Obama To Hold News Conference On Debt Talks -- The Atlantic
President Obama will hold a news conference on Friday at 11 a.m. to talk about what the White House describes as "the status of efforts to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction."
Hoping to edge closer to a tentative debt-ceiling deficit-reduction deal, Obama urged House and Senate leaders on Thursday to work "over the next 24 to 36 hours" toward finding a path forward, according to congressional aides.
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MIDDLE EAST
At least 3 killed as Syrian forces ups violence on protests. Israeli experts: Demise of Syria regime is only a matter of time.
Arab Spring hardening into summer of stalemates.
Kurds, Turkish military differ on cause of 13 soldiers deaths.
Elite units under an office of Maliki's linked to secret jail where detainees face torture, Iraq officials say.
Arabs back Palestinians in quest for statehood.
Funerals planned for 13 Turkish soldiers killed in 'terror' ambush.
ASIA
India reluctant to point finger in deadly attacks. Pakistan braces for Indian pressure in wake of blasts in Mumbai.
Petraeus meets Pakistan's army chief amid tensions.
North Korea still top threat in region, outgoing U.S. Forces Korea commander says.
US concern at Malaysia crackdown on protests.
AFRICA
NATO disputes Libyan claim of coordinated push on al-Brega. Countries meet to discuss aid to Libya’s rebels. Libya: new exit strategy that would allow Col Gaddafi to stay after leaving power.
Egyptians voice frustrations in Tahrir Square.
Sudan: U.S. urges nation, South Sudan to fulfill peace agreement.
Clooney's new project finds signs of mass graves in Sudan. Sudan strikes could be war crimes, report says.
The forgotten people of Africa's famine cry out for aid.
EUROPE
Divers complete search of sunken Russian ship. Medvedev urges harsh punishments for Volga cruise disaster guilty.
US 'in talks to remove tactical nuclear weapons from Europe'.
The fate of the euro is in the hands of Germany.
As Italy moves to calm investors, Europe delays meeting on Greece. Italian Senate passes austerity package.
AMERICAS
Geithner warns US 'running out of time' on debt issue.
Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation.
ATF Florida gun probe earns Congressional scrutiny in wake of 'Fast and Furious'.
UN sees Latin America growth but price bubbles 'a risk'.
'Carmageddon' set to bring chaos to Los Angeles.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Bin Laden plotted new attack. Osama bin Laden was planning to attack U.S. on 10th anniversary of 9/11.
U.S. strikes in Yemen said to kill 8 militants.
Bin Laden: dead but still on U.N. sanctions list.
Al Qaeda moving? A strange Saudi story.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
This is the part where the ratings agencies start destroying the economy.
Debt ceiling: financial world warns Washington to hurry up.
Murdochs now say they will appear before Parliament. Murdoch aide Brooks quits as head of UK newspapers.
Icahn offers to buy Clorox in $10.2 billion deal.
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