FLU
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12/14/2009
Ray Suarez is all over the world tonight. While he is covering the climate conference in Copenhagen for the NewsHour, his special documentary on the H1N1 virus will be airing coast to coast tonight on PBS stations. Ray shares a few thoughts on the why the documentary happened and what we can expect tonight.
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WORLD
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Dec. 14, 2009
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday that three American hikers who "illegally" entered Iran in July would go on trial, though he did not specify when.
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HEALTH REFORM
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Dec. 14, 2009
After a weekend spent passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill, the Senate will once again take up the complex issue of health care reform Monday afternoon.
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CLIMATE
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Dec. 14, 2009
China, India and other developing nations brought U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to a temporary stop on Monday over demands that wealthy countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
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ECONOMY
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Dec. 14, 2009
After weeks of trying to persuade regulators that it was sound enough to stand on its own, Citigroup announced early Monday that it has struck a deal with the Treasury Department to repay $20 billion of taxpayers' dollars it received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The agreement comes as leaders of the nation's largest financial firms prepare for a meeting at the White House later today with President Barack Obama.
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IN MEMORIAM
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Dec. 13, 2009
The world lost one of the giants in modern economics Sunday when Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson died at his home in Belmont, Mass., at the age of 94. Samuelson became the first American to win a Nobel Prize in economics in 1970 for his pivotal work in bringing mathematical analysis to economics.
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