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• Obama 'not reconciled' to Iranian nukes - Jerusalem Post"I'm not reconciled with [Iran's possession of nuclear weapons], and I don't think the international community is reconciled with that," US President Barack Obama said Thursday in an interview with the Associated Press, ahead of a trip to Moscow.
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• FBI Interviews: Hussein Lied About WMD Out of Fear of Iran - Fox News
Saddam Hussein let the world believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to appear weak to Iran, according to the Washington Post.
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• Experts Find Soviet Parts in North Korean Missile - Fox News
With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the rogue regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States.
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• Lose the Cold War attitude, Obama tells Putin - London Times
President Obama has scolded the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for failing to move on from Cold War dynamics. His remarks come on the eve of a much-anticipated trip to Moscow next week in which he aims to “hit the reset button” on relations with Russia.
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• Number of Hungry People Soars - Wall Street Journal
The U.S. Agriculture Department said the number of hungry people in 70 poor nations soared 10.8% last year and will climb at least 1.7% this year, and perhaps much more depending on how the global recession plays out.
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• India overturns 148-year-old law banning homosexuality - London Telegraph
An Indian court has overturned a 148-year-old colonial law banning homosexual relationships saying it was an affront to human dignity.
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• 'EU might pull ambassadors from Iran' - Jerusalem Post
European diplomats were considering whether to withdraw the ambassadors of all 27 member-nations of the European Union from Iran, in a dispute over the detention of the British Embassy's local personnel, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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• Russia, U.S. arms reduction deal closer than expected - diplomat - RIA Novestri
Russia and the United States have made more significant progress in the preparation of a new strategic arms reduction treaty than the sides expected, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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• North Korea Shows No Sign of Imminent Missile Launch, U.S. Says - Bloomberg
The U.S. doesn’t see any indication North Korea is poised to test-launch a long-range ballistic missile capable of landing near the Hawaiian Islands, according to four government officials.
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• Arms to Be Focus in Meeting of Obama, Russian Leaders - Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama, heading to Moscow for a summit with Russian leaders Monday, is hoping that progress on a nuclear arms-control accord, a major address on U.S.-Russia relations and cooperative overtures on missile defense will reduce bilateral tensions.
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• Ahmadinejad's rivals defiant on Iran vote - Reuters
Two losing contenders in Iran's presidential election denounced the result on Wednesday in clear defiance of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's next cabinet would be illegitimate.
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• Iran Shuts Newspaper Challenging Ahmadinejad - Fox News
Iranian authorities have banned a newspaper allied to presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi after he denounced Iran's government as "illegitimate" because of claims of voting fraud in last month's election, a reformist political group said Wednesday.
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• U.S. launches 'major operation' in Afghanistan - CNN
U.S. troops have launched a "major operation" against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials announced in Afghanistan early Thursday.
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• June is deadliest month for Iraqis this year - AP
At least 447 Iraqi civilians were killed in June, double the toll from the previous month, according to an Associated Press tally, as insurgents took aim at crowded areas to maximize the number of casualties.
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• North Korean ship 'turned around' - BBC
A North Korean ship being tracked by the United States Navy on suspicion of transporting weapons to Burma has turned around, US officials have said.
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• Powerful quake hits near Greek island - CNN
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit near the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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