China snubs SE Asia push for South China Sea deal

PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - China is stonewalling attempts to start talks on a multilateral "code of conduct" governing the strategically located South China Sea and an agreement could still be years away, Southeast Asian officials said on Monday....

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Mexican city battered by drug gangs feels lure of truce

TORREON, Mexico (Reuters) - In a five-year struggle with Mexico's most notorious drug cartel, the city of Torreon has suffered a 16-fold increase in murders, fired its police department and lost control of its main prison to the gang. The Zetas cartel...

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Iran has pictures of restricted Israeli areas: Iran MP

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran holds pictures of Israeli bases and other restricted areas obtained from a drone launched into Israeli airspace earlier this month, an Iranian lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday. Earlier this month, Israel shot down a drone...

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Opposition Labor increases pressure on Cameron before EU talks

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labor party piled pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday by pushing for an even tougher line on the European Union budget than that proposed by his ruling Conservative Party. Cameron is promising to...

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Air strikes in Damascus wreck last day of Syria "truce"

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus on Monday in what residents said were the capital's fiercest air raids yet, underlining the collapse of a truce proposed by peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. "More than 100 buildings have been destroyed,...

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Bulgaria nationalists rally in support of Muslims' trial

PAZARDZHIK, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Hundreds of nationalists rallied in a southern Bulgarian town on Monday in support of the prosecution of 13 religious leaders accused of spreading radical Islam in a case causing communal strains in the Balkan country....

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Residents blocked from returning to captured Libyan town

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Thousands of Libyans who fled fighting in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid will not be allowed to return home for several more days until work was complete to make the town safe and restore services, officials said on Monday....

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Greek editor stands trial over Swiss accounts list

ATHENS (Reuters) - A prominent Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts appeared in court on Monday to stand trial on charges of violating data privacy laws. Costas Vaxevanis, editor of the...

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Dutch Liberal and Labor parties agree to coalition deal

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberal Party and the Labor Party said they had reached a coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for a pro-austerity, pro-European government to be sworn in as early as next week. Rutte, whose...

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Italy PM Monti says intends to serve until 2013 election

MADRID (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti dismissed fears on Monday that his government could fall, after former premier Silvio Berlusconi said at the weekend that the center right could withdraw its support before elections next year. Speaking...

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NFL checking report Chargers used sticky substance vs. Broncos

SAN DIEGO—The NFL is investigating whether the San Diego Chargers used a banned sticky substance during Monday night's loss to the Denver Broncos. If the league determines the Chargers used the substance, they could be fined or lose a draft...

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Colfax Corridor Connection meets with residents for study

Denver is looking for ways to improve travel through the East Colfax Avenue corridor — which runs through Denver and Aurora — for cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians. The city and county commissioned a $3 million, year-long study on the issue....

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106 counties likely to determine who wins the presidency

LEESBURG, Va. — How Virginia goes in the presidential election may come down to voters who live amid the small wineries, affluent subdivisions and Civil War battlegrounds of Loudoun County. Voters in the tony Hamilton County suburbs around...

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Cycling body agrees to strip Lance Armstrong of his 7 Tour titles

GENEVA—Forget the seven Tour de France victories. Forget the yellow jersey celebrations on the Champs Elysees. Forget the name that dominated the sport of cycling for so many years. As far as cycling's governing body is concerned, Lance Armstrong...

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Mandarin Chinese becoming first choice as second language

Ivie Hunt was barely 6 last spring and had just finished kindergarten when she shocked the hostess at a Denver Asian restaurant by chatting comfortably in Mandarin Chinese. "Here was this little blond, white girl having a full conversation with...

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Police get tuft of hair from park near where Jessica Ridgeway found

A Denver TV station reported Sunday night that investigators in the Jessica Ridgeway abduction and murder had received new evidence. Investigator Trevor Materasso of the Westminster Police Department said that "60 percent" of what Fox 31 reported...

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Layoffs, failures test Colorado's "new energy economy"

The resilience of Colorado's vaunted "new energy economy" is being tested after a series of job cuts, financial setbacks and political firestorms. The latest loss was Phillips 66's announcement last week that it is pulling the plug on a major alternative-fuels...

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Denver firm signs $2 billion plus deal with Chinese company

 Denver-based Prospect Global Resources and Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding announced Monday a more than $2 billion agreement, over a 10-year period, under which Sichuan will purchase at least 500,000 metric tons of potash annually, or 25...

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