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...moves forward on health-care legislation in the coming weeks, there are going to be different ideas and disagreements about how to achieve this goal. And I welcome all ideas. We've got to have a good debate," he declared. "What I will not welcome, what I will not accept, is endless delay or a denial that reform needs to happen." As Obama's comments suggested, he is leaving it to the lawmakers, the lobbyists and the interest groups back in Washington to work out the gritty details of how to "fix what's broken" and "build on what works...
...Iran would accept suspension." -On the West's persistent calls for the nation to stop uranium enrichment. (Financial Times, April...
...embracing the two-state formula, and is committed to expanding the existing settlements. It claims a right to continue building inside the boundaries of the settlements to accommodate their "natural growth," an argument flatly rejected by President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements," Obama said in his Cairo speech. "This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop." (Watch video of 'Graffiti for Hire in the West Bank...
...Program, or roughly a third of the 1,628 members that were eligible.Participation rates throughout the University's schools and units ranged from 7 to 41 percent, according to the figures presented in the June 2009 issue of Harvard Resource, the University's employee newspaper. The majority of staffers accepting the incentives came from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Central Administration, which respectively contributed 156 and 177 workers--acceptance rates of roughly 30 percent and 34 percent. Harvard Business School had the highest rate, with nearly 41 percent (42 out of 103) of eligible staff members accepting...
...Between its U.N. diplomacy and its willingness to accept the Uighur detainees, Palau is drawing more international attention in one year than most Pacific islands get in a decade. Still, most Americans probably know it for a completely different reason: Palau was one of the few locations to be featured twice on the reality show Survivor. As it prepares to receive 17 potential new castaways, the question of how long Palau itself might survive remains unanswered...