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President Barack Obama on Wednesday scrapped part of long-planned trip to Asia and left the remainder of the trip in doubt as a U.S. government shutdown entered a second day with no end in sight to the funding battle in Congress that triggered it. Obama scuttled two stops on a planned four-country tour and left visits to two other countries up in the air, according to White House statements. The president told his counterparts in Malaysia and the Philippines he would not be able to meet them as planned and a White House official said the president is weighing whether to attend diplomatic summits in Indonesia and Brunei.



Answer: U.S. at risk of defaulting on its debts if it does not raise


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There are many different ways to drown your sorrows after not being selected to represent your nation at a home World Cup. But Liverpool pair Phillippe Coutinho and Lucas Leiva and Man Utd's Rafael have decided to face their disappointment head on, rather than wasting time sulking, and plunge straight into Brazil's party season instead.VIDEO Scroll down for 'Coutinho humiliates defenders while playing for Vasco da Gama' Dress up: Liverpool's Phillipped Coutinho (left) and Man Utd's Rafael attend a fancy dress party in Brazil Liverpool's Lucas Leiva (left) dressed up as a clown for the occasion Party time: Coutinho, his wife Aine (left) and Lucas Leiva (second left) ready for a night on the tiles in Porto Alegre

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Answer: Coutinho has every right to feel more hard done by, considering his form at Liverpool this season should have done enough to at least earn him a place in the provisional 30.


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(CNN) -- Sitting at her home in West Seattle, Washington, Amanda Knox's aunt Janet Huff was watching the live television news coverage that her niece had been convicted of murder. "It was terrible, it was gut-wrenching just to hear them say it," Huff said of the verdict. She had been up for more than 11 hours while the jury deliberated, anxiously awaiting word. She remained hopeful but deeply afraid. She couldn't eat. When the verdict was announced at about midnight in Perugia, Italy, her worst fears came true. Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of murdering Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox was sentenced to 26 years and Sollecito 25 years in prison.

Following the verdict, people flooded out of the

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Italian courtroom.