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Decision day for health care in the House
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President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
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Britain urges steps to insure financial system
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Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
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China offers Africa more trade, investment
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China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China’s commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.
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South Korean workers protest gov’t labor policy
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Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government’s plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws.
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Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.
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North Carolina’s highest court ruled Friday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a decade-old settlement.
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