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| Saudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills 717 pilgrims Posted: 24 Sep 2015 10:28 AM PDT  Hundreds of others were injured in the crush on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca.
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| Xi trades football for hardball political negotiations Posted: 24 Sep 2015 06:11 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — With his feel-good tours of Boeing, Microsoft and a local high school complete, Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Washington state Thursday for the other Washington, where tougher discussions on cybersecurity, intellectual property protections and human rights await.
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| Pope tells Congress U.S. should reject hostility to immigrants Posted: 24 Sep 2015 07:42 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella and Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Francis told Congress on Thursday that the United States should reject hostility to immigrants and treat them humanely, directly addressing a thorny subject that is dividing the country and stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign. In the first speech by a pope to a U.S. Congress, the Argentine pontiff said the United States "must not repeat the sins and the errors of the past," when dealing with immigrants. "Building a nation calls us to recognize that we must constantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of hostility," the 78-year-old Francis told the Republican-dominated legislature.
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| China's Xi promises better investment climate, cyber war deal seen Posted: 23 Sep 2015 07:08 PM PDT  By Michael Martina, Eric M. Johnson and Joseph Menn SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seeking to warm bilateral ties and project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Wednesday to cut restrictions on foreign investment, while his chief Internet regulator appeared to lay the groundwork for a basic agreement later this week on cyber warfare. Xi's busy stop on the West Coast is the first leg of a week-long trip to the United States and offers him a chance to highlight China's cooperation with U.S. companies before he heads to Washington, where he will contend with the full spectrum of irritants in relations, from tension in the South China Sea to human rights. The Chinese leader started the day by publicly assuring U.S. business leaders that he is making it easier to invest in China, and he was later quizzed in a private session about intellectual property protection, common standards and clear, transparent regulations, according to the Paulson Institute, which hosted the event.
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| U.S. business spending plans measure slips in August Posted: 24 Sep 2015 08:24 AM PDT  A gauge of U.S. business investment plans fell slightly in August while the number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits barely rose last week, signs that global economic headwinds were doing little to impede U.S. growth. There is little sign of an appreciable slowdown yet.
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| Police: N. Carolina girl dies after dad's drowning attempt Posted: 23 Sep 2015 03:09 PM PDT  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl died after her father tried to drown her and her siblings in an apartment complex pond, police said Wednesday.
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| China dissident's wife rejects invite to State Department Posted: 23 Sep 2015 02:18 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Chinese dissidents met Wednesday with Secretary of State John Kerry as the Obama administration sought to demonstrate it won't gloss over human rights during this week's state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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| A pope for the poor in D.C. Posted: 23 Sep 2015 10:45 AM PDT  Pope Francis will travel to the streets of D.C. to break bread with the patrons of a small meal program.
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