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• Health care reform nears critical weekend vote in Congress
• Cuban ‘Ladies in White’ demand release of imprisoned relatives
• Marking Iraqi invasion, protesters turn toward broader anti-war strategy
• Nations wrap up round of free trade talks in Asia Pacific region
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• Disarmament deal in Niger Delta stalls over government inaction

On the national mall.  This is a tent on the campsite Cindy Sheehan built. 
Photo credit: Reporter, Karen Miller.

• US and Russia edge closer to nuclear disarmament agreement
• Congressional Budget Office finds health care bill would decrease deficit
• Lawmakers question flaws in government contracting
• After a year, federal loan modification program misses many homeowners
• Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatens vital medical services
  

• Support for health reform grows ahead of possible vote this week
• Officials cut funding for virtual border fence, citing failure
• Lawsuit questions legality of CIA drone program
• Secretary of Education outlines reform to nation’s school system
• New York schools face closures and cuts in programs

• Health care reform faces obstacles in final stage of process
• FCC unveils plan to provide internet access to every American within ten years
• Thailand’s prime minister resists calls to step down as protests continue
• Palestinians clash with police, Hamas calls for Intifada
• Middle East peace process suspended as US envoy cancels trip

• Obama outlines overhaul of federal No Child Left Behind law
• Financial reform bill to create consumer watchdog group, end ‘too big to fail’
• National census count begins with political representation, funding at stake
• US top exporter of conventional weapons as global trade rises
• Conservatives win big in Colombia’s congressional elections

• Investigation finds Lehman Brothers hid key information in lead up to collapse
• UN human rights report details lack of adequate housing in the US
• Concern grows in Nigeria over recent sectarian attacks
• Progressive candidates in Colombia seek a new path to congressional elections
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• Efforts grow to stem corporate money in elections
• Latino lawmakers threaten vote against health care, citing immigration
• Kansas City board of education votes to close nearly half of district's schools
• Corruption and bribery in federal agencies focus of government probe into drug trade
• Tent camp in Port Au Prince removed as people struggle for shelter