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April 13 2012

00:23

North Korea's long range rocket crashes into sea

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's much hyped long-range rocket apparently crashed into the sea a few minutes after launch on Friday, South Korean and other officials said, dealing a blow to the prestige of the reclusive and impoverished state.
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April 12 2012

18:56

Calderon says Cuba, Mexico friends again

HAVANA (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared Mexico and Cuba friends again on Thursday at the end of a visit that included talks with Cuban leader Raul Castro to patch up strained relations between the two countries.
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18:53

UK police probe hacking of anti-terror hotline

LONDON (Reuters) - British police said their communications remained secure on Thursday after hackers linked to the anti-establishment group Anonymous blocked an anti-terrorism hotline and illegally recorded a security unit's officers discussing their actions.
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18:52

Syria truce takes shaky hold, Annan presses Syria

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops held their fire on Thursday after a U.N.-backed ceasefire deadline passed, giving respite to rebellious towns that have suffered heavy bombardments, but international envoy Kofi Annan pressed Damascus to pull its forces back entirely.
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18:45

Italy employers' head now supports labor reform

MILAN (Reuters) - The head of Italian employers' lobby Confindustria said on Thursday that she supported Prime Minister Mario Monti's labor reform proposal only a week after she defined it as "very bad".
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18:41

Sarkozy to contact Peugeot CEO over threatened plant

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy weighed in on PSA Peugeot Citroen's industrial woes on Thursday, calling for a meeting with Chief Executive Philippe Varin and promising talks with unions and management over a threatened car plant.
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18:35

Interim Mali leader promises vote, anti-rebel fight

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Former parliament speaker Dioncounda Traore took over as Mali's interim president on Thursday from the leaders of last month's coup, promising to hold elections and fight rebels occupying half the country.
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18:28

Obama, Sarkozy discussed oil market conditions: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama discussed conditions on world oil markets during a video conference on Thursday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the White House said, but declined to say if they talked about the release of strategic reserves.
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18:15

Morocco may have spied on Western Sahara mission: UN

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested that Morocco may have been spying on the world body's monitoring force in the disputed territory of Western Sahara and hampering its ability to function, according to a new report obtained by Reuters.
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17:56

Cuba and drugs debate to spice Americas Summit

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Leaders from North and South America will mix perennial controversies over Cuba and the Falklands with trade tensions and a new look at the war on drugs at a weekend summit in Colombia.
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16:50

Nuclear talks aim to ease fears of Iran war

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Major powers will hold their first talks with Iran this week in more than a year, hoping Tehran will give enough ground on its nuclear program to extend negotiations and avert the threat of a Middle East war.
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April 11 2012

10:59

Huge quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region scurrying from buildings and raising fears of a huge tsunami as in 2004, but authorities said there were no reports suggesting a major threat.
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05:26

North Korea says fuel being injected into rocket

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Isolated North Korea said on Wednesday it was injecting fuel into a long-range rocket "as we speak" ahead of a launch condemned by its neighbors and the West as a disguised long-range ballistic missile test.
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04:21

Mexico ruling party hopeful slips in presidential race: poll

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling party presidential candidate is losing support and in danger of slipping into third place in the polls ahead of the July 1 election, according to a daily survey by GEA-ISA for Milenio news network released late on Tuesday.
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April 10 2012

14:53

China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea

BEIJING (Reuters) - A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea's plans to send a satellite into space.
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04:06

China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea

BEIJING (Reuters) - A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea's plans to send a satellite into space.
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04:03

Anti-poverty group ONE pushes for G8 food deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's industrial powers should commit to boost agriculture investments in poor countries and end hunger and malnutrition among the poor when they meet outside Washington in May, a group co-founded by anti-poverty campaigners and rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof said on Tuesday.
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03:45

China rights lawyer jailed for 2 years, 8 months

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced a disabled lawyer renowned for defending people evicted from their homes to two years and eight months in prison on Tuesday for causing a disturbance and fraud, Beijing's latest use of a controversial law to stifle dissent.
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03:31

Costa Rican diplomat is latest Venezuela kidnap victim

CARACAS (Reuters) - Gunmen have kidnapped a Costa Rican diplomat and are holding him for ransom in the latest high-profile abduction to rock crime-plagued Venezuela during an election year, officials said on Monday.
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03:20

U.S. tells North Korea not to carry out nuclear test

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States urged North Korea on Monday not conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite and called on China to exert its influence over its neighbor to try to ward off such "provocative actions."
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