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Spain's Rajoy balks at making deeper reforms
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 9:32am
MADRID (Reuters) - After a year of radical reforms that made Spain more competitive but also exacerbated a deep recession, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has largely lost his appetite for aggressive and unpopular cuts to pensions or state bureaucracy.
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Putin says Russia needs stronger defense against Afghan threats
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 8:46am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia must strengthen its defenses in the south and work with Central Asian allies to protect itself against the threat of extremist violence emerging from Afghanistan.
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Suicide bombers target Kurds in Iraq's disputed areas
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 8:40am
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers struck at Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in the disputed area of Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said.
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Six killed, 3 missing after ship hits tower in Italian port
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 6:22am
GENOA (Reuters) - Six people were killed and three are missing after a container ship crashed into a control tower in the northern Italian port of Genoa, rescuers said on Wednesday.
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U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:44am
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the carnage that is inflaming the Middle East.
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South Africa's main mine union to launch youth wing as numbers fall
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:41am
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's dominant mineworkers union will launch a youth wing on Thursday in a bid to shore up its numbers after it lost tens of thousands of members to a militant rival last year on the country's platinum belt.
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Three military pilots killed in Yemen ambush: officials
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:39am
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda militants shot dead three Yemeni airforce pilots on Wednesday as they traveled to a southern airbase jointly used with U.S. forces to launch attacks on the group.
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Pakistan's Sharif calls for warmer ties with India
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:25am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan's election race, said he would not allow militant groups to attack India from his country and would work to improve ties with rival New Delhi if elected.
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U.S. diplomatic security back in focus at Benghazi hearing
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:08am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. diplomat in Libya who says more could have been done to protect Americans at the U.S. mission in Benghazi when it was attacked last September will be a featured witness on Wednesday during a congressional hearing.
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Israeli forces detain top Palestinian cleric
Reuters Top Stories - May 8, 2013 - 5:04am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police detained on Wednesday the Palestinians' top Muslim religious leader from his Jerusalem home, a day after a scuffle between Palestinians and Israelis outside the city's main al-Aqsa mosque.
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Malaysia coalition extends rule despite worst electoral showing
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 8:02pm
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's governing coalition extended its half-century rule despite its worst-ever performance in a general election, potentially undermining Prime Minister Najib Razak and exposing growing racial polarization in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 6:45pm
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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Exclusive: Bain, Golden Gate nearing more than $6.5 billion deal for BMC - sources
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 6:39pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A private equity group made up of Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp are nearing a deal to acquire BMC Software and an announcement could come as early as Monday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
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Obama heads out on new jobs tour - first stop: Austin, Texas
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 4:19pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel on Thursday to Austin, Texas, the first stop in a new series of day trips designed to draw attention to policies and programs that help spur the economy, and build support for his economic policies, the White House said on Sunday.
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Malaysia coalition extends rule despite worst electoral showing
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 3:06pm
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's governing coalition extended its half-century rule despite its worst-ever performance in a general election, a result that exposes growing racial polarization in the Southeast Asian nation and could undermine Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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Buffett devotees stick by him even as growth slows
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 3:04pm
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Short-seller Douglas Kass, Warren Buffett's handpicked bear, raised a concern on the minds of many shareholders at the "Woodstock for capitalists" this weekend: Has Berkshire Hathaway Inc become so big that it will find it hard to grow?
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Libyan parliament bans ex-Gaddafi officials from office
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 2:16pm
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's parliament voted on Sunday to ban anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule from government, a move which could unseat the prime minister and other top officials regardless of their part in toppling the dictator.
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Obamacare is on the horizon, but will enough people sign up?
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 2:11pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare reform should be the signature Democratic achievement of President Barack Obama's presidency.
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Cooler temperatures help to tame southern California wildfire
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 1:47pm
(Reuters) - Cooler temperatures helped firefighters battling a wildfire in southern California on Sunday and an official said the blaze was expected to be fully under control within 24 hours.
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Bomb hits convoy carrying Qataris in Somalia, eight dead
Reuters Top Stories - May 5, 2013 - 8:49am
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a convoy carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least eight Somalis, officials said.
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