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Duty Editor: Mike Patterson Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama cautions on Syria chemical weapons response + Obama vows renewed push to close Guantanamo Bay + Dutch celebrate as King Willem-Alexander sworn in + Bangladesh unions set for mass May Day protests Syria-conflict-US-Obama,3rdlead WASHINGTON

Obama cautious but hints at eventual action on Syria

President Barack Obama Tuesday warned against a rush to judgment on Syria's use of chemical arms, but said proof of their use would trigger a "rethink" of his reluctance to use military force. As critics complain that he let Syria cross a US "red line," Obama said Washington believed chemical weapons had been used in the country's vicious civil war but did not know exactly who had fired them.

Obama: House immigration bill must meet his criteria; says he is open-minded

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he is open-minded about immigration legislation being fashioned in the House. But he says he won't support it if it doesn't meet his criteria, including a "pathway to citizenship." Obama is pushing Congress to reform the nation's immigration system as one of his top legislative priorities.

Obama urges US Congress to end 'dumb' budget cuts

President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the US Congress to end the "reckless" and "dumb" budget cuts known as the sequester, and to adopt a plan of "smarter" cuts to fuel economic growth. Obama's weekly address comes after Congress on Friday overwhelming approved a bill putting furloughed air traffic controllers back on the job, thus undoing one of the most high-profile effects of the so-called sequestration, the $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that took effect March 1 and hit federal spending across the board.

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What's happening around the world Saturday: -- TOP STORIES -- + Obama warns, but urges prudence on Syria arms + Rescuers seek survivors from collapsed Bangladesh factory DAMASCUS/BEIRUT/WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama issues a new warning to Syria that using chemical weapons would be a "game changer" as he faces rising pressure at home and abroad to intervene in the civil war (SYRIA-CONFLICT)

"You will face justice," Obama tells Boston bombers

Boston, Apr 18 (EFE).- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that those responsible for the bombings at the Boston Marathon will be found and will be brought to justice in his speech at an interfaith service at this city's Cathedral of the Holy Cross. After citing the words of a poet who once described Boston as "the perfect state of grace," Obama said: "we also come together today to reclaim that state of grace - to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted, and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed."

Obama vows 'evil' Boston bombers will be found

US President Barack Obama vowed Thursday that the "evil" Boston marathon bombers would be found as investigators focused their efforts on two potential suspects. "Yes, we will find you, and yes, you will face justice," Obama told a special service in the city, three days after the two bombs killed three people and injured about 180 in a hail of nails and ball bearings. "We will find you, we will hold you accountable," he told a congregation of 2,000 at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross in a special visit to show national solidarity after Monday's attack.

Obama tells Boston bombers: 'We will find you'

US President Barack Obama vowed Thursday that the Boston marathon bombers would be found and held "accountable" as investigators focused their efforts on two potential suspects. "Yes, we will find you, and yes, you will face justice," Obama told a special service in the city, three days after the two bombs killed three people and injured about 180 in a hail of nails and ball bearings. "We will find you, we will hold you accountable," he added in a keynote speech on a special visit to show national solidarity with what he called "one of the world's great cities."

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Duty Editor: Sarah Stewart Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Many feared dead in Texas fertilizer plant explosion + Obama attacks senators after gun reforms blocked + N. Korea sets out demands for talks with US, South US-blast,update-WRAP CHICAGO A fertilizer plant in Texas explodes into a massive fireball, killing as many as 60 to 70 people, local media report, amid fears that a second tank at the facility could also blow up. 650 words 0630 GMT. Video US-politics-guns,4thlead

Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer

By Scott Malone and Samuel P. Jacobs BOSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the ceremony. The service at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology honours 26-year-old Sean Collier, who police say was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the MIT campus on Thursday night.
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