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Senate Republicans pressure Obama on trade deals
By News on Mar 14, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans on Monday raised the stakes in their showdown with President Barack Obama over trade policy, saying they will block the confirmation of a new Commerce secretary until the administration submits to Congress three pending free trade agreements....US eyes Libyan opposition, allies call for action
By News on Mar 14, 2011
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PARIS (AP) -- Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration was holding its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition on Monday, and weighing how much support to lend a group it knows little about while turmoil and uncertainty increase across the Arab world....Tide of 1,000 bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan
By News on Mar 14, 2011
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TAKAJO, Japan (AP) -- A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality of a mounting humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis Monday after a calamitous tsunami....Stricken Japan nuclear plant rocked by 2nd blast
By News on Mar 14, 2011
SOMA, Japan (AP) -- The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a Japanese nuclear plant Monday, devastating the structure housing one reactor and injuring 11 workers. Water levels dropped precipitously at another reactor, completely exposing the fuel rods and raising the threat of a meltdown....
Clinton in Paris for talks on Libya crisis
By News on Mar 14, 2011
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PARIS (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Paris for talks with European and other leaders on the crisis in Libya that will include a meeting with Libyan opposition figures as the Obama administration makes its first high-level contact with foes of Moammar Gadhafi....