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Public insurance plan not essential: Sebelius

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The government-run health insurance option favored by President Barack Obama is not essential to a healthcare overhaul as long as the final measure boosts competition, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday.
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Pakistan seeks U.S. backing for energy projects

Pakistan has told the United States it hopes to ease power shortages by renting electricity-generating plants over the next three to five years but wants Washington's backing in a longer-term upgrade and diversification of the country's antiquated power sector.
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Daily Wrap Up - August 14 Tech

Search market leader Google Inc holds greater loyalty among its users, who conduct more searches a month than those on Yahoo! and Microsoft, new data issued on Friday showed, posing a challenge for the new team of rivals to Google.
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11-year-old Damon Weaver interviews Obama (VIDEO)

Aspiring 11-year-old journalist, Damon Weaver, on Thursday interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House and asked questions ranging from education, nutrition and basketball to what it's like to be president.
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Obama westward bound with healthcare message

President Barack Obama is taking his healthcare reform message out west this weekend with two more public meetings seeking to overcome vociferous opposition to the $1 trillion overhaul scheme.
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Food giants say U.S. running out of sugar

Large U.S. food companies have been pushing the Obama administration to ease sugar import curbs, threatening higher consumer prices and possible job losses, citing forecasts for unprecedented sugar shortages.
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Fed says economy levelling out

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday the U.S. economy was showing signs of levelling out two years after the onset of the deepest financial crisis in decades and it moved to phase out one emergency measure.
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Fed says economy is leveling out

The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday the U.S. economy was showing signs of leveling out two years after the onset of the deepest financial crisis in decades and it moved to phase out one emergency measure.
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Fed says economy leveling out

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday the economy was showing signs of leveling out two years after the onset of the deepest financial crisis in decades and moved to shut down one emergency measure.
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Amid protests, Obama assails insurance companies

President Barack Obama assailed insurance companies on Tuesday as he sought to counter an onslaught of conservative opposition to a U.S. healthcare overhaul at a town hall meeting that drew protests outside.
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Iran speaker says vote detainees not been raped: TV

The speaker of Iran's parliament on Wednesday rejected as baseless an opposition leader's accusation that moderates had been raped in jail following their detention in unrest linked to June's disputed presidential poll.
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U.S., Mexico probe oil thefts from Mexican company

The U.S. and Mexican governments are probing a scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of crude oil and refined products from Mexico's state-owned oil company and sell it to U.S. refiners, a U.S. official said on Monday.

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