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Iran feels pinch of new EU oil sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran — As new European Union sanctions targeting Iran’s vital oil industry took effect Sunday, Tehran acknowledged the measures aimed at reining in its disputed nuclear program were taking ...
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Jin-sung
North Korean poet writes of hunger, desperation
LONDON — He says he was one of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s favorite propaganda artists, singing the praises of the Dear Leader in dozens of poems. But these days Jang Jin-sung says h...
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Egypt’s new president begins amid struggle
CAIRO — Islamist Mohammed Morsi became Egypt’s first freely elected president on Saturday, launching his four-year term with a potentially dangerous quest to wrest back from the military the full a...
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Inmates at Gitmo could relocate
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a new gambit to restart peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan that would send several Taliban detainees from the military prison at Guanta...
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European leaders exceed expectations
BRUSSELS — Europe’s leaders finally rose to the challenge Friday, backing bold ideas to help weak countries and frail banks ravaged by a debt crisis that has crippled economic growth and threatened...
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Associated Press Thick smoke rises over the Damascus skyline after a powerful explosion rocked the Syrian capital Thursday near a busy market and the country's highest court.
Turkey fortifies Syrian border; Damascus hit
BEIRUT — Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and other weapons along its border with Syria on Thursday, a military buildup that came as world powers showed new urgency to resolve ...
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Associated Press Hava Hershkovitz (right), a Holocaust survivor and winner of the first Miss Holocaust Survivor pageant, is congratulated Thursday by another participant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Fourteen women who lived through the horrors of World War II paraded on stage Thursday night in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being Israel's first "Miss Holocaust Survivor."
‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ crowned
HAIFA, Israel — Grinning and waving, 14 women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being crowned Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Su...
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Britain investigates banks for interest-rate fixing
LONDON — More global banks are being investigated for the alleged financial market manipulation that led to fines of $453 million against Barclays Bank, British Treasury chief George Osborne said T...
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Syria violence escalates as US seeks turning point
BEIRUT — Gunmen attacked a pro-government TV station Wednesday near the Syrian capital, killing seven employees in the latest barrage of violence as world powers prepared for a high-level meeting t...
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Merkel hopes EU adopts growth package
PARIS — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes European leaders adopt a $162 billion stimulus package this week, in a gesture to French President Francois Hollande despite their differen...
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