Senate rejects gun background checks in setback for Obama
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...93F00D20130417
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, also a gun owner and gun-rights defender, accused the gun lobby of "shameful scare tactics" and questioned why his colleagues would reject a proposal backed by nearly 90 percent of Americans.
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U.S. holds back recognition for Venezuela's Maduro
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...93G0MJ20130417
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Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States had not decided whether to recognize Maduro as president.
"That evaluation has to be made and I haven't made it," Kerry told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. "We think there ought to be a recount."
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