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Yemen: US drone strikes kill 11 al-Qaida militants

Two suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed 11 al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen, military officials in the country say.

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Analysis: Obama has 2 narratives on Afghanistan

In President Barack Obama’s twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there.

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Economy picking up, exports better: Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government stuck to its assessment that the economy is slowly recovering on Thursday but raised its view on exports, saying overseas shipments are showing signs of stabilizing on a moderate pickup in the United States and some return in Asian demand. It said in a monthly report that the pace of decline in consumer prices has eased but Japan remains in mild deflation, a slight change from the previous report when it just said the economy was in mild deflation. …

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Afghanistan’s Karzai slams U.S. over massacre

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday lashed out at the United States for failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers by a U.S. staff sergeant and questioned whether only one soldier could have been involved. A series of blunders by the United States, including the killings in Kandahar province on Sunday and the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base last month, has further strained already tense relations between the countries. “This has been going on for too long. You have heard me before. …

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Pro-Assad rallies mark anniversary of Syria revolt

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Flag-waving supporters of President Bashar al-Assad took to the streets of Syrian cities on Thursday in an orchestrated show of loyalty to coincide with the first anniversary of an increasingly bloody uprising against his rule. Official media announced government forces had cleared “armed terrorists” from the northwestern city of Idlib, suggesting the army was gaining ground in the revolt, which has cost at least 8,000 lives, according to the United Nations. …

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Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama.

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U.S. offers Bangladesh $1 billion in aid over next five years (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States said on Saturday that it would offer Bangladesh close to $1 billion in aid over the next five years.

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Berenson to return to U.S. for 1st time after jail in Peru (Reuters)

Reuters – Lori Berenson, a New Yorker who spent 15 years in Peruvian prisons for aiding Marxist insurgents, will visit the United States as early as this weekend for the first time since her 1995 arrest, officials and her family said on Friday.

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Insight: Ten years on, American business rethinks China dreams (Reuters)

Reuters – Few in the United States would recognize Charlene Barshefsky or remember what she did. Not so in China where the former Trade Representative says she is stopped in the streets by ordinary people and thanked.

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Euro zone enters a decisive week (Reuters)

Reuters – The euro faces a decisive week as European Union leaders, urged on anxiously by the United States, seek agreement on the definitive rescue plan that has eluded them for two years.

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Yemen: US drone strikes kill 11 al-Qaida militants

Analysis: Obama has 2 narratives on Afghanistan

Economy picking up, exports better: Japan

Afghanistan’s Karzai slams U.S. over massacre

Pro-Assad rallies mark anniversary of Syria revolt

Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge (Reuters)

U.S. offers Bangladesh $1 billion in aid over next five years (Reuters)

Berenson to return to U.S. for 1st time after jail in Peru (Reuters)

Insight: Ten years on, American business rethinks China dreams (Reuters)

Euro zone enters a decisive week (Reuters)

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