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Iran says planes get fuel; EU bans some for safety
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian planes continue to refuel at airports around the world, an official said on Tuesday, a day after an Iranian news report said aircraft had been denied fuel in Germany, Britain and a Gulf Arab state due to U.S. sanctions.
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U.S. lawmakers press Afghanistan's Karzai on graft
KABUL (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers pressed Afghanistan's president to do more to stop graft, but said on Monday that threats to pull U.S. aid over the issue would only hobble a war strategy that stands a good chance of success.
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Pakistan says forces kill 23 militants in northwest
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces killed 23 militants early on Tuesday in fighting that erupted after insurgents fired on troops during a search operation in the country's northwest, police and intelligence officials said.
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Obama urges direct Middle East peace talks soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to resume direct peace talks by September and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "concrete steps" to clear the way.
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BP shares soar as spill spreads
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drilling of a relief well to halt the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a week ahead of schedule, the U.S. official overseeing the response to the disaster said on Tuesday.
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Forecasters eye new storm brewing over Gulf
MIAMI (Reuters) - An area of disturbed weather over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a tropical storm later this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
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Storm off Louisiana packing tropical force winds
MIAMI (Reuters) - A storm packing heavy winds in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to strengthen into a tropical cyclone before it tears into coastal Louisiana on Monday evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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EU parliament group backs U.S. bank data deal
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A European Parliament committee said on Monday it supported a deal with the United States on sharing citizens' bank data, a move which investigators say will help counter-terrorism investigations.
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Mexico state votes signal tough 2012 election race
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Surprise gains by Mexico's ruling conservatives in gubernatorial elections in key states at the weekend signal that the 2012 presidential race could be tighter than expected.
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Pakistan renews call for dialogue with some Taliban
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's government, under fresh pressure to deliver stability after suicide bombers killed dozens last week, renewed its call on Monday for talks with Taliban militants ready to renounce violence.
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Tests on Gulf oil "superskimmer" inconclusive: ship owner
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tests on a supertanker adapted to skim large quantities of oily water from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico are inconclusive because of high seas, ship owner TMT Shipping Offshore said on Monday.
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U.S. lawmakers press Afghanistan's Karzai on graft
KABUL (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers pressed Afghanistan's president to do more to stop graft, but said on Monday that threats to pull U.S. aid over the issue would only hobble a war strategy that stands a good chance of success.
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Body of chess champion Fischer exhumed in Iceland
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - The body of former chess champion Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland two years ago, has been exhumed to provide forensic evidence in a paternity suit, the police said on Monday.
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China convicts U.S. geologist of stealing state secrets
BEIJING (Reuters) - A geologist accused of stealing state secrets after he brokered the sale of an oil database has been sentenced to eight years in jail, the U.S. embassy said on Monday, over two-and-one-half years after he was detained.
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BP reported to halt fuelling of Iranian planes
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran complained on Monday that its planes had been denied fuel in Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, and Washington said commercial firms were making the "right choices" by cutting business ties with Tehran.
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Iran says Germany, UK, UAE refuse fuel to its planes
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that Germany, Britain and the United Arab Emirates were refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger planes following unilateral U.S. sanctions on the Islamic state, the ISNA news agency reported.
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Clinton concerned over Russian bases in Georgia
TBILISI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced concern over Russian plans to build up military bases in Georgian rebel regions and called on Moscow to end its "occupation" of Georgian territory two years after a war.
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Palestinian PM meets Israeli minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian prime minister said he pressed demands including a halt to Israeli army incursions in Palestinian West Bank towns in a rare high-level meeting with the Israeli defense minister on Monday.
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Turkey wants Israel apology, but Israel rejects demand
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will cut ties with Israel unless it receives an apology over a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, the Turkish foreign minister said, but Israel on Monday said it had no intention of doing so.
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Restive Iraq provinces defy U.S. withdrawal timeline
JALAWLA, Iraq (Reuters) - It was a tip-off about a weapons cache that drew the U.S. soldiers of Charlie Troop away from their Stryker armored vehicles in the densely populated Iraqi town of Jalawla one Friday morning last month.
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