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Toyota to announce pedal fix plan in U.S. on Monday

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will announce on Monday details of its plan to fix accelerator pedals that have led to the recall of 2.4 million cars in the United States as it scrambles to put its worst public relations crisis behind it.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in World |

Obama may abandon NASA's moon mission plan

Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) NASA's plan to send another mission to the moon by 2020 may take a U-turn as US President Barack Obama is expected to propose the closure of the space agency's programme in his new budget to be presented before the Co…

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Tomorrow’s NYT on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal

The article makes clear that President Obama decided months ago that 2010 was going to be the year to repeal DADT. Which makes it all the more troubling that the Pentagon is clearly trying to derail the President’s plan by suddenly calling for yet …

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Man-made snow makes way for real flakes in NC town

A North Carolina town’s plan to truck in 30 tons of snow for a man-made winter wonderland has been canceled because it looks like Mother Nature will come through with the real stuff.

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Turning The Machines Back On

There have been two administrations involved in all of this, and presumably there has been diversity of opinion within administrations, but it’s hard not to conclude that ultimately decisions they made were based in part on the denial that there eve…

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Obama's hi-tech weapons plan for Gulf sees US reverting to type | Simon Tisdall

Middle East looks at first glance like an act of extreme recklessness. Like George Bush before him, Barack Obama is stoking an unpredictable conventional arms race in a region that is already primed t…

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Plans for Airlift of Injured Haitians on Hold

Thomas F. Vietor, a spokesman for the White House, said he hoped a plan for the critically injured could be announced within hours, but declined to comment further. Officials who asked for anonymity b…

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Obama budget to assure investors while boosting jobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday will unveil a budget that must balance his short-term political imperative to boost jobs, while convincing investors he has a credible plan to curb record deficits over time.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

10 face child trafficking charges in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Ten Americans charged with trafficking in Haiti defended their plan to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic, saying their intention was to get them to a temporary…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in World |

Tories plan super-fast broadband

The Conservatives have unveiled plans to deliver a “nationwide super-fast broadband” to the majority of UK homes by 2017.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in World |