VIENNA - Russia says the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to probe suspicions that it is working on nuclear arms. But Western powers are criticizing Tehran.
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Russia warns against 'hasty conclusions' over failed Iran nuke talks, West critical of Tehran
VIENNA - Russia says the world should not draw "hasty conclusions" over Iran's most recent rebuff of U.N. attempts to probe suspicions that it is working on nuclear arms. But Western powers are criticizing Tehran.
2 Western journalists among more than 70 killed as Syrian regime intensifies shelling
BEIRUT - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold Wednesday where the last dispatches from a veteran American war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage claimed her life as well as that of a French photographer.
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn freed after marathon police questioning in French prostitution case
PARIS - French police released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday after nearly 30 hours in custody for questioning about a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn freed after marathon police questioning in French prostitution probe
PARIS - French police released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday after nearly 30 hours in custody for questioning about a suspected hotel prostitution ring.
Santorum to be on hot seat in Republican debate, the first in almost a month
WASHINGTON - It's been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party's nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff.
Tony Blair's wife Cherie sues Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper company over phone hacking
LONDON - The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Mayor, police director of neighbouring US city deny knowledge of NYPD spying on Muslims
NEWARK, N.J. - Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his top police official say the city was misled by the New York Police Department and never would have authorized wholesale spying on Muslims if they had known about it.
Justice minister shoots down criticism of mandatory minimum sentencing legislation
REGINA - Canada's justice minister is standing by mandatory minimum-sentencing legislation despite a warning that such laws don't work.
Estonian security official, wife arrested on suspicion of giving classified data to Russia
TALLINN, Estonia - A longtime security official and his wife have been detained in Estonia on suspicion of passing classified information and state secrets to Russia, prosecutors said Wednesday in a case likely to add to long-standing tensions between the two countries.
Egypt's ousted president to get verdict and possible death sentence on June 2
CAIRO - An Egyptian judge on Wednesday set June 2 as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, which could put the man who spent nearly 30 years as one of the Arab world's key strongmen on death row.
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