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America   Obama   Photos   Politics   US  
 The Times Of India 
Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama
Wed 10 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON: Ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is stressing that his country's financial woes are a problem the United States cannot affo... (photo: Public Domain / TCY)
Obesity - Woman
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 The Boston Globe 
Kicking the obesity epidemic
Wed 10 Mar 2010
| While Michelle Obama is campaigning against childhood obesity, there's Charles Barkley on TV hawking Taco Bell's NBA Five Buck Box. The extra-large former basketball All-Star raps about the box's cr... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Food - Eating - Health - Fast Food - Restaurant  The Providence Journal  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Calorie counting: Is it killing us to eat out as much as we do?
| Americans are eating out more and more: According to the National Restaurant Association, 49 percent of every food dollar in the U.S. is now spent in restaurants, up from 25 percent in 1955. | What ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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** ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 3 ** Trisha Leu, 17, who has lost 60 pounds since undergoing gastric band surgery in March, weeds the garden in the front yard of her Wheeling, Ill., home, Wednesday, June 28, 2006. The American Medical Association is considering a proposal to label children in the highest weight category as "obese" instead of the current term, "overweight." Trisha dislikes the term obese because she thinks "it sounds mean. It doesn't sound good." (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)  The Star  Wed 10 Mar 2010
ANALYSIS - U.S. politicians may unite in obesity battle
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One way to achieve bipartisanship in Washington may be to tackle an issue everyone can agree on -- the childhood obesity epidemic. People line up to buy food at a fast food re... (photo: AP / Stacie Freudenberg)
Epidemic   Health   Obesity   Photos   US  
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The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan The New York Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
| TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allo... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Defence   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   US  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou take part a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 8, 2010. The New York Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Greece Is Not an Island
| My country's economic plight has dominated headlines for months. While many commentators have focused on the underlying problems within Greece, less attention has been ... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Economy   Europe   Finance   Greece   Photos  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou take part a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Daily Telegraph Australia Wed 10 Mar 2010
Greek PM warns debt crisis will affect US
| GREEK Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday that the United States would not be a mere bystander if his country's debt crisis were to worsen. | In a speech ... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Economy   Finance   Greece   Photos   US  
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and ... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Asian   China   Economy   Photos   US  
Pepsi - Soda - Softdrinks CBC Tue 9 Mar 2010
School pop campaign in U.S. cuts calories
Shipments of full-calorie drinks to U.S. schools fell 95 per cent between 2004 and 2009. (Aman Sharma/Associated Press) | Sales of sugary drinks have fallen in the U.S., ... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Beverage   Calories   Obesity   Photos   Soda  


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