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Ahmadinejad, Clinton face off at U.N. nuclear meeting
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's president faces off with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday at the start of a meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a pact Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating.
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Thai PM promises "road map" to end crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday he would soon unveil a "road map" to end a two-month crisis that has killed 27 people, playing down the risk of more violence from anti-government protests.
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U.S. sees foreign ties in NY car bomb plot: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The failed car bomb in New York's Times Square increasingly appears to have been coordinated by several people in a plot with international ties, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed Obama administration officials.
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BP reels as spill advances, fallout widens
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Energy giant BP Plc was under siege on Monday over the catastrophic oil spill from its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well, as its shares fell and the U.S. government pressed it to try to limit a major environmental disaster.
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North Korea's Kim seeks lifeline in China
DALIAN, China (Reuters) - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrived in China on Monday in search of economic support and diplomatic protection from his only major ally, after bungled policies at home and military grandstanding that has exasperated the region.
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Feisty Buffett supports Goldman, high on economy
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Sunday intensified his feisty defense of a controversial mortgage transaction marketed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, saying the investment bank's behavior does not warrant public fury.
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Rain-making lasers could trigger showers on demand
By Zeeya Merali
The rain dance is getting a twenty-first-century revamp using laser technology. [More]
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Fishing halted as Gulf oil slick threatens catastrophe
By Matthew Bigg
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - The United States suspended fishing across a wide swath of its Gulf of Mexico waters on Sunday as a spreading oil slick gushing from a ruptured undersea well threatened an environmental catastrophe.
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Buffett stands by defense of Goldman transaction
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Sunday stood by his feisty defense of a controversial mortgage transaction marketed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, saying the investment bank's behavior did not warrant public opprobrium.
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Explosion damages HSBC branch in Athens, no injuries
ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a branch of HSBC bank in Athens on Sunday, damaging the entrance but causing no injuries, police said.
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Buffett's age remains on Berkshire investor minds
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - As thousands of shareholders from around the world crowded into Omaha this weekend to attend Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting, many pondered the unthinkable -- life after Warren Buffett.
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Pope, in respite from scandal, visits Turin Shroud
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in a respite from the sexual abuse crisis that has rocked his Church, on Sunday venerated the mysterious linen that some believe was Jesus Christ's burial cloth and others say is a perfect fake.
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Cracking the Genetic Code of a Frog
Unless your father was a prince with a shady past , you probably haven't thought much about how related you are to a frog lately. But it turns out that about 80 percent of the genes known to cause diseases in humans have counterparts in the genome of Xenopus tropicalis --the western clawed frog native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Scientists at the Joint Genome Institute in California revealed the Xenopus genome in the April 30 issue of Science . It's the first frog to have its genetic code cracked and the first amphibian.
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UK election gets personal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's political leaders launched personal attacks against each other on Sunday ahead of Thursday's parliamentary election, with opinion polls showing support growing for the opposition Conservative Party.
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Palestinian leader says to meet Obama in Washington
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on the verge of indirect negotiations with Israel, said he would meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington this month to advance Middle East peace.
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Obama does stand-up comedy for a night
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama put aside policy pronouncements for a night and took a stab at stand-up comedy on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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Hunt on for culprits in failed New York car bomb
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators are treating a car bomb defused in New York's Times Square as an attempted terrorist attack but have no evidence to support a Taliban claim of responsibility, police said on Sunday.
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Hispanics decry Arizona law at May Day rallies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angered by Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants, protesters took to the streets on Saturday to denounce the new law and call on President Barack Obama to act urgently on immigration reform at May Day rallies across the United States.
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Thai PM talks tough, "red shirts" refuse to give in
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister warned anti-government protesters on Sunday there was a risk of "losses" if they did not get out of a Bangkok shopping district they have closed for a month, but the protesters vowed to stay put. "From now on, what the government will do may risk clashes and losses, but the government knows what it's doing. What needs to be done must be done," Abhisit Vejjajiva said in a weekly televised address.
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Super Saver triumphs in the Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - Hometown hero Calvin Borel became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times in a four-year span by guiding Super Saver to an easy victory over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
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