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Yemen Violence Worsens As Suicide Bomber Kills 90

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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A STILL IMAGE TAKEN FROM VIDEO SHOWS ARMY PERSONNEL HELPING INJURED SOLDIER AT THE SCENE OF A SUICIDE ATTACK IN SANAA MAY 21, 2012.
A suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens.

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Putin Tightens Grip With New Government

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV (R) CHAIRS A MEETING OF THE NEW CABINET IN MOSCOW'S WHITE HOUSE MAY 21, 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a government dominated by loyalists on Monday, tightening his grip on the economy and national security after protests, and limiting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's ability to pursue market reforms.

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Hollande Faces First French Banking Test

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE SPEAKS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN CHICAGO, MAY 20, 2012.
The fate of a struggling small French mortgage lender will be the first banking test for President Francois Hollande, as he attempts to deliver on campaign promises of economic growth and tougher financial regulation.

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Yemen Violence Worsens As Suicide Bomber Kills 90

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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A STILL IMAGE TAKEN FROM VIDEO SHOWS ARMY PERSONNEL HELPING INJURED SOLDIER AT THE SCENE OF A SUICIDE ATTACK IN SANAA MAY 21, 2012.
A suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens.

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Putin Tightens Grip With New Government

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV (R) CHAIRS A MEETING OF THE NEW CABINET IN MOSCOW'S WHITE HOUSE MAY 21, 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a government dominated by loyalists on Monday, tightening his grip on the economy and national security after protests, and limiting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's ability to pursue market reforms.

Putin,
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Hollande Faces First French Banking Test

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE SPEAKS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN CHICAGO, MAY 20, 2012.
The fate of a struggling small French mortgage lender will be the first banking test for President Francois Hollande, as he attempts to deliver on campaign promises of economic growth and tougher financial regulation.

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South Sudan Calls For UN Sanctions On Khartoum

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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SOUTH SUDAN'S RULING SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM) PARTY SECRETARY GENERAL AND HEAD OF THE SOUTH SUDAN DELEGATION PAGAN AMUM SPEAKS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER MEETING SUDAN'S PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR IN KHARTOUM MARCH 22, 2012.
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G8 Leaders Look To Head Off Euro Zone Crisis

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAVES AS HE WALKS OUT FROM THE OVAL OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON MAY 10, 2012, BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE TO ATTEND CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES.
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Iran May Seek 'Tactical Gain' With U.N. Nuclear Deal

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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A VIEW OF THE REACTOR AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN BUSHEHR, 1200 KM (746 MILES) SOUTH OF TEHRAN FEBRUARY 25, 2009.
Iran and the U.N.
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Hollande Sworn In As New French President

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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Francois Hollande was sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a brief ceremony on Tuesday ahead of a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's austerity prescription for Europe.

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Greece Calls New Election After Coalition Talks Fail

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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LEADER OF THE INDEPENDENT GREEKS PARTY PANOS KAMMENOS (2ND FROM R) ACCOMPANIED BY PARTY OFFICIALS, ARRIVES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE FOR A MEETING WITH OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS AND THE GREEK PRESIDENT IN ATHENS MAY 15, 2012.
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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog And Iran Agree To Talk More

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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The United Nations' nuclear watchdog and Iran will meet again next week after a "good exchange of views" during two days of talks on the Islamic state's atomic program, a senior U.N.
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NATO Invites Pakistan To Chicago Summit

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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FUEL TANKERS, WHICH WERE USED TO CARRY FUEL FOR NATO FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN, ARE PARKED AT A COMPOUND IN KARACHI MAY 15, 2012.
NATO said on Tuesday it had invited Pakistan to a summit in Chicago next week, lifting a veiled threat that it might exclude the country from the talks on the future of Afghanistan.

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Greek Leaders Hit Impasse In Last Push To Avert Elections

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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LEADER OF THE SOCIALISTS PASOK PARTY EVANGELOS VENIZELOS (R) MEETS LEADER OF CONSERVATIVES NEW DEMOCRACY PARTY ANTONIS SAMARAS IN ATHENS MAY 11, 2012.
Greece's president met party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to cobble together a coalition and avert a repeat election, but the talks immediately hit an impasse and looked set to fail because of deep splits over an EU/IMF rescue plan.

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East Asian Powers Agree On Trade Pact Talks

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to launch negotiations for a three-way free trade pact they said could help fend off global economic chills, but the talks are expected to be long and difficult because of decades of rivalry.

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EU Observers: Algeria Vote A Step Towards Reform

Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:25
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A WOMAN CASTS HER BALLOT DURING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AT A POLLING STATION IN THE BERBER REGION OF ISSERS, EAST OF ALGIERS, MAY 10, 2012.
European Union observers gave a qualified endorsement on Saturday to an Algerian parliamentary election which handed victory to the ruling party, bucking the trend of the "Arab Spring" revolts.

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