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Obama Admin May Drop Public Option from Health Plan – The Obama administration signaled Sunday that it was on the verge of abandoning plans to create a government-run insurance option

Zelaya Plane Stopped at Base with US Troops – Patricia Valle, who served as Zelaya’s deputy foreign minister, said the plane that flew Zelaya into exile stopped at Soto Cano, a Honduran military base that is home to at least 500 US troops. It is unclear why the plane would refuel at the base since it is just sixty miles from the capital, Tegucigalpa

New Afghan Law Allows Men to Starve Wives If They Refuse Sex – a new law has gone into effect that allows a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex. The law also prohibits women from working without their husband’s permission

Gay Iraqs Targeted in Murder and Torture Campaign – A new report from Human Rights Watch has found Iraqi militias are carrying out a spreading campaign of torture and murder against men suspected of homosexual conduct

Memos: Brazil Conspired with US to Overthrow Allende – Newly declassified memos reveal President Richard Nixon discussed with Brazil’s president a cooperative effort to overthrow the governments of Salvador Allende of Chile and Fidel Castro of Cuba

Obama Adviser Heckled at Netroots Nation Convention – one of President Obama’s top advisers, Valerie Jarrett, was hissed and heckled during a talk at the Netroots Nation Convention .. a protester in the audience screamed out a question about why the White House was trying to keep additional photographs of detainee abuse from becoming public. Another member of the audience shouted out a question about why the private security contractor Blackwater was still being paid for work overseas

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