 | Mexico front-runner keeps double-digit lead
A new poll in Mexico says the second- and third-place candidates in the presidential race are running neck and neck — but remain far behind the candidate of the country's former ruling party.
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 | NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
A U.S. institute says satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles.
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 | Hezbollah appeals for calm after Syria kidnapping
The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria.
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 | Tsvangirai decries ongoing violence
Zimbabwe's prime minister said Tuesday that political violence is continuing despite denials by perpetrators who have targeted his supporters.
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 | OECD warns of risk of 'severe recession' in eurozone
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's top economist says the 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession" and called on governments and Europe's central bank to act quickly.
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 | U.S. ambassador to leave Afghanistan
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer.
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 | U.N. nuclear chief says deal with Iran reached
The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will "be signed quite soon. "
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 | Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
After detaining him for eight months, the country said Tuesday it will extradite Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to the homeland he fled.
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 | Mladic trial should start in weeks
The chief U.N. prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia says evidence errors that postponed Ratko Mladic's trial are of "limited" impact and do not warrant a delay of six months as sought by the defense.
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 | Most of Chile quake damage repaired
Three-quarters of the Chilean areas hit by the devastating 2010 earthquake have been reconstructed, President Sebastian Pinera told congress Monday.
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