Syria has accepted a United Nations plan to end violence, including a two-hour ceasefire to provide humanitarian aid. In other headlines, the Supreme Court hears another round of arguments today on President Obama’s health care reform law; Obama meeting Pakistan’s prime minister in Seoul, South Korea; Cuba welcomes Pope Benedict the 16th; and a wildfire in Colorado causes the evacuation of 900 homes.
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