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Courtroom sketch shows David Coleman Headley, right, facing U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago, 18 Mar 2010
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Courtroom sketch shows David Coleman Headley, right, facing U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago, 18 Mar 2010

US Promises India 'Full Access' to Mumbai Attack Planner

India making preparations to question, in the United States, admitted terror planner David Coleman Headley

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US President Barack Obama (file)

Obama Addresses Iran Via Internet Video

President calls for uncensored Internet access, reiterates offer of dialogue with Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., 21 January, on the foreign policy issue of Internet freedom

US Government Works to Break Down Virtual Walls

Economic growth linked to Internet freedom

Crashed car of a US consulate employee killed in Ciudad Juarez, 14 Mar 2010

FBI Aids Mexico Probe Into Killing of US Consulate Worker

FBI is also interrogating gang members in El Paso who have ties to a drug trafficking cartel in Mexico

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, 19 Mar 2010

Obama Makes Final Public Appeal on Health Care

President says Congress face choice between supporting interests of insurance companies or taking historic step to meet Americans' needs

For Unemployed New Yorkers, No Recovery in Sight

Two determined job seekers, long out of work, find small hope

Staff Sergeant Christopher Miller and his fiancee Loren Taylor

Troops Return to US Capital after 10 Months in Iraq

Some US troops returning home from Iraq will be redeployed to Afghanistan

President Barack Obama at the White House, 18 Mar 2010

Obama Postpones Indonesia, Australia Trip Until June

President will remain in Washington to help push his health care reform plan through Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about health reform at a news conference on Capitol Hill, 17 Mar 2010

US House of Representatives to Hold Crucial Health Care Vote Sunday

White House confident health care reform legislation will pass

Congressman Mike Pence is an opponent of the health reform bill

US Congress Waging Fierce Final Battle over Health Care Reform

Opposition Republican Party sees opportunity to damage Obama's administration, limit him to one term

Michele Gomez is a 23-year-old single mother with no health insurance

Americans in Their 20's Struggle to Get Health Insurance

With skyrocketing health care costs, those with low incomes often cannot afford insurance

Worshipers at Washington's  Islamic Cultural Center

President Obama Seeks to Bridge Differences with Islam

Muslims are looking for concrete results

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (file photo)

Congressional Leaders Consider Special Procedure to Pass US Health Care

Little used procedure would allow legislators to pass the legislation without taking a direct vote on it

A television indicates that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, 16  Mar 2010

US Reports: Slow Economic Growth, Little Inflation, Meager Job Gains

Labor Department report says overall prices unchanged during February

Space shuttle being transported at the Kennedy Space Center

US Space Shuttle Program Nears End of its Voyage

NASA boosts Florida's economy by billions of dollars, generates thousands of jobs