NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington’s bid to put finishing touches on healthcare reform this weekend should help lift uncertainty on Wall Street, but there may be some turbulence along the way next week as the recent rally appears to be fraying.

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives pushed undecided members for support and voiced growing [...]

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is closer to landing a deal for a reality show.

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Sources say A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin’s project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska — visiting fishing boats and taking a trip to a gold mine, to cite [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday that Democrats would have the support necessary to pass the healthcare reform bill in a vote expected on Sunday.

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“We’re going to have the votes,” Hoyer told reporters after a morning meeting with House Democrats.

Jim Clyburn, the main Democratic vote-counter in [...]

BY LORRAINE LUK
HONG KONG–China Mobile Ltd., the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers, is looking at acquisition and investment targets in Asia and Africa as profit growth slows at home, its chairman said Friday.
But any expansion through acquisitions would be balanced with continued investments in its home market because there is [...]

BY JAY SOLOMON AND RICHARD BOUDREAUX
MOSCOW?Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will help Iran launch its first nuclear power plant this summer, delivering a diplomatic slap to visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a blow to U.S.-led efforts to increase financial pressure on Tehran.
Mr. Putin’s announcement, made at [...]

BY JOSHUA MITNICK IN TEL AVIV AND JAY SOLOMON IN MOSCOW
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday to discuss “confidence-building” measures aimed at restarting peace talks and damping a diplomatic conflict with Washington.
Shortly afterward, Israeli aircraft bombed six targets in the Gaza Strip, including smuggling tunnels [...]

By JIM FUSILLI
Alex Chilton, an influential and admired musician who achieved success with two rock groups in the ’60s and ’70s, died Wednesday in New Orleans after suffering an apparent heart attack, the Associated Press reported. He was 59 years old.
A native of Memphis, Mr. Chilton came to national prominence when he was 16 as [...]

BY BRIAN BASKIN
The U.S. government faces shortcomings in producing its oil-inventory data, according to internal Department of Energy documents, casting doubt on figures that affect the production and prices of the world’s most important industrial commodity.
The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, expose several errors in the Energy Information [...]

The mother of jailed Iranian labor activist Mansour Osanlou has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda he has been transferred to a prison ward for drug addicts and prisoners suffering from Hepatitis and AIDS.
Osanlou’s mother, Fatemeh Golqezi, said the conditions in the ward are dangerous to her son’s health.
She said Oslanou, who headed Tehran’s municipal bus [...]