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Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy
feature President Obama moved closer to setting a new strategy for Afghanistan, meeting with his national security advisors amid signs that he is preparing to provide some—but not all—of the new troops requested by Gen. Stanley McCh
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Health-care reform passes a key test
feature President Obama’s health-care agenda cleared a crucial hurdle when the Senate Finance Committee voted 14–9 in favor of a bill that would expand insurance coverage to 30 million Americans.
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Afghan leader agrees to a runoff vote
feature President Hamid Karzai, bowing to the findings of widespread fraud in August’s election, agreed to a runoff vote on Nov. 7.
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A new era of financial regulation
feature President Obama signed into law the largest overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression.
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End in sight for BP’s calamitous spill
feature BP's new cap seems to be working and the issue now is how to shut down the damaged well permanently.
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The shake-up at BP
feature BP has replaced its embattled CEO, Tony Hayward, with its first-ever American CEO, Mississippi-born Robert Dudley.
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A darkening cloud over Rangel
feature An House ethics panel moved to begin proceedings against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel that could end in his expulsion.
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A gritty close-up of the troubled Afghan war
feature A cache of 92,000 classified military documents released by WikiLeaks provided a grim assessment of the war in Afghanistan by commanders and operatives on the ground from 2004 to 2009.
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A ‘static kill’ finally seals the Deepwater well
feature BP officials said Deepwater Horizon was close to being permanently sealed, thanks to a procedure in which thousands of gallons of mud were pumped into the well.
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The U.S. prepares to leave Iraq
feature President Obama promised to meet his Aug. 31 deadline for ending combat operations in Iraq.
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Switzerland sets Polanski free
feature Switzerland said it would not extradite film director Roman Polanski to the U.S. to face 33-year-old child-rape charges.
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Gay marriage on the agenda
feature A federal judge in Boston has ruled key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, thereby pushing the issue of gay marriage to the center of the political arena.
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BP's efforts to shut off its broken well
feature BP installed a new cap on its damaged Macondo well, while its primary relief well burrowed to within 30 feet of intersecting the oil field nearly 18,000 feet beneath rock and sea.
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New tensions in the Koreas
feature Tensions between South and North Korea escalated sharply after Seoul officially accused Pyongyang of torpedoing the Cheonan, the South Korean warship that sank in March.
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