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| Iran increases nuclear stockpile |
| 2010-09-07 06:40:01 |
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Experts say with further enrichment it would be enough to build nearly three atomic bombs |
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| Kabul steps in to stop run on biggest bank |
| 2010-09-07 05:04:17 |
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Abdul Qadir Fitrat, Afghanistan’s central bank governor, said that the central bank and the finance ministry had agreed to support Kabul Bank |
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| Putin hints at return as president |
| 2010-09-07 06:54:50 |
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Russia’s prime minister heightens speculation by refusing to rule out resuming role as head of state and citing the example of US president Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| Obama finds patience thinning |
| 2010-09-07 04:16:31 |
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Declaring an end to US combat operations in Iraq last week, Barack Obama told his country he would from now on devote his attention to the ailing economy, saying that restoring growth and jobs was his “central responsibility as president |
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| German groups agree €30bn nuclear deal |
| 2010-09-06 20:51:37 |
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Germany’s four big power companies are to pay the Berlin government a total of €30bn to extend the phase-out of the country’s nuclear power stations by up to 12 years |
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| Ballots and bullets in Nigeria’s oil state |
| 2010-09-07 03:07:33 |
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As the country prepares to vote, a life-and-death struggle to control the patronage networks from which many Nigerian politicians draw their power gathers pace |
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| EU workers aid fund failing to pay out |
| 2010-09-07 04:04:00 |
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Plagued by poor design and sclerotic bureaucracy, flagship European fund to help workers dismissed as a result of the recession has all but ground to a halt |
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| UCLA business school to end public funding |
| 2010-09-07 03:36:22 |
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A leading business school in the University of California system is preparing to forgo public funding amid increasing uncertainty about the state’s economic health and California’s ability to pay for higher education |
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| Union leaders suspend strike in S Africa |
| 2010-09-07 02:52:29 |
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Crippling public sector strike comes to an end 19 days after it threw schools and hospitals into crisis, but negotiations are expected to last several weeks before a final resolution is found |
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| Egypt fights Islamists with TV drama |
| 2010-09-07 02:00:52 |
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Television drama has become the latest weapon used by Egypt’s authorities in their confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned group that represents the largest opposition force in the country |
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