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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In the region where symbolism may matter most, the signs for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit were inauspicious.
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Ominous signs plague Biden’s Middle East visit
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country’s coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.
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Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremors
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti’s earthquake survivors and education for minorities.
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Obama gives $1.4 mln Nobel prize to 10 charities
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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
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Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It’s rare when a conservative Republican in Congress heaps praise on President Barack Obama, especially in regards to fighting global warming, but Senator Lindsey Graham did just that on Wednesday.
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Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate
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ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) – President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the “time for talk is over” and urged the U.S
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Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday ordered Russia’s interior minister to report to him on a fatal car crash last month involving a senior official of Russia’s largest oil company, Lukoil.
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Fatal Russia crash fuels anger at police, Lukoil
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
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Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel’s new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington’s efforts to get indirect peace talks underway.
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Palestinians complain to Biden about settlement plan
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly condemned on Wednesday Israel’s new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers, saying on a West Bank visit the project undermined Washington’s peace efforts.
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Biden condemns Israeli settlement project