GOP Leader McConnell: 'Tax Issue Is Finished'

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Assad "peace plan" greeted with scorn by foes

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected peace talks with his enemies on Sunday in a defiant speech that his opponents described as a renewed declaration of war. Although the speech was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan, Assad offered no concessions and even appeared to harden many of his positions. He rallied Syrians for "a war to defend the nation" and...

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Global regulator eases liquidity rules for banks

BASEL: The world's top banking regulatory body on Sunday eased the first global liquidity rules scheduled to start applying to banks in 2015 and aimed at improving their ability to survive financial crises.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said at a press conference that it had widened the definition of the easy-to-sell assets that banks will have to hold to survive periods of...

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Telangana decision awaits 'nudge' from Rahul Gandhi

HYDERABAD: With the January 28 self-imposed deadline for the Centre to decide on Telangana looming, all attention is on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is supposed to come back to Delhi on Monday from a foreign tour. Rahul Gandhi is expected to nudge the decision making process on Tuesday. Sources in the Congress said that CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana were...

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Your medical chart could include exercise minutes

CHICAGO (AP) — Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes you are active or getting exercise.Wait, what?If the last item isn't part of the usual drill at your doctor's office, a movement is afoot to change that. One recent national survey indicated only a third of Americans said their doctors asked...

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City Answers Gang-Rape Cover-Up Allegations

As Steubenville, Ohio, prepares for the high-profile rape trial of two high school football players, officials, battling allegations of a cover-up, announced the creation of a new website today to debunk rumors and create what they said would be a transparent resource for the community."This site is not designed to be a forum for how the Juvenile Court ought to rule in this matter,"...

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Venezuela lawmakers elect Chavez ally as Assembly chief

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chavez to head the National Assembly on Saturday, putting him in line to be caretaker president if the socialist leader does not recover from cancer surgery. By choosing the incumbent, Diosdado Cabello, the "Chavista"-dominated legislature cemented the combative ex-soldier's position as the third most powerful...

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IMF chief praises Malawi reforms for economic recovery

LILONGWE, Malawi: IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Saturday praised Malawi's President Joyce Banda for "bold" economic recovery reforms, saying the measures will lead to a turn-around despite their unpopularity."Notwithstanding the current hardships, many of my interlocutors were confident the ongoing reforms will turn the economy around, an optimism that I share," said Lagarde, wrapping...

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Zee News editor seeks video-recording of police statement

NEW DELHI: Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary, whom police has sent notice to join investigations after the channel aired the interview of December 16 rape victim's friend, on Saturday moved court seeking his statement be video-recorded but the order was silent on his request. The court asked the city police to proceed the case "in accordance with the law" and did not specially mention in its order...

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FDA: New rules will make food safer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year.The rules, the most sweeping food safety guidelines in decades, would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination, to include making sure workers' hands are...

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