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AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington’s “one-China” policy.

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Obama hails China, Taiwan ties, talks on ‘rights’

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s drive to remake US health care could face a critical test vote in the US Senate, where lawmakers await an influential report on the plan’s cost and overall impact.

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US health overhaul could face key Senate test

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has no long-term stake in Afghanistan and its primary aim is to defeat Al-Qaeda there, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

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US has no long-term stake in Afghanistan: Clinton

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama administration is considering relocating some Guantanamo detainees to a mostly vacant prison in the president’s home state of Illinois, US media reported.

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Illinois prison mulled for Guantanamo inmates: report

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – A disgraced former US congressman who stashed 90,000 dollars in his freezer was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.

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US lawmaker gets 13 years for cold cash conviction

AFP – TOKYO (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Saturday that America’s commitment to Asia’s security was “unshakeable” despite the heavy investment of US resources in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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US commitment to Asian security ‘unshakeable’ : Obama

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – Surging imports pushed up the US trade deficit by a hefty 18 percent in September, according to official data Friday suggesting improving trade flows and a healing global economy.

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Import surge pushes up US trade gap