UNITED NATIONS — International aid and advocacy groups are welcoming President Barack Obama’s new global development policy, saying they expect it will make U.S. foreign assistance more effective and better help those who really need it.

President Barack Obama hosts a press conference

The anti-establishment tide: Arkansas races show this is not just about tea party politics

Look out establishment: It’s not just tea partiers

Halter, Lincoln both claim to defy interest groups in last debate before Ark. Senate primary

Halter, Lincoln both claim to defy interest groups

FDA enlists doctors to crack down on pharmaceutical sales pitches that violate rules

FDA urges docs to report misleading drug ads

Advocacy groups vow legal challenges to Arizona’s tough new immigration enforcement law

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Answers sought 6 years after journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer disappeared in Ivory Coast

Answers sought on missing reporter in Ivory Coast

AIDS advocacy group to target 9 California porn agencies in labor complaints

9 porn agencies to be targeted in labor complaints

AIDS advocacy group target 9 California porn agencies in labor complaints

9 Calif porn agencies targeted in labor complaints

Snubbed Miss. teen to attend soiree by advocacy group known as ‘lesbian prom’

Miss. lesbian teen gets second chance at soiree

Calif. worker safety board to study mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs

Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn

Calif worker safety board to consider mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs

Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn

Experts say Americans getting too many medical tests, maybe even President Obama

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Less is more: Rash of reports says too many Americans get too many medical tests despite risks

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

Advocacy groups say Obama remains committed to immigration overhaul, groups want action soon

Gun-rights advocates across the country take their coffee with heat _ and Starbucks abides

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Psychiatrists propose changes in how doctors diagnose and name mental disorders

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Advocacy group on concussions calls for legislation in all 50 states

Advocacy group calls for concussion laws

MIAMI — With the issue of brain injuries in the NFL gaining attention, an advocacy group said it would push for legislation in all 50 states aimed at reducing sports-related concussions in young athletes.

Brain scans reveal awareness in some vegetative brains, allow communication, study suggests

Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness

Conservative group seeks green light for greater corporate spending in elections

Regulator asked to abolish campaign restrictions

Israel to build 2 massive fences on Egyptian border to keep out migrants, militants

Israel to build 2 fences on porous Egyptian border

Jewish advocacy group questions Carter’s apology for ‘words or deeds’ that stigmatized Israel

Jewish advocacy group questions Carter’s apology

Domestic violence victim from Guatemala granted asylum in US by immigration judge

Domestic violence victim granted asylum in US

California regulators to consider AIDS group’s call for mandatory use of condoms in porn films

Calif. board to consider requiring condoms in porn

Mexican journalists create advocacy group to denounce attacks against reporters

Mexican journalists create group against attacks

Amazon says it’s working on audible menus and a bigger font for vision-impaired Kindle users

Amazon’s Kindle to get audible menus, bigger font

Advocacy group: Founder of Tibetan Web site sentenced to 15 years by Chinese court

Group: Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years

UN demands free-speech advocates remove poster mentioning China censorship at Net conference

UN demands removal of China poster at Net event

INSIDE WASHINGTON: Gingrich stirs up talk about 2012 while maintaining star power and profits

Ben & Jerry’s to remove ‘All Natural’ from labels after health advocacy group complaint

International aid groups say new US strategy will better help poor people abroad

Bill to require more disclosure in political ads again blocked by Senate Republicans

Obama: Special interests greatest impediment to Democratic candidates in November

New estimate challenges report that health care reform will see Neb. Medicaid costs soar

Advocacy group asks FCC to block new Skechers cartoon series; says it violates ad policies

European Union body calls France’s Gypsy expulsions ‘a disgrace’ that may violate EU law

Advocacy groups ask feds to probe privacy breach in release of immigrant list in Utah

Cases lining up against Arizona immigration law in legal process that could take years

Group warns gays they could be outed by Pentagon survey; Pentagon says it’s confidential

Appeals court upholds sentence of more than 4 years for Tunisian journalist

Memo to tea partiers: You’re not the only ones staking claim to outsider mantle in politics

The anti-establishment tide: Arkansas races show this is not just about tea party politics

Halter, Lincoln both claim to defy interest groups in last debate before Ark. Senate primary

FDA enlists doctors to crack down on pharmaceutical sales pitches that violate rules

Advocacy groups vow legal challenges to Arizona’s tough new immigration enforcement law

Answers sought 6 years after journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer disappeared in Ivory Coast

AIDS advocacy group to target 9 California porn agencies in labor complaints

AIDS advocacy group target 9 California porn agencies in labor complaints

Snubbed Miss. teen to attend soiree by advocacy group known as ‘lesbian prom’

Calif. worker safety board to study mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs

Calif worker safety board to consider mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs

Experts say Americans getting too many medical tests, maybe even President Obama

Less is more: Rash of reports says too many Americans get too many medical tests despite risks

Advocacy groups say Obama remains committed to immigration overhaul, groups want action soon

Gun-rights advocates across the country take their coffee with heat _ and Starbucks abides

Psychiatrists propose changes in how doctors diagnose and name mental disorders

Advocacy group on concussions calls for legislation in all 50 states

Brain scans reveal awareness in some vegetative brains, allow communication, study suggests

Conservative group seeks green light for greater corporate spending in elections

Israel to build 2 massive fences on Egyptian border to keep out migrants, militants

Jewish advocacy group questions Carter’s apology for ‘words or deeds’ that stigmatized Israel

Domestic violence victim from Guatemala granted asylum in US by immigration judge

California regulators to consider AIDS group’s call for mandatory use of condoms in porn films

Mexican journalists create advocacy group to denounce attacks against reporters

Amazon says it’s working on audible menus and a bigger font for vision-impaired Kindle users

Advocacy group: Founder of Tibetan Web site sentenced to 15 years by Chinese court

UN demands free-speech advocates remove poster mentioning China censorship at Net conference

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