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AP Analysis: Iran president may help shield rulers
AP Analysis: Iran president may help shield rulers
For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard to cooperate with him is a good guide. Like the rest of Iran's ruling Islamic establishment, the Guard, which has kept a tight lid on any hints of opposit

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IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment
IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgent action" to slash the nation's crippling 27 unemployment rate and free frozen credit to businesses so they can expand, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. A repor

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Social-network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
Social-network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest flap, a senior reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis was dismis

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Ore. House passes bill to track toxic chemicals
Ore. House passes bill to track toxic chemicals
The Oregon House passed a bill Tuesday that would set up a public database to track 19 toxic chemicals used in children's toys and products and would require manufactures to remove the chemicals from their products within five years. The bill, which passed 39-21, would require companies with gross

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Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the I

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Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. House Republicans flexed their cultural and conservative muscles Tuesday, passing the most restrictive abortion measure in year

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Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel
Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel
The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it tries to halt the Iranian nuclear program: With Hasan Rowhani likely to enjoy an international honeymoon, Israel could have a hard time rallying support for new sanctions —

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FIFA: More security for U20 WCup in Turkey
FIFA: More security for U20 WCup in Turkey
The U.S. team will face Spain in the Under-20 World Cup on Friday, with FIFA promising increased security following anti-government protests in Istanbul and other Turkish cities in recent weeks. Jim Boyce, chairman of the tournament organizing committee, acknowledged that security has been beefed u

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Military: Thurayas banned in northeast Nigeria
Military: Thurayas banned in northeast Nigeria
Soldiers fighting to halt an insurgency by Islamic militants are banning the use of Thuraya satellite telephones by civilians in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, throttling communications already made difficult by cut cell phone service. Spokesman Lt. Col. Sagir Musa says extremists used Thuraya

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Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU
Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. The university on Monday again denied Chen

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Houston hosts MLB diversity business summit
Houston hosts MLB diversity business summit
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig touted the progress the league has made in racial hiring practices while stressing his desire to increase the number of black players in the sport. Selig spoke Wednesday at the MLB diversity business summit. The league received an A rating in racial hiri

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Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't "lose a generation." Obama warned during his visit to Berlin that, while he was confident the euro area's leaders wil

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Bulgaria parliament revokes security chief choice
Bulgaria parliament revokes security chief choice
Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service, which led to several days of large protests. Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski apologized Wednesday for last week's appointment of Delyan Peevski to the powerful po

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Egypt seen to give nod toward jihadis on Syria
Egypt seen to give nod toward jihadis on Syria
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egypt's authorities took a tough line on Egyptians coming home after waging "jihad" in places like Afghanistan, Chechnya or the Balkans, fearing they would bring back extremist ideology, combat experience and a thirst for regime change. In most cases, they were imprisone

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Group decries Sri Lanka's proposed media code
Group decries Sri Lanka's proposed media code
Rights groups are criticizing a code of media ethics proposed by Sri Lanka's government, saying Wednesday that the code could have a chilling effect on free speech in the Indian Ocean island nation. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the code is "unnecessary" and infringes on the right to free

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Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence
Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence
Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to ease tensions with the socialist government's opponents, the Catholic Church's top representative in the country said Sunday. Cardinal Jorge Urosa said he expected the pontif

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Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said. Cairo's Nasr City court sentenced Ahmed Abdullah and his son was given a suspended sentence of eight years over the same incident, the Middle East News Agen

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Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction
Jodi Arias film: a new case of fatal attraction
She doesn't boil a pet bunny. But Jodi Arias displays wicked knife technique in a new Lifetime movie that could have just as well been titled, "Fatal Attraction for Cable News." Premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" is a ripped-from-cable-news saga of a woman scorned

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Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016
Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016
Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the S

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Food stamp cuts key to farm bill's fate in House
Food stamp cuts key to farm bill's fate in House
Prospects for House passage of a new farm bill could turn on the level of food stamp cuts as Republicans leaders scrambled Wednesday to secure support for the five-year, half-trillion dollar measure. The House planned to begin voting Wednesday on 103 amendments to the bill, including a Democratic p

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