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The latest news on Fuel and Emissions Standards, Employee Free Choice, Immigration, Death Penalty, Gun Control, Pentagon Ends Bible Quote, Clinton Named U.N. Envoy to Haiti, Obama-Netanyahu, Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Feature-Poverty,

Burma. “As protests grew around the world, the trial of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, entered its second day Tuesday as the government pursued its charges that could transform her years of house arrest into the harsher conditions of a prison term.”

Pentagon ends Bible quote. “The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House, as was the practice during the Bush administration.”

Fuel and emissions standards. “President Obama will announce tough new nationwide rules for automobile emissions and mileage standards on Tuesday, embracing standards that California has sought to enact for years over the objections of the auto industry and the Bush administration.”

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