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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:53 pm ET
President Barack Obama may be in for a nasty surprise when he reaches the final pages of the best-selling book Life of Pi, which he said on Monday he was reading with his 11-year-old daughter Malia.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:29 pm ET
A dispute over the relocation of a key US military base in Japan will not be a "dominant" or "essential" feature of President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo, a senior US official said Monday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:25 pm ET
The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:21 pm ET
President Barack Obama will directly raise human rights with Chinese President Hu Jintao next week, after being criticized for not meeting Tibet's spiritual leader Dalai Lama before visiting Beijing.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:20 pm ET
President Barack Obama will be at a meeting in Singapore on Sunday also attended by the prime minister of Myanmar, but he does not intend to speak directly with him, an administration official said on Monday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:02 pm ET
The United States said Monday it would no longer allow its row with Myanmar to hold its ties with Southeast Asia hostage, as President Barack Obama geared up for his debut official visit to the region.
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AP via Yahoo! News - 13 minutes ago
Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:57 pm ET
Nearly one-quarter of the US Senate asked President Barack Obama on Monday to press Japan on his upcoming visit about parental abductions, saying Tokyo's policies were an anomaly among developed nations.
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CNN - 19 minutes ago
North and South Korean naval forces exchanged fire on Tuesday in disputed waters, a South Korean defense official said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 25 minutes ago
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas could resign, leading to a potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority, if US efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks stay deadlocked, aides said on Tuesday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:47 pm ET
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Palestinians on Monday to resume negotiations with Israel, issuing the call before a meeting with President Barack Obama on the stalled Middle East peace process.
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Politico via Yahoo! News - 30 minutes ago
As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win?
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AP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes ago
The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:29 pm ET
US President Barack Obama faces a "pivotal moment" as he mulls whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and is unlikely to announce his decision until after a trip to Asia, officials said Monday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:21 pm ET
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to raise the issue of the yuan currency with Chinese officials when he meets with them in Beijing next week.