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Toyota faces grilling in Congress
Obama to appeal to business chiefs on job creation
Stage set for healthcare political drama
Dubai identifies 15 new suspects in Hamas killing
Russia says won't back "crippling" Iran sanctions
Karzai criticized over Afghan poll watchdog move
General strike grips Greece, grounds flights
Google execs convicted in Italy for Down's video
Home purchase loan demand at lowest since 1997
Bernanke to outline exit path to skeptical Congress


Toyota faces grilling in Congress
February 24, 2010 08:28 AM ET
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration.

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Obama to appeal to business chiefs on job creation
February 24, 2010 07:12 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will appeal to U.S. business leaders on Wednesday to back his push to create jobs as he defends his agenda against conservative critics seeking to paint him as a big spender.

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Stage set for healthcare political drama
February 24, 2010 08:55 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Politicians in Washington turned up the heat on their healthcare dispute ahead of a televised political drama on Thursday billed by the White House as a peace gesture but seen by wary Republicans as a trap.

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Dubai identifies 15 new suspects in Hamas killing
February 24, 2010 08:20 AM ET
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has identified 15 new suspects in the assassination of a Hamas official at a Dubai luxury hotel, bringing the total number of people believed involved in the death to 26, the government said on Wednesday.

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Russia says won't back "crippling" Iran sanctions
February 24, 2010 09:01 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not support "crippling" sanctions against Iran, including any that may be slapped on the Islamic Republic's banking or energy sectors, a senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday.

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Karzai criticized over Afghan poll watchdog move
February 24, 2010 08:47 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's main opposition on Wednesday criticized President Hamid Karzai's removal of foreign observers from a U.N.-backed electoral watchdog as "autocratic" and urged international pressure to ensure impartial elections.

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General strike grips Greece, grounds flights
February 24, 2010 09:25 AM ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of strikers marched through Athens on Wednesday to protest against austerity plans aimed at wrenching Greece out of a debt crisis that has shaken the euro zone.

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Google execs convicted in Italy for Down's video
February 24, 2010 09:08 AM ET
MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan court convicted three Google Inc executives on Wednesday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with Down's syndrome by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the site in 2006.

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Home purchase loan demand at lowest since 1997
February 24, 2010 08:34 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications fell for a third straight week, with demand for home purchase loans sinking to the lowest level in 13 years as inclement weather weighed, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

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Bernanke to outline exit path to skeptical Congress
February 24, 2010 07:06 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben Bernanke may have cleared the hurdles to his confirmation for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, but that does not mean lawmakers will be any friendlier to him at high-profile hearings on Wednesday and Thursday.

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