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Row on tarmac an awkward G20 start for U.S., China
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - A Chinese official confronted U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser on the tarmac on Saturday prompting the Secret Service to intervene, an unusual altercation as China implements strict controls ahead of a big summit.
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China's Hangzhou turns ghost town as G20 leaders arrive
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Hangzhou felt like a ghost town on Saturday ahead of the arrival of leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies, after the government encouraged residents to clear out and cranked up security for the summit.
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REFILE-Kidney donors don't always get priority when they need a transplant
(Reuters Health) - Living kidney donors are supposed to get priority on the waiting list if they ever need a transplant themselves, and when a recent study found that wasn't always happening, regulators put new policies and programs in place to reduce delays.
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Kidney donors don't always get priority when they need a transplant
(Reuters Health) - Living kidney donors are supposed to get priority on the waiting list if they ever need a transplant themselves, and when a recent study found that wasn't always happening, regulators put new policies and programs in place to reduce delays.
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Pokemon Go hunters snare real thief in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Some New Zealand fans of the smartphone game Pokemon Go caught more than they bargained for when they grabbed a thief who broke into a car and held him until police arrived.
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Naked Donald Trump statue up for auction, could fetch $20,000
(Reuters) - A life-sized nude statue of U.S. Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is going up for auction, with profits from the sale going to an immigrant support group.
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French Coca-Cola workers find huge cocaine stash in juice delivery
PARIS (Reuters) - Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica at their factory in southern France.
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Poll shows Virginia lawmaker jailed in sex scandal leading mayor's race
(Reuters) - A former Virginia politician who was jailed over a sex scandal involving a teenage girl leads a crowded field running for mayor of the state's capital city, a poll showed on Tuesday.
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Curious radio signal stirs talk of extraterrestrials
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A curious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope is probably not a transmission from an extraterrestrial civilization, but astronomers in California are taking a second look anyway, the SETI Institute said on Tuesday.
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Upbeat music may make people more cooperative
(Reuters Health) - The right mood music can influence how well people work together, a new management-oriented study suggests.
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