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>> welcome to al jazeera. i'm del walters. here are the stories that we are following for you. we are now in day 11 of the government shutdown and congress remains deadlocked but there are signs that democrats and republicans could be closer to a deal. republicans in the house and senate have proposed short term extensions to the debt limit, democrats would likely agree with a deal but there is no definite. 29 members of the military have died since the government shutdown began. the government