LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=YpaK87cVH5w:C3zDuVthQig:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=YpaK87cVH5w:C3zDuVthQig:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=YpaK87cVH5w:C3zDuVthQig:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=YpaK87cVH5w:C3zDuVthQig:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=YpaK87cVH5w:C3zDuVthQig:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/YpaK87cVH5w" height="1" width="1"/
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm-twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet in the coming weeks: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=qJ-rQ9AM5H8:wS2HFTJifrk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=qJ-rQ9AM5H8:wS2HFTJifrk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=qJ-rQ9AM5H8:wS2HFTJifrk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=qJ-rQ9AM5H8:wS2HFTJifrk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=qJ-rQ9AM5H8:wS2HFTJifrk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/qJ-rQ9AM5H8" height="1" width="1"/
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=l8GepH-Kkmo:tz3LTIEzecE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=l8GepH-Kkmo:tz3LTIEzecE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=l8GepH-Kkmo:tz3LTIEzecE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=l8GepH-Kkmo:tz3LTIEzecE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=l8GepH-Kkmo:tz3LTIEzecE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/l8GepH-Kkmo" height="1" width="1"/
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's efforts to get indirect peace talks underway.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IqfTVDom0Fw:-RMPZy177D8:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IqfTVDom0Fw:-RMPZy177D8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=IqfTVDom0Fw:-RMPZy177D8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=IqfTVDom0Fw:-RMPZy177D8:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=IqfTVDom0Fw:-RMPZy177D8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/IqfTVDom0Fw" height="1" width="1"/
CANBERRA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=EfBdslghGdQ:P3tHAC6WaH4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=EfBdslghGdQ:P3tHAC6WaH4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=EfBdslghGdQ:P3tHAC6WaH4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=EfBdslghGdQ:P3tHAC6WaH4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=EfBdslghGdQ:P3tHAC6WaH4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/EfBdslghGdQ" height="1" width="1"/
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new "Icesave" debt accord with Britain and the Netherlands, after a referendum rejection of its previous deal.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dBOagrcm4iA:v_kyQfV5gns:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dBOagrcm4iA:v_kyQfV5gns:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=dBOagrcm4iA:v_kyQfV5gns:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=dBOagrcm4iA:v_kyQfV5gns:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=dBOagrcm4iA:v_kyQfV5gns:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/dBOagrcm4iA" height="1" width="1"/
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight monthly rise, while trimming their growth forecast for 2011, according to a survey released on Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=nIrSOUJAYw4:KaLLPW7-_UU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=nIrSOUJAYw4:KaLLPW7-_UU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=nIrSOUJAYw4:KaLLPW7-_UU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=nIrSOUJAYw4:KaLLPW7-_UU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=nIrSOUJAYw4:KaLLPW7-_UU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/nIrSOUJAYw4" height="1" width="1"/
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=aoTPqFcpGyk:FR7BZ9GB9-A:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=aoTPqFcpGyk:FR7BZ9GB9-A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=aoTPqFcpGyk:FR7BZ9GB9-A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=aoTPqFcpGyk:FR7BZ9GB9-A:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=aoTPqFcpGyk:FR7BZ9GB9-A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/aoTPqFcpGyk" height="1" width="1"/
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=igep-F2wJHM:kurcVWWf5sk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=igep-F2wJHM:kurcVWWf5sk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=igep-F2wJHM:kurcVWWf5sk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=igep-F2wJHM:kurcVWWf5sk:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=igep-F2wJHM:kurcVWWf5sk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/igep-F2wJHM" height="1" width="1"/
INDIAN WELLS, California, March 9 (Reuters) - Former world number one Justine Henin will have the top seeds looking warily over their shoulders when she continues her fairytale comeback at the Indian Wells WTA tournament starting on Wednesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=qw0q9ZSnBMo:MuBAWlOFzoI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=qw0q9ZSnBMo:MuBAWlOFzoI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=qw0q9ZSnBMo:MuBAWlOFzoI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?a=qw0q9ZSnBMo:MuBAWlOFzoI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKTennisNews?i=qw0q9ZSnBMo:MuBAWlOFzoI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKTennisNews/~4/qw0q9ZSnBMo" height="1" width="1"/
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