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White House 'not ready' for nuclear Iran
Times Online
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned in a secret memo to senior White House officials that the United States does not have an effective long-term strategy for dealing with Iran's nuclear programme. The three page document, written in January, …
Secret US memo urges war on IranPress TV
Gates 'warns White House' over Iran nukes policyAFP
Times: US has no strategy to block IranYnetnews
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White supremacist rally at LA City Hall draws violent counter-protest
Los Angeles Times
Two men are beaten by mobs of counter-protesters, and five are arrested for throwing objects at the neo-Nazis and their police escorts. Police manage a group of counter-protesters as National Socialist Movement rally participants are escorted to their …
White supremacists, demonstrators square off in LAThe Associated Press
Neo-Nazis protest against immigrants in Los AngelesAFP
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Volcanic ash grounds Britain for days to come
Times Online
Britain faces being grounded for the coming week as the cloud of volcanic ash hovering over the country threatens to stay put until Friday. The Met Office warned that northerly winds are pushing it south from Iceland rather than sending it eastwards …
Travel gridlock to carry on into next weekABC Online
Travel disruptions in Europe worsen as volcanic ash spreads furtherXinhua
Volcanic ash spreads more travel misery across EuropeBBC News
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Democrats Say Goldman Sachs Fraud Suit Bolsters Case for Rules
BusinessWeek
April 17 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration and congressional Democrats are using the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of derivatives-linked fraud to bolster their case for overhauling …
Bank: Merrill Committed Same Fraud as SEC Claims Goldman DidWall Street Journal
Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks face hurdle with Goldman and earningsReuters
Summary Box: Goldman Sachs accused of fraudThe Associated Press
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All awaiting Crist's decision
MiamiHerald.com
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has two weeks to decide if he's changing political course — and he seems in no rush to decide. BY ADAM C. SMITH AND CRISTINA SILVA Marco Rubio might as well take a couple weeks off and relax. Because April 30 is the deadline …
Bill veto renews Crist's Senate chancesSarasota Herald-Tribune
Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist goes from shoo-in to political freefallWashington Post
Rubio's camp on third party bid from Crist: Bring it onDaily Caller
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Volcano ash cloud grounds more flights
BBC News
The ban on flights in English airspace has been extended until at least 1900 BST because of the threat posed by a cloud of volcanic ash. Restrictions have also been reapplied to Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool airports, having briefly been lifted. …
Travellers fed up with flight nightmareABC Online
Businesses count cost of air chaosAljazeera.net
Volcanic eruption grounds thousands of fliers across EuropeWashington Post
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On to Mars: Obama Declares, 'I Expect to See It'
ABC News
AP By SETH BORENSTEIN and ERICA WERNER AP Writers President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/John Raoux) President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space …
Has Obama's NASA Strategy Fizzled at Launch?TIME
Obama insists new plan will spur deep space explorationCNET
President Obama's Remarks on the Space ProgramNew York Times
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Volcanic Ash to Curtail Air Traffic Into Midday Friday
New York Times
An aerial photo shows smoke rising from the volcano under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajokull region of Iceland on Wednesday. By NICOLA CLARK and LIZ ROBBINS PARIS — A dark and spectacular volcanic cloud shrouded much of northern Europe on Thursday, …
Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across EuropeThe Associated Press
Volcano ash cloud grounds flights for second dayBBC News
Iceland's airports dust down nicelyTelegraph.co.uk
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Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays
Washington Post
President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients' choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them, perhaps the most …
Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rightsLos Angeles Times
Obama makes hospitals allow gay visitation rightsReuters
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Chinese earthquake: thousands remain trapped as rescue operation is ramped up
Telegraph.co.uk
Soldiers and aid workers in China are scrambling to rescue thousands of earthquake victims trapped on the high Tibetan Plateau in the country's far southwest. The death toll had reached 617 by noon on Thursday with a further 9110 injured. …
Search for survivors after China earthquakeTimes Online
Rescuers struggling to reach survivors as China quake toll hits 617The Hindu
Death toll rises to 617 in China quakeXinhua
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