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U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed congressional approval of a $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery" and the White House said he would sign the legislation on Tuesday in Denver.
G7 Meeting
Flaherty says G7 agree to avoid protectionism
The G-7 finance ministers vowed to fight protectionism Saturday as they discussed ways to tackle the financial crisis, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in a conference call from Rome.
Ice slows search at site of deadly US plane crash
Investigators were hampered by ice Saturday as they searched for bodies and clues in the wreckage of a commuter plane that slammed into a house in western New York state, killing 50 people.
Chavez holds slim poll lead before Venezuela vote
President Hugo Chavez holds a slim lead in opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s referendum, which would allow him to run for re-election, but many Venezuelans remain undecided how to vote, pollsters said.
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Middle East
- Gaza truce deal stalls over Israeli hostage
- Somali parliament endorses new prime minister
- Afghan cop a rarity in force rife with corruption
- British diplomats to visit detainee at Guantanamo
- Recession top priority for G7
- Ice buildup reported on U.S. plane before crash
- Iraqis open arms to romance as violence fades
- U.S. missile strike kills 25 militants in Pakistan
- Obama vows to act fast on economic stimulus
- Plane 'just went right down': Witness to deadly Buffalo crash
- U.S. links Moscow help on Iran to missile shield plan
- Australian firefighters close to containing blazes
- U.S. Congress approves bailout package
- Clinton makes offers to N. Korea, China
- Canadian reservists fighting Taliban, payroll bureaucracy
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GREAT ESCAPE
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