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Greece set to default on IMF payment
Greece on Tuesday looked set to miss an IMF payment and default, with a defiant Athens urging Greeks to reject creditors\' demands ...Swedish woman gets $18M in sex harassment suit against boss
A young Swedish woman who sued her former Wall Street executive boss over lurid allegations of sexual conquest, betrayal and stalking was ...Two feared dead in Japan bullet train suicide fire
Two people were feared dead and two others seriously injured after a man apparently set himself on fire aboard a moving shinkansen ...Nepal tells U.N. to destroy low quality food meant for quake survivors
The United Nations must destroy hundreds of tonnes of substandard food it imported for distribution to survivors of the recent earthquakes in ...Israeli navy peacefully intercepts Gaza-bound vessel
Israel\'s navy intercepted a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip early Monday and brought it to ...WikiLeaks says NSA spied on French business
WikiLeaks has released documents that it says show that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on France\'s top finance officials and high-stakes ...Greek banks shut down as crisis deepens
Greece announced early Monday it will shut banks for a week and impose capital controls, pleading for calm after anxious citizens emptied ...Solar Impulse leaves Japan on delayed Pacific flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft passed "the point of no return" Monday after it left Japan bound for Hawaii, the most ...Taliban ambush kills 11 Afghan soldiers
At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as security forces face their ...Pro-European candidate wins Moldova vote
A pro-European Union candidate easily won the runoff vote for mayor of Moldova\'s capital and biggest city Monday, in an election seen ...




