[ti:Supreme Court Health Care Ruling a Victory for Obama] [ar:] [al:In The News] [by:www.21voa.com] [00:00.00]The United States Supreme Court decided Thursday [00:04.82]to uphold President Obama's healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act. [00:11.03]After the ruling was announced, President Obama tweeted: [00:15.51]"Today's decision is a victory for every hardworking American. [00:20.52]Access to quality, affordable health care is a right, not a privilege." [00:27.26]House Speaker John Boehner expressed displeasure with the ruling. [00:32.41]"Obamacare is fundamentally broken, increasing health care costs [00:38.62]for millions of Americans," he said. [00:41.31]Islamic State fighters launched two major attacks in northern Syria on Thursday. [00:48.68]The attacks followed Islamic State group losses in northern Syria [00:54.23]against Kurdish forces in recent weeks. [00:57.35]A Syrian Kurdish politician told VOA [01:02.15]that Islamic State fighters carried out several suicide attacks in and around Kobani, [01:09.83]killing 23 civilians in one of them. [01:12.94]He said IS militants were also killed in the attack. [01:17.76]Kurdish fighters, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, [01:22.06]took control of Kobani in January after months of battles with Islamic State. [01:28.69]Pakistan has denied Afghanistan's claim [01:33.18]that a Pakistani intelligence agent took part in an attack on the Afghan parliament. [01:39.99]The attack Monday involved at least seven Taliban gunmen armed with explosives. [01:46.77]They wounded 30 people. [01:49.09]A Pakistani foreign ministry official said his country is committed to good relations with Afghanistan. [01:57.33]He also said the two countries had agreed to cooperate on fighting terrorism. [02:04.67]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51voa.com