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- Obama wants "positive relationship" with China: W.House
- French president chides US on economy, dominance
- Mixed reaction to Myanmar opposition party boycott (AP)
- Malaysia PM's "bold" economic model light on detail
- Australia says Rio trials opaque,business seeks answers
- Man convicted in killing of Guatemalan lawyer (AP)
- Japan's factory output down, jobless rate steady (AP)
- Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms treaty to Congress by late April
- Whooping cranes will be tracked with GPS units to study their habits and hazards
- G8 ministers call for strong measures against Iran
- Japan to extend sanctions against North Korea
- Hitmen kill 10 youths in Mexico's drug-hit north
- Report warns of storm surge in U.S. coastal regions
- Indonesian scavengers risk lives to dive for coal
- Sex infection gonorrhoea risks becoming "superbug"
- Quake-hit Haiti expects "massive" donors' response
- Sarkozy calls for financial reform
- Sarkozy calls for financial reform
- Rio Tinto sacks staff jailed by China for bribery
- Ex-Pakistan captain Yousuf quits international cricket
| Obama wants "positive relationship" with China: W.House Posted: 29 Mar 2010 08:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama is determined "to further develop a positive relationship with China," the White House said after Obama received credentials from Beijing's new envoy to Washington.
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| French president chides US on economy, dominance Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:50 AM PDT NEW YORK -France's President Nicolas Sarkozy called for US economic reforms and, in comments echoing Franco-American spats of the past, said Washington cannot "run the world" alone.
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| Mixed reaction to Myanmar opposition party boycott (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:41 PM PDT
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| Malaysia PM's "bold" economic model light on detail Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:37 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's prime minister unveiled long-promised economic reforms on Tuesday, with plans to reduce race-based programs, in what he described as a "bold transformation" but the lack of detail prompted skepticism.
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| Australia says Rio trials opaque,business seeks answers Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday that the verdicts in the trial of four executives of global miner Rio Tinto left serious unanswered questions for business about China's legal system.
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| Man convicted in killing of Guatemalan lawyer (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PDT AP - A Guatemalan judge sentenced a man to two years in prison Monday for his role in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused the country's president of his murder in a video made before his death.
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| Japan's factory output down, jobless rate steady (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:59 PM PDT AP - Cautious Japanese companies laid off more workers and hit the brakes on production in February, sending factory output down for the first time in a year.
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| Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms treaty to Congress by late April Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PDT The Obama administration plans to send the new arms-control treaty package with Russia to Congress by the end of April, hoping for ratification by year's end, officials said Monday as they laid out details of the proposed agreement.
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| Whooping cranes will be tracked with GPS units to study their habits and hazards Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PDT WOOD RIVER, NEB. -- Each dawn and dusk, numberless birds stopping here to feed on their migration north take to the air. Against the steel-colored sky they look like iron filings wheeling and milling to an invisible magnet.
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| G8 ministers call for strong measures against Iran Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations will call on the international community to take "appropriate and strong steps" to show its resolve over Iran's nuclear activities.
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| Japan to extend sanctions against North Korea Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will extend sanctions against North Korea first imposed after the reclusive country tested a nuclear device and ballistic missiles in 2006, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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| Hitmen kill 10 youths in Mexico's drug-hit north Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed a carload of children and teenagers in northern Mexico in the latest of a rash of attacks on minors that have angered the public as drug gang violence spins out of control.
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| Report warns of storm surge in U.S. coastal regions Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - With another Atlantic hurricane season just two months away, a new report on Monday highlighted the risk of flooding and storm surge to homeowners in many U.S. coastal regions.
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| Indonesian scavengers risk lives to dive for coal Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT CIREBON, Indonesia (Reuters Life!) - Forty-year-old Karnadi risks his life every day diving in the murky waters of Indonesia's Cirebon port to collect pieces coal that have fallen into the water while being loaded onto transport ships.
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| Sex infection gonorrhoea risks becoming "superbug" Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea risks becoming a drug-resistant "superbug" if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.
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| Quake-hit Haiti expects "massive" donors' response Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti expects a "massive" response from donors to its multibillion-dollar needs for reconstruction following the Jan. 12 earthquake, Finance and Economy Minister Ronald Baudin said on Monday.
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| Sarkozy calls for financial reform Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:41 PM PDT President Sarkozy of France says the world can no longer accept a capitalist system without rules.
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| Sarkozy calls for financial reform Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:41 PM PDT President Sarkozy of France says the world can no longer accept a capitalist system without rules.
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| Rio Tinto sacks staff jailed by China for bribery Posted: 29 Mar 2010 07:26 PM PDT Read full story for latest details.
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| Ex-Pakistan captain Yousuf quits international cricket Posted: 29 Mar 2010 03:16 PM PDT Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has quit international cricket after he was hit with an indefinite suspension.
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