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AP records seizure just latest step in sweeping U.S. leak probe
Reuters* FBI interviews at numerous U.S. government agencies * Signs probe hasn't found target * Media reports on Yemen-based plots at issue By Mark Hosenball and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON May 15 (Reuters) - The Justice Department's controversial...Tags: News Agency, Bill Clinton, Eric Holder, White House, News Media
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US exploring new ways to press Iran over nuclear program, blacklists 2 Dubai-based firms
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is looking at new ways to pressure Iran over its nuclear program. The State Department's nuclear negotiator with Iran, Wendy Sherman, and the Treasury Department's sanctions chief, David Cohen, are telling...Tags: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Iran
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Hard-line Iranian lawmakers urge election ban on former president and Ahmadinejad ally
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two prominent presidential contenders — a moderate former president and a protege of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — from running in next month'...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Track and Field, Elections, Religion and Belief, Tehran (Iran)
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U.S. targets two UAE firms for dealing with blacklisted Iran banks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blacklisted two Dubai-based trading companies on Wednesday, accusing them of helping Iran evade financial sanctions and effectively cutting them off from the U.S. financial system. The move against Al Hilal...Tags: U.S. Elections, Elections, United Arab Emirates, Politics, U.S. Congress
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No breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran: U.N
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran about Tehran's nuclear program failed to clinch an accord and no date has been set for more meetings, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. "We had intensive discussions today but...Tags: Nuclear Policy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Iran
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U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute
ReutersVIENNA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear program in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected with the Islamic state focused on next month's presidential election. In Vienna, the U.N....Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Elections, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Exclusive: Financial sanctions delay North Korea's nuclear arms work - U.N
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential...Tags: Metal, China, Weaponry, Beijing (China), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Iran MPs urge ban on presidential runs by Rafsanjani, Mashaie
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Some 100 legislators are demanding a ban on two top independent candidates including ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from Iran's June presidential election in what may be a further move to thwart any brewing challenge to the...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, News Agency, Elections, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Pentagon, short on cash, puts civilians on unpaid leave
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon told its civilian workforce on Tuesday that it will put most of them on unpaid leave for one day a week starting in July, a deeply unpopular move that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel blamed on sweeping budget cuts imposed...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Finance
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Iran expects 'progress' in U.N. nuclear talks, West skeptical
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock. The International Atomic...Tags: United Nations, Nuclear Policy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran (Iran), Vienna (Austria)
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Analysis: Iran election opens up as surprise candidates enter race
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Elections, Yasmin (drug), Religion and Belief, Tehran (Iran)
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Armed Forces, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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