A U.N. team visiting Iran has no plans to inspect the country's nuclear facilities and will only hold talks with officials in Tehran, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
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British tour operator Thomas Cook said Wednesday it will close 200 stores after tourism to Tunisia and Egypt dried up in the wake of the protests earlier this year.
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The Obama administration is proposing a ban on the use of electronic cigarettes by airline passengers, saying there is a concern they may be harmful.
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Federal aviation officials say air traffic controllers will be allowed to use sick or annual leave time if they are too tired to work.
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Available soon: nine palaces in lakeside complex frequented by visiting kings and dictators, beautiful molded ceilings and light fixtures, many bidets, Saddam Hussein mural and former prison cell.
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Consumers spent more in April but much of the increase was eaten up by higher food and energy prices.
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The events in Libya had threatened to overshadow President Obama's five-day Latin American tour, so he sought to use Brazil's own history to illuminate what's happening in the Middle East.
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The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv said Monday it was "deeply concerned" by Israel's plans to build hundreds of new homes in the West Bank following a deadly attack on a settler family, calling Israeli settlements "illegitimate" and an obstacle to peacemak
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Crackdowns in Mexico and Colombia have pushed traffickers into Central America, where corruption is rampant, borders lack immigration control and local gangs provide an infrastructure for organized crime.
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