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US
Congress approves
pro-recovery budget plan
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US Senate and House of Representatives passed
separate versions of a massive budget Thursday signaling broad
support for President Barack Obama’s climate change and healthcare
overhaul ambitions.
Obama’s Democratic allies, who
control both chambers, slightly streamlined his spending proposals
for the fiscal year that starts October 1 but hewed closely to his
priorities in approving the $3.5 trillion plans.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Thai government
pushes for talks
with Thaksin to end weeks of political unrest
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BANGKOK: The deputy prime
minister on Friday urged fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra
to consider talks with the government as he sought to end more than
a week of political protests.
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Seoul, allies
prepare amid Pyongyang’s rocket threat
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SEOUL: South Korea urged its
people Friday to cancel trips to North Korea as the communist state
made final preparations for a rocket launch condemned by Washington
and its allies as a threat to regional peace.
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World press says
G20 summit vital step to financial recovery
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LONDON: Newspapers around the
world Friday saw the G20 summit as a key first step in putting back
the battered global economy on track but warned that a $1-trillion
war chest was not a panacea in itself.
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WORLD
IN BRIEF
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CHICAGO: Former Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich has been indicted formally on 16 felony counts, the US
attorney’s office in Chicago said on Thursday.
--Xinhua
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