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Obama wins big as House approves healthcare bill

Washington—The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory for his top domestic priority.

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Germany to celebrate Berlin Wall falling

Berlin—Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope.

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War support flagging as Britain remembers fallen

London—Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband and its top commander in Afghanistan on Sunday tried to revive support for the fight against the Taliban as thoughts on Remembrance Sunday turned to those killed. British public support for the war in Afghanistan is falling, while more than 40 percent do not understand why the troops are fighting there, a ComRes poll showed.

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NATO, Afghanistan probe deadly friendly strike

Kabul —Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike, one of the worst “friendly fire” incidents of an eight-year war.

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Testing Time for Muslims and Americans

Dr Muqtedar Khan
Comment

THE American Muslim community is in shock and in a state of disbelief combined with apprehension as it watches the details of the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas unfold. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a doctor and a practising Muslim, born in Virginia of Jordanian parents, turned against his fellow citizens and military colleagues and gunned down 13 and wounded 30.

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