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09/07/2010
U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not plan to contribute to a NATO request for 2,000 troops for the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, even as the head of the alliance held out the possibility of U.S. participation.
09/07/2010
Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan after Taliban threat
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police residential complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, officials said, in another blow for a country grappling with devastating floods.
09/07/2010
U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
09/07/2010
Report: BP probe to spread blame for spill
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign blame to BP as well as other companies involved in the well's operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
09/07/2010
Religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. religious leaders joined on Tuesday to condemn an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, and the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan warned that a Florida church's plan for a Koran-burning could endanger American troops abroad.
09/07/2010
U.S. team to discuss N.Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, the State Department said Tuesday.
09/07/2010
Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.
09/07/2010
Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.
09/07/2010
Congress Republicans wary of Obama economy plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve $350 billion in measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away.
09/07/2010
Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained its tropical storm status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds kept lashing south Texas and the storm moved further inland about 15 miles south-southeast of San Antonio, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.
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