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Official: Hopes fade for 30 trapped Turkish miners

Chief Engineer Husnu Unal says rescuers pumped air into the mine to try to dispel the gas overnight and began digging through a collapsed chamber …
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Malaysia expects Indonesia to end freeze on maids

Indonesia stopped supplying new domestic workers to neighboring Malaysia last June after several high-profile cases of alleged assault drew …
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China says welcomes Iran nuclear fuel swap deal

Iran agreed with Brazil and Turkey on Monday to send some of its uranium abroad, reviving a fuel swap plan drafted by the United Nations with the …
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Factbox: Voter mood puts incumbent U.S. politicians at risk

Public dissatisfaction that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are doing enough on the economy, unemployment and to restrain government …
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Scientists worry current could carry oil to Keys

Scientists said the oil will move into the so-called loop current soon if it hasn’t already, though they could not say exactly when or how much …
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Canada says hopes G20 to oppose global bank tax

The meeting of leaders of the G20, a grouping that gathers major developed and emerging economies representing about 80 percent of global gross …
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China targets Tibet artists, intellectuals

More than 30 men and women, including writers, bloggers, singers and environmentalists, have been detained or are imprisoned, mostly after sharing …
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Suicide attacker hits NATO convoy in Afghan capital

"The ISAF (NATO-led) convoy was passing … when the suicide bomber attacked them. There might be casualties," the official, who asked to remain …
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Update: Suicide bomber kills 12 people in Pakistan

There has been a relative lull in militant violence in recent weeks since government forces stepped up offensives in the Orakzai and Khyber regions …
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Update: Loud explosion heard near Afghan parliament

"There has been an explosion near the parliament but we have no more details," Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, head of criminal investigations for the …
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Serbs want Kosovo compromise, but Kosovars say no

But Vuk Jeremic told the U.N. Security Council that the Serbian government will never accept the independence of its province — and Kosovo’s Foreign …
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Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal

The deal Monday forged with Turkey and Brazil appeared to be another attempt to stave off U.N. sanctions — a doubtful endeavor judging by reactions …
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Update: China jails tycoon Huang 14 years for illegal business dealings

Huang Guangyu was also fined 600 million yuan ($88 million) and he had another 200 million yuan worth of property confiscated, the official Xinhua …
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United Nations sees empty oceans, water deficits without fixes

A new report previewed by United Nations environment chief Achim Steiner says virtually all commercial fisheries could collapse by 2050 unless the …
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Jailed head of U.S. missionary group freed in Haiti

Laura Silsby, who was arrested on Jan. 29, was ordered freed by a Haitian judge after the kidnapping charges had been reduced to a lesser charge of …
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Interview: United Nations climate chief says rich must act for global deal

The United Nations appointed Figueres on Monday to be its climate chief and head international talks on how to contain the world’s greenhouse gas …
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Latest attempt to block HIV: Stronger vaginal gels

Even quick-dissolving anti-HIV films are being created, the same style now used for breath-fresheners or allergy medicines but made for fingertip …
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Analysis: Timing casts cloud on Iran nuclear deal

Iran’s acceptance of the swap — brokered by anti-sanctions governments in Brazil and Turkey — was met with expected skepticism in Washington and …
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