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Reuters - Ireland agreed on Wednesday to work with a European Union-IMF mission on urgent steps to shore up its shattered banking sector, a process that could lead to a…

Reuters - Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in an interview published on Monday that Russia could face a crisis within five years as lower economic growth rates leave the Kremlin…

Reuters - Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah invited Iraq’s political parties on Saturday to attend talks in the kingdom to overcome the 7-month political gridlock that followed an inconclusive election, state…

AFP - The European Union heads into a showdown summit Thursday determined to draw up new rules to avoid economic crises but divided on a risky Franco-German drive to write…

AP - China raised its key interest rate Tuesday for the first time since the global crisis as it tries to control inflation and rapid growth even as other Asian…

AP - Europe’s debt crisis dumped more woe on Ireland’s weary taxpayers Thursday, as the government said it needed to pour billions more of their money into a collapsed banking…

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will try to defuse a looming crisis over Israeli settlement construction in talks with Palestinian and Israeli leaders.

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AP - The Belgian Roman Catholic church is acknowledging widespread sexual abuse over years by its clergy and promising to help victims heal and punish the abusers.

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AP - The widow of independent Mozambique’s first president says the debate over food in her impoverished homeland does not end with the government’s reversal on bread prices.

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Reuters - Belgium plunged back into political crisis on Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation of a government quit, almost three months after an election.

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