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- Japan eyes Okinawa plan to settle US base row-media
- S.Korea raises warship, finds clues on sinking
- Thai govt considers red shirts compromise
- China replaces party chief of riot-hit Xinjiang
- Thai officials consider protesters' new demands
- Drug laboratories raided in Venezuela
- US man chooses firing squad death
- S.Korea raises warship, looking for link to North
- Bombs kill 64 in Iraq after al Qaeda deaths
- U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight
- U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 11 rig workers
- Arizona tightens immigration law
- U.S. fears for well-being of Americans held by Iran
- Mexico's swine flu hangover
- Tight UK election heads for stalemate - polls
- U.S. climate bill gives polluter and nuclear breaks
- U.S. to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients
- Arizona governor signs toughest U.S. immigration law
- Obama warns of 'misguided' immigration efforts
- SCENARIOS - Obama may get few more big 2010 wins in Congress
| Japan eyes Okinawa plan to settle US base row-media Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:48 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Some in the Japanese government are considering broadly accepting a 2006 plan to relocate a U.S. airbase on Okinawa to meet an end of May deadline to resolve a row with Washington, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday.
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| S.Korea raises warship, finds clues on sinking Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday raised the front half of a warship that exploded and sank a month ago near a contested sea border with North Korea, finding clues that support growing suspicions Pyongyang attacked the vessel.
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| Thai govt considers red shirts compromise Posted: 24 Apr 2010 12:18 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai government officials huddled on Saturday to consider a peace overture by tens of thousands of protesters demanding elections in an increasingly deadly six-week street rally in Bangkok.
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| China replaces party chief of riot-hit Xinjiang Posted: 23 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has replaced the top official in energy-rich Western Xinjiang region, hit last year by deadly rioting and a scare over syringe stabbings, the official Xinhua agency reported on Saturday.
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| Thai officials consider protesters' new demands Posted: 23 Apr 2010 10:22 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai government officials huddled on Saturday to consider a peace overture by tens of thousands of protesters demanding elections in an increasingly deadly six-week street rally in Bangkok.
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| Drug laboratories raided in Venezuela Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:42 PM PDT Anti-narcotics officers in Venezuela have raided eight drug laboratories near the Colombian border.
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| US man chooses firing squad death Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:40 PM PDT A convicted murderer in the US state of Utah has chosen to be executed by firing squad.
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| S.Korea raises warship, looking for link to North Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:28 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Saturday raised the front half of a warship that exploded and sank near a contested sea border with North Korea a month ago, seeking clues to confirm growing suspicions that Pyongyang attacked the vessel.
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| Bombs kill 64 in Iraq after al Qaeda deaths Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:28 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs targeting Shi'ite areas rocked Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 56 people in an apparent backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against a weakened al Qaeda-led insurgency.
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| U.S. border police train Mexicans for drug fight Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:54 PM PDT NOGALES, Ariz. (Reuters) - In a warehouse in this Arizona border city, a U.S. Border Patrol trainer teaches a Mexican federal policeman to slip into a boxing stance and press a military assault rifle to his shoulder.
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| U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 11 rig workers Posted: 23 Apr 2010 06:23 PM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search on Friday for 11 workers missing after an oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week.
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| Arizona tightens immigration law Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:41 PM PDT Arizona's governor has signed into law an immigration bill seen as one of the toughest in the US, despite strong criticism by President Barack Obama.
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| U.S. fears for well-being of Americans held by Iran Posted: 23 Apr 2010 05:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it feared for the well-being of three Americans detained by Iran since July and called for their immediate release.
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| Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT Tourists abandoned Mexico when it became the first country to show symptoms of swine flu. Twelve months on, are holidaymakers returning?
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| Tight UK election heads for stalemate - polls Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives held their lead in the tightest election race in nearly 20 years after a close-fought second live TV debate, although the vote is likely to end in a stalemate, polls suggested on Saturday.
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| U.S. climate bill gives polluter and nuclear breaks Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. climate change bill expected to be unveiled on Monday contains incentives to spur development of a dozen nuclear power plants, but delays emissions caps on plants that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, industry sources said on Friday.
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| U.S. to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice "deplorable."
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| Arizona governor signs toughest U.S. immigration law Posted: 23 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into effect the toughest immigration law in the United States, which President Barack Obama singled out as a "misguided" effort that showed the need for national reform.
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| Obama warns of 'misguided' immigration efforts Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday warned that without federal immigration reform the door would be open to "misguided efforts" such as a new Arizona law that has raised questions of civil rights.
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| SCENARIOS - Obama may get few more big 2010 wins in Congress Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is moving toward tightening regulation of the financial industry, which if it becomes law would give President Barack Obama a big victory in Congress after his healthcare overhaul in March.
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