Home sales close in on three-and-a-half year high
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years and prices surged, of...
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Jobless claims jump in warning sign for labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits climbed last week at the fastest pace in ...
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Miners union threatens strike at South Africa's Amplats
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported fo...
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Analysis: UK trade may struggle to stand still after EU exit
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - As British Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to accommodate eurosceptics in his own party, trad...
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Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence
By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday fo...
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Leading Bulgarian party wants election result cancelled
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's center-right GERB, which won most parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote, wants the election result cance...
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Islamist gunmen kidnap seven Egypt security personnel in Sinai
By Yousri Mohamed ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen abducted seven members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Pe...
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Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers
By Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's pr...
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Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
By Andrew Biraj CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh's low-lying coast on Thursday, killing six pe...
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Baghdad market attacks, shootings in north kill 17
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed by bombs in markets in Baghdad and attacks in northern Iraq on Thursday, police s...
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