Reuters - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.
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Wall St edges lower after string of gains (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:20pm EST
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At least 18 dead in shipwreck off Dominican Republic (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 4:20pm EST
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Reuters - Dominican officials were investigating the capsizing of an overloaded immigrant smuggling boat that killed 18 people and rescue teams were searching on Monday for 20 or more people missing off the Dominican Republic coast, authorities said. -
Ex Panama dictator Noriega 'stable' in hospital (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:41pm EST
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AP - Doctors in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega is "stable" after being hospitalized for extreme hypertension.
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China VP seeks reunion with Iowans he met in 1985 (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:31pm EST
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AP - As China's future president makes plans for a trip to the United States next week, he has made sure that there's time between stops in Washington and California to visit Iowa. -
Syria's Splintered Opposition: Who Is Running the War Against the Regime? (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:30pm EST
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Time.com - Even as the Free Syrian Army is establishing an identity in the conflict, another organization announces its presence in the opposition pantheon -
The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:30pm EST
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Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce -
Egyptian NGO crackdown could impact U.S. aid: White House (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:15pm EST
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Reuters - The White House said on Monday that an Egyptian crackdown on pro-democracy non-governmental groups that has enmeshed a number of U.S. citizens could threaten the country's $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. -
Quick end to lockout at Rio's Quebec smelter unlikely (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:51pm EST
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Reuters - Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled. -
Victims weep, ridicule Norway killer's court speech (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:14pm EST
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Reuters - Survivors and relatives of those killed in a Norwegian mass-murder rampage wept and ridiculed the smiling attacker in court Monday as he defended his acts by issuing a tirade against immigration.
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U.N. nuclear talks in Tehran: frustrated hopes (Reuters)
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 12:01pm EST
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Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.