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Unemployment Rate Reaches 10.2 Percent – The nation’s unemployment rate has reached 10.2 percent, the highest it has been in twenty-six years. In all, more than one out of every six workers were unemployed or underemployed in October

House Passes Healthcare Reform Bill – The House of Representatives has narrowly passed its landmark health insurance reform bill by a vote of 220-to-215. Anti-abortion Democrats helped push through an amendment to prohibit anyone who receives government health insurance subsidies from enrolling in an insurance plan that covers abortion. The amendment has been described as the biggest victory in years for opponents of abortion rights

Obama to Send 34,000 More Troops to Afghanistan – The McClatchy Newspapers report President Obama is nearing a decision to send 34,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan next year.

Deal to Restore Zelaya to Power in Honduras Collapses – In Honduras, an American-mediated accord to end the four-month political crisis appears to be in shambles just a week after it was signed

Climate Talks in Barcelona Conclude in Acrimony – The Guardian newspaper reports the last formal negotiation before the climate summit in Copenhagen concluded in acrimony Friday, with developing countries threatening to walk out of the December conference unless rich countries commit themselves to greater cuts in greenhouse gas emissions

Senate Confirms Controversial Pick to Head Mining Office – The Senate has unanimously confirmed the nomination of Joseph Pizarchik to serve as director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, despite widespread opposition from environmental groups and critics of mountaintop coal removal

Report: 237 Members of Congress Are Millionaires – A new report by the Center for Responsive Politics has found that 237 members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body

20,000 Japanese Protesters Rally Against New US Military Base – In Japan, over 20,000 protesters gathered on the island of Okinawa on Sunday to rally against a plan for the US Marines to build another permanent base off the coast of Okinawa. The US operates more than a dozen US military bases all over the Japanese island

Thousands Mark 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall – And tens of thousands of people are gathering in Berlin today to celebrate the events of November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell

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