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Updated 58 minutes ago
The U.S. is “cautiously optimistic” about talks in Beijing today with North Korea, the first such meeting since Kim Jong Il died in December and his son inherited leadership of the isolated, nuclear-armed country.
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Updated 18 minutes ago
Iran’s refusal to let United Nations experts investigate allegations of illicit nuclear activities at a military base doesn’t inspire confidence for a return to negotiations with the international community, U.S. officials and nuclear-proliferation specialists said.
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Updated 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
The “Friends of Syria” gather tomorrow in Tunisia to seek ways to oust President Bashar al- Assad, who has dug in with increasing violence against civilian opponents after two failed UN Security Council measures.
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Updated 58 minutes ago
On Feb. 24, the U.S., European nations, members of the Arab League and other sympathetic countries making up the newly established “Friends of Syria” group will gather in Tunisia for an emergency meeting on how to stem the bloodshed in Syria. Their deliberations are almost certain to involve calls for more crippling sanctions to bring about regime change and debates over providing military support to the fractured opposition groups inside the country.
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Updated 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
Most emerging-market stocks climbed as higher prices for oil boosted producers, offsetting data showing a contraction in manufacturing in Europe and China.
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Ukraine’s jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will receive a preliminary health report from German doctors in the coming days after her daughter said the politician’s condition is deteriorating.
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OAO Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas export monopoly, claimed that slated pipeline projects, such as seabed lines directly to the European Union, will eliminate reliance on Ukraine to transit the fuel to Europe.
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Updated 12 minutes ago
Ukraine’s efforts to seek cheaper natural gas from Russia rather than comply with the terms of a bailout have alarmed investors, propelling the former Soviet republic’s credit risk above Argentina’s for the first time in two years.
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A team of German doctors will complete a preliminary report on the health of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in the coming days amid speculation that her condition is deteriorating.
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A Kazakh business lobby group is asking the government to channel resources from the country’s $45.5 billion National Oil Fund, which is managed by the central bank, to help finance small and medium-sized businesses.
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