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Four dead, 90 trapped in north China coal mine accident, Xinhua reports
May 23 (Reuters) - Four people were confirmed dead and 90 remain trapped underground after carbon monoxide levels exceeded limits in a coal mine in Changzhi City of north China's Shanxi Province, stat...
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Experimental treatments could help US Ebola patient
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola and is undergoing treatment in a German hospital has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease sympt...
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Grief drama 'Everytime' wins Un Certain Regard competition at Cannes
CANNES, France, May 22 (Reuters) - Austrian director Sandra Wollner won the Cannes Film Festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard selection on Friday with her understated family drama about grief, "Eve...
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Exclusive-US tax officials consider adding citizenship question to tax forms
By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is debating requiring taxpayers to disclose their citizenship status on next year's tax forms, according to three peopl...
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Abortion advocates urge additional reproductive health support from Illinois
Article Summary The Supreme Court last week ruled that mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions and in miscarriage treatment, could still be accessed through the mail and at pharmacies, stayi...
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Exclusive-Democrats demand Rubio explain visa for wanted former Polish official
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Two top U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Friday asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain whether his top deputy helped expedite a vis...
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Lantheus weighs potential $7 billion sale after Curium's offer, Bloomberg News reports
May 22 (Reuters) - Radiopharmaceutical-focused company Lantheus Holdings is weighing a potential sale after getting a takeover offer from private-equity backed Curium Pharma that values it at about $7...
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Motor racing-Mekies still sure Lambiase is joining McLaren to become principal
MONTREAL, May 22 (Reuters) - Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies stood by his opinion that Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase was joining McLaren to become principal, despite incumbent An...
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Warsh elected chair of U.S. Fed's rate-setting committee
May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday said Kevin Warsh had taken the oath of office as chairman and member of the Board of Governors, and that its interest-rate-setting Federal Open Ma...
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Mets call up No. 2 prospect Jonah Tong, DFA Craig Kimbrel
The New York Mets recalled right-hander Jonah Tong, ranked as the organization's No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline, and designated veteran closer Craig Kimbrel for assignment in a corresponding move on F...
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