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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - March 5
05 Mar 2009 05:16:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on March 5. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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A plan to reduce home foreclosures and stabilize the U.S. housing market is detailed by the Obama administration. The program offers refinancing for borrowers with little equity in their homes and $75 billion to lower mortgage payments for those who are struggling.

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President Barack Obama's healthcare reform initiative draws early support from some insurers, hospitals and others in the medical industry, in contrast to their wall of opposition to then-President Bill Clinton's healthcare proposals in the early 1990s.

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Global economic problems have brought a sharp decline in world trade for the first time since 1982. The once bustling port of Singapore now houses idled freighters from across the world.

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The government of Sudan expelled foreign aid groups that deliver assistance to millions of displaced people in Darfur shortly after the Hague-based International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.


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