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Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
8 hours 27 mins ago
Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
11 hours 9 mins ago
Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict.
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North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China
36 mins ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor.
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State media shows NKorea has new military chief
45 mins ago
A North Korean state media dispatch shows that leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general as his new military chief.
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Japan's central bank says economy picking up
52 mins ago
Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home.
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Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy
76 mins ago
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy.
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All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room
86 mins ago
Rescuers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed underground room inside the giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's province of Papua.
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Owner: Chinese boat's captain beaten by NKoreans
1 hour 52 mins ago
Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms released a Chinese fishing boat after holding its crew for two weeks, beating up the captain and stealing the vessel's fuel, the boat's owner said. He added that the hijackers did not get the 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ransom they had demanded.
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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled
An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
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Japan's central bank says economy picking up
Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home.
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Politics
House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of ...
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Finance
Volkswagen to put special fuel caps on diesels
Volkswagen is replacing the fuel tank covers on more than 200,000 of its diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada to remind owners to fill their tanks with diesel _ not ...
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