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The price of oil slipped to near $92 a barrel Tuesday, on concerns about global economic growth and news that that Iran will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a probe into its nuclear program. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:18:35Z
Opening statements are set to be delivered in the trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a restaurant frequented by Fort Hood troops in Texas. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:25:58Z
The sight of Chicago police raising billy clubs against demonstrators Sunday was the kind of image that has dogged the city's police force longer than most of those who clashed with protesters have been alive. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:41:25Z
The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:43:37Z
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two men vandalised a portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed on Tuesday, intensifying a heated debate about the picture that has enraged the ruling African National Congress. Television footage showed a white middle-aged man in a suit walking up to the portrait at a Johannesburg gallery and painting a red cross on president's face and private parts. A younger black man then smeared black paint over the picture while the first man was being taken into custody by security guards. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:35:00Z
FIFA President Sepp Blatter's anti-corruption drive hit another delay on Tuesday, even as soccer's world governing body appointed the first woman to its inner circle. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T13:27:07Z
Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:31:32Z
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's main opposition party appeared to offer a compromise after months of stalemate over a proposed sales tax hike, with a senior official saying it could cooperate with the government on the tax plan if it dropped its costly welfare spending pledges. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda needs the support of the opposition, which controls the upper house of parliament, to push through his plan to double the 5 percent sales tax by 2015, seen as a first step in efforts to curb Japan's snowballing public debt. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T13:25:51Z
West Africa's regional bloc says it will investigate who is responsible for allowing Monday's attack on Mali's president to happen. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:43Z
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