Thailand. Anti-government protesters poured liters of their own blood across the entrances to Government House in Bangkok today in a lurid campaign to secure new elections.
Israel-U.S. An ill-timed municipal housing announcement in Jerusalem has mutated into one of the most serious conflicts between the United States and Israel in two decades, leaving a politically embarrassed Israeli government scrambling to respond to a tough list of demands by the Obama administration.
Health Care. Declaring that "every argument has been made" on his health-care overhaul, President Obama sought to seal the deal with Congress and the American people Monday by focusing on a single patient: a self-employed cleaning woman who dropped her costly insurance plan and just discovered she has leukemia.
Quote of the Day. “Our alumni over the years have told me that they’re so proud of the graduation rates. They don’t want to hear about Xavier, or any university, using students athletically and then dumping them without a degree.” Sister Rose Ann Fleming, academic adviser for Xavier University athletics. Since she began the job in 1985, every men’s basketball player who played as a senior has left with a diploma, a record of 77-0. (New York Times)
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