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Isolated Merkel sticks by austerity after vote setback

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Angela Merkel is looking increasingly isolated at home and in Europe after what she called a “bitter, painful defeat” for her party in

British PM under pressure over former spokesman

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – The British government had no reason to delve deep into Andy Coulson’s past when he became the prime minister’s spokesman and would not

U.N. nuclear agency to push Iran on military site access

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear watchdog signaled on Monday it would press Iran for access to a military installation where it suspects Iran has

Gulf Arabs weigh closer union at Riyadh meeting

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Gulf Arab leaders were meeting to discuss a closer political, economic and military union on Monday, part of a strategy by wealthy Sunni

Weary warriors favor Obama

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show “drooling over firearms,” as he puts it. Retired after 30

‘Avengers’ rings up $103 million in record weekend

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – “The Avengers,” the smash hit movie about Marvel superheroes who team up to save the Earth, crushed competitors for a second weekend with

NBC bets on comedy, to air “Voice” twice a season

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – The struggling NBC network on Sunday announced 16 new TV shows – seven of them comedies – for the 2012-2013 season, and in

Triple jump champion Olsson retires

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Swedish Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson said on Monday he was retiring after injury put an end to his plans for a

Greece hits political stalemate, euro exit fears grow

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Greece’s president met little enthusiasm from political leaders summoned to a final round of talks on Monday to avert a new election, reinforcing

Forty-nine headless corpses found in northern Mexico

YoopyaMay 14, 20120

By Luis Ochoa CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Suspected drug cartel killers in Mexico dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near the northern city