(Reuters) - A suicide bomberdriving an ambulance killed upto 15 people and woundedmore than 50 in an attack onWednesday on an Iraqi policetraining center in volatileDiyala province, officials said.Suspected...
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Futures little changed as bank earnings eyed.

(Reuters) - Stock index futureswere little changed onWednesday as investorsawaited results from GoldmanSachs Group and Wells Fargoafter financial stocks fell inthe previous session ondisappointing results...
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Suicide Attack on Iraqi Security Forces Kills 12.

Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber driving anambulance killed at least 12 people in an attackon a security service training center in centralDiyala province.Local officials say at least 50 people were...
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Jean-Claude Duvalier charged with theft over 15- year rule.

Haitian prosecutors have charged the formerleader Jean-Claude Duvalier with theft andmisappropriation of funds during his 15-year rule,which ended in 1986.Mr Duvalier, also known as Baby Doc, wasdetained...
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Clinton: Building trust with Beijing a must for US.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton says she has high expectationsfor this week's talks with Chinese President HuJintao (hoo jihn-TOW'), saying the two powersmust build a stronger...
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FBI probing MLK Day bomb for racial motives.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Federal agents areinvestigating race as a possible motive behind anabandoned backpack containing a functionalbomb after it was left along the downtown routeof a Martin Luther King...
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Debunking common myths about health-care reform.

House Republicans plan topress forward Wednesday withtheir effort to repeal thehealth-care law enacted lastyear. They have the votes, sothe bill's passage is not indoubt. Butthe Democrats whocontrol the...
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Obama's day: Dealing with China,

Good morning from The Oval. On this day in1955, President Dwight Eisenhower first agreed tosomething that is now essential to White Houselife: A news conference filmed for television.It's a day of high...
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Saudi ends Lebanon mediation efforts: Saudi Finance Minister

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has abandonedits mediation efforts in Lebanon, saying thesituation was "dangerous," Al Arabiya televisionsaid on Wednesday, citing Foreign MinisterPrince Saud al-Faisal.The...
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Fresh but peaceful protests in Tunisia's capital.

Tunis, Tunisia -- Another day ofdemonstrations in Tunisia's capital citycommenced Wednesday, a peaceful rally in a citywracked by violent protests.A crowd that grew to about 1,000 peopletramped down Avenue...
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Americans are still split on health care reform, but only 18% favor a total repeal: poll

Obama has vowed to fight any efforts to repealthe health care reform he fought to pass.Though Republicans have vowed to get rid ofObama's sweeping health care reform as quicklyas possible, it turns out...
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