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NASHVILLE - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled over the best way to help struggling U.S. workers on Tuesday in a sometimes tense presidential debate that highlighted a wide gap in their economic...

TOP STORIES ----------- TEHRAN - Iran has prepared an updated nuclear proposal and is ready to hold negotiations with world powers, state-run Iranian television quoted the Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator as saying on Tuesday....

TOP STORIES ----------- TOKYO - Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle challenges such as record unemployment and a fast-ageing society after voters gave his party...

TOP STORIES ----------- TOKYO - Japan's next leader Yukio Hatoyama, fresh from a historic election win, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle challenges such as reviving the economy and steering...

TOP STORIES ----------- TOKYO - Japanese voted in an election on Sunday that looked set to oust the long-ruling conservative party and give the untested opposition the job of nurturing a recovery from the country's...

TOP STORIES ----------- TOKYO - Japanese voted in an election on Sunday that looked set to oust the long-ruling conservative party and give the untested opposition the job of nurturing a recovery from the country's...

TOP STORIES ----------- TEHRAN - Iran said on Saturday the U.N. atomic watchdog had confirmed its nuclear programme was peaceful and vowed to resist political pressure to change it, a news agency reported. - -...

TOP STORIES ----------- TEHRAN - Iran said on Saturday the U.N. atomic watchdog had confirmed its nuclear programme was peaceful and vowed to resist political pressure to change it, a news agency reported. - -...

TOP STORIES ----------- TOKYO - Candidates across Japan made their final pitch to voters on Saturday on the eve of an election the opposition looks poised to win, giving the untested Democrats the job of...

TOP STORIES ----------- VIENNA - Iran has slowed its expansion of uranium enrichment and met some demands for transparency but allegations it researched how to build atom bombs look credible and Tehran must address them,...