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Angelina Jolie wants Obama administration to take more action in Darfur

WTOL 11 Toledo - Tue Dec 15, 1:45 am ET

Angelina Jolie wants to see the Obama administration take greater steps in bringing peace to Darfur.

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Opinions: Future Of PEPFAR; Family Planning
Medical News Today - 2 hours 36 minutes ago
Washington Post Editorial Examines Future Of PEPFAR A Washington Post editorial examines the future of PEPFAR under the Obama administration, as outlined in a five-year strategy released earlier this month. Though "[m]any organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, continue to worry that Mr. Obama is 'flat-lining' funding for the vital program," this "ignores Mr. Obama's move to make ...
U.S. to move some Gitmo detainees to Illinois prison
The Oklahoman - Tue Dec 15, 8:48 am ET
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that it has selected a prison in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects now being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a major step toward shutting down that military detention facility.An administration official said President Barack Obama had directed the federal government to proceed with acquiring the Thomson ...
Plug-In Cars May Not Soon Cut Oil Use, CO2 Emissions (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 7:20 pm ET
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of plug-in cars, touted by the Obama administration and automakers as a way to curb oil use and greenhouse gases, may be held back for decades by battery costs, a study for the U.S. government found.
Canadian medicine hard to swallow
Toronto Star - Tue Dec 15, 6:31 am ET
As the Obama administration closes in on a Christmas deadline for landmark health-care reform, American eyes are drifting north again, with some critics calling into question the safety of Canada's drug supply as lawmakers debate whether to allow imported medicine into the U.S. market.
Stimulus estimate: Nearly 10,000 jobs in Oregon
Argus Observer - 20 minutes ago
PORTLAND — The Obama administration says Oregon is better off to the tune of nearly 10,000 jobs because of the federal stimulus program, but assessing the impact of stimulus spending remains largely a subjective exercise.
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness
Park Hills Daily Journal - 37 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.
AP sources: US may widen drone strikes in Pakistan
Park Hills Daily Journal - 44 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is considering widening missile strikes on al-Qaida and the Taliban inside Pakistan and is planning to bolster the training of Pakistan’s forces in a key border battleground where militants fuel the escalating Afghan insurgency, according to U.S. officials.
Obama Report Says Health Plan Curbs Cost Growth (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 5:59 pm ET
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate’s health-care legislation will slow growth in medical spending, the Obama administration said as chief executive officers and members of both parties questioned the measure’s cost curbs.
Jail 'bought for Guantanamo Bay detainees'
The Scotsman - Tue Dec 15, 5:29 am ET
THE Obama administration will announce plans later today to acquire an Illinois prison and to send a limited number of detainees there from the US military prison at Guantanam
A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
Park Hills Daily Journal - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.