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BONN, Germany, June 12 (UPI) — The United States will not demand hard promises of cuts in carbon emissions from China, the head of a delegation to a climate change conference said Friday.
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That's why she and other high school students countywide participated in a two-day, telethon-style fundraiser for school arts and sports programs on Community Television. "If we didn't have the arts, well that's why I went to Harbor High," said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked a group of healthcare industry trade groups for an update by early June on their promised effort to help him achieve some $2 trillion in cost savings over the next decade.
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BBC News
By Duncan Kennedy Pope Benedict promised he would go to the earthquake region in central Italy and now he has fulfilled his word. He spent several hours touring villages and neighbourhoods where buildings have collapsed.
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CNN International
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Reuters
By Chisa Fujioka and Yoko Kubota TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan secured more than $5 billion in fresh aid over two years at a donors conference on Friday after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to step up the fight against militants.
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Reuters
By Chisa Fujioka and Yoko Kubota TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan secured more than $5 billion in fresh aid over two years at a donors conference on Friday after Prime Minister Asif Ali Zardari vowed to step up the fight against militants.
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BBC News, UK
The movie - which scooped eight Oscars including best film - was set and shot in the Indian city. Director Danny Boyle said: "It is only right that some of the success of the movie be ploughed back into the city." Two of the film's stars were rehoused …
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Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum April 14 (Bloomberg) — A pro-Taliban group pledged peace in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley after President Asif Ali Zardari approved Islamic law in the area under an accord the US says undermines the fight against terrorism in the …
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BBC News
The head of the police watchdog has said the inquiry into the death of a man during the G20 protests will be "independent, fast and effective".
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Telegraph.co.uk
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