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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ministers met on Thursday to chart NATO's course for the next decade, hoping to agree on new defenses against missile and cyber warfare and on a mandate for global missions despite shrinking European military budgets.

NATO to chart future course in time of austerity

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of homes taken over by banks topped 100,000 for the first time in September, though foreclosures are expected to slow in coming months as lenders work through questionable paperwork, real estate data company RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

September home foreclosures top 100,000 for first time

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors say Arthur Nadel, the elderly former Florida fund manager dubbed "mini-Madoff," should serve at least 19-1/2 years in prison, describing him as "a con man dressed up as a kind, old soul."

U.S. seeks 19 to 24 years for elderly "mini-Madoff"

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday asked a judge to allow the Pentagon to keep its ban against openly gay men and women in the military while it appeals her decision that ruled the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was unconstitutional.

Judge asked to stay ruling on military gay ban

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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 322,409 model year 2009 and 2010 Chevrolet Impala sedans because front seat belts may not be properly anchored, the automaker and federal regulators said on Friday.

GM recalls Chevy Impalas on seat belt issue

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pakistan will press on with tax reforms which the United States considers vital for financing relief efforts after devastating floods, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday.

Pakistan to press on with tax reforms after floods

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LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former Countrywide chief Angelo Mozilo agreed to a settlement of $67.5 million to resolve charges of duping the home lender's investors while lining his own pockets, but Bank of America Corp will pick up two-thirds of the tab.

Mozilo settles Countrywide fraud case at $67.5 million

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI received a tip three years before the 2008 Mumbai attacks that an American man who helped scout the targets was tied to the Pakistani group behind the plot, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

FBI got tip about American in Mumbai attacks: report

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton took to the stump on Friday night in support of former rival Jerry Brown as the two men publicly buried the hatchet ahead of the November 2 election for California governor.

Bill Clinton stumps for ex-foe Brown in California

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through Tokyo on Saturday to demonstrate against what they called China's invasion of disputed islands that both countries claim.

Japan rallies against China over disputed islands