The Globe and Mail - March 26th, 2010

1. Headline: Sisters' Obamacare lobby second to nun

More than 50,000 Roman Catholic nuns across the United States staunchly support US President Obama’a health-care bill, though debate about abortion coverage threatened to derail the bill completely. The nun’s have separated themselves from the States’ Roman Catholic bishops, who warn the new law would allow the funding of abortion. Nuns argue abortions would be covered by separate private policies.

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2. Headline:U.S., Russia sign off on nuclear pact

In efforts to “reset” relations with Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to sharp cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both nations. The pact, which reduces both sides’ arsenals by about a third, is replacing and expanding a 1991 treaty that expired in December. It is viewed as a gesture toward improved U.S.-Russian relations that have been badly frayed.

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3. Headline: Allawi wins thin plurality in Iraq election

Iraq’s current Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has called for a recount after results indicate that a secular Shiite, Ayad Allawi, has won a narrow plurality in Iraq’s national election. Though Mr. Allawi’s Iraqiya party took 91 of the 325 seats (al-Maliki’s won 89 seats) in Iraq’s Council of Representatives, it is the religious Shia party, the third-place Iraqi National Alliance, that will likely determine if Allawi will form a government.

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4. Headline: Hope fades for 46 missing marines after South Korean ship sinks

After a naval ship exploded and sank, in one of South Korea’s worst naval disasters, military divers have searched in vain for 46 missing marines from the ship. Families voiced their anger and grief as hopes faded for finding the bodies in the tense maritime border between South Korea and North Korea. The exact cause of the ship explosion is unclear, but officials have said North Korea does not appear to be to blame.

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