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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 13:40 UTC

Iran offers to be West's "reliable partner" in Mideast

GENEVA | Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:19am EDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday that it would be a "reliable partner" in the Middle East if Western countries would take a more cooperative approach in ...

Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 12:54 UTC

Turkish PM rejects U.S. request to delay Gaza visit in May

ANKARA | Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:33am EDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will not reschedule his trip to the Palestinian Gaza strip, he said on Tuesday, despite a request to do ...


Reuters - Business News, 23.04.13 11:21 UTC

Barclays' senior MENA financial institutions banker departs: sources

By Dinesh Nair DUBAI | Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:50am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Michael Helou, a Barclays (BARC.L) banker who headed the British lender's financial institutions group in the Middle East and ...


CNN World News, 23.04.13 09:35 UTC

Cherie Blair: I want to see full equality

Leading Women connects you to extraordinary women of our time -- remarkable professionals who have made it to the top in all areas of business, the arts, sport, culture, science and more. London, ...


CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 08:39 UTC

Oil, $$ and politics: EPA snags pipeline

(CNN) -- The politics of oil and ecology have put President Obama between a rock and hard place, as he faces a decision on whether or not to permit construction of a new pipeline. The squeeze just ...


Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:59 UTC

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.


Los Angeles Daily News, 23.04.13 02:52 UTC

Armenian Genocide commemorated across the Southland

An Armenian boy endures a 40-day siege by Turkish troops before being evacuated by a passing French ship. A woman and two children march at gunpoint from Turkey into Syria after men of her village ...


Seattle Times, 22.04.13 20:30 UTC

Israel, Turkey find way forward on flotilla money

In a step toward restoring ties, former allies Turkey and Israel agreed Monday on the "methods and principles" of working out compensation payments for the victims of a deadly 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Turkey's deputy prime minister said.


Seattle Times, 22.04.13 19:08 UTC

Drop in gas prices benefits US drivers, economy

A sharp decline in the price of oil this month is making gasoline cheaper at a time of year when it typically gets more expensive. It's a relief to motorists and business owners and a positive development for the economy.


Reuters - Top News, 22.04.13 17:56 UTC

Iran is biggest threat to nuclear pact's credibility, U.S. says

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA | Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:36pm EDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest threat to the credibility of the global pact aimed at halting the spread of ...


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