NEW DELHI — Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India’s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. Read full article > >

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India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India’s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. Read full article > >

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India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say

IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL to forbid same-sex couples from calling their unions a “marriage” if — as is the case in California — they enjoy the same legal rights and responsibilities as opposite-sex partners in the state? Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Proposition 8 ruling was just but wobbly

The UK’s largest care provider, Four Seasons, is in talks to find money to refinance its debts, but it denies union claims it is in financial difficulty.

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Care provider in new debt talks

Democrats have been saying for a long time that the House could be in play in 2012, and now some Republicans are starting to join them. “For Democrats to take 25 seats, they will need a wave,” former congressman Tom Davis wrote in an op-ed in The Hill recently. “Continued polarization and obstruction could create such a wave.” Read full article > >

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Democrats’ chances of retaking the House improve

A coalition of union leaders and trade advocates accuse Beijing of unfairly subsidizing Chinese auto parts makers.

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Trade Protest Is Planned on Eve of a Chinese Leader’s Visit

Many who swept into office last year with aggressive plans to cut spending and curb union powers are sounding less confrontational after a backlash from constituents.

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G.O.P. Governors Soften Tone After Confrontations of 2011

President Obama calls it “ the defining issue of our time” : forging a fairer economy by reversing years of widening income inequality and building a strong middle class. And for much of last week, beginning with Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Obama made proposals to do that, unveiling plans to levy higher taxes on the rich, provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture domestically and invest in education and transportation. Read full article > >

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Obama’s push to revive middle class will clash with long-term trends

The people have asked. Now, President Obama will answer. At 5:30 p.m. Monday, the president will participate in his first “ virtual interview ” by responding to questions about his State of the Union speech last week that were submitted by users of Google+ and YouTube. Read full article > >

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Obama answers State of the Union questions on Google+ and YouTube

The African Union inaugurates its newly built Chinese-funded headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

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African Union opens new $200m HQ

AUTOMAKERS DON’T offer brand-new versions of each model every year; instead, they add a feature or two and call it a “refresh.” Similarly, President Obama’s ”blueprint” for U.S.-based manufacturing, unveiled in his State of the Union address , updated arguments he has offered before. Was this version persuasive? Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: President Obama’s hybrid approach to taxing manufacturers

A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and unions.

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Outrage at RBS boss’s bonus deal

If you heard a loud “gulp” Tuesday night after President Obama’s State of the Union address , it probably came from Republican political strategists as they realized their party’s odds of capturing the White House this fall are getting longer. Obama may be no Ronald Reagan, but he’s no Jimmy Carter, either. Read full article > >

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Greed is good? The GOP seems to be okay with that.

Why wasn’t D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray at the State of the Union address Tuesday night? Awww, did no one invite him? Nope — Gray blew it off to attend party for his girlfriend, Linda Mercado Greene , who celebrated her birthday that night. Read full article > >

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Mayor Vincent Gray skipped State of the Union to attend girlfriend’s birthday party

Why wasn’t D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray at the State of the Union address Tuesday night? Awww, did no one invite him? Nope — Gray blew it off to attend party for his girlfriend, Linda Mercado Greene , who celebrated her birthday that night. Read full article > >

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Mayor Vincent Gray skipped State of the Union to attend girlfriend’s birthday party