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Nation & World

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March 19, 2013

Syrian opposition elects interim prime minister

Ghassan Hitto, who lived in the U.S. for decades, may struggle to sway rebel factions to his authority.
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March 19, 2013

Clinton endorses same-sex marriage

Her early public embrace of the issue could be a sign that she's planning to run for president in 2016.
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March 19, 2013

For knee fix, therapy rivals surgery

Torn-meniscus patients in both camps saw similar gains but different costs and risks, a study finds.
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March 19, 2013

Full-year budget bill advances in Senate

Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King join with Democrats to set up a vote on the bill Tuesday.
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March 19, 2013

Iraq torn between progress and chaos

The politics of Baghdad are undercutting Iraq's quest to regain a seminal position in the region.

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March 19, 2013

High court divided over Arizona voter requirement

Justices disagree over whether states can force proof of citizenship beyond federal 'motor voter' cards.
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March 19, 2013

Abortion doctor trial called ‘lynching’

A defense attorney in the death-penalty trial claims the case is an 'elitist and racial prosecution.'
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March 19, 2013

At least 21 detainees now on hunger strike at Guantanamo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday, while denying reports trickling out from prisoners through lawyers that there is a more widespread protest and lives are in danger. No prisoner faces any immediate health […]
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March 19, 2013

Nation & World Dispatches

WASHINGTON Republicans criticize pick for labor secretary Republicans slammed President Obama’s selection of Thomas E. Perez as the next labor secretary Monday, painting the assistant U.S. attorney general as a polarizing and radical figure and suggesting that they might hold up his nomination. Perez, 51, who has overseen the Civil Rights Division of the Justice […]
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March 19, 2013

Republican roadmap faces conservative criticism

The report meant to attract more voters to the Republican Party may widen existing divides.