Sorensen Dies at 82 Former JFK Aide and Speechwriter
Theodore C. Sorensen, longtime adviser to President John F. Kennedy and coauthor of the famed inaugural address, dies at 82 in New York. His passing comes as NASA prepares to launch Space Shuttle Discovery on its final mission to the International Space Station, with a 70 percent weather forecast and an 11 day stay including two spacewalks.
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Ex-guerrilla to be Brazil's president
Former Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's presidential election with 55.6 percent as 99 percent of ballots counted. She will take office January 1 as the nation's first female leader, defeating Jose Serra 55.6 to 44.4 percent.
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Officials: Disaster narrowly averted in mail bomb plot
The mail bomb plot linked to al Qaida in Yemen potentially aimed to detonate on flights en route to the United States. Investigators identify Ibrahim Hassan al Asiri as the chief suspect. devices were shipped via Dubai and Qatar and one mistakenly reached the U.S. or Britain.
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Rift widens between American and Israeli Jews over marriage and conversion
Hillary Rubin, a Michigan native living in Herzliya, faces rabbinical questions about her Jewish status and a lack of recognition for her marriage, highlighting a widening gap between liberal American Jewry and Israel’s ultra orthodox establishment. The dispute centers on who is considered Jewish and eligible for marriage and burial under Israel’s Orthodox rules, fueling fears that Jewish identity could be disenfranchised in a democratic state.
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Obama faces choice on extending Bush tax cuts into 2011
Obama maintains stance that households and small businesses with incomes above 250000 should return to Clinton era tax levels. Republicans push to extend Bush era cuts entirely, while Democrats split, with several moderates opposing higher rates for the wealthy. Obama’s veto stance remains undecided.
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