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Pollsters: French left winning regional vote PARIS ? Projections by polling agencies show France’s opposition left beating President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives in regional elections. Polling agency OpinionWay projected that the Socialist Party and its allies won 54.3 percent of the vote across the nation, compared with 36.1 percent for Sarkozy’s UMP party and its allies

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more images more images more images more images more images more images more images Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem JERUSALEM ? Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel’s prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S

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Israel?s Netanyahu, before going to US, says no restrictions on building in east Jerusalem

Investors learn to accept bad housing numbers NEW YORK ? The housing market is still in bad shape, but investors don’t seem to mind.

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For investors, even a little stability in the housing market is good enough for now

more images more images more images more images Thousands rally for immigration reform in DC WASHINGTON ? Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation’s capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish. President Barack Obama, who promised to make overhauling the immigration system a …

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Thousands of immigrant rights advocates converge in DC for rally in support of reform

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more images more images more images Democrats grow confident ahead of health care vote WASHINGTON ? Democratic House leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama’s historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage

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Amid cheers and jeers, Democrats grow confident House will pass historic health care overhaul

more images more images TEHRAN – Iran’s supreme leader said Sunday that US President Barack Obama was not trustworthy despite his message to Iran on the occasion of the new Persian year, state media reported. “The US president’s message speaks of normalizing relations but in practice plotted against the Islamic Republic

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Obama not trustworthy despite new year message: Khamenei

Museum takes new look at air, water, land and life LOS ANGELES ? Watch maggots munch on liver. Stand in the path of a flash flood

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California Science Center near downtown LA takes $165 million, hands-on approach to ecosystems

Protester disrupts House, yells ‘Kill the Bill’ WASHINGTON ? A Democratic lawmaker says a protester stood up in the House gallery, yelled “Kill the bill” and was cheered by Republicans.

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Protester disrupts House, yells ?Kill the Bill? to the cheers of Republicans

more images more images more images Militant group in Kabul with draft peace deal KABUL ? Thirteen Afghan civilians died in violence Sunday as the nation’s hard-line vice president expressed hopes for reconciliation and representatives of a militant group with ties to the Taliban brought their own draft of a peace deal to the capital. Talk of reconciling with insurgents [..] Read the original article: here .

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Militant group brings draft of peace plan to Afghan capital; 13 civilians killed across nation

IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt BEIJING ? The International Monetary Fund warned the world’s wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their surging levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery. The economic crisis is leaving “deep scars in fiscal balances, particularly in the advanced economies,” John Lipsky, …

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Merkel says aid for Greece not issue at EU summit BERLIN ? Rebuffing EU officials in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Greece does not need any financial help and that EU leaders should not make aid an issue at their summit in Brussels this week. The European Commission had urged Germany and other eurozone ..

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Merkel says help for Greece not on agenda at EU summit, comments follow request for loans

Pelosi heckled while leading Dems to Capitol WASHINGTON ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are voting on the historic health care overhaul as a gesture for the American people. But as Pelosi emerged from the final caucus meeting before the historic vote, protesters chanted her name and shouted to “kill the bill.” Pelosi led her caucus across ..

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Pelosi, gavel in hand, leads Democrats to health care vote amid Tea Party heckling

more images more images Dem chairman says abortion foe on board WASHINGTON ? A Democratic chairman says a leading abortion foe will back President Barack Obama’s health care bill. But the office of Democratic Rep

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Democratic chairman says abortion foe is a ?yes? for health care, but office says no decision

Giant bluestone sculpture for sale in Catskills SAUGERTIES, N.Y. ? Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture.

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For sale: Catskill Mountain land with 6-acre stone sculpture, giant monolith, mountain view

Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur CAIRO ? An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur

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Donors conference raises $850 million for Darfur to ensure safe return of displaced

more images more images In West Wing, Obama working phones on health care WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama is staying involved in last-minute lobbying as the House moves toward a vote on a historic health care bill.

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Obama in West Wing as health vote looms, working phones and consulting with advisers

KOLKATA – Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday laid the foundation for a Rs.860-crore rail coach factory in West Bengal that is expected to supply 500 EMU and Metro coaches annually. The state-of-the-art unit at Kanchrapara would be set up by the railways in joint venture with a private partner and is expected to begin production in …

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Mamata lays foundation for coach factory

Roy Steinfort, former AP radio executive, dies NEW YORK ? Roy Steinfort, a veteran newsman and former vice president of The Associated Press who turned the agency’s radio operations into a service providing news to millions of listeners worldwide, died Sunday at age 88. Steinfort died after a short battle with cancer, said his widow, Patricia Milton

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Roy Steinfort, former AP radio executive who transformed radio operations, dead at 88

Snowmobiles, ATVs, lobster boats for census count PORTLAND, Maine ? Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles ? even lobster boats ?

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Snowmobiles, ATVs, even lobster boats get census workers into the nation?s most remote corners