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Scandal mars Obama's wooing of Latin America
Sat,14 Apr 2012 08:27 PM PDT
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President Barack Obama arrives at the convention center, where the Americas Summit is being held, in CartagenaCARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - A prostitution scandal involving U.S. security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened on Saturday to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America. In a major embarrassment for Washington at the Summit of the Americas attended by more than 30 heads of state, 11 U.S. Secret Service agents were sent home and five military servicemen grounded over "misconduct" allegations in a hotel. Prostitutes were taken to the hotel, according to a Colombian police source. ...


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U.N. to send monitors to Syria as fighting rages
Sat,14 Apr 2012 08:12 PM PDT
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China's Ambassador to the United Nations Li Baodong votes during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations in New YorkBEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations will send an advance team of observers to Syria on Sunday to start monitoring a shaky ceasefire, even as a surge in violence on the ground threatened to derail international efforts to end more than a year of bloodshed. Russia and China joined the rest of the Security Council to authorize the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers in the first resolution on Syria the 15-nation council managed to approve unanimously since the uprising erupted in March 2011. ...


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Tornadoes pound U.S. Plains as residents hunker down
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT
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A lightning strike is seen near the water tower of Benkelman, NebraskaKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A spate of tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa on Saturday, churning through Wichita and other areas while causing property damage but no immediate reports of deaths or widespread injuries. Tornadoes skipped across the U.S. Central and Southern Plains and residents braced for the possibility of more, but the twisters primarily affected sparsely populated areas. ...


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Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking
Sat,14 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT
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Turkey's FM Davutoglu welcomes Iran's chief negotiator Jalili before their meeting in IstanbulISTANBUL (Reuters) - After a year of sanctions and saber-rattling over Iran's nuclear program, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month. With threats of war hanging over an already unsettled Middle East, U.S. and other Western diplomats welcomed their Iranian counterparts willingness in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss their nuclear activities - something they had refused since early last year. But though they will meet again, in Baghdad on May 23, they remained poles apart. ...


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Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:16 PM PDT
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State media film North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waving in PyongyangPYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Korea's new leader delivered his first major public speech on Sunday as the impoverished state celebrated the centenary of its founder's birth, calling for a push to "final victory" despite a failed rocket launch two days ago. A jowly Kim Jong-un, clad in black and the third of his line to rule North Korea, read monotonously from a script in Pyongyang's central square after goose-stepping soldiers and sailors showcased the North's military power in a parade in spring sunlight. ...


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Obama calls on Romney to release tax returns: Univision
Sat,14 Apr 2012 05:24 PM PDT
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after touring the Port of Tampa in FloridaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, in an interview with Univision released on Saturday. Obama's campaign has been pushing Romney, a multi-millionaire former private equity executive, to release several years of his prior tax returns to shed light on how he amassed his wealth. In an interview conducted on Friday and released on Saturday, an anchor for the Spanish-language network noted Obama had released his tax returns for 12 years and asked him if Romney should do the same. ...


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IMF funds drive caught in global power shift
Fri,13 Apr 2012 07:37 PM PDT
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A photographer takes pictures through a glass carrying the International Monetary Fund logo during a news conference in BucharestWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the euro zone debt crisis, and a quest by emerging economies to win more say in the global lender. World financial leaders gathering in Washington next week will focus on proposals for countries to contribute more money to the IMF so it is better prepared in case of fallout from any further escalation of Europe's debt problems. ...


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U.S. says China making progress on currency, urges more
Sat,14 Apr 2012 04:05 PM PDT
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File photo of an employee counting U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in ShenyangCARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - A senior White House aide said on Saturday that China had made some progress toward easing restrictions on its currency but stressed the United States wanted to see more actions taken. At a briefing with reporters in Colombia, where President Barack Obama is attending a summit with Latin American leaders, White House adviser Ben Rhodes said the Obama administration was closely reviewing Beijing's announcement that it was doubling the size of its yuan's trading band against the dollar. ...


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Argentina ex-dictator admits dirty war "disappeared"
Sat,14 Apr 2012 08:53 PM PDT
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Former Argentine dictator Videla is escorted out the courtroom after listening to the verdict in his trial at a courthouse in the province of CordobaBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has admitted for the first time that the country's brutal 1976-1983 dictatorship "disappeared" leftist opponents, a euphemism for kidnapped and murdered, and said babies were taken from their parents. Videla, 86, who was jailed for life in 2010 for murder, torture and kidnapping, has repeatedly justified the brutality of the military junta in the so-called Dirty War crackdown on left-wing opponents. Until now, he has also denied the forced disappearances. ...


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Ocampo ends World Bank bid, backs Nigerian
Fri,13 Apr 2012 05:44 PM PDT
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The World Bank presidential nominee Jose Antonio Ocampo of Colombia is seen during a meeting with Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega at the Ministry of Finance in BrasiliaWASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo ended his bid to become World Bank president on Friday, leaving two candidates in an unprecedented challenge to U.S. control of the global development institution. With the board of the World Bank to meet on Monday to pick a new president, Ocampo said he hoped emerging-market nations would rally behind Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in a race that he said had turned highly political. ...


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Severe weather bears down on Midwest, Plains
Sat,14 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT
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A tornado moves on the ground north of Solomon, Kan., on Saturday evening, April 14, 2012, with I-70 seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Sandra J. Milburn)Tornadoes were spotted across the Midwest and Plains on Saturday as an outbreak of unusually strong weather seized the region, and forecasters sternly warned that "life-threatening" weather could intensify overnight.


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Severe US Weather: Why this warning is different
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:20 PM PDT
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A tornado forms and touches down north of Soloman, Kan., Saturday, April 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)Long before powerful storms began to roll through the Midwest Saturday afternoon, forecasters had warned of "life-threatening" tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail.


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NKorea shows off new missile at military parade
Sat,14 Apr 2012 10:46 PM PDT
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In this image made from KRT video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps before giving his first public speech during a massive celebration marking the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung, Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Kim Il Sung Square, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim praised his grandfather, as tens of thousands gathered in Pyongyang's main square for meticulously choreographed festivities that came two days after a failed rocket launch. (AP Photo/KRT via AP video) NORTH KOREA OUT, TV OUTNorth Korea on Sunday unveiled what appeared to be a new missile at a military parade in Pyongyang.


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Officials: Human remains at Titanic shipwreck site
Sat,14 Apr 2012 10:38 PM PDT
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This photo provided by the Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, shows The remains of a coat and boots, articulated in the mud on the sea bed near Titanic's stern, are suggestive evidence of where a victim of the disaster came to rest. (AP Photo/Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration)EDITORS, PHOTO EDITORS:


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Secret Service scandal deepens; 11 placed on leave
Sat,14 Apr 2012 10:51 PM PDT
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People walk past Hotel El Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, Saturday April 14, 2012. The Secret Service sent home some of its agents for misconduct that occurred at the hotel before President Barack Obama's arrival on Friday for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin America.


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Taliban attack Pakistan prison, free 380 prisoners
Sat,14 Apr 2012 10:59 PM PDT
Associated Press - Taliban militants battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents, authorities and the militants said. Full Story
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With new heart, Cheney speaks over an hour in Wyo.
Sat,14 Apr 2012 05:39 PM PDT
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Wyoming Republican state convention at the Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne, Wyo. Saturday, April 14, 2012. Former Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without any assistance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart transplant three weeks ago.(AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Miranda Grubbs)Former Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without any assistance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart transplant three weeks ago.


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Guns N' Roses jams way into Rock Hall
Sat,14 Apr 2012 11:07 PM PDT
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Red Hot Chili Peppers' Mike On their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Guns N' Roses got together for one more gig.


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Biffle pulls away to give Roush another Texas win
Sat,14 Apr 2012 09:37 PM PDT
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Driver Greg Biffle (16) passes Jimmy Johnson (48) taking the lead during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/John Rhodes)Greg Biffle regained the lead when he charged under Jimmie Johnson with 30 laps left Saturday night, then pulled away to end his 49-race winless streak while giving owner Jack Roush another NASCAR Sprint Cup victory in Texas.


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UN votes to send Syria monitors amid shaky truce
Sat,14 Apr 2012 06:23 PM PDT
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This image made from amateur video and released by Bambuser Saturday, April 14, 2012 purports to show smoke from shelling in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Bambuser via AP video) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUT- MANDATORY CREDIT: The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to dispatch a first team of monitors to Syria to shore up a brittle cease-fire as escalating fighting between regime and rebel forces threatened the truce at the heart of special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan.


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