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Hitler wax figure unveiled in Berlin amid criticism (03 July 06:18) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's new waxwork museum on Thursday unveiled a figure of a glum-looking Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life, an exhibit that has been critic... |
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Zambia denies President Mwanawasa is dead (03 July 06:17) |
| LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's vice president denied on Thursday media reports that President Levy Mwanawasa had died, saying he was in a stable condition in a Paris hospital.
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U.S. envoy in Israel plays down plans to attack Iran (03 July 06:13) |
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Israel was on Thursday quoted as playing down speculation that an attack on Iranian nuclear sites by either country was imminent, saying that the... |
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China attacks Dalai Lama but offers more talks (03 July 05:38) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched another attack on Tibet's Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday but also offered to continue talks provided he showed "positive behaviour" as the co... |
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Cambodia safeguards Thai embassy amid temple spat (03 July 04:58) |
| PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia ordered extra police protection for the Thai embassy on Thursday for fear a row over the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple on their joint border might... |
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Asia arms race may be overstated - defence analyst (03 July 04:18) |
| CANBERRA (Reuters) - Asia's arms race may be overstated, with defence spending on the decline as a proportion of economic growth, pointing to an increasing sense of regional security, an Aus... |
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Thai court bars ex-PM Thaksin from leaving country (03 July 04:09) |
| BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court has barred former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from leaving the country while it conducts hearings on graft charges against him and his wife... |
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Indonesia uncovers plot on Western targets - source (03 July 04:04) |
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - A group of suspected Muslim militants detained by Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit after a cache of bombs was found in Sumatra were plotting to attack Western targets, a p... |
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Sarkozy not welcome at Olympics, say China media (03 July 02:29) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China made a barely veiled swipe at French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday and state media warned he can expect a cold public shoulder if he attends the Beijing Oly... |
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Colombia tricks rebels in bloodless hostage rescue (03 July 01:40) |
| BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian troops tricked rebels into freeing politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans in a bold but bloodless jungle rescue that dealt a severe blow to Latin Ameri... |
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Bush urges unity on Iran after meeting pope (13 June 10:20) |
| PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush urged European allies on Friday to unite with Washington to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
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China to award blood donors 'medals for life' - WHO (13 June 10:12) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - China has improved the safety of its blood supply by drawing in more volunteer donors, some of whom will be awarded Olympics-inspired "medals for life," the World Health O... |
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NASA clears space shuttle Discovery for landing (13 June 10:11) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a landing attempt on Saturday after determining that a piece of floating debris and an apparent bump on it... |
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Security chief says al Qaeda plotting in Denmark (13 June 09:17) |
| COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is planning an attack in Denmark, the head of the Danish security police said on Friday, two weeks after the network claimed responsibility for a deadly bombi... |
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Big powers to offer Iran "generous" deal in atom row (13 June 08:59) |
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - The EU's top diplomat said he would hand Iran a generous offer on Saturday aimed at resolving a deepening dispute over its nuclear ambitions that has helped push up oil pr... |
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe says war vets ready to fight (13 June 08:08) |
| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Friday liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote.
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China top carbon emitter, Beijing under pressure (13 June 06:57) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ranking as top emitter of the main planet-warming gas, carbon dioxide, seemed confirmed by a Dutch report on Friday, putting more pressure on Beijing to come up w... |
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Malaysia's Anwar vows to oust govt, cut fuel price (13 June 06:48) |
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition figurehead Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday he would press ahead with a campaign to topple the government and would cut fuel prices if he took power.
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Iraq says talks with U.S. on pact deadlocked (13 June 06:44) |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that encroached... |
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China, Germany resume dialogue after Dalai Lama row (13 June 04:48) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Germany said on Friday they would resume regular talks on strategic foreign policy issues which were interrupted after a row over the Dalai Lama's reception in ... |
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In Franken's U.S. Senate run, jokes are off record (09 June 06:48) |
| MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) - Former funnyman Al Franken hopes to convince Minnesotans that he can represent them in the buttoned-down halls of the U.S. Senate. So for now, jokes are off the reco... |
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Greek villagers sift through quake-hit homes (09 June 06:28) |
| VALMI, Greece (Reuters) - Villagers in southern Greece sifted through the rubble of homes and businesses for belongings on Monday, a day after an earthquake killed two people and injured sco... |
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Pope to host Bush in unusual Vatican setting (09 June 06:22) |
| VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will unusually host talks with U.S. President George W. Bush in a restored medieval tower on Friday, to repay him for a warm reception at the White Hou... |
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Malaysia cuts ministers' allowances, delays projects (09 June 06:16) |
| KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, trying to assuage public anger over a steep hike in fuel prices, said on Monday government ministers would take a 10 ... |
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Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake (09 June 06:15) |
| CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake", as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tu... |
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U.S. presence is Iraq's main problem - Iranian leader (09 June 05:41) |
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a... |
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Late U.S. tipoff hurts U.N. Syria atom probe - ElBaradei (09 June 05:37) |
| BERLIN, June 9 (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors set to examine a Syrian site for signs of a secret nuclear reactor project may find little in part because of tardy intelligence-sharing by Washing... |
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Rice to hold talks with Israeli-Palestinian teams (09 June 05:34) |
| RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to hold a three-way meeting next week with the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Palestinian ... |
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Muslims rally to ban sect in Indonesia (09 June 05:19) |
| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of hardline Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the presidential palace and Jakarta police headquarters on Monday to urge the president to disband a sect branded... |
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"Obama-mania" sweeps Africa, but could he deliver? (09 June 02:17) |
| NAIROBI (Reuters) - In Kenya, they name babies after him and quaff "Senator" brand beer in his honour. Global TV networks camp outside his grandmother's rural home.
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Gunmen kill local BBC journalist in Somalia (07 June 11:38) |
| KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents shot dead a local journalist working for the BBC in southern Somalia on Saturday, witnesses said.
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Clinton endorses Obama, ends White House bid (07 June 11:36) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton ended her historic presidential bid and endorsed Barack Obama on Saturday, urging her supporters to unite behind Obama and help recapture the White Hou... |
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Iran demands Security Council action on Israel threat (07 June 11:20) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran demanded action from the U.N. Security Council about an Israeli threat to attack its nuclear sites if it continues uranium enrichment, according to a letter relea... |
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Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies (07 June 11:04) |
| HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday overturned a police ban on opposition rallies this weekend ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off, a lawyer for the Movement for Democ... |
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Guards prevent "attack" on house of Kosovo PM (07 June 09:51) |
| PRISTINA (Reuters) - Security guards shot at a man trying to enter Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's home late on Friday in what the government said was an attack on the house.
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German SPD leader breaks with customs, backs Obama (07 June 09:46) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and the centre-left party's putative chancellor candidate broke with German political custom on Saturday and said he hoped t... |
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Georgia parliament convenes, opposition stay away (07 June 08:55) |
| TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's newly-elected parliament held its first session on Saturday, without the main opposition coalition which boycotted the chamber in protest at what it says was a ... |
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Hamas, Fatah delegates meet Senegal's Wade - media (07 June 06:46) |
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah delegates have met Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade in a first round of mediation aimed at finding a common position for an eventual deal with Israel, Se... |
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China begins easing pressure on menacing quake lake (07 June 05:35) |
| MAJINGXIANG, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops on Saturday eased pressure on a swelling "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people, but a smaller lake burst its banks in a show ... |
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Abbas to stand again for president - Fatah official (07 June 05:28) |
| NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has said he would not seek another term, will stand in presidential elections scheduled for 2010, a senior official sai... |
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Vaccine doubles survival of deadly brain cancer (03 June 12:13) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - A cancer vaccine more than doubled the survival time of people with the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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No need to review atom cooperation - Iran president (03 June 12:11) |
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday there was no need to review cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency now, the official IRNA news agency report... |
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Space shuttle, Japanese lab dock at space station (02 June 11:59) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, carrying Japan's $1 billion Kibo research laboratory, docked at the International Space Station on Monday.
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Olmert seeks to reassure Abbas on talks (02 June 11:02) |
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested Jewish settlement growth near Jerusalem in talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who sought to show it ... |
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Hillary Clinton: "It is not over 'til it's over" (02 June 07:47) |
| RAPID CITY, S.D., (Reuters) - It's almost over, isn't it?
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Thai army chief rules out coup as shares slide (02 June 07:36) |
| BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai army chief Anupong Paochinda told his top commanders on Monday the military would not intervene in a worsening political struggle, his spokeswoman said, as the stock... |
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Hitler wax figure sparks controversy in Berlin (02 June 06:51) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are being condemned by critics who say displaying the dictator is tasteless ... |
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"Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics (02 June 02:03) |
| ANXIAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese medical teams have fanned out across the earthquake zone, disinfecting makeshift camps and educating survivors, and on Monday the Health Ministry said it co... |
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Clinton looks past assassination comments (26 May 12:11) |
| HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign prepared for its next big test as it tried on Sunday to move away from her controversial remarks about the assassination of Ro... |
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Lebanese parliament elects Suleiman as president (25 May 10:58) |
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday, reviving paralysed state institutions after an 18-month standoff between a U.S.-backed ... |
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