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UPDATE 4-Eight wounded as rockets from Syria pound Turkish border town
DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Six children were among eight civilians wounded when three rockets fired from Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria hit a Turkish border town on Thursday, the Turkish military said.
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U.S. to shut down mail-fraud schemes that stole hundreds of millions
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and other agencies said on Thursday they have moved to shut down a series of mail-fraud schemes that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the United States.
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French business lobby groups urge extension of EU-U.S. trade talks
PARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - French business lobbies called on Thursday for the extension of talks between the European Union and the United States on a free trade deal, even as the French government called for an end to the negotiations.
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White House puts real-time climate data online for city planners
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website powered by the White House and partners including Google and Microsoft, aims to pull real-time climate data from NASA satellites and other sources for planners preparing for the effects of climate change, its founders said on Thursday.
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U.S. states' sluggish revenue dims outlook for financial year 2017 budgets: study
(Reuters) - Drooping U.S. state tax revenue in the first half of 2016 could put holes in the states' budgets for fiscal 2017, according to a report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government released on Thursday.
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Fewer Chileans living in poverty despite economic slowdown
SANTIAGO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Fewer Chileans were living in poverty despite weak economic growth in the world's leading copper producer, the government said on Thursday, noting that 11.7 percent of the population was below the poverty line in 2015 compared to 14.4 percent in 2013.
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UPDATE 2-U.N. rights chief raps Congo over protest deaths
KINSHASA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief strongly condemned this week's fatal shooting of anti-government protesters in Democratic Republic of Congo and urged the government on Thursday to seek dialog with the opposition.
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Obama to veto September 11 lawsuit bill by Friday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama intends to veto by Friday evening legislation allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said.
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UK may not need two years to get EU divorce deal: foreign minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will start the formal divorce procedure to leave the European Union early next year and may not need two years to negotiate a deal, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
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Death toll rises to 52 after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Nine more bodies have been recovered from the Mediterranean a day after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt, officials said on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 52.
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