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Good Morning Aron, WED 07 Apr 2010 
 
First drill breaks through into West Virginia mine
Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing
Rio tries to restore order amid more rain, 96 dead
No deaths in Indonesia quake; tsunami alert lifted
Iran's president attacks Obama on nuclear "threat"
Afghanistan plays down Karzai's anti-West remarks
West Virginia hoping for a miracle in mine disaster
Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle
U.S. targets American-born cleric in Yemen: officials
Mining a necessary way of life, West Virginians say


First drill breaks through into West Virginia mine
April 07, 2010 08:33 AM ET
MONTCOAL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Rescuers drilled into a stricken West Virginia mine early on Wednesday but heard no signs of life from four miners missing since an explosion killed 25 people in the worst U.S. mine disaster in a quarter century.

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Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing
April 07, 2010 01:12 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama leaves on Wednesday for Prague where he will sign a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia, marking a much-needed diplomatic achievement and a step toward better ties with Moscow.

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Rio tries to restore order amid more rain, 96 dead
April 07, 2010 08:09 AM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rains kept pummeling Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday as officials in Brazil's second largest city scrambled to restore transit after 96 people were killed by landslides and floods.

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No deaths in Indonesia quake; tsunami alert lifted
April 07, 2010 08:14 AM ET
SINABANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - A major earthquake of 7.7 magnitude struck off the coast of Aceh in north-western Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering panic and power blackouts, but no deaths were reported and a tsunami alert was later lifted.

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Iran's president attacks Obama on nuclear "threat"
April 07, 2010 08:55 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president made a scathing and personal attack on U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday as an "inexperienced amateur" who was too quick to threaten to use nuclear weapons against enemies of the United States.

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Afghanistan plays down Karzai's anti-West remarks
April 07, 2010 08:43 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan played down on Wednesday recent anti-Western remarks by President Hamid Karzai, saying they were not aimed at specific countries and would not affect relations between Kabul and the international community.

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West Virginia hoping for a miracle in mine disaster
April 07, 2010 08:33 AM ET
MONTCOAL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Drills boring into a West Virginia coal mine on Wednesday carried hope for a "miracle" rescue of four miners missing after a blast killed 25 people in the worst U.S. mine disaster in a quarter century.

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Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle
April 07, 2010 01:07 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fresh off a bruising battle over healthcare, could face another tough fight in Congress to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy if 89-year-old Justice John Paul Stevens retires as expected.

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U.S. targets American-born cleric in Yemen: officials
April 06, 2010 02:34 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has authorized operations to capture or kill a U.S.-born Muslim cleric based in Yemen, who is described by a key lawmaker as Americas's top terrorist threat, officials said on Tuesday.

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Mining a necessary way of life, West Virginians say
April 06, 2010 04:52 PM ET
MONTCOAL, West Virginia (Reuters) - Coal mining is an inescapable way of life in West Virginia, where an explosion killed at least 25 miners, but the industry carries its share of risks, and death.

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