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UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport near Schwechat, Austria, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Amano says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will

Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:07:34Z
U.N. observers see Syrian forces kill two: rebels

Lebanese Sunni Muslim men, with faces covered, stand, after they burnt tyres to block a road in Jeb Jennin, West Bekaa

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian police killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on a crowd who came out to welcome United Nations observers in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a rebel official said. "As soon as the U.N. convoy entered al-Busaira, a jubilant crowd of hundreds came out to welcome them. It was not minutes before they came under fire," Abu Laila, a Free Syrian Army official, said by phone from the town. "The observers immediately left al-Busaira. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:15:14Z
Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts

Two nuns walks past a discount store offering up to 70 per cent reductions on prices in Madrid Monday May 21, 2012. Spain's economy minister de Guindos said the Spanish economy, which has contracted by 0.3 percent in each of the past two quarters, will shrink by about the same amount in the second quarter of 2012. The forecast is for it to decline 1.7 percent for the year. Unemployment stands at a staggering 24.4 percent, and exceeds 50 percent for people under age 25.(AP Photo/Paul White)

Teachers and students at all levels of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, chanting and erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:53:37Z
Lebanese court bails anti-Syrian activist
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday released on bail an anti-Syrian activist whose arrest earlier this month set off violent clashes in northern Lebanon that killed at least 8 people. The fighting among Sunni Islamist foes of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Lebanese army and members of Assad's minority sect in the northern port of Tripoli highlighted the potential of Syria's 14-month-old uprising to unsettle the sect-based politics of its smaller neighbor. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:00:21Z
Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far

Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, third left, Isabelle Huppert and director Michael Haneke arrive for the screening of Love at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:13:54Z
Private supply ship rockets toward space station

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday, May 22, 2012. This launch marks the first time, a private company sends its own rocket to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:03:36Z
Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block

Director Brandon Cronenberg poses for a photograph prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:49:48Z
Stocks rally further in run-up to EU summit
Stocks advanced Tuesday ahead of a summit of European leaders that's expected to be dominated by calls to boost economic growth across the continent, though ongoing worries over the upcoming Greek election kept the rally in check.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:57:52Z