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at 12:19 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Heavy rain and melting snow have caused severe floods across a region of Kazakhstan neighbouring China, flooding villages and killing around two dozen people, officials said Friday.
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at 12:19 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 14 people have died and 32,000 have been affected by Tropical Storm Hubert.
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at 12:10 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
LAHORE, Pakistan - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said.
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at 12:09 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signalling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least three provinces in the southern Shiite heartland.
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at 10:34 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year, a visit to Asia, to focus attention on the final push to salvage sputtering U.S. health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.
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at 10:29 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.
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at 10:27 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
BANGKOK, Thailand - A day of anti-government protests around Thailand passed peacefully Friday, though concerns remained about possible violence when demonstrators converge in the country's capital for a 'million man march' on Sunday.
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at 9:51 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
NEW YORK - A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday.
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at 9:50 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
VATICAN CITY - Germany's top bishop briefed Pope Benedict XVI on the spiraling cases of clerical sex abuse in the pontiff's native Germany on Friday and said the pope encouraged him to pursue the truth and assist the victims.
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at 8:40 on March 12, 2010, EDT.
SANTIAGO, Chile - Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.
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