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U.S. pushes for UN sanctions on Zimbabwe       IHT - 53 minutes ago
The proposal before the Security Council includes an arms embargo and punitive measures against 14 people the United States deemed most responsible for undermining the presidential election through violence.

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Iran responds to nuclear incentives package       IHT - 53 minutes ago
The response came in a letter for the EU foreign policy chief. Officials declined to discuss the contents.

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Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage in Colombia, returns home to France       IHT - 53 minutes ago
Two days after her rescue, Betancourt arrived in Paris to greet a joyful nation that had adopted her as one of its own, campaigning for her freedom and moved by her reunion with her children.

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Full circle for a dancer at Brandenburg Gate       IHT - 53 minutes ago
When Dominique Rosales, the daughter of a black Cuban father and an East German mother, takes the stage with the other members of the Ailey II dance company, it will mark the end of an unlikely round-trip journey.

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European Commission rebukes Sarkozy on interest rates and trade       IHT - 53 minutes ago
The European Commission delivered a sharp response Friday to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France over his recent comments on interest rates and trade policy, underlining European economic policy divisions before the coming Group of 8 summit meeting.

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Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy       AFP - 1 hour ago
PARIS (AFP) - European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020.

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Deputy mayor resigns from office       BBC - 1 hour ago
London's deputy mayor Ray Lewis quits his post amid allegations of financial irregularities during his time as a priest.

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Phoenix scientists soon will analyze Martian ice       AFP - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday.

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EU probe into BHP targeting Rio       BBC - 1 hour ago
The EU opens an in-depth probe into BHP Billiton's $170bn unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.

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American keeps hot dog-eating crown       CNN - 1 hour ago
World-record holder and defending champion Joey "Jaws" Chestnut held on to his hot dog-eating title Friday in an unprecedented tie-breaker at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July contest.

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