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2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Obama pushes stimulus, warns on recession (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama warned on Thursday that the U.S. economy could stay mired in recession for years without bold action and he urged lawmakers to work day and night to pass a massive stimulus plan.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Citi backs mortgage bankruptcy reform: Senators (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - Financial giant Citigroup Inc has agreed to support a controversial rewrite of U.S. bankruptcy law aimed at helping troubled mortgage borrowers, three Democratic senators said on Thursday.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - U. N. agency, Red Cross criticize Israel as Gaza toll hits 765 (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip faced worsening conditions on Thursday after two aid drivers were killed and their U.N. agency halted work, saying staff were at risk from Israeli forces fighting Hamas militants.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Madoff had $173 million in checks ready, U.S. says (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - Accused swindler Bernard Madoff had signed checks totaling more than $173 million in his office desk ready to be sent out before his arrest, U.S. prosecutors said in court papers on Thursday asking a judge to jail him.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Russia agrees monitoring for gas shipments: EU (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - Russia has agreed the deployment of monitors to oversee gas supplies to the European Union via Ukraine, clearing the way for the resumption of gas supplies, the Czech EU presidency said in a statement on Thursday.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - U.S. panel warns Pentagon on nuclear deterrence (Reuters) (Topstories)
Reuters - The U.S. nuclear deterrent that kept a tense peace during the Cold War is in danger of losing credibility among allied nations that look to the United States for security, a Pentagon panel said on Thursday.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Gaza war toll rises (AFP) (Topstories)
AFP - The main UN Palestinian relief agency halted work in Gaza on Thursday after a driver was killed and the death toll from Israel's war on Hamas rose to more than 760 after dozens of bodies were found in the rubble.

2009-01-08 13:00:23 - Russia, Ukraine gas talks collapse amid dispute over monitors (AFP) (Topstories)
AFP - EU-sponsored talks collapsed Thursday between Russia and Ukraine on resolving a gas dispute that has cut supplies to Europe in the midst of a bitterly cold winter, with Moscow blamed for the failure.

2009-01-08 13:00:22 - Democrats criticize Obama's proposed tax cuts (AP) (Topstories)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus plan.

2009-01-08 13:00:22 - UN, Red Cross curtail Gaza aid, criticize Israel (AP) (Topstories)
AP - The U.N. and the Red Cross curtailed aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after accusing Israeli forces of firing on their drivers, killing one. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.

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