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Shares set for quiet start with US markets closed
Shares set for quiet start with US markets closed
The yen has resumed its slide after the Group of 20 world's biggest economies held back on criticising Japan's aggressive new monetary policy.

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In trying to sink Hagel, GOP takes aim at Obama
In trying to sink Hagel, GOP takes aim at Obama
Republicans have found a boatload of reasons to try to sink Chuck Hagel's hopes of becoming the next defense secretary. But the issue they used this week to stall his nomination — the White House's handling of last September's deadly Benghazi attack — may seem entirely unrelated to Hagel's qual

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Army may have to extend deployments in Afghanistan
Army may have to extend deployments in Afghanistan
Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan next year may see their war tours extended because budget cuts will drastically limit training for brigades to replace them, the top Army general said Friday. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said the military will be able to fund training and operatio

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Attacked Algerian gas plant to resume partial work
Attacked Algerian gas plant to resume partial work
The Algerian gas complex that came under terrorist attack last month will partially resume work over the next week, an official said Monday. Separately, the country's president issued his first public statement on the attack, congratulating the army for its response. Abdelhamid Zerguine, the head o

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UAE to buy US-made drones in military expansion
UAE to buy US-made drones in military expansion
A defense official in the United Arab Emirates says the Gulf nation has signed $1.4 billion in military contracts that include purchases of U.S.-made drones. The drone deal, worth nearly $200 million, suggests Gulf Arab states are looking to boost surveillance capabilities to match claims by rival

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Morales nationalizes Spanish-owned airport company
Morales nationalizes Spanish-owned airport company
President Evo Morales nationalized on Monday the Spanish-owned venture that runs Bolivia's country's three main airports in his government's third expropriation of a Spanish company in 10 months. The move drew an angry response from Spain's Foreign Ministry, which "deeply deplored" the lack of warn

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Law, Mara Talk 'Side Effects'
Law, Mara Talk 'Side Effects'
Actors Jude Law and Rooney Mara explore society's relationship with the pharmaceutical world through their new film 'Side Effects,' and talk about preparing for the movie. (Feb. 18)

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Conn. nuke plant to seek higher hot water limit
Conn. nuke plant to seek higher hot water limit
Connecticut's nuclear plant is preparing to ask federal regulators for permission to use water that's even warmer than the temperature that forced it to shut a unit last August. Regulators were cool to at least two other suggestions by Millstone Power Station in Waterford to operate with rising wat

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Mo. man freed on bond before murder retrial
Mo. man freed on bond before murder retrial
A Missouri man whose conviction in the 1990 slaying of a rural neighbor was recently overturned by the state Supreme Court was freed on bond Friday as the state prepares for a third murder trial in the case. Mark Woodworth, 38, walked out of the Livingston County jail at midday Friday, hours after

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High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old Indiana farmer figured out a way to benefit from a high-technology product, soybeans that are resistant to wee

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Today in History for Monday, February 18th
Today in History for Monday, February 18th
Highlights of this day in history: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is first published; Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America; 'Chicago Seven' defendants in court; Dale Earnhardt, Senior dies. (Feb. 18)

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Palestinian rally for hunger striker turns violent
Palestinian rally for hunger striker turns violent
Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers on Friday at several demonstrations in the West Bank held to support a prisoner observing an intermittent hunger strike to protest his incarceration. The Israeli military said about 500 Palestinians threw rocks and rolled burning tires at soldiers who resp

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British PM calls on India to ease business rules
British PM calls on India to ease business rules
British Prime Minister David Cameron called on India to further open up to foreign investment and loosen regulations that hamper businesses, saying Monday that the countries' "special relationship" could blossom into a powerful economic partnership. On his second visit to Britain's former colony, C

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Turkey: 8 retired military officers arrested
Turkey: 8 retired military officers arrested
Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have arrested eight more retired officers over their alleged involvement in the ousting of an Islamic-led government in the late 1990s. Anadolu Agency reports say the eight, including seven retired generals, were detained on Wednesday and late Thursda

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Sunnis gather in Iraqi cities in mass protests
Sunnis gather in Iraqi cities in mass protests
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims rallied on Friday in several Iraqi cities to protest what they describe as unfair treatment by the country's Shiite-led government, extending concerns over rising sectarian tension in the country. Sunnis have staged mass protests since late December. They are dema

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Gay marriage support has risks for GOP lawmakers
Gay marriage support has risks for GOP lawmakers
As more state legislatures around the country consider whether to legalize same-sex weddings, an analysis of gay marriage votes in eight states shows that Republican lawmakers who backed it often faced consequences — including loss of their seats. According to roll call votes analyzed by The Asso

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Gays in Belarus face reprisals for activism
Gays in Belarus face reprisals for activism
Police in Belarus are going after gays, raiding their clubs and locking up clubbers overnight, and summoning gay activists for questioning. One activist accuses police of beating him during questioning, while others say they were interrogated about their sex lives. The leader of a gay rights organi

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Havana restores monument to victims of USS Maine
Havana restores monument to victims of USS Maine
It was a little before 10 p.m. that February night in 1898 when a fiery explosion roiled the normally calm waters of Havana Harbor, blowing out windows in the city and sinking the USS Maine to the bottom of the bay, just the mast and some twisted metal wreckage left to poke above the waves. Havana'

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Pakistani killed in car crash with US diplomat
Pakistani killed in car crash with US diplomat
An American diplomat in Pakistan got in a car crash with two Pakistanis on a motorcycle that resulted in the death of a Pakistani civilian, the U.S. Embassy and a Pakistani official said Friday. The embassy said in a statement that the accident happened on Thursday evening in the Pakistani capital.

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Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected
Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected
By delaying a confirmation vote on Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, Senate Republicans have forced Leon Panetta to remain on the job he is eager to give up. But they've also given the White House an opportunity to cast the GOP as obstructing President Barack Obama's assembly of a second-term na

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