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Good Morning Aron, FRI 12 Feb 2010 
 
Clinton arrives home after heart procedure
Senators unveil long-awaited jobs bill
China urges U.S. to cancel Obama-Dalai Lama meeting
Greek slump threatens debt plan, EU aid elusive
Iraqi, U.S. forces battle militia group, five killed
U.S. successfully tests airborne laser on missile
Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S.
Looming NATO offensive raises few Afghan spirits
Rep Patrick Kennedy won't seek re-election: report
Bad state services dampen Iraqi appetite to vote


Clinton arrives home after heart procedure
February 12, 2010 08:34 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton arrived home early on Friday following a successful heart procedure at a New York hospital to open a blocked artery in his heart that had caused him chest discomfort.

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Senators unveil long-awaited jobs bill
February 11, 2010 08:22 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic senators unveiled a limited job-creation bill on Thursday, but hopes for quick passage were thrown into question after a Republican co-sponsor criticized the legislation.

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China urges U.S. to cancel Obama-Dalai Lama meeting
February 11, 2010 11:28 PM ET
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet the Dalai Lama next week, the latest source of friction in already strained Sino-U.S. relations.

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Greek slump threatens debt plan, EU aid elusive
February 12, 2010 07:30 AM ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy shrank more than feared last quarter and the government on Friday sharply revised down its figures for the previous three quarters as well, increasing doubts over its ability to resolve its debt crisis.

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Iraqi, U.S. forces battle militia group, five killed
February 12, 2010 07:35 AM ET
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops killed at least five people on Friday in a raid on suspected members of what Washington calls an Iranian-backed terrorist group, the U.S. military said.

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U.S. successfully tests airborne laser on missile
February 12, 2010 06:52 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday.

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Call for clean slate on health reform divides U.S.
February 12, 2010 06:53 AM ET
DALLAS (Reuters) - Americans are deeply divided over demands by U.S. Republicans that bills backed by President Barack Obama to reform the $2.5 trillion health system be scrapped and the whole process be started again from scratch.

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Looming NATO offensive raises few Afghan spirits
February 12, 2010 07:21 AM ET
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A NATO offensive is a hard sell to some Afghans, even if it breaks the Taliban's iron grip on their lives and eventually delivers Western aid.

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Rep Patrick Kennedy won't seek re-election: report
February 11, 2010 11:12 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy, the son of the late Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, will not seek re-election to Congress this November, according to media reports on Thursday.

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Bad state services dampen Iraqi appetite to vote
February 12, 2010 07:25 AM ET
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seven years after the U.S. invasion ushered in democracy, Iraqis living with only a few hours of power a day amid mounds of rubbish and pools of sewage are wondering whether to bother voting in a March election.

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