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Obama picks up new support for health bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama picked up support for healthcare reform on Wednesday from a prominent liberal and a group of Catholic nuns, who broke with bishops on the issue of abortion and urged passage of the overhaul.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dowQrCj9J4k:x3-TNrh7GP8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dowQrCj9J4k:x3-TNrh7GP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=dowQrCj9J4k:x3-TNrh7GP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dowQrCj9J4k:x3-TNrh7GP8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=dowQrCj9J4k:x3-TNrh7GP8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/dowQrCj9J4k" height="1" width="1"/>

U.S. believes key al Qaeda planner killed in Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan last week appears to have killed a top al Qaeda planner who Washington believes helped organize December's deadly suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=i42AEtswRek:ZPrmwm4k20U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=i42AEtswRek:ZPrmwm4k20U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=i42AEtswRek:ZPrmwm4k20U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=i42AEtswRek:ZPrmwm4k20U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=i42AEtswRek:ZPrmwm4k20U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/i42AEtswRek" height="1" width="1"/>

First of several job-creation bills clears Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A package of tax breaks and highway spending cleared Congress on Wednesday, the first of what Democrats hope will be several efforts to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=W6zGur1CiU4:wlN0Ih2u1fI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=W6zGur1CiU4:wlN0Ih2u1fI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=W6zGur1CiU4:wlN0Ih2u1fI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=W6zGur1CiU4:wlN0Ih2u1fI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=W6zGur1CiU4:wlN0Ih2u1fI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/W6zGur1CiU4" height="1" width="1"/>

On This Day...

1967: Supertanker Torrey Canyon hits rocks
The supertanker Torrey Canyon has run aground between Land's End and the Scilly Isles, leaking oil into the sea.

1979: Three die in Golborne mine blast
Three die and eight are seriously injured in an explosion at a colliery in Lancashire.

1974: Violent border clashes at Golan Heights
Two Israeli soldiers are killed and three others injured along the Golan Heights.

1992: South Africa votes for change
White South Africans back an overwhelming mandate for political reforms to end apartheid.

1950: Government falls as Belgians vote for king
The Belgian government collapses over a referendum on the return from exile of King Leopold III.

1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial
Charges of gross indecency brought by Mary Whitehouse against a National Theatre director end today after intervention by the Attorney-General.