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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout funds
By News on Jun 30, 2011
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece bought itself time to deal with its crippling debt crisis Thursday after lawmakers passed the second and final austerity bill essential for the release of crucial bailout funds and prevent the country from defaulting next month....
AP Exclusive: Fuzzy math in health law formula
By News on Jun 30, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law....
US: 'Limited' engagement with Muslim Brotherhood
By News on Jun 30, 2011
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- The Obama administration is reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood in a "limited" effort to build ties and promote democratic principles ahead of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections....Senate to work next week on debt limit impasse
By News on Jun 30, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate abandoned plans for a July 4 break as time dwindled for lawmakers to strike a compromise on avoiding a government default and reducing mammoth federal deficits. In a challenge to President Barack Obama, the chamber's top Republican invited him to the Capitol to discuss the impasse with GOP lawmakers....Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
By News on Jun 30, 2011
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says....