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 **** __Public Option Push in Senate Comes With Escape Hatch__ **** By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Senator Harry Reid said Monday that he would include a government-run insurance plan in the Senate’s legislation, but that states could opt out.

**** __Ex-A.I.G. Chief Is Back, Luring Talent From Rescued Firm__ **** By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Maurice R. Greenberg’s new company may soon start to siphon off business from A.I.G., and, therefore, its means to repay its debt to the government.

**** __German Limits on War Facing Afghan Reality__ **** By NICHOLAS KULISH The German Army has been engaged in fighting in Afghanistan on a scale not seen since World War II, just as the war effort grows unpopular at home.

 By ROD NORDLAND The violence appeared to have jolted Parliament into action: Iraqi leaders swiftly compromised on a new election law after an impasse threatened to delay voting.
 * ****WORLD**** ||
 *  **** __Iraq Reaches Voting Deal as Toll Rises in Bombings__ ****

**** __Opportunities Fade Amid Sense of Isolation in Gaza__ **** By ETHAN BRONNER The ideological differences between Fatah and Hamas have frustrated Palestinian professionals, who are seeing fewer prospects for education and employment.

**** __Pressure From U.S. Strains Ties With Pakistan__ **** By JANE PERLEZ When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Pakistan, she will find a state consumed by doubts about the value of its alliance with the U.S. ||

 **** __For Runaways on the Street, Sex Buys Survival__ **** By IAN URBINA Nearly a third of the children who flee or are kicked out of their homes each year engage in sex for food, drugs or a place to stay, studies have found.
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 *  ****RUNNING IN THE SHADOWS****

**** __Off-Course Pilots Cite Computer Distraction__ **** By MICHELINE MAYNARD and MATTHEW L. WALD Two pilots who flew past the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport told investigators that they were distracted by a discussion of a new crew-scheduling system.

****SIDEBAR**** **** __In Battle Over Gay Marriage, Timing May Be Key__ **** By ADAM LIPTAK A federal lawsuit that had been viewed with suspicion by many gay rights advocates has gained ground, but it may be outpacing public opinion. ||

**** __For Delphi Pensioners, the Union Label Helps__ **** By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH A General Motors deal with the government that ensures Delphi’s union workers have their pension benefits restored does not cover nonunion workers.

**** __Post-Bailout Blues as Europe Orders ING Group to Sell 2 Units__ **** By ERIC DASH and CHRIS V. NICHOLSON Governments around the world are wrestling with just how much to rein in the financial behemoths that contributed to the global banking crisis.

**** __Fraud Plagues Sugar Subsidy System in Europe__ **** By DOREEN CARVAJAL and STEPHEN CASTLE Sugar producers have reaped millions of euros in payments, adding to the cost of sugar, through schemes aimed at cashing in on generous subsidy programs.