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Myanmar constitution likely to dash Suu Kyi's presidential hopes

YANGON - Her adoring compatriots believe democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is destined to become Myanmar's next president. But don't bet on it.

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Iran says appeals for 'jihad' in Syria fuel radicalism

KUWAIT - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. | Video

Syria 19 Jun 2013

U.S. talks with Taliban likely to take place within 'next few days': U.S. official

WASHINGTON - U.S. talks with the Taliban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, after delays caused by tensions over the naming of a new Taliban office in the capital, Doha.

Politics 19 Jun 2013

Sao Paulo, Rio revoke transport fare hikes as protests continue

SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, Brazil - Brazil's two biggest cities agreed on Wednesday to revoke an increase in public transportation fares that set off demonstrations that have grown into nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and corruption. | Video

Brazil 19 Jun 2013

Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts

BERLIN - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal.

Russia, Politics, 19 Jun 2013

Gyula Horn, the man who tore the Iron Curtain, dies at 80

BUDAPEST - Gyula Horn, who as Hungary's last communist foreign minister ripped a hole in the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died at the age of 80 after long illness, the government said on Wednesday.

19 Jun 2013