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Iran says has military might to deter attacks
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had the military might to deter attacks, his comments coming as Western pressure mounts on the Islamic state to dispel fears it is developing nuclear arms.
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Poles bury Kaczynski, eye better ties with Russia
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - The leaders of Poland and Russia attending the state funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski said Sunday his death in a plane crash in Russia must serve as a catalyst for reconciliation between the two Slavic nations.
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India police defuse three bombs, probe terror link
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Indian police defused three bombs on Sunday in the southern city of Bangalore and were examining possible terror links, officials said, a day after 14 people were wounded in two small blasts.
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Kyrgyzstan's new rulers struggle to restore order
JALALABAD, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's interim rulers ran into fresh hostility in the restive south on Sunday after supporters of the country's deposed president laid siege to regional government headquarters.
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Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan's northwest
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed seven people and wounded 26 in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday, police said, the second attack in the volatile region in as many days.
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If we have to clash, we will, says Thai army
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military vowed on Sunday to "punish" anti-government protesters if they march on Bangkok's central business district, raising fears of further violence after bloody clashes killed 24 people a week ago.
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China's Hu flies in to quake site, toll tops 1,700
YUSHU, China (Reuters) - President Hu Jintao flew to China's remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks prayed over victims of an earthquake in the northwest that killed at least 1,706 people.
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Europe hopes half of flights will operate Monday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European officials said they hoped half of flights would operate across the continent on Monday as they sought to ease four days of airline paralysis caused by a sprawling ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.
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Gates says U.S. lacks plan to curb Iran's nuke drive: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned the White House the United States lacks an effective strategy to curb Iran's steady progress toward nuclear capability, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing officials familiar with the document.
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Volcanic ash relentless as tremors rock Iceland
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Powerful tremors from an Icelandic volcano that has been a menace for travelers across Europe shook the countryside on Sunday as eruptions hurled a steady stream of ash into the sky.
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Ecuador threatens to take over foreign oil firms
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador will move to take over the operations of foreign oil companies in the country unless they sign new contracts agreeing to increased state control over the sector, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday.
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U.S. border agents shoot man at busy Mexico crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at a border checkpoint fired on a man after he tried to drive into California from Mexico on Saturday, U.S. police said.
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Dutch, German airlines say no damage in test flights
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch and German airlines carried out test flights over Europe on Saturday and said their planes appeared undamaged by a volcanic ash cloud that has forced airports to close across the continent.
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High unemployment not the "new normal": Romer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fragile economy is on the path to recovery but is still far from back to normal, White House economist Christina Romer said on Saturday.
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U.S. carriers cancel most European flights
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly 84 percent of U.S. airlines' flights to and from Europe were canceled on Saturday due to the volcanic ash cloud spewing from Iceland that has spread across Europe.
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Iran, at nuclear conference, hits out at "bullies"
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said China and Russia were represented at its own disarmament conference on Saturday, held in response to a summit in Washington to which it was not invited and intended to hit back at nuclear-armed "bullies."
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Karzai vote rules compromise ends standoff with West
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai named officials on Saturday to oversee a parliamentary election, sealing a compromise with the United Nations and effectively ending a damaging stand-off with the West.
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What's the (dark) matter? Physicist Peter Fisher says we may not know for 10 years
Maybe science really is back in vogue. Or maybe "dark matter" is a case of remarkably successful scientific branding--who wouldn't be drawn in by a name like that? Then again, maybe people just want to know what the heck makes up the vast majority of the universe, a question to which science has provided only sketchy answers. [More]
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Shuttle leaves space station for Monday landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station on Saturday, wrapping up a 10-day stay to deliver supplies and spare parts before NASA retires its shuttle fleet later this year.
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