House Is Expected To Pass Historic Healthcare Overhaul -- L.A. Times
The hard-fought measure would be a victory for President Obama - and, he says, for the American people.
The House of Representatives was poised Sunday to pass a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system and, in the process, hand President Obama a major political victory on the issue he has made the centerpiece of his domestic agenda.
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MIDDLE EAST
Exchanges of fire along Gaza border continue as 16 Palestinians wounded. Israeli military kills Palestinian after fight over West Bank well.
Dubai assassination spotlights top cop skills in a modern-day Casablanca.
Turkey plays down Armenian expulsion threat.
ASIA
Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban. Clashes leave 54 dead in NW Pakistan.
North Korea spurns UN push to stop executions and torture.
Sandstorm sweeps into Beijing.
AFRICA
US: Shooting at Somali pirates works.
Senior Shabaab commander killed in Somali South.
South Africa marks 50th anniversary of massacre.
EUROPE
Thousands rally against Putin, dozens detained.
France offers to join forces with UK's nuclear submarine fleet.
Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll.
Strike cancels thousands of British Airways flights.
Trouble in Sochi: Russia's mounting Olympic problems.
Volcano erupts in Iceland; hundreds evacuated.
AMERICAS
Mexico's drug war takes growing toll on Americans.
With cheap food imports, Haiti can't feed itself.
Colombian rebels kidnap five oil contractors.
A satirical site skewers Chávez and politics.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Domestic militants harder to profile: experts.
Jihad Jane case suggests rising threat from online 'jihobbyists'.
Osama bin Laden's son slams Qaida, says family doing well in Iran.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
State-owned banks: The future of banking?
Federal reserve must disclose bank bailout records.
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