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Death toll from China quake soars past 13,000


DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll in China's earthquake climbed past 13,000 on Tuesday and looked set to rise much higher after media said some 19,000 people were buried in rubble in just one area.
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Death toll from China quake soars past 13,000
Seven bombs kill 60 people in India's Jaipur
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Iran president to offer proposals to ease nuclear row
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HP to buy EDS for $12.6 bln in challenge to IBM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co plans to buy technology outsourcing company Electronic Data Systems Corp to better compete against IBM , but Wall Street questioned whether the $12.6 billion deal for a slow-growing company was overpriced.
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Neil Young gets new honor -- his own spider

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians -- his own spider.

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Rescuers reach Chinese epicentre

Rescue teams finally break through to the epicentre of China's earthquake, where an estimated 60,000 are missing.

Bombings rock Indian tourist city

At least 60 people are killed after a series of bomb blasts in the historic city of Jaipur in western India, police say.

West Virginia voters go to polls

The US state of West Virginia holds its Democratic presidential primary, with Hillary Clinton aiming for a big win.



China quake death toll tops 8,600
More than 8,600 people are known dead from a 7.8 earthquake that hit the southwest China province of Sichuan. Host Kai Ryssdal gets the lastest details from Marketplace's China correspondent Scott Tong.

Conflicts let apartheid case stand
The Supreme Court today let a lower-court ruling stand on whether apartheid victims can sue American companies that dealt with South Africa's former apartheid government. The reason: four justices had to recuse themselves. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Infrastructure investment is building
Morgan Stanley announced today it has collected $4 billion for a new infrastructure fund. Credit Suisse and General Electric did them one better, raising more than $5 billion. Jill Barshay reports on where they're going to put all that money.

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