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| | Good Morning Aron, | WED 27 Jan 2010 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | January 27, 2010 08:14 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After his worst political setback since he took office a year ago, President Barack Obama will vow to revive job growth and tame skyrocketing budget deficits in a crucial State of the Union speech on Wednesday. | | | | January 27, 2010 08:13 AM ET | TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will suspend U.S. sales of eight models subject to a massive safety recall, an unprecedented move that sent its shares tumbling and raised questions about the timing of its earnings recovery. | | | | January 27, 2010 08:25 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama approved secret joint U.S. military and intelligence operations with Yemeni troops that began six weeks ago and killed six regional al Qaeda leaders, The Washington Post reported. | | | | | January 27, 2010 07:59 AM ET | SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed sea border on Wednesday, highlighting instability along a heavily armed frontier for the second time in three months. | | | | January 27, 2010 08:39 AM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday moved to clear the way to confirm Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, setting a procedural vote for Thursday in a sign that the needed votes were now secured. | | | | January 27, 2010 09:14 AM ET | PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. troops pulled a man alive from under a collapsed building in Haiti's capital on Tuesday as U.N. troops sprayed tear gas at survivors desperate for food two weeks after a catastrophic earthquake. | | | | | January 27, 2010 08:42 AM ET | COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa won re-election on Wednesday in an historic post-war vote but his chief rival called for the results to be nullified after soldiers surrounded him in a luxury hotel. | | | | | January 27, 2010 09:05 AM ET | SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen will begin building an $11 million rehabilitation center for returning Guantanamo detainees in three months when it expects to receive funding from the United States, a government official said Wednesday. | | | | | January 27, 2010 08:20 AM ET | TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - As a new president takes office, toppled leader Manuel Zelaya will leave Honduras on Wednesday for exile after pressure by the United States and Latin American countries failed to reverse a coup that ousted him last June. | | | | | January 26, 2010 07:20 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan won $1.6 billion in debt relief from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and creditor nations on Tuesday, as the war-torn country faces funding needs to rebuild from years of conflict. | | | | | | | | |
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