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43 Dead as Tornadoes Pound South, Midwest
ABC News
By KEVIN DOLAK, ENJOLI FRANCIS and RYAN CREED At least 43 people have been
confirmed dead after a furious storm that has reportedly spawned over 100
tornadoes during the past week tore through the Midwest and moved on to
southern states, ravaging parts ...
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Tokyo Electric Expects to End Fukushima Nuclear Crisis as Early as October
Bloomberg
By Yuji Okada - Sun Apr 17 16:47:55 GMT 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Co. set
out a plan to end the crisis at its tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi power
plant, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, within six months. The
utility known as Tepco expects ...
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FAA gives tired controllers an extra hour to rest
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said Sunday it is giving air traffic
controllers an extra hour off between shifts so they don't doze off at
work, a problem that stretches back decades. But officials rejected the
remedy that sleep experts say would ...
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Sarah Palin praises Wisconsin governor for taking down 'rent-a-mobs'
New York Daily News
By Nina Mandell Tea Party darling Sarah Palin fought over jeers, protestors
and snow as she encouraged GOP leaders to take a page out of Wisconsin
governor Scott Walker's playbook and ignore "violent rent-a-mobs". The
former Alaska governor spoke at a ...
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Tim Geithner says Republicans see need to raise debt limit
Los Angeles Times
GOP leaders 'recognize' that averting default through a vote to approve a
higher debt limit is necessary, Treasury's Tim Geithner says, with or
without a deal on budget cuts. But Republicans push back, unwilling to give
up the debt-ceiling vote as ...
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Gadhafi Forces Pound Rebel Positions in Ajdabiya, Continue Siege of Misrata
Voice of America
Libyan rebel fighters load a truck with ammunition on the outskirts of
Ajdabiya, Libya, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Forces loyal to Libyan leader
Colonel Moammar Gadhafi have been shelling rebel positions in and around
the eastern town of Ajdabiya, ...
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President Assad's promises fail to quell Syrian protests
Los Angeles Times
Violent clashes with government forces erupt across the country as
thousands of Syrians take to the streets in defiance of a warning by
President Bashar Assad, who a day earlier had offered to enact reforms. By
Alexandra Sandels and Borzou Daragahi, ...
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Poll: Palestinian support for Gaza rocket attacks on Israel dropped by half
Ha'aretz
Jerusalem Media & Communication Center survey shows that since 2009, ratio
of Palestinians who opposed military operations rose from 38.1% to 51%
since after the Gaza war. Ratio of Palestinians who believe rockets fired
by Gaza militants are useful in ...
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Weakened America a 'laughingstock,' Trump laments
AFP
NEW YORK — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who is flirting with a
White House run, lamented Sunday that the United States had become a
"laughingstock" too timid to wield its power assertively on the world
stage. "We have such power if we knew how ...
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US Borrowing Limit Debated
Voice of America
Photo: AP From left, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave
Camp, R-Mich., Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., House Budget Committee Chairman,
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling,
R-Texas, and House Majority ...
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