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Friday, September 13, 2013

Morning Digest: U.S., Russia to push for new Syria peace talks

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09/13/2013

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U.S., Russia to push for new Syria peace talks

GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Friday to push again for an international conference aimed at ending Syria's civil war..

Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for 'gruesome crime'

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - All four Indian men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi were sentenced to death on Friday, a decision the judge said sent a message to society that there can be no tolerance for such a savage crime..

Fed nomination report lifts dollar, shares weak

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar and U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after a Japanese media report that U.S. President Barack Obama was close to naming former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to head the Federal Reserve..

Chinese e-car set for 'Transformers' movie debut

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese-made car is set to make its international movie debut in the fourth "Transformers" film next year in a product placement aimed at raising the profile of Chinese models abroad..

Patriots edge Jets in scrappy encounter to stay unbeaten

(Reuters) - An ugly game ended with an even uglier melee as the New England Patriots recorded an unconvincing 13-10 home victory over the New York Jets to remain unbeaten on Thursday..

Facebook tests auto-play videos, explores video ad potential

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is testing videos that play automatically on mobile versions of its service, setting the stage to turn the 1.15 billion-member social network into an attractive venue for lucrative, television-like video ads..

Scientists confirm Voyager 1 probe is in interstellar space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists have been debating for more than a year whether NASA's 36-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system and become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space..

One-armed clapper, parboiled shrew earn Ig Nobel spoof awards

BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers who swallowed a parboiled shrew, discovered that dung beetles navigate by the stars and invented a machine to launch hijackers from airplanes were among the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes for comical scientific achievements..