Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Democrats Move Closer to 'Fast Track' for Obama Health Care (Fox News)

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:02:38 -0700
By a 227-196 vote, the House affirmed Democrats' plans to move health care legislation under rules that block Republicans in the Senate from being able to slow -- or even stop -- it from proceeding.

Botswana: Govt Will Not Finance Zim Loan - Gaolathe (AllAfrica.com)

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:08:59 -0700
The Minister of Finance Baledzi Gaolathe has said that the P500 million loan that Botswana will extend to Zimbabwe under the Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP) will be sourced through local banks and not directly from government coffers.

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein: With Torture Memos Leaving Only Tortured Defenses, Is Lady Justice Waiting In The Wings?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:50:19 -0700
Torture memos here, torture memos there, torture memos everywhere! On the left, they're screaming bloody-murder for public hangings of all people involved; on the right, they want Obama's head for letting out this confidential information. We're all embarrassed and horrified, but is that a reason for not talking about the fact that the United States DID torture? How do Lynndie England and her crimes at Abu Ghraib fit into this equation? Can you chastise one and not the other? And if letting out