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U.S. may boost Syria rebels if Assad won't talk peace

AMMAN/BEIRUT - Washington threatened on Wednesday to increase support for Syria's rebels if President Bashar al-Assad refuses to discuss a political end to a civil war that is spreading across borders.

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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West

VIENNA - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.

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European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups

BEIJING - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the country.

China, North Korea 5:50pm EDT

Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling

Berezniki, Russia - A member of the Pussy Riot band who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. | Video

Russia 2:52pm EDT

U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in overseas attacks

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government formally acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that it had killed four Americans in counterterrorism operations in Yemen and Pakistan, where the United States has carried out regular drone strikes.

Yemen 5:38pm EDT

EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya

BRUSSELS - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's frontier.

Libya, Africa, Mali 5:08pm EDT