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Attempts to break UN impasse on Iran stall
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Reuters - Major powers tried to break a U.N. impasse on Iran's nuclear ambitions with a round of telephone calls among their foreign ministers on Thursday seeking to produce a unified message, diplomats said.
Egypt to lift 25-year-old emergency laws
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AFP - Egypt plans to lift 25-year-old emergency laws granting security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention that critics have long claimed are used against opponents of the regime.
WTO's Lamy calls for concessions from big trade powers in talks
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AFP - WTO Director General Pascal Lamy has urged the European Union, United States and big developing countries to make concessions in global trade liberalisation talks, which are at a critical juncture.
Russia digs in against UN Council action on Iran
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Reuters - Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday firmly rejected a draft U.N. Security Council statement aimed at pressuring Iran to stop enriching uranium, despite a new offer of amendments by Western powers.
N.Korea parliament to meet amid nuclear crisis
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Reuters - North Korea's parliament will meet next month, Pyongyang said on Wednesday, offering a glimpse into the policy priorities of the secretive state amid a stand-off with regional powers over its nuclear arms program.
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Six powers fail to agree clear strategy on Iranian nuclear crisis
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AFP - Top officials from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States wrapped up more than four hours of talks on the Iranian nuclear crisis here but failed to agree on a clear strategy to coax Tehran into foregoing nuclear arms.
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West piles pressure on Belarus leader as protestors reject election
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AFP - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko faced growing Western criticism over his clinching of a third term in office as protestors camped in the capital resolved to carry on fighting for an annulment of presidential election results.
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Top foreign affairs envoys try to break Iran impasse
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Reuters - Senior foreign affairs officials from the five veto-holding U.N. Security Council powers and Germany meet on Monday in an effort to break the impasse over reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Inkster Comes From Behind, Wins at Safeway
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AP - Battling wind and rain, Hall of Famer Juli Inkster overcame a four-stroke deficit to win the Safeway International on Sunday.
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Voting Could Move Ukraine Closer to Moscow
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AP - Voters look set to deal President Viktor Yushchenko a rebuff in a parliamentary election next Sunday that could tilt their divided country back toward Russia just 16 months after a revolution that appeared to move Ukraine closer to the West.
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Top officials of six major powers to meet on Iran
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AFP - Top foreign ministry officials of the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council and Germany are to meet to plot long-term strategy on how to tackle the Iranian nuclear crisis.
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Patriot Act Game Pokes Fun at Government
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AP - In this send-up of "Monopoly," players don't pass "Go" and they don't go directly to jail — they go to Guantanamo Bay.
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Patriot Act Game Pokes Fun at Government
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AP - In this send-up of "Monopoly," players don't pass "Go" and they don't go directly to jail — they go to Guantanamo Bay.
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Intel Powers Up
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Faster chips may close the performance gap with AMD, but benefits for consumers are less clear. By Bruce Gain.
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Tsakalidis Powers Grizzlies Past Celtics
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AP - Jake Tsakalidis scored a season-high 19 points and matched his career high with 16 rebounds Tuesday night to lead the Memphis Grizzlies over the Boston Celtics 93-76.
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Western powers seek UN Council pressure on Iran
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Reuters - Iran came under more pressure to halt its suspected nuclear weapons programs on Tuesday when the United States and its allies took the issue to the full U.N. Security Council and Russia pursued its own initiative in talks in Moscow.
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Roots of Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict
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AP - Ethiopia and Eritrea were separate entities, for decades ruled by colonial powers, until a 1952 U.N. resolution joined them in a federation over Eritrean objections. In 1962, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie annexed Eritrea, sparking the Eritrean fight for independence.
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Ortiz Powers Dominicans Past Cuba 7-3
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AP - On a day when opponents of Fidel Castro caused turmoil in and above the stands, David Ortiz powered the Dominican Republic to a key victory over Cuba.
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Russia foreign minister says US delaying WTO entry
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Reuters - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he suspected Washington was holding up Russian entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for political reasons.
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Some progress, but no breakthrough at London trade talks
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AFP - Six global trading powers achieved a degree of progress in weekend talks in London, but a breakthrough deal to help poor nations trade their way out of poverty remained elusive.
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Trade powers fail to remove obstacles to WTO deal
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Reuters - Six of the world's top economic powers made little headway on Saturday in removing long-standing hurdles to a global trade deal, but reaffirmed a commitment to conclude a key part of the pact by the end of April.
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Key WTO powers continue trade talks in London
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AFP - Trade officials from six major WTO member nations continued two-day talks in London to tackle the delicate topic of tariffs on agricultural products and industrial goods.
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UN Council powers mull increasing pressure on Iran
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Reuters - The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council ended a second round of talks on Friday on how to persuade Iran to suspend uranium enrichment-related works, but there was no sign they had agreed on a statement.
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Six key powers kick off London trade talks
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AFP - Six major trading powers, including the European Union and the United States, began talks here aimed at scrapping barriers to global trade and breaking a WTO deadlock.
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Barry Hears Boos; Sheets Feels Side Ache
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AP - Boos coming his way from all directions when he stepped into the batter's box for the first time, Barry Bonds played his first spring training game in two years and went 1-for-2 in the San Francisco Giants' 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.
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