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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Jan. 30
30 Jan 2009 05:21:42 GMT
 Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Jan. 30. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children.

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On the eve of what is expected to be the clearest evidence yet of the country's deepening recession, bad news rolled in from across the economy and the world. Sales of new homes in December plummeted, corporations announced plans to cut another 13,000 U.S. jobs and unemployment claims jumped.

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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Illinois state senators stood up one by one in a hushed chamber on Thursday to call Gov. Rod Blagojevich a liar and a hypocrite who put his ego and his pocketbook ahead of the interests of the state.

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BAGHDAD - As Iraq prepares to vote Saturday in its first election since 2005, Iraqis are talking about what may stand as the legacy of an election that will begin shaping a new political landscape, as the Obama administration prepares to withdraw U.S. troops.

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