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Weather may have delayed N.Korea launch

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Poor weather and planning may have forced North Korea to delay the launch of a long-range rocket Saturday, officials in Seoul said, after Pyongyang reported preparations were complete and lift-off would take place soon.
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Gates to unveil Pentagon budget on Monday

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil his budget recommendations for fiscal year 2010 on Monday in a proposal likely to call for major changes in priorities, a defense official said on Friday.
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Obama calls for rebalancing of capital flows

President Barack Obama called on Friday for a rebalancing of global capital flows and said nations had to work together to resolve the financial crisis or risk collective failure.
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US reaches out to Europe

President Barack Obama told Europe on Friday it must do more to help the United States win the war in Afghanistan, looking to leverage his huge popularity here to wring concessions from NATO allies.
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TIMELINE: NATO at 60

NATO marks its 60th anniversary with a summit late on Friday at which U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to secure NATO backing for a new strategy in Afghanistan.
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Obama warns North Korea against missile test

The international community will take steps if North Korea goes ahead with a planned missile launch to show Pyongyang it cannot act with impunity, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday.
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Obama seeks world free of nuclear arms

U.S. President Barack Obama called on Friday for a world without atomic weapons and urged allies to stand firm against Iran's nuclear ambitions and a planned missile launch by North Korea.
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Congress approves budget plans, long road ahead

The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress on Thursday approved budget blueprints embracing President Barack Obama's agenda but leaving many hard choices until later and a government deeply in the red.
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Medvedev says U.S. can move on missile shield

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that the United States was ready to discuss different ideas on the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Europe, which Moscow strongly opposes.
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U.S. House approves Democrats' budget blueprint

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a federal budget that embraces President Barack Obama's initiatives on healthcare, energy and education but leaves the government deeply in debt for the foreseeable future.
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Obama:G20 summit a turning point

President Obama called the G20 summit on Thursday a turning point in the effort to pursuit of global economic recovery and praised the nation's joint efforts as a historic step on the road to stability.
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Protesters battle police ahead of NATO summit

Riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters on Thursday ahead of a NATO summit of world leaders, firing repeated rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse the crowds.
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G20 seals $1.1 trillion deal, markets rally

World leaders clinched a $1.1 trillion deal on Thursday to combat the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and said financial rules would be tightened to stop it happening again.

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