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AFP – BEIJING (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will Tuesday attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.

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Obama, Hu set for key talks in Beijing

AFP – NEW YORK (AFP) – A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to an actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the Internet.

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US man gets nearly 20 years for Thai pedophilia

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States Monday praised the Kosovo government for its handling of its first elections since its independence last year, calling them “a significant milestone” on the road to democracy.

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Kosovo elections ‘significant milestone:’ US

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday.

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US envoy back in Sudan this week

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Agriculture Department on Monday released bleak figures on the state of hunger in the United States, showing that more American families are having difficulty feeding their members.

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Bleak US hunger figures released

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials.

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CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Federal Reserve is “attentive” to the sliding US dollar and is working to “help ensure that the dollar is strong and a source of global financial stability,” Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.

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Fed seeking to ensure strong dollar: Bernanke