Early this morning, after weeks of raucous debate and exhausting negotiations, the U.S. Senate passed a historic health-care reform bill. The gravity of the rather solemn moment, however, was momentarily broken when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the main architect of the bill's passage, accidentally voted against it. Full Story »
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It's not official yet--but it's getting awfully close. With the Senate finally passing an $871 billion healthcare reform bill, there's just one major step left before the most sweeping healthcare legislation in at least 45 years becomes law. Senate negotiators will next meet with their counterparts in the House--which passed its own $894 billion bill in November--to work out the differences and try to forge one bill that Congress can present to President Obama. Full Story »
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man has embraced the spirit of the season, taking on the role of a real-life Santa and giving away his possessions as gifts for the second Christmas in a row. Full Story »
LONDON (Reuters) - A British department store has worked out a formula it says will make sure festive feasters are never again left holding the short end of a pulled cracker. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. Full Story »
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq will scrap a policy early next year that has led to the punishment of some soldiers serving in Iraq for becoming pregnant, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday. Full Story »
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ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The 9-year-old boy at the center of an international custody battle arrived back in the United States on Thursday after being reunited in Brazil with his American father at the end of a five-year dispute that tested bilateral ties. Full Story »
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on the world to abandon violence and vengeance on Friday and showed no sign of strain after an "unstable" woman lunged at him, forcing him to the ground, on Christmas Eve. Full Story »
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SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni air raid may have killed the top two leaders of al Qaeda's regional branch on Thursday, and an American Muslim preacher linked to the man who shot dead 13 people at a U.S. army base may also have died, a Yemeni security official said. Full Story »
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LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday mocked U.S. President Barack Obama's "extended hand" offer made earlier this year and said his country's cooperation on its nuclear program had been spurned. Full Story »
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VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The woman who pulled Pope Benedict XVI to the floor during Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica has been taken to hospital, the Vatican spokesman said on Friday. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - British researchers have devised what they say is a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappoint at the dinner table this Christmas, reports said Thursday. Full Story »
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Manny Pacquiao will not fight Floyd Mayweather next March because a blood testing stalemate wiped out what could have been the richest fight in boxing history, promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. Full Story »
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VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI looked in good form on Friday as he delivered his traditional Christmas message, urging tolerance for migrants, a day after falling during an assault at St Peter's Basilica. Full Story »
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