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By John Terrett in Americas on March 17th, 2010
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Hundreds of Tea Party activists rallied outside the US Congress on Tuesday in protest at President Barack Obama’s almost $900bn healthcare reform.
 
The group of mostly rightwing grassroots protesters are opposed to the way the administration is driving healthcare through congress.
 
They called it a "Surge Against Obamacare." 
 
It was a rally for conservatives and Tea Party activists who are determined to stop the president’s healthcare reform which is now - as they see it - being forced through the House of Representatives and senate
 
 Grandma isn’t shovel ready.
 
 
By Kristen Saloomey in Americas on March 16th, 2010
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University students have always been known for their activism, but I just met a group at Columbia University’s School of Public Administration (SIPA) who are using technology to take it to a new level.
 
They are volunteers who have been holed up in the basement of the school’s library, despite their exams, ever since an earthquake struck Chile.
 
They work in shifts from a tiny room without windows, amid half-eaten snacks and potato-chip wrappers, but they are able to have a direct impact on how aid is delivered to the people in Chile - thanks to an amazing new tool available right on their laptops.
 
By John Terrett in Americas on March 15th, 2010
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President Obama was on the road again on Monday, selling his healthcare overhaul plan one last time as Congress began the process that is expected to lead to a bill being signed within weeks, if not days.
 
As Obama told his audience near Cleveland how the Republicans have blocked almost every attempt to bring about reform, someone at the back shouted to him, "Courage!"
By John Terrett in Americas on March 14th, 2010
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“I think the message was received” 
 
That's the Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, keeping up the pressure on the Israeli government after it punctured Vice-President Joe Biden’s peace mission to the Middle East last week by announcing hundreds of new Jewish homes in East Jerusalem. 
 
On nationwide TV in the US on Sunday morning Axelrod didn't mince his words on NBC's "Meet The Press:"
 
By Cath Turner in Americas on March 12th, 2010
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Nothing could have prepared me for the intensity and circus-like nature of the Red Carpet at the Academy Awards in Hollywood. Complete and utter mayhem.
 
On one side of the red carpet were 300 over-excited members of the public sitting in the bleachers, who hit the big time when they were picked from an online lottery. They started arriving about 7 hours before the celebrities, armed with digital cameras, food and water, paper and pens for autographs and a voice ready to yell. On the other side of the carpet were dozens of media crews, packed in like sardines running the length of the carpet. The cameramen and reporters were armed with lights, microphones, spray tans, dazzling pearly white smiles and firm elbows to push aside the nearby competition, in the jostle for celebrities' attention.  
 

By John Terrett in Americas on March 10th, 2010
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It's the memoir of a long-time loyalist and senior adviser who followed former US President George W. Bush from Texas to the White House.  
 
In his new book, Courage and Consequence, Republican strategist Karl Rove talks about the Bush-era, defending Bush's record on the Iraq war, as well as his own reputation for being a controversial politician.
 
By Lucia Newman in Americas on March 7th, 2010

As I write this the earth is again shaking. 

The aftershocks of Chile's earthquake, which experts say was at least 600 to 800 times stronger than the one in Haiti, are almost impossible to count. 

A few days ago there was a particularly strong one at 6:20 in the morning that sent journalists staying at a small hotel in downtown Concepcion running out the door in their underwear.  

I was better dressed for the occasion. 

As a Chilean, I know the golden rule: after an earthquake, always sleep with your clothes on and always leave the doors open.

Earthquakes and aftershocks can jam doors, making it impossible to get out.  

Two hours later there were two more, very long and strong aftershocks, 6.2 and 6.6 in magnitude. 

Again, we flew out the door.

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By Teresa Bo in Americas on March 3rd, 2010
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Evacuate the area! Evacuate the area! I was in the middle of a live shot in the coast of Constitucion, a city that was devastated by the earthquake but also by a tsunami that hit the area. Half of those who died during the earthquake  were here and the main reason was the enormous waves that flooded entire areas.

So when the police and the military started to screaming at us to run....that's exactly what we did. I run like crazy to escape the wave that was supposedly coming. Karina, our producer was running with me. We jumped in a truck to get as far away as possible from the coast....Karina was hurt because she fell from the car. On the way we lost our cameraman, Juan, who was trying to recover the gear in spite of the threat...

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By Kristen Saloomey in Americas on February 26th, 2010
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 The United Nations Security Council has taken a step toward ending economic sanctions on Iraq which go back nearly two decades to the rule of Saddam Hussein.

By Teymoor Nabili in Americas on February 25th, 2010

It's the end of an era: the Hummer is dead.

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