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Car bomb kills 90 in Pakistan

Islamabad: A car bomb ripped through a crowded market killing 90 people in Pakistan’s city of Peshawar on Wednesday, just hours after Washington’s top diplomat arrived pledging a fresh start in sometimes strained relations. Wednesday’s bomb, the latest ...

From ZEESHAN HAIDER AND ANDREW QUINN, livemint.com,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Benazir Bhutto,  Al-Qaeda,  Azam Khan

Obama star power faces new test at UN meeting

United Nations: US president Barack Obama makes his United Nations debut on Wednesday calling on world leaders to shoulder more responsibility in confronting global challenges. Obama will use his maiden speech to the UN general assembly to highlight ...

From ANDREW QUINN, livemint.com,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  United Nations,  George W. Bush,  Benjamin Netanyahu,  Mahmoud Abbas

Sotomayor on track for quick vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, appeared headed for confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court after Senate hearings ended on Thursday with Republicans promising a speedy vote. But ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Barack Obama,  Jeff Sessions,  Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor treads careful line

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers stepped up pressure on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, hoping to paint her as judicial activist who will stamp the court with President Barack Obama's liberal agenda. On the third day of ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Senate Judiciary Committee

'Wise latina' answers her critics

Republican lawmakers stepped up pressure on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayo, hoping to paint her as judicial activist who will help stamp the court with President Barack Obama's liberal agenda. On the third day of her confirmation hearing before ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Globe and Mail,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Jeff Sessions,  John Cornyn

Republicans keep heat on Sotomayor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers stepped up pressure on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, hoping to paint her as judicial activist who will help stamp the court with President Barack Obama's liberal agenda. On the third day ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  White House,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Senate Judiciary Committee

Sotomayor rejects charges of racial bias

Sonia Sotomayor fended off Republican attacks yesterday, saying "diversity on the bench is good for America" and promising rulings based on law, not racial bias, if confirmed as U.S. President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Grilled by ...

From ANDREW QUINN AND JAMES VICINI, Globe and Mail,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party

Supreme Court hearing moves to key social issues

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor faces tough questioning on Tuesday as lawmakers seek to discover where she might take the country on issues such as abortion, guns and race. Sotomayor, 55, began her ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  14 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Republican Party,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Obama's first Supreme Court pick faces hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pick to fill his first U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, Sonia Sotomayor, goes before a Senate hearing on Monday with most people betting she already has enough votes to win confirmation. Sotomayor, now an ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Mitch McConnell

Sotomayor hearing opens Supreme Court debate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sonia Sotomayor looks almost certain to emerge from Senate hearings this week poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. But political debate over President Barack Obama's plans for the top U.S. court ...

From ANDREW QUINN, Boston Globe,  12 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Sonia Sotomayor,  George W. Bush

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