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Volcano erupts in southern Iceland

March 21, 2010

Iceland's civil protection agency says a volcano has erupted in the southern part of country.

Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows

March 21, 2010

The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.

Tea party protesters use racial epithet against Georgia's John Lewis (McClatchy Newspapers)

March 21, 2010

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is questioned by reporters about an incident involving tea party demonstrators as he leaves a speech by President Obama to House Democrats on Saturday, March 20, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol, angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted "nigger" Saturday at U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon who was nearly beaten to death during an Alabama march in the 1960s.


Volcano erupts in Iceland; hundreds evacuated (AP)

March 21, 2010

AP - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday.

New tip leads Aruba to search for missing US teen (AP)

March 21, 2010

In this October 2009 underwater photo provided by John F. Muldowney, is shown a portion of the ocean floor off the coast of Aruba. Muldowney feels the photo, taken by his wife, Patti, while the couple was on vacation in Aruba, may show the remains of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama honors student who disappeared in Aruba nearly five years ago. The Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era reported that the photo has been turned over to the FBI. (AP Photo/Patti Muldowney) NO SALESAP - Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway's remains, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' office told The Associated Press on Saturday.


Mexico's drug war takes growing toll on Americans (AP)

March 21, 2010

Police, Army and paramedics stand next to a pick-up truck with the bodies of two men dead in the cabin on the Mazatlan-Culiacan highway near the town of Elota, Mexico, Saturday March 20, 2010. According to authorities at least 8 men were killed during the incident in what appears to be an ambush of a crime gang by a rival group. (AP Photo/Christiann Davis)AP - More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children's birthday party.


US House to vote on Obama's historic health plan (AFP)

March 21, 2010

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he arrives to meet members of the House Democratic Caucus in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives was to vote Sunday on Obama's historic plan to overhaul the US health care system that the president says will provide health insurance coverage to the overwhelming majority of Americans(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - The US House of Representatives was to vote Sunday on Barack Obama's historic plan to overhaul the US health care system that the president says will provide health insurance coverage to the overwhelming majority of Americans.


3 deaths reported as snow storm strikes Plains (AP)

March 21, 2010

Toby Sumner, of Ritzman Lawn Service, clears snow in front of a Weaver's Department Store window Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - A powerful storm began blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring Saturday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s.


Obama close to health law success that eluded past (AP)

March 21, 2010

**  FILE  **  In this July 30, 1965 file photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson uses the last of many pens to complete the signing of the Medicare Bill into law at ceremonies at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, July 30, 1965, with former President Harry S. Truman at his side.  At rear are Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and former first lady Bess Truman.  (AP Photo)AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.


Obama urges Dems to come together for health care (AP)

March 21, 2010

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., seated left, has a verbal exchange with Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., center,  as Ranking Member David Dreier, R-Calif., left, and James McGovern,D-Mass, right,  listen as the House Rules committee meets to discuss the health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Victory within reach, President Barack Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history by bringing health insurance to millions of struggling families now left out. Leaders exuded confidence as they defused thorny problems in the countdown to a landmark vote.


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