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Six powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal
- 3 Hours ago
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Senior officials from six world powers expressed disappointment on Friday that Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential ability to make nuclear bombs and urged Tehran to reconsider.
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Brown 'an optimist' over UK economy
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Gordon Brown has brushed aside gloomy economic news, insisting he remained an 'optimist' over the future of the country's finances. The Prime Minister, speaking as the Cabinet met in Nottingham on its
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Tiscali
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FACTBOX - Who is Herman Van Rompuy?
- 6 Hours ago
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(Reuters) - Here are some facts about Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who on Thursday became the European Union's president. Van Rompuy, 62, emerged as the strongest centre-right candidate.
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Massive New Match-Fixing Scandal Rocks European Soccer
- 3 Hours ago
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Its been an ugly week for European soccer. Hard on the heels of the controversial qualification of France for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa at the expense of Ireland with the winning goal coming
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Oprah: 'It's time to leave'
- 5 Hours ago
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In a voice thick with emotion, Oprah Winfrey discussed ending her talk show in 2011 on her show today. Here are here remarks, which came at the end of Friday's show. 'After much prayer, and months of
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Northerly Island, Grant Park getting fresh designs
- 10 Hours ago
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They are two of the most contested pieces of ground on Chicago's lakefront -- the first, where the Chicago Children's Museum wants to build its controversial kiddie bunker; the second, where Mayor Richard
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Rescue continues in flooded town
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A rescue operation is continuing to evacuate dozens of people from the town of Cockermouth, as floods hit Cumbria. RAF helicopters have airlifted more than 20 to safety, with some forced to break through
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FACTBOX - Who is EU's Catherine Ashton?
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(Reuters) - European Union leaders appointed Catherine Ashton as its foreign affairs chief at a summit on Thursday, EU officials said. The high representative for foreign affairs and security policy will
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Vietnam denies blocking Facebook
- 7 Hours ago
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By Vivien Marsh The state-run internet service provider says it is trying to fix a fault Vietnamese officials have denied they are deliberately blocking access to social networking site Facebook. State
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Nine guidelines to apply to budget requests
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Given limited time, a government task force will apply nine guidelines to weed out wasteful spending for projects requested in the fiscal 2010 budget that cannot be thoroughly scrutinized. The guidelines
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BBC
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China 'steps up US cyber-spying'
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The US and China need, yet seem to fear, each other Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China's military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned.
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Politics hurting India's defence: IAF Vice-Chief
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NEW DELHI: Air Marshal P K Barbora has again ventured into a territory which nobody donning a uniform has dared, attacking the political class for hindering the modernisation of the armed forces due to
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Linking the poor and the powerful
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Human rights are as vital to beating poverty as is economic advancement, says the leader of Amnesty. Debra Jopson caught up with her. The pilot distributes the Amnesty International delegation throughout
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'Low-profile' EU choices criticised
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criticised the appointments as a 'stitch-up' and said the EU's selection failed to show any ambition. But world leaders have welcomed the move, including Barack Obama, the US president, who said the posts
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New York Times
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Obama says will miss Guantanamo deadline
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By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama suggested on Wednesday the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks would be convicted and put to death,
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Cardiff: Man who killed wife during nightmare freed
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A MAN who strangled his wife during a nightmare in which he dreamed he was attacking an intruder has been freed after prosecutors withdrew the case against him in a Welsh court. Brian Thomas, 59, had
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New York Times
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Rights groups demand reform in Afghan
- 7 Hours ago
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KABUL: Leading human rights groups on Thursday called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to use his second term in office as a platform to sever links with warlords and abusers of human rights. Karzai was
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