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 Poll: US on 
 'Right Track' 
 for First Time 
 in 5 Years

48% are optimistic, up eight points in two months

Apr 23, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(AP) - For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, according to an AP poll. The percentage of Americans saying the country is headed in the right direction rose to 48%, up eight points from February, while 44% say the nation... More »

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Barack Obama • United States • recession • optimism • polling • opinion polls

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said today that the US is “laying the groundwork” for sanctions against Iran if it doesn’t participate in nuclear talks, the BBC reports. The secretary of State said a rebuff of US overtures or continued enrichment would lead to a “very tough” response. Iran is... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • sanctions • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • Obama administration

Israel Yanks Ambassador
to Switzerland

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

Apr 20, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Australia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Poland • Holocaust • Canada • Italy • Switzerland • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Netherlands • New Zealand • racism • boycott • ambassador • Ban Ki-Moon

 The World's Best Waterfalls 


Apr 18, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waterfalls are a prime tourist destination, and for good reason. Travel + Leisure runs down a list of the “world’s most spectacular,” but check before you go. Visit in the wrong season and you’ll see just a trickle. And dams can turn off the spectacle... More »

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environment • Zimbabwe • Venezuela • Arizona • United States • Norway • Hawaii • Niagara Falls • waterfall • natural wonder

 Obama Eases 
 Cuban Travel, 
 Remittances 

It bridges the gap between divided families: White House

Apr 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama officially announced new rules for Cuban remittances and travel today, lifting barriers implemented by his predecessor. The eased restrictions allow Cuban Americans to make limitless money transfers and trips to the island nation, the AP reports. It fulfills Obama’s campaign promise to bridge the gap between divided... More »

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Barack Obama • travel • Cuba • United States • Cuban Americans • remittance • Obama administration • President Obama

 US Food Safety 
 Not Improving: Feds 

CDC shows plateau in food sickenings over the last three years

Apr 9, 09 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The safety of the US food supply from disease or contamination has not significantly improved in recent years, the New York Times reports today. A survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that occurrences of major illnesses from tainted food have held steady for the past 3... More »

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disease • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • United States • public health • food safety • salmonella • food supply

(Newser) - The US wants to be a direct party to nuclear talks between Iran and the UN, CNN reports. Washington had stayed away from earlier negotiations because it has no diplomatic relationship with the country, but the State Department said today it had asked an EU official to invite Iran to... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear power • Germany • European Union • State Department • nuclear weapons • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • UN Security Council

(Newser) - The star forecasters at Colorado State University are revising their predictions for the 2009 hurricane season down due to cooler ocean temperatures, Reuters reports. Between June and December, the Atlantic will see 12 tropical storms, six of which may develop into hurricanes. Two of those hurricanes could blow harder than... More »

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weather • Atlantic Ocean • Pacific Ocean • United States • El Nino • Colorado State University • tropical storms • hurricane • La Nina • forecaster

UN Split Over Response to
N. Korea Rocket

Russia, China resist
as US, Japan call
for punishment

Apr 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Japan have hit international resistance as they push for a firm response to yesterday’s North Korean rocket launch over Japan, the Guardian reports. As the second day of emergency UN talks begins today, China and Russia aren’t backing a proposed statement condemning the move from... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • United States • punishment • rocket • UN Security Council

Indian Suitors in US Lose Points With Women at Home

Potential brides' families worry about recession

Apr 6, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Indian guys who return home from the US to scout for brides are being met with skepticism instead of open arms, reports the Wall Street Journal. Eying the recession abroad, would-be brides and their parents are giving preference to local matches and even demanding to see tax returns from US-based... More »

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India • marriage • United States • recession • wedding • brides • grooms

Pope May Reshape US Church as Bishops Age Out

Many bishops nearing retirement as church faces big changes

Apr 5, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With many bishops nearing the age of required retirement, the Vatican has a chance to reinvent the US Catholic Church, moving beyond church sex scandals and adapting to a growing immigrant presence, reports the Los Angeles Times. Almost a third of 265 current US bishops must step down in the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • United States • Vatican • retirement • resignation • Catholicism • bishop

(AP) - North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete and liftoff was imminent, as US, Japanese, and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they fear is a long-range missile test. Spy satellites trained high-resolution cameras on a coastal launch pad for... More »

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North Korea • Japan • United States • missile • satellite

Anti-Chris Brown Song Gets Radio Play

Singer's actions 'a thousand percent wrong' says member of Smoke Jumpers

Apr 3, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(AP) - A song criticizing Chris Brown is getting radio airplay in Chicago, LA, and New York, among other markets. "My Flow So Tight," by a little-known dance group called Smoke Jumpers, features the repeated line: "Chris Brown should get his ass kicked," the AP reports. A website... More »

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United States • song • rap music • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • criminal charges

(Newser) - More than 32 million people in the US are now receiving food stamps—a full tenth of the population, Reuters reports. The record enrollment in January marks the third time in 5 months the total has increased. Numbers rose in all but four states. Recipients got an average of $112.... More »

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United States • unemployment • poverty • economic stimulus package • food stamps • public assistance

 Accused Nazi 
 Begs US 
 to Keep Him 

He may be deported to Germany for war crimes trial

Apr 1, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(AP) - An American resident with a reputed Nazi past is asking the US to block his deportation to Germany, citing humanitarian reasons. John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian immigrant who turns 89 this week, is charged in an arrest warrant in Germany with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • war crimes • United States • deportation • World War II • John Demjanjuk • Nazis

 G20 Leaders Will Eat Well 

But menu could represent some of the 'new Britain', chef says

Apr 1, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama and his fellow world leaders have their work cut out for them at the G20 summit tomorrow, but at least they won’t have to tackle the problems of global finance hungry. Star chef Jamie Oliver is planning a menu of organic Shetland salmon, Welsh lamb with mint,... More »

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food • Barack Obama • India • Germany • United States • salmon • cuisine • Britain • Jamie Oliver • G20 • multiculturalism • President Obama • Yotam Ottolenghi

Critics: Afghan 'Home Rape' Law Worse
Than Taliban

Wives can't refuse sex in Karzai nod to right

Mar 31, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are blasting a new law in Afghanistan that forbids a woman to refuse sex with her husband or to leave home without his permission, reports the Guardian. The law, opposed by the UN, is viewed as a major step backward for women in a nation whose constitution supports equal... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Hamid Karzai • sexism • United States • rape • sexual assault

US, Iran Meet in Moscow on Afghanistan Peace

Officials talk terror, drug trafficking

Mar 29, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - American and Iranian officials gathered in Moscow for Afghanistan peace talks, highlighting a warming of US-Tehran relations under President Obama, reports the Times of London. “We’ve turned a page to have Iranians and Americans at the same table all discussing Afghanistan,” said Russia’s foreign minister at... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • Russia • United States • peace talks • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

 N. Korea Readies 
 Missile for Launch 

UN sanctions will derail disarmament talks: Pyongyang

Mar 25, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the date of a promised “satellite launch” nears, North Korea has placed a long-range ballistic missile on the launch pad used for earlier test firings, Reuters reports. South Korea, Japan, and the US plan to seek UN sanctions if the nuclear power goes forward with what analysts believe... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • Japan • United States • satellite • Kim Jong Il • UN sanctions • nuclear missiles • intercontinental ballistic missile • nuclear test

 Mexican Drug Violence 
 Seeps Into US 

Cartels' reach extends to Canada

Mar 23, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drug violence has killed more than 7,000 in Mexico since January 2008—and now it’s spreading into the US, the New York Times reports. Home-invasion investigators in Arizona have seen 200 cases since their squad formed last year, and violence has reached across the continent: there have been... More »

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drugs • Mexico • United States • drug cartel • violent crime

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