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Suspected drug hitmen dump 12 bodies on Mexico road (Reuters)

Reuters – Police found 12 bodies tortured, executed and dumped on the side of an isolated highway in western Mexico on Monday, the latest victims of an ongoing feud between rival drug cartels.

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U.S. worried about American scholar detained in Iran (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States called on Iran on Monday to release U.S.

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U.S. judge gives fraud lawyer 20 years in prison (Reuters)

Reuters – Marc Dreier, a high-profile New York lawyer who admitted to a $400 million investment fund fraud that unraveled at the same time as Bernard Madoff’s huge swindle, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Monday.

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Obama seeks to regain initiative on healthcare (Reuters)

Reuters – A combative President Barack Obama on Monday sought to regain the initiative on overhauling the U.S. healthcare system after legislation slowed down in the U.S. Congress while he was abroad last week

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North Korea leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: report (Reuters)

Reuters – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, South Korean broadcaster YTN said on Monday, citing information gathered from Chinese and South Korean intelligence sources.

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Isolated Honduras hunkers down (Reuters)

Reuters – Politically isolated Honduras braced on Saturday for months of austerity under the weight of economic sanctions imposed after a June coup and ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed actions to support his reinstatement.

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NASA delays launch after lightning strikes (Reuters)

Reuters – NASA canceled Saturday’s launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from nearby lightning strikes, officials said.

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China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184 (AFP)

AFP – China has raised the death toll from unrest between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs to 184, as riot police and armed soldiers maintained a firm grip on the flashpoint city of Urumqi.

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Jubiliant welcome for Obama on landmark Africa trip (AFP)

AFP – Thousands of people poured onto the streets of the capital of Ghana on Saturday as US President Barack Obama launched into his first official trip into the heart of Africa to make a call for good governance.

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Iran prepares package to offer West: minister (Reuters)

Reuters – Iran is preparing a new package of “political, security and international” issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said Saturday.

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