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Bush defends decision to attend Olympics opening
TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices.
Nations:North Korea Russia Germany Canada People:Yasuo Fukuda Barack Obama John McCain Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S.
2008-07-06
McCain's health plan: A threat to employer plans?
WASHINGTON - There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?
People:Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
US wavered over S. Korean executions
SEOUL, South Korea - The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Russia U.S. Activities:Korean War Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
ST. LOUIS - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Bill Clinton John McCain Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda
WASHINGTON - Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists.
Activities:110th Congress 2007 Global Credit Crunch Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
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