VIENNA (Reuters) - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Monday as a delay by debt-ridden Greece in accepting the terms of a bailout gave investors little reason to buy equities after a five-week rally.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old girl was seriously wounded Monday when she was stabbed in the throat outside a school in Gothenburg, Sweden, police said.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A Fort Lauderdale, Fla., family of psychics accused of conning clients out of $40 million say their family heritage is also on trial.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Israel's supreme rabbinical court of appeals upheld a ruling to keep a man imprisoned until he grants his wife a bill of divorce.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Raising awareness and calling for the elimination of female genital mutilation were focuses of International Day of Zero Tolerance Monday, organizers said.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Processing the results from December parliamentary elections in Ivory Coast will open the door to further progress, a U.N. envoy said.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks....
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DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will lead a Fatah-Hamas unity government, the two political factions announced Monday.
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Former Panamanian dictator Manual Noriega was hospitalized in Panama City after he was diagnosed with a possible stroke, the National Police said.
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CAIRO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The security vacuum that's existed since the Egyptian revolution is in part to blame for the deaths of more than 70 soccer fans, anti-government groups say.
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MAKURDI, Nigeria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- More than 100 foreigners suspected of being members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have been arrested in Nigeria, an official said.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Allegations that Sudanese forces bombed a school in the state of South Kordofan are "baseless accusations," the Sudanese embassy in Washington said.
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KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is trying to establish a dictatorship through constitutional reform, a jailed opposition leader said.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The United States suspended operations at its embassy in Damascus Monday, citing the deteriorating situation across Syria.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. House apparently reimbursed presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, for trips that also were funded by groups he controlled, Roll Call reported.
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TEHRAN, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- An Iranian military official said his forces wrapped up a war games exercise in southern Iran meant to deter a hypothetical ground invasion.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Atrocities committed against the Armenian people during World War I opened the door to grave breaches of international law, an advocate said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- No more hot seat for Tom Coughlin. No more second-guessing....
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli security agencies say President Shimon Peres could be targeted by terrorists with the fourth anniversary of a Hezbollah leader's death approaching.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Publication of a study on 12,000 U.S. miners exposed to diesel engine exhaust was delayed by an industry group and a U.S House committee, a watchdog group said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in Syria due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.
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LONDON (AP) -- Tributes poured in to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday as she marked 60 years on the throne with a message vowing to continue serving the British people....
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Mexico's ruling party chose Josefina Vazquez Mota -- the first female nominated by a major party -- to lead the ticket in the presidential elections in July.
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