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U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request
Reuters – 2 hrs 5 mins ago

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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. Full Story »
Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan after Taliban threat
Reuters – Tue Sep 7, 2:14 pm ET

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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. Full Story »
U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds
Reuters – 6 mins ago

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. Full Story »
U.S. team to discuss N.Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
Reuters – 1 hr 37 mins ago

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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. Full Story »
Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
Reuters – Tue Sep 7, 1:38 pm ET

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. Full Story »
Congress Republicans wary of Obama economy plan
Reuters – 2 hrs 35 mins ago

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve $350 billion worth of measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away. Full Story »
Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim center
Reuters – 2 hrs 54 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site. Full Story »
Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible
Reuters – 2 hrs 49 mins ago

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. Full Story »
Blast rips through Mexico oil refinery, kills one
Reuters – 21 mins ago

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CADEREYTA, Mexico (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery on Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Full Story »
Iran says it is self-sufficient in gasoline: state TV
Reuters – Tue Sep 7, 1:15 pm ET

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has raised its gasoline output to attain self-sufficiency in the strategic product and foil sanctions targeting its energy needs, the state television's website reported its oil minister as saying. Full Story »