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Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates: officials

Gustavo Palencia — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:58:00 MST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped screaming inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.

Obama to stress 'insourcing' as China counterweight

Laura MacInnis — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:38:02 MST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama takes his election-year economic message to the Midwestern heartland on Wednesday, touring a Wisconsin padlock factory and stressing the potential of "insourcing" jobs back to the United States from overseas.

Iran trumpets nuclear advances, deepening standoff

Parisa Hafezi — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:27:00 MST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran proclaimed advances in nuclear know-how on Wednesday, including new centrifuges able to enrich uranium much faster, a move that may hasten a drift towards confrontation with the West over suspicions it is seeking the means to make atomic bombs.

Obama friendly but firm with China heir apparent

Matt Spetalnick and Chris Buckley — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:03:08 MST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the same trade rules as other major world powers and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record.

Thais find possible bomb link in Thai, India attacks

Pracha Hariraksapitak — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:35:00 MST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week's bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi, a senior security official said Wednesday, two of three attacks Israel has blamed on Iran.

House Speaker Boehner sees payroll tax vote this week

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:20:08 MST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tentative deal to renew a payroll tax cut through the rest of this year likely will be finalized and voted on by the House of Representatives by the end of the week, House Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday.

Syria's Assad offers vote, tanks shell rebel areas

Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:34:02 MST

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered on Wednesday to hold multi-party elections within four months, while his troops assaulted city districts held by rebels trying to oust him.

Hollywood will meet President Obama with open wallets

By Richard Verrier and Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 MST

Despite failing to support the entertainment industry's position on online piracy, Barack Obama still has the backing of Hollywood Democrats as he visits Los Angeles.

Despite complaints about his failure to support Hollywood's position on online piracy, President Obama does not appear to have lost his fundraising base in the entertainment community.

"Malachy" the Pekingese wins prestigious U.S. dog show

Chris Michaud — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:34:03 MST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A placid Pekingese slowly trotted to victory on Tuesday at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, beating a Dalmatian, a German Shepherd, a Dachshund and three other canines to become the first of his breed to win the prestigious annual event since 1990.

Blagojevich to serve sentence in Colorado prison

By Annie Sweeney and Andy Grimm — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:00:00 MST

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevichwill serve his 14-year sentence at a federal prison in Colorado as he had sought, sources said Tuesday.