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Lawmakers weighing whether to give President Barack Obama the green light to attack Syria grilled his top national security aides on Tuesday, amid profound doubts that the fractured Congress would easily give its approval in the face of stiff public opposition. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) opened the hearing with a call to approve legislation authorizing what Obama has promised will be a limited military operation – not a repeat of Iraq or Afghanistan. “This is not a declaration of war but a declaration of our values to the world,” Menendez, who voted against the war in...

Anchor chokes on mosquito during news program Thursday, July 22, 2010 AFP TAIPEI -- A Taiwanese television presenter was hospitalized after a mosquito flew into her mouth, choking her and interrupting her live news broadcast. The mosquito got so deep into Huang Ching's mouth that it was stuck in her windpipe, touching off severe asthma, China Times media group said yesterday. China Television Co. had to urgently put on a four-minute advert while it drafted in a replacement presenter to carry on with the news.

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