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Democrats Clash on Health, Trade and Rival Tactics
China Daily
New York Times -
By JEFF ZELENY Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton set aside their cordiality Tuesday evening and clashed over their plans to overhaul the nations health care system in a contentious debate one week before four potentially decisive …
Video: New candidate joins US presidential race
Obama, Clinton Debate Tactics
Senate Agrees To Debate Bill On Iraq Pullout
Javno.hr
Washington Post -
By Paul Kane The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to begin debating a bill that would require the administration to start withdrawing forces from Iraq in 120 days and cut funding for battlefield deployments, a surprise move supported by …
Senate Republicans agree to Iraq debate
Senate Democrats Focus on Economic Cost of War
With Change in the Air, Cubans Speculate on Currency
Calgary Herald
Washington Post -
By Manuel Roig-Franzia HAVANA, Feb. 26 — Cubans swamped currency exchange offices Monday and early Tuesday in a brief but intense speculative frenzy fueled by rumors that new President Ral Castro would end the island's reviled dual currency system.
Castro's brother faces big challenges in Cuba
Ral Castro gives signals that Cuba will change
Hill stays in Beijing to work on N.Korea issue
BBC News
Reuters -
TOKYO (Reuters) - The top US negotiator with North Korea stayed in Beijing for an extra day on Wednesday to work on reviving the stalled effort to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programs, the US State Department said.
Rice's Talks in China on North Korea Make Progress (Update1)
China Says It Will Resume Human Rights Talks With US
Annan Suspends Talks in Kenya
Citizen
Washington Post -
A farmer works on a maize plantation in Maraguoa, Kenya, Monday Feb. 25 2008. Kenya's warring political parties resumed their lengthy and often bitter negotiations Monday to try to end a dispute over presidential elections that sparked nationwide …
Annan Tries to Spur Kenya Talks
Tanzania President to Meet Both Sides in Kenya Today Over …
US Sen. Byrd in hospital after suffering a fall
CNN Political Ticker
Reuters -
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Robert Byrd, the oldest member of the US Senate and a fierce opponent of the Iraq war, was being treated in a hospital on Tuesday after falling in his home late on Monday, a spokesman for the senator said.
Sen. Robert Byrd, 90, admitted to hospital
Byrd Hospitalized After Fall
GOP Halts Effort to Retrieve White House E-Mails
Washington Post
Washington Post -
Theresa Payton, White House Office of Administration chief information officer, and Allen Weinstein, United States archivist, testify on Capitol Hill.
RNC won't retrieve missing e-mails, Waxman says
Expert Details White House E-Mail Risks
Polygamist Leader Faces Ariz. Charges
ABC News
The Associated Press -
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was handed over to Arizona authorities Tuesday to face sex charges stemming from the arranged marriages of two teenage girls to older relatives.
Polygamous Sect Leader Facing Charges in Arizona
National Briefing | Southwest Arizona: Polygamist Sect Leader …
Starbucks Closes Stores To Retrain Baristas
Business Wire (press release)
Wall Street Journal -
By JANET ADAMY Starbucks Corp. retaught baristas how to make espresso shots, steam milk and hand drinks to customers while it shut down nearly 7100 stores in the US on Tuesday evening.
Video: Starbucks to Take Coffee Break Today
Coffee fans adjust as Starbucks retrains
Florida Blackouts Affect One Million Across State
KLEW
New York Times -
By KIRK SEMPLE MIAMI - A wide-ranging blackout swept across Florida on Tuesday, affecting nearly one million households and businesses, knocking out traffic signals and trapping scores of people in elevators.
Video: Massive power outages in Florida
Nuclear Plant Shutdown Causes Massive Florida Power Outages