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Al-Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate widens search for recruits and targets

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In mid-October, several days before authorities intercepted two bombs planted on cargo airliners bound for the United States, Saudi Arabian intelligence officials tipped off their French counterparts about another terrorist plot. Read more

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U.S. says foreign ties can withstand leaks

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The Obama administration sought Monday to dilute the fallout from the disclosure of more than 250,000 State Department cables, insisting that strong foreign partnerships could withstand the damage and that the leaks will not force any U.S. policy changes. Read more

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Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world’s attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally. Read more

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Obama, Republicans in tax face-off at White House

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders take their battle over taxes into a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday with no breakthrough expected soon and Republicans showing no sign of compromise. Read more

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Google to be investigated by EU

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The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position. Read more

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Europe debt fears drive up yields in Spain, Italy (AP)

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AP – **ALTERNATIVE CROP OF DR103** A riot police runs as a patrol police car burns during riots in Barcelona … Slideshow:Anti-austerity protests sweep Europe Play Video Barack Obama Video:‘Young Guns’ in Power FOX News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 11,052.49 -39.51 ^GSPC 1,187.76 0.00 ^IXIC 2,525.22 0.00 – 1 hr 2 mins ago MADRID – The yields on government bonds [...]

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Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world’s attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally. Read more

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Prince rails at ‘corrupt, stupid and backward’

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WHEN the newly appointed US ambassador to Kyrgyzstan sat down to a business leaders’ brunch with the Duke of York — Prince Andrew — she was no doubt expecting a brisk one-hour briefing on investment opportunities in the central Asian republic. Read more

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Benefit cuts save 160,000 state jobs as Osborne sparks Tory fury by scaling down assault on public sector

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Chancellor George Osborne said the reduction from 490,000 job losses over the next four years to 330,000 resulted from ‘the action we have taken to cut welfare bills rather than public services’. Read more

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World's Worst Earthquakes

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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]

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