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Syria's Assad talks reforms in bid to keep power
Syria's embattled president said today his regime would consider political reforms, including ending his Baath Party's monopoly on power. But Bashar Assad gave no sign he might step down, the key demand of nationwide protests.
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Obama invites Libyan rebels to D.C.
The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East says President Barack Obama has invited the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council to open an office in Washington D.C., but he stopped short of formal recognition.
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Obama in Ireland to discover his Irish roots
President Barack Obama opened a six-day European tour today in Ireland, where he planned to celebrate his own Irish roots and give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse.
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Obama sets visit to CIA headquarters to thank workers
The White House says President Barack Obama will visit CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on Friday to thank employees there for their work in tracking down Osama bin Laden.
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Hurt pushes domestic oil exploration in local stop
Rep. Robert Hurt reiterated his support for expanding domestic oil exploration to combat high gas prices during a visit Tuesday to a local Pepsi distributor.
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Navy SEAL team likely honored in secret for raid
The highly secretive Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden will likely be honored in the only way such a covert group can be: in private with nobody but themselves and their commanders in the know.
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Obama to form gas prices task force
The Justice Department is assembling a team to "root out any cases of fraud or manipulation" in oil markets that might be contributing to $4 a gallon-plus gasoline prices
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Remembrances mark 1 year since Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
Relatives of some of the 11 men who died aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig are flying over the Gulf of Mexico today, back to the epicenter of the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history. Meanwhile, on land, vigils were scheduled in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to mark the spill.
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LA Times wins Pulitzer for exposing exorbitant small-town salaries
The Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for a series exposing how politicians in the struggling, working-class city of Bell, Calif., were paying themselves enormous, six-figure salaries.
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Americans cutting back on driving as gasoline prices rise
With the price of gas above $3.50 a gallon in all but one state, there are signs that Americans are cutting back on driving, reversing a steady increase in demand for fuel as the economy improves.
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Obama events today focus on energy, education
President Barack Obama is focusing on two parts of his plan to make America more competitive: energy and education.
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UVa alumna follows lax from afar
Darney keeps up with Cavs while serving overseas
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Obama schedules address about Libya
President Barack Obama will make his case for U.S. involvement in Libya to an anxious American public tonight, while officials offered assurances that military action there does not set a precedent for how the U.S. will handle similar uprisings throughout the Middle East.
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Oil slides as rebels take Libyan ports
Oil prices slipped below $105 per barrel Monday after Libyan rebels recaptured some key oil ports and promised to resume exports. Prices are still 22 percent above what they were in mid-February, when fighting in Libya squeezed off shipments that had supplied nearly 2 percent of the world's oil.
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Yemen's embattled leader says he'll step down by year's end
Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down more than a year early but refused to immediately resign today, infuriating tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his ouster.
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UPDATE: 4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya
Four New York Times journalists covering the fighting in Libya were reported missing Wednesday, and the newspaper held out hope that they were alive and in the custody of the Libyan government.
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Cantor defends hearings on spread of radical Islam
Muslims fear approach taken by Republicans on Capitol Hill runs the risk of dealing in generalizations.
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World markets mixed despite falling oil prices
World stock markets were mixed today despite encouraging signs that include falling oil prices, better-than-expected machinery orders in Japan and an overnight climb on Wall Street.
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Pakistan hikes oil prices 9.9 percent, fueling anger
Pakistan hiked oil prices by 9.9 percent today, a move that threatens the stability of the fragile, U.S.-allied civilian government at a time of economic turmoil in the impoverished country.
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Pro-Gadhafi forces try to retake strategic city
Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours of fighting overnight, witnesses said today.
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UPDATE: 'Egypt is Free,' crowds chant after Mubarak quits
Cries of "Egypt is free" rang out and fireworks lit up the sky as hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium after 18 days of peaceful pro-democracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to surrender power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule.
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Mubarak won't run again, rejects stepping down now
Televised address caps a dramatic day in which a quarter-million protesters called on Egyptian leader to go.
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Truman carrier's air wing headed home to Va.
With the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman due home next week, it's no surprise the carrier group's air wing would beat them back to Virginia. About 100 pilots and support crew are expected back in Norfolk this weekend after a seven-month deployment in the Middle East.
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$60 billion U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia goes through
WASHINGTON -- A $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia that had raised eyebrows among pro-Israeli lawmakers is expected to be a done deal today at midnight. The Defense Department notified Congress of the plan last month, and lawmakers had 30 days to try to block or amend the deal. But with no loud objections voiced by Israel, the matter received little debate and lawmakers focused their attention on this month's midterm elections.
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