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Iraqi churches cancel Christmas festivities
By News on Dec 22, 2010
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KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) -- No decorations, no midnight Mass. Even an appearance by Santa Claus has been nixed after Iraq's Christian leaders called off Christmas celebrations amid new al-Qaida threats on the tiny community still terrified from a bloody siege on a Baghdad church....Obama toasts 'season of progress' after big wins
By News on Dec 22, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buoyant in political victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday wrapped up a long, rough year in Washington by rejoicing in a rare, bipartisan "season of progress" over tax cuts, national security and civil justice. Halfway through his term, he served notice to his skeptics: "I am persistent."...Reid: Treaty buffs Obama as Nobel Prize winner
By News on Dec 22, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says the Senate's ratification of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia solidifies President Barack Obama's role as a world leader....Obama sets news conference before leaving town
By News on Dec 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has scheduled a year-end news conference by President Barack Obama in the wake of the Senate's vote on whether to ratify a nuclear arms treaty....
Deal reached on aid package for 9/11 responders
By News on Dec 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a last-minute compromise, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday to provide up to $4.2 billion in new aid to survivors of the September 2001 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and responders who became ill working in its ruins....
