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Chevron secures Iraqi Kurdish oil deal

Chevron acquires rights to hunt for oil in third Iraqi Kurdish exploration block

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 09:01am EDT

Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'

Obama defends top secret NSA data gathering of phone records, Internet traffic to US public

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 07:26am EDT

G8 exposes rift among leaders on Syria

Rift over Syria exposed at G8 summit; Putin defies US, Europe's calls to end support for Assad

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 06:54am EDT

Rowhani's 'path of moderation' also shows limits

Iran's newly elected president urges 'path of moderation' but highlights limits

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 05:36am EDT

Anger in southern Egypt over Islamist governor

Appointment of ex-militant group member as a governor of Luxor causes uproar in southern Egypt

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 05:22am EDT

Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'

Obama says Iranian election shows the people want to go 'in a different direction'

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 04:20am EDT

Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates

Fear, corruption, economic woes cause low vaccination rates in Ukraine _ stirring polio fears

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 04:18am EDT

Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement

Labor unions give lift to Turkish protest movement with strikes, rallies as police stay tough

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 03:26am EDT

Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities

Crowds of protesters demonstrate in at least 8 Brazilian cities, venting complaints about govt

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 02:30am EDT

Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

Dreams of Bangladesh garment workers often go unrealized, or become nightmares for families

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 02:21am EDT

Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide

Putin tells Obama their positions don't coincide on Syria, but both want to stop violence

Tuesday - 06/18/2013, 12:44am EDT

Kurds fight for place in Syrian civil war

In civil war, Syria's Kurds search for place but increasingly clash with Arab rebels

Monday - 06/17/2013, 11:32pm EDT

EU, US agree to start free trade talks at G-8

'Fire up our economies': Obama, EU agree at G-8 summit to start free-trade talks in Washington

Monday - 06/17/2013, 09:38pm EDT

Syria's Assad: EU will pay price for arming rebels

Syria's Assad: Europe will pay price if it arms rebels, dismisses US chemical weapons claims

Monday - 06/17/2013, 09:00pm EDT

North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk

After months of threatening nuclear war, North Korea switches gears and tells US: Let's talk

Monday - 06/17/2013, 08:44pm EDT

Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU

China activist says NYU is forcing him to leave under Beijing's pressure; school denies that

Monday - 06/17/2013, 07:50pm EDT

For young immigrants, a delayed coming of age

Year after Obama policy change, immigrant youths in US illegally have delayed coming of age

Monday - 06/17/2013, 07:50pm EDT

Tereshkova marks 50 years of her historic flight

Pioneering flight of Tereshkova, 1st woman in space, still controversial 50 years later

Monday - 06/17/2013, 07:34pm EDT

Official: trial of Libya's Gadhafi's son in August

Official: trial of Libya's Gadhafi's son, spy chief, ex-premier set for August

Monday - 06/17/2013, 06:30pm EDT

AP source: US, Cuba to resume talks on direct mail

AP source: US, Cuba to resume talks on restarting direct mail service suspended 50 years ago

Monday - 06/17/2013, 06:00pm EDT
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