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Iran accepts Brazil mediation to revive atom deal
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed "in principle" to Brazilian mediation to revive a U.N.-brokered nuclear fuel swap deal with world powers, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Wednesday.
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Europe leaders warn of contagion, 3 die in Greece
ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - European leaders warned on Wednesday that the euro zone debt crisis could spread like a bushfire beyond Greece, and investors sold stocks and the euro as Greek anti-austerity unrest claimed its first lives.
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Ash cloud grounds flights in Scotland and Ireland
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - A cloud of abrasive volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland disrupted flights to and from Ireland and Scotland anew on Wednesday.
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Times Square bomb suspect probed for links abroad
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The suspected Times Square bomber is cooperating with investigators who are seeking details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, law enforcement sources said on Wednesday.
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Britons vote in "photo finish" election
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's party leaders made a final push to win over millions of undecided voters before an election on Thursday that is expected to be one of the closest in decades and decide how the economy recovers from recession.
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Depth-of-field irrelevant with omni-focus camera
Based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, the omni-focus lensing system delivers automatic real-time focus of both near and far field images, simultaneously, in high resolution...
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Giant dome, fires aimed at huge U.S. oil spill
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the U.S. shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment efforts ever mounted.
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Ahmadinejad says sanctions won't stop Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday more U.N. sanctions against his country over its nuclear program would not stop Iran but could permanently wreck its ties with the United States.
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Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters held their ground on the streets of Thailand's capital on Wednesday and said they would stay there until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva set a date for dissolving parliament.
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Senate backs plan attacking "too big to fail"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate made progress on a financial regulation reform bill on Wednesday, approving two amendments aimed at preventing a repeat of the massive taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street in 2008.
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Ahmadinejad says sanctions won't stop Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday more U.N. sanctions against his country over its nuclear program would not stop Iran but could permanently wreck its ties with the United States.
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FDA finds grime at J&J plant, urges use of generics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inspectors found thick dust and contaminated ingredients at the Johnson & Johnson plant that produces Children's Tylenol and dozens of other products that were recalled last week.
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Rare dolphins endangered in Taiwan, Australia and Peru
Dolphin species on four continents are in danger, warn various reports. [More]
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Goldman fined as settlement talks seen near
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc shares held their own on one of Wall Street's worst days in months after a report that it would soon enter talks to settle fraud charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Iraq Shi'ite blocs to join forces in parliament
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's two big Shi'ite political coalitions, one led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and one whose leaders have close ties to Iran, agreed on Tuesday on an alliance to form a single bloc in parliament, officials said.
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Israel asks Egypt to rethink pressure on atom pact
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has tried to fend off Egyptian-led scrutiny of its arsenal at a U.N. nuclear conference by urging Cairo to view Iran's atomic ambitions as the regional threat, an Israeli official said Tuesday.
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The Coal Truth: Will the Coming Generation of Electric Cars Just Be Coal-Burners, Once Removed?
Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t the interest in electric cars and plug-in hybrids going to spur increased reliance on coal as a power source? And is that really any better than gasoline/oil in terms of environmental impact? --Graham Rankin, via e-mail
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Air France crash search extended in mid-Atlantic
PARIS (Reuters) - A deep-sea search for the wreck of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last year, killing all aboard, has been extended to cover a broader expanse of ocean, investigators said on Tuesday.
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Ash grounds Irish, UK flights; summer chaos feared
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Airspace over Scotland and Northern Ireland will be closed from early Wednesday because of volcanic ash that closed airports in Ireland on Tuesday and could threaten summer holiday travel.
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Iraq's presidency urges quick government formation
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's presidential council warned on Tuesday that further delays in forming a new government could push the country back to violence after a March parliamentary vote produced no outright winner.
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