Top News - Breaking News - World News from Reuters (April 2011 Diet)

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mattel Inc beat quarterly sales expectations and gained market share on strong demand for its mainstay Barbie dolls and newer lines such as Monster High, sending its shares up 5 percent.

Source: Barbie helps Mattel win market share; shares rise

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NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A corporate lawyer who federal prosecutors say stole merger secrets while working at some of the country's most prominent law firms was ordered released on $1 million bail in his insider trading case.

Source: U.S. lawyer in insider case granted bail

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Here's something you may have missed amid all the hoopla about Warren Buffett's Lubrizol buyout: the "Oracle of Omaha" is now a baron of the global chemical industry.

Source: With Lubrizol, Buffett a chemical industry baron

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A summit of spymasters this week eased tensions but failed to resolve issues over U.S. drones and espionage that have imperiled the vital relationship between the CIA and Pakistan's main intelligence agency.

Source: Spy summit fails to resolve U.S.-Pakistan differences

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Virus samples will be shared globally in exchange for vaccines produced from them under a landmark deal to improve preparedness for a flu pandemic, diplomats at the World Health Organization said on Saturday.

Source: Big Pharma backs deal to boost flu pandemic readiness

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PALM COAST, Fla (Reuters) - As snow blanketed the northern United States this winter, city leaders in Palm Coast, Florida, sent postcards to thousands of out-of-state landowners who have not yet built homes on their piece of paradise.

Source: Fastest growing U.S. metro area hit hard by recession

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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's highest court has received an appeal by U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross seeking to overturn a 15-year jail sentence handed down last month for crimes against the Cuban state, the head of the court said on Saturday.

Source: Cuban court studying appeal from U.S. contractor

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. aviation regulators, investigating unsettling disclosures of sleeping air traffic controllers, will ban scheduling practices most likely to result in drowsiness at work.

Source: Another air controller sleeps; U.S. to change scheduling

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the United States and Israel launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities, Kayhan daily reported on Sunday.

Source: Iran accuses Siemens over Stuxnet virus attack

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Japan Sunday to remain active on the world stage and pledged support for Washington's key ally in East Asia as the operator of a stricken nuclear plant finally set out a timeline to shut it down.

Source: Clinton pledges Japan support, TEPCO pledges shutdown