | | January 26, 2010 08:54 AM ET | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's neighbors met in Turkey on Tuesday seeking a "single voice" before a London conference to set a timetable for handing security over to Afghans and find ways to negotiate peace with the Taliban. | | | | January 26, 2010 09:30 AM ET | PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti could start relocating homeless earthquake survivors from its ruined capital this week, but it will need at least five to 10 years of international help to rebuild from the catastrophe, the government said on Monday. | | | | | January 26, 2010 08:31 AM ET | BEIRUT (Reuters) - The pilot of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off the Lebanese coast did not respond to a request to change direction before contact was cut, the Lebanese transport minister said on Tuesday. | | | | January 26, 2010 08:47 AM ET | LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's top legal advisers during the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Tuesday he believed the military action was illegal. | | | | January 26, 2010 07:52 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Tuesday that al Qaeda has been weakened by U.S. actions, and as evidence pointed to a taped message purported to be by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about a failed Christmas Day airplane bomb plot. | | | | | January 26, 2010 04:15 AM ET | BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over Internet control on Tuesday, with a top newspaper claiming a U.S. conspiracy and saying China can live without Google. | | | | | January 26, 2010 07:35 AM ET | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran called on the United States on Tuesday to extradite members of a "terrorist group" which the Islamic Republic has linked to this month's killing of a university scientist in Tehran. | | | | | January 26, 2010 03:54 AM ET | SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has declared a no-sail zone off its west coast, indicating it may be readying to test-launch missiles in the area, South Korean news broadcaster YTN on Tuesday quoted a military official as saying. | | | | | January 26, 2010 06:38 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday banned hand-held "texting" by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving. | | | | | | | | |
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