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Nearly a year and a half after the ouster of autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak, millions of Egyptians lined up for hours outside polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in an election that pits old regime figures promising stability against ascending...(more)
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Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks.
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TALIQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country's north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday. The attack occurred in Takhar province where police...(more)
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(Reuters) - World powers began talks with Iran on Wednesday to test its readiness under pressure of sanctions to scale back its nuclear program, seeking to ease a decade-old standoff and avert the threat of a Middle East war. The stakes could hardly be higher: global...(more)
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Two western women doctors among those abducted by unidentified gunmen in lawless north-eastern districtFive aid workers, including two western women doctors, have been kidnapped by gunmen in north-eastern Afghanistan, according to police and the provincial governor's office .The aid workers, working for a foreign-based aid group,...(more)