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World leaders meeting in Toronto appear to have reached consensus on the importance of cutting government deficits. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports they pledge today to reduce deficits in half by 2013. The leaders are meeting at a time when the global e

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NPR 2010-04-22

At least 11 people remain missing from an oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana. Seven workers are badly hurt from the blast and fire late last night on the offshore drilling platform. Theres no word on what caused the blast. The Coast Gu

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NPR 2012-04-19

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NPR 2010-04-13

President Obama is set to give an official welcome to open an nuclear summit in Washington. The focus of the gathering: to get participating nations to secure enriched uranium and plutonium stockpiles, to keep the potential bomb-making material out o

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