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Rescuers seek Oklahoma tornado survivors as area eyes recovery

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue efforts in the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore continued through the night into Wednesday morning, with officials increasingly confident that everyone caught in the disaster had been accounted for. | Video

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Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market

MOSCOW - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for.

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Prosecutors consider using racketeering law against SAC: source

NEW YORK - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Iran bars candidates for presidential election

DUBAI - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader.

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Attacks in Iraq kill over 40, sectarian tensions high

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shi'ites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. | Video

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Exclusive: Bob Lutz, Chinese in bid to buy Fisker Automotive - sources

DETROIT - A boutique carmaker led by former General Motors Co executive Bob Lutz and China's largest auto parts supplier made an offer this month to buy cash-strapped "green" car company Fisker Automotive, people familiar with the matter said.

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Los Angeles city councilman opens lead in race for mayor

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti opened a narrow election night lead in his bid to become mayor of America's second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook, early returns showed late on Tuesday.

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Death toll rises to 28 in Indonesia mine accident

JAKARTA - The death toll from a tunnel collapse at the world's second largest copper mine run by Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit was raised to 28 on Wednesday as rescuers gave up hope of finding any more survivors.