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Defence minister Ehud Barak says 'there must be no window' Iran can creep through to advance nuclear programmeA sceptical Israel has warned the international community against being fooled by Iran apparently inching closer to entertaining concessions on its nuclear programme in the face of stringent sanctions.As...(more)
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Senate homeland security committee investigates the US secret service, with director Mark Sullivan scheduled to testify1.30pm: We are supposed to not pay much attention to individual state polls at this point in the election campaign – but this latest poll from Florida is eye-opening because of...(more)
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LILLE, France (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a French court on Wednesday to lift a gagging order that prevents him from speaking to the media during a judicial investigation into his links with a suspected prostitution ring.
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As the German leader's austerity strategy loses backing, the OECD warns that the crisis threatens recovery throughout the world, including in the U.S.BERLIN — If it seems to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the world is against her, she may be right.
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The CIA publicly acknowledges 15 of its operatives, some previously identified as State Department workers, who were killed in the last 30 years.WASHINGTON — The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30...(more)
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Relatives of Chen Guangcheng describe beatings meted out by local officials after the Chinese activist's escape from house arrest last month.
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The police in Indian-administered Kashmir arrest dozens of people to foil a protest march called by a separatist group on Monday.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - The former police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in two decades will be tried for treason as early as next month, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources briefed on the case.
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Justice secretary says Greece has to 'face up to reality' or risk debt default and exclusion from eurozoneGreece will face a disastrous future in which it will default on its debts and may be forced to leave the euro if it votes for "cranky extremists" in...(more)
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ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Sunday it expects to start exporting its crude oil production along a new pipeline to the Turkish border by August 2013, defying Baghad in a long-running dispute over who should control the country's oil exports.
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A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination.
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The Home Office disputes claims that 1,600 police officers will be lost in Wales due to spending cuts.
