North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:55 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it sank a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.  
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Thai protesters boost security at Bangkok base Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:03 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters stepped up security at their base in a ritzy Bangkok shopping centre on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.  
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Tibetans cremate dead as quake toll rises Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:03 AM PDT YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans mourned their dead with a mass cremation on Saturday after an earthquake devastated part of northwest China this week, and vultures wheeled above the grieving crowd after a traditional "sky burial".  
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North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship Posted: 16 Apr 2010 11:03 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it sank a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.  
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Thai protesters boost security at Bangkok base Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters stepped up security at their base in a ritzy Bangkok shopping centre on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.  
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North Korea denies it sank South's navy ship Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday denied that it had sunk a South Korean naval vessel near their disputed sea border late last month.  
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Volcanic ash grounds Europe flights for third day Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a third day on Saturday because of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano that has caused the worst air travel chaos since the Sept. 11 attacks.  
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Tibetans cremate dead as toll passes 1,000 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving thousands huddled in the cold in makeshift tents.  
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U.S. charges Australian with laundering $500 mln Posted: 16 Apr 2010 08:14 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors arrested an Australian man in Las Vegas on Friday on charges that he helped gamblers and illegal Internet gambling companies launder $500 million.  
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Tibetans cremate their dead as toll passes 1,000 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 07:04 PM PDT YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans cremated their dead on Saturday after a massive earthquake struck a remote part of China earlier in the week, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving thousands huddled in the cold in makeshift tents.  
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IMF approves $160 million Iceland loan Posted: 16 Apr 2010 07:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a long-delayed loan disbursement for Iceland, releasing $160 million to the crisis-hit country.  
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China quake toll climbs to 1,144 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:32 PM PDT YUSHU, China (Reuters) - The death toll from a deadly earthquake in a remote part of western China has climbed to 1,144, state media said on Saturday.  
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Volcanic ash grounds flights across much of Europe Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spreading out across Europe is causing air travel chaos on a scale unseen since the Sept. 11 attacks and costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.  
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U.N. cancels Congo trip, more Iran talks planned Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has cancelled a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as envoys from five key members planned further talks on a new round of sanctions against Iran, diplomats said on Friday.  
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U.S. says unclear if Hezbollah took Scuds to Lebanon Posted: 16 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes that Syria intended to transfer long-range missiles to Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas but there are doubts about whether the Scuds were delivered in full and whether they were moved to Lebanon, U.S. officials said on Friday.  
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UK's ruling Labour Party pushed into third - survey Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:58 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats after the country's first televised leaders' debate, the latest opinion poll showed on Friday.  
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Venezuela oil min says U.S. war with Iraq was for oil Posted: 16 Apr 2010 04:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil minister on Friday criticized the United States for promoting secure global energy supplies and at the same destabilizing oil producing countries like Iraq.  
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FACTBOX - Airspace and airports closed by ash cloud Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT Eurocontrol officials told a news conference between 12,000 to 13,000 flights were likely to operate in European airspace on Friday, compared with about 29,500 normally. On Thursday, there were 20,334 flights, it said previously.  
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New poll puts UK's ruling Labour in third place Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats after the country's first televised leaders' debate, an opinion poll showed on Friday.  
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Goldman Sachs accused of fraud Posted: 16 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been accused of defrauding investors by America's financial regulator.  
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