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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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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