Geithner Opens Talks in Beijing on New US China Ties
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Beijing for two days of talks aiming to foster a closer working relationship with China. He stressed the Obama administration’s commitment to a new era after years of trade disputes and a record U.S. trade deficit. Critics link China policies to job losses in American manufacturing.
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Beijing
China
U.S
U.S. Treasury
Timothy Geithner
United States
Treasury
Geithner
Obama
Fresno marchers clash over gay marriage at city hall
In Fresno California hundreds of supporters of gay marriage marched while opponents planned to rally. Supporters celebrate weddings between same sex couples at Fresno City Hall as opponents vow renewed protests following the state Constitution ban.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Fresno City Hall
State Supreme Court
Unclear how many troops will stay in Iraq
In Baghdad thirty days before the June 30 deadline the U S military faces uncertainties over how many troops will remain in Iraqi cities and what their new roles will be commander Brig Gen Keith Walker said. He noted the force distribution after the security agreement remains undisclosed and stressed that numbers will depend on future plans.
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Baghdad
U.S
Iraq
Army
Keith Walker
Iraqi Assistance Group
Residents emerge in Mingora as food runs out
In Mingora Pakistan residents trapped at home for weeks searched barren shops amid exposed corpses in the Swat Valley city as an army offensive against the Taliban nears possible end. Dozens of militants died elsewhere along the Afghan border in clashes with soldiers. An AP reporter found damaged buildings and unburied bodies with the smell of explosives in Mingora.
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Mingora
Pakistan
Swat
Associated Press
Afzal Khan
Cancer vaccine shows promise at Orlando conference
At a cancer conference in Orlando researchers reported a cancer vaccine slowed disease for over a year in one patient. Experimental vaccines for prostate cancer melanoma and neuroblastoma also posted positive late stage results, but experts warn long term benefits and costs remain unknown.
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Orlando
Fla
Priest nicknamed Father Oprah leaves Catholic Church for Episcopalian
In his first sermon as an Episcopalian, Rev. Alberto Cutie speaks on forgiveness at the Church of The Resurrection in Miami. He left the Catholic Church after photos showed him kissing his girlfriend on a beach. He will need about a year to become a priest in the Episcopalian church.
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Biscayne Park
Fla
Miami
Oprah
Episcopal
Alberto Cutie
Koo’-Teeay
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
Cutie
Jackie Fernandez
Ruhama Buni Canellis
Ysser DeCarlo
Stephanie
God
South
Florida
Ruhama Buni Canelilis
Church of the Resurrection
U.S. Journalists Face Trial in North Korea This Week
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, American journalists for Current TV, await trial in Pyongyang on charges of hostile acts and illegal entry. Conviction could yield five to ten years in a labor camp amid rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests.
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South Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
Laura Ling
Euna Lee
al Gore
China
U.N
Security Council
U.S
Obama
Lee Myung-bak
White House
North
Washington
Yoon Deok-min
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security
Park Hak-soon
Minnesota Senate Sought After as Court Scene Opens
The Franken Coleman race nears resolution with a Supreme Court hearing on 4,400 rejected absentee ballots. Each candidate has spent about 25 million, totaling roughly 50 million combined, far above 2002 costs. The outcome could trigger further legal action and a vacant seat debate.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Senate
al Franken
Norm Coleman
Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Coleman
Franken
U.S. Supreme Court
Associated Press
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