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	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:16:57 GMT

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:36:31 GMT US to boost troops in Afghanistan

President Obama authorises the deployment of 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan to "meet urgent security needs".

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:33:10 GMT Manufacturing 'needs state funds'

The government should give the same financial support to manufacturing as it has to failing UK banks, a report suggests.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:29:44 GMT Child poverty 'billions needed'

An extra £4.2bn a year in tax credits is needed to meet the government's target of halving child poverty, a report warns.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:16:59 GMT

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:58 EST Mini-surge to test out US strategy in Afghanistan

Some 3,000 US troops recently deployed to insurgent-heavy provinces near Kabul.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:58 EST Ukraine's leaders bicker as economy burns

Not long ago, they were Orange Revolution allies. Now, Tymoshenko and Yushchenko despise each other.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:58 EST Independent Kosovo faces new realities

On its first birthday, Kosovo is coping with widespread unemployment and massive corruption.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:16:59 GMT

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:59:08 GMT Automakers Seek $14 Billion More in Aid

General Motors and Chrysler promised to make further cuts, in hopes of lightening their bloated cost structures amid a dismal market for new car sales.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:05:59 GMT Obama Takes On Auto Crisis Without a ?Czar?

The scope and reach that the Obama administration will have in the nation?s auto industry is unprecedented.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:14:45 GMT Recovery Measure Becomes Law and Partisan Fight Endures

Leaders of both parties readied for a battle over who was responsible for the economy?s problems and whether the $787 billion stimulus legislation was the solution.

	U.S. News
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:02:30 GMT

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:39:00 -0500 Samsung Blue Earth Cellphone has Built-in Solar Charger

Green-conscious Europe to get phone later this year

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:19:00 -0500 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit: 6 Things to Know

The recently-signed stimulus package includes an $8,000 incentive for eligible home buyers.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:13:00 -0500 Reader Comment of the Day

B. Nuckols, MD of TX in response to Bonnie Erbe: Obama Will Halt Extreme Bush Stem Cell Idiocy

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:19:03 GMT

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:32:24 GMT Obama signs stimulus bill, readies homeowner plan (AP)

AP - Racing to reverse the country's economic spiral, President Barack Obama signed the mammoth stimulus package into law Tuesday and readied a new $50 billion foreclosure rescue for legions of Americans who are in danger of losing their homes.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:27:21 GMT GM, Chrysler seek billions more, to cut more jobs (AP)

AP - Billions of dollars in government loans to prop up General Motors and Chrysler won't be enough. The companies, which have received $17.4 billion so far, filed plans with the government more than doubling that request to a staggering total of $39 billion.

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:33:46 GMT Obama OKs about 17,000 more troops for Afghanistan (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama approved adding some 17,000 U.S. troops for the flagging war in Afghanistan, his first significant move to change the course of a conflict that his closest military advisers have warned the United States is not winning.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:19:04 GMT

February 17, 2009 3:11:28 PM PST Cambodian 'Killing Fields' Trial Opens; the Chief Accused Expresses Remorse

Guek Eav Kaing stands trial for millions of deaths in Cambodia.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:40:29 -0500 WATCH: Overseas With Hillary Clinton

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:04:15 -0500 'Drunk' Japanese Finance Minister Steps Down

Japanese finance minister to step down amid drinking scandal.

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:19:04 GMT

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 'I did what I thought was right': Tony Blair gives his resignation speech

Blair to step down on June 27.

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 Police chase new leads as resort search for girl ended

British-registered vehicle gives police new lead.

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 Andrew Marr on curling up with a good ebook

Andrew Marr - who treasures his smelly, beautiful library of real books - roadtests one of the new gadgets.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:46:33 GMT

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:40:57 EST Chimp attack 911 call: 'He's ripping her apart'

A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to "please hurry" to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police. "He's ripping her apart," Sandra Herold, 70, tells dispatchers about her pet, Travis. With the chimp squealing in the background, Herold cries out, "He's killed my friend!"

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:28:59 EST Pressure mounts for Burris to resign

The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:53:05 EST Campbell Brown: Don't be fooled by Burris again

The recently appointed senator from Illinois, Roland Burris, asked us to look beyond the Blagojevich scandal and judge him independently.

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