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AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan’s emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.

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Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s drive to remake US health care could face a critical test vote in the US Senate, where lawmakers await an influential report on the plan’s cost and overall impact.

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US health overhaul could face key Senate test

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – Prominent Republicans on Sunday lashed out at the administration’s decision to try five alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a New York civilian court, saying it would harm efforts to fight terrorism.

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Obama foes lash out at 9/11 trial plans

AFP – TEL AVIV (AFP) – Former US president Bill Clinton on Saturday said he believes there would have been a comprehensive peace in the Middle East a decade ago if Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin not been assassinated.

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Clinton says Rabin killing torpedoed Mideast peace

AFP – SINGAPORE (AFP) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday he expects Moscow and Washington to agree to a new text on a missile cuts treaty by the end of the year.

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Medvedev expects US missile cuts treaty by year-end

Reuters – SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Barack Obama will meet Myanmar’s prime minister on Sunday when he becomes the first U.S. president to have a formal meeting with leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations.

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Obama set to meet Myanmar PM at ASEAN summit

AFP – SINGAPORE (AFP) – The top US and Chinese diplomats discussed climate change, North Korea and Iran at talks here Saturday ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to China, Chinese officials said.

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Clinton, Chinese FM meet ahead of Obama trip