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Putin visit seals Russian arms, nuclear deals with India (AFP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AFP – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sealed a visit to India Friday with a raft of multi-billion-dollar arms and energy deals, including the construction of 16 Russian nuclear reactors.
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Russia dismisses U.S. human rights report (Reuters)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Reuters – Russia indignantly dismissed U.S. criticism of its human rights record on Friday, saying the United States was guilty of its own abuses from Afghanistan to “the streets of America.”
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Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare (Reuters)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Reuters – President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday.
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UN expert slams ‘horrific’ abuse in North Korea (AFP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AFP – A UN rights expert has accused North Korea’s regime of turning the country “into one big prison,” saying widespread abuses by Pyongyang put it in a class of its own.
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Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April (AP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AP – Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.
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Michelle Obama to Mexico on first official trip alone (AFP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AFP – Michelle Obama will make her first solo official trip as first lady to Mexico next month, to stress education and economic development, the White House said Friday.
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Michelle Obama to visit Mexico on first solo trip (Reuters)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Reuters – First lady Michelle Obama will visit Mexico next month on her first solo international trip, the White House said on Friday.
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U.N.’s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti (Reuters)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Reuters – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country’s leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban’s spokesman said.
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Peru says Machu Picchu service back soon (AP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AP – Peruvian officials say they expect train service to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu will be restored March 29.
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2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive (AP)
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
AP – Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti’s devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.
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