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From AP News  |  2009-07-03 02:29:57
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From Reuters US Online Report Top News  |  2009-07-03 10:31:27

LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued an informal invitation to President Barack Obama to visit Damascus for talks, in a sign that relations between the two countries may gradually be thawing. "We would like to welcome him to Syria, definitely," Assad told Sky News in an interview broadcast on Friday. "I am very clear about this." Asked whether ...

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From Reuters US Online Report Business News  |  2009-07-03 10:24:46

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Derivatives pose risks on financial markets that central clearing of contracts would mitigate, the European Commission said on Friday, outlining plans that fall short of more radical U.S. steps. EU Internal Market Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, opened an investigation into the sector last October, a month after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a bank heavily involved in the ...

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From AP News  |  2009-07-03 10:07:16
Russia-US summit seen as crucial test to jumpstart ties pushed to breaking point

Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries — even if they can't be friends. Over the past year, already ...

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