Obama urges faith and progress in MLK Day sermon
President Obama spoke at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church recalling Martin Luther King Jr. and urged the congregation to stay hopeful amid hardship. He likened King to Moses and called the listeners a Joshua generation to return to basics and trust government for good, noting progress even in slow seasons.
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Bush says he called Clinton during White House years
President George W. Bush acknowledged on Face the Nation that he did call former president Bill Clinton, though Clinton did not say what they discussed. Clinton said he was pleased when Bush called and that they chatted on occasion.
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Chilean billionaire Pinera wins presidency in first right-wing win in 52 years
Sebastian Pinera secured about 52 percent of the vote to Eduardo Frei's 48 percent with 99 percent of ballots counted. He declared the need for a strong government and constructive opposition as Chile ends two decades of center-left rule after Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
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Slum Fire in Manila Displaces 4000 and Kills 5-Year-Old
A Manila Baseco Compound blaze gutted 500 shanties overnight leaving about 4000 homeless. Fire official Emmanuel Gaspar said one five year old girl died and no other major injuries were reported. The fire, driven by strong winds, burned for about two hours while investigators probe the cause.
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New Archives chief Ferriero oversees vast government records
David Ferriero, 64, began November as director of the National Archives and Records Administration. He vows transparency and oversight as 2,000 classification systems and the National Declassification Center push to process 400 million pages of top secret federal documents dating back to World War I.
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