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Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
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Call for Sept 11 truce over New York Muslim Center
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Families of September 11 victims are arguing whether to call a truce on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as debate rages over plans for a Muslim center near the World Trade Center site.
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One system brews in Atlantic, no Mexico Gulf threat
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring one tropical system in the Atlantic basin on Wednesday which did not show any early signs of entering the energy-rich Gulf of Mexico and disrupting offshore production.
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Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.
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