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Hu air divides but seek trust - Yahoo! News

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US President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao sparred Wednesday over human rights but smoothed over sharp differences and a dearth of breakthroughs by vowing to work to build trust.

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Obama denies post-election move to political cente...

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President Barack Obama denied on Sunday that he moved to the political center after his Democrats were routed in congressional elections last November, insisting, "I'm the same guy."

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Republican presidential hopefuls woo the right - Y...

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Republicans have no clue who they will nominate to face President Barack Obama in 2012, but conservative aspirants to the nation's highest office are hoping to put their names in play this week.

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Watchdog gives pay czar's legacy a failing grade -...

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The Obama administration's tough, but short-lived, crackdown on pay at the biggest U.S. banks will have little long-term impact, a bailout watchdog said in a report released on Thursday.

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Clinton picks new U.S. envoy to Afghanistan

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has chosen retired diplomat Marc Grossman to replace the late Richard Holbrooke as the United States' special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a senior administrat...

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Democrats flee Wisconsin to protest union curbs - ...

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Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate fled the Midwestern U.S. state on Thursday to boycott action on a Republican measure to curtail union rights for public employees as part of a deficit-cutting plan.

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Senate to vote on dueling budget plans - Yahoo! Ne...

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As Congress gears up for a fight on America's rising debt load, Republicans and Democrats are trying to embarrass each other -- by forcing votes on opposing deficit-cutting plans that would highlight ...

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Weiner draws no defense from Democrats - Yahoo! Ne...

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Fellow Democrats pointedly refused to defend Rep. Anthony Weiner on Tuesday, telegraphing an unmistakable eagerness for him to resign after he admitted sending a lewd photo of himself to a woman via T...

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Democrats urge Weiner to resign

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New lewd photos emerged of Representative Anthony Weiner on Sunday as Democratic party leaders renewed calls for him to resign over an Internet sex scandal that prompted him to seek a leave and treatm...

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Congressman Weiner quits in lewd photo scandal - Y...

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Representative Anthony Weiner, ensnared in a humiliating flap for sending lewd photos of himself to women online, resigned on Thursday, ending a weeks-long scandal that made his fellow Democrats cring...

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