WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on a final push to pass healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to take up a final version of the bill next week.
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Obama delays trip for final healthcare push
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations must act to protect North Koreans from military rulers who are committing “harrowing and horrific” human rights violations, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.
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INTERVIEW – World must protect N. Koreans, U.N. envoy says
DRANCY, France (Reuters) – A French mosque, whose imam says he has received death threats over his promotion of dialogue with Jews, reopened for Friday prayers after it was forced to close down this week due to disruptive protests.
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French mosque reopens after protest disruptions
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.
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Suicide blasts kill 45 in Pakistan’s Lahore
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday his government’s latest settlement plans were a “deeply negative signal” for U.S.-Israeli relations, the State Department said.
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Clinton calls Netanyahu over Israel settlement plans
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country’s leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban’s spokesman said.
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U.N.’s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways cabin crew will walk out for seven days this month after talks between the airline and unions broke down, in a dispute analysts said could cost the airline around 140 million pounds ($212 million).
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BA crew to walk out in March, company removes offer
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ambassador to China said on Friday that Beijing risks isolation if it fails to join international efforts to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Britain says China won’t risk isolation over Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday.
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Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay $1.16 million in compensation to the family of a victim of last year’s crash of one of its airliners that killed 228 people.
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Judge orders $1.16 mln for Air France crash victim
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways cabin crew will walk out for seven days this month after talks between the airline and unions broke down, in a dispute analysts said could cost the airline around 140 million pounds ($212 million).
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay $1.16 million in compensation to the family of a victim of last year's crash of one of its airliners that killed 228 people.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Russia will build up to 16 nuclear reactors for power stations in India, Russia's deputy premier said on Friday during a visit to India with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to reaffirm decades-old ties.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan targeting the military killed at least 39 people, including soldiers, and wounded nearly 100, on Friday in the city of Lahore, police said.
LONDON (Reuters) - British computer expert Peter Moore, held captive in Iraq for 2-1/2 years until his release in December, has said he was tortured and subjected to mock executions by a well-trained kidnap gang.