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

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MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday voided a controversial Republican-backed law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions in the state.

Source: Judge voids controversial Wisconsin union law

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay and its online payment unit, PayPal Inc, on Thursday sued Google Inc and two executives for stealing trade secrets related to mobile payment systems.

Source: EBay and PayPal sue Google over trade secrets

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DEAUVILLE, France (Reuters) - G8 leaders meeting in France for their annual summit this week kept their discussions on the IMF succession strictly in the corridors and avoided any joint endorsement of France's Christine Lagarde as a candidate.

Source: IMF race talk kept in the wings at G8 summit

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DEAUVILLE, France (Reuters) - The Group of Eight promised $20 billion in aid to Tunisia and Egypt on Friday and held out the prospect of billions more to foster the Arab Spring and the new democracies emerging from popular uprisings.

Source: G8 pledges $20 billion to foster Arab Spring

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ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister failed to convince opposition leaders on Friday to support tougher austerity measures to free up EU/IMF aid needed to avert a debt default.

Source: Greeks fail to agree on debt measures amid aid threat

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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ratko Mladic is fit enough to face genocide charges in The Hague, a Belgrade court ruled on Friday after the Bosnian Serb wartime general's son said he appeared too frail after more than 15 years on the run.

Source: Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial

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JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Northern and southern Sudanese representatives will meet on Saturday to try to defuse tensions over the disputed Abyei region, officials said, with just six weeks left before the south is set to secede.

Source: North and south Sudan to start Abyei talks

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO aircraft destroyed guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, a NATO official said on Saturday, then staged a rare daytime air strike on the Libyan capital, stepping up pressure on him to quit.

Source: NATO says destroyed Gaddafi compound guard towers

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WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged close U.S. cooperation with Poland on Saturday on missile defense, the upgrading of its air defenses and in developing shale gas and nuclear power to boost its energy security.

Source: Obama reaffirms U.S. security pledge to ally Poland

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan, an official of the plant operator said on Sunday.

Source: Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant