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Financial reform bill stumbles in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most sweeping overhaul of U.S. banking rules since the Great Depression stumbled in the Senate on Monday as Republicans united to prevent action on the bill.
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Markets hammer Greek debt, Germany sets tough terms
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said on Monday it could offer aid for Greece within days if it agreed to painful new austerity measures, but rescue jitters pushed the cost of insuring against a Greek debt default to a record high.
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Iraq election turmoil as panel invalidates votes
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A review panel on Monday invalidated votes cast for 52 candidates in Iraq's election, throwing into doubt the slim lead of a Sunni-backed alliance and setting the stage for a possible spike in sectarian violence.
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Suicide bomber targets British ambassador in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - A suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber attacked the British ambassador's convoy in Yemen early on Monday, killing himself and injuring three others, but the envoy was unharmed, Yemeni and British officials said.
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Iran seeks to woo foreign money as sanctions loom
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is cutting red tape and easing ownership rules to encourage foreign investment in stocks and bonds, state television reported on Monday, as the major oil producer faces further U.N. sanctions over its nuclear work.
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U.S. drone strike kills five in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three missiles fired by U.S. drone aircraft struck a militant compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghan border on Monday, killing five militants, intelligence officials said.
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Kyrgyzstan mulls Bakiyev extradition request
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's interim government said Monday it was considering an extradition request for its ousted president, after Russian security forces detained and sent home the country's former top police official.
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International team claim organic computing breakthrough
A research team from Japan and the US has replicated the problem-solving actions of neurons in an organic molecular layer that they say is massively parallel and self-healing - the first time such a brain-like circuit has been created...
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Obama fulfills Cairo pledge with entrepreneur summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a new effort on Monday to build business and social ties to the Muslim world, but analysts said the need for progress on big issues like Middle East peace would overshadow the initiative.
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Strong quake in Taiwan, Philippines; no damage reports
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 6.9 magnitude quake struck in an ocean area north of the Philippines on Monday and was felt throughout Taiwan, officials said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no mass tsunami warnings.
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Senators postpone climate bill unveiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President Barack Obama's top priorities -- tackling global warming -- suffered a severe setback on Saturday when a fight over immigration derailed plans to unveil a compromise climate change bill.
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Protesters block police in deepening Thai crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Protests and blockades in the provinces on Monday, and a grenade attack against a politician, deepened fears of a civil conflict in Thailand after the prime minister rejected demands by anti-government protesters.
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Japan panel says OK not to charge PM in scandal: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese judicial panel ruled on Monday that prosecutors' decision not to charge Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama over suspected falsification of his political funding records was "appropriate", TV broadcasters said.
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Obama honors fallen miners, stresses mine safety
BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stressed the need for greater mine safety at a somber memorial service on Sunday for 29 coal miners killed this month in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970.
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Greece expects debt aid rescue in time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece's finance minister said on Sunday that aid will arrive in time to avert the euro zone's first sovereign debt default as signs grew that a 45 billion-euro ($60.49 billion) rescue would have to be bigger.
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U.S. backs plan to stop leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. agencies on Sunday approved a plan to use remote-controlled underwater vehicles to seal a leaking oil well beneath a drilling rig that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week.
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Hispanics urge Obama to reform immigration laws
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Obama administration faced mounting pressure on Sunday to overhaul immigration policy, as prominent Hispanic politicians and street protesters decried a new Arizona law as a violation of civil rights.
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Navy Commits to Alt Fuels
On April 22nd, Earth Day, the U.S. Navy ran a test flight of an F/A-18 Green Hornet fighter on a 50-50 mixture of petroleum-based jet fuel and biofuel. The biofuel came from the camelina plant, a member of the mustard family. On hand to watch the flight was Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus: “The Navy has always been in the leadership when we’ve changed energy sources. In the 1850s we went from sail to coal. In the early part of the 20th century we went from coal to oil.” [More]
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Auditory Illusions
Every now and then we present auditory illusions on 60-Second Psych . Being an audio podcast about human perception, it's sort of the perfect match. [More]
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Arizona immigration law protesters urge action
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's tough new immigration law has renewed calls for Washington to reform federal immigration laws, and protesters decried the state's action as a violation of civil rights at a rally on Sunday in the state's capital.
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