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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping their options open to scale back the program later this year if the U.S. labor market continues to improve. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-fed-idUSBRE95I05P20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-fed-idUSBRE95I05P20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:58:04 -0400 BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday that comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a defiant Cold War address. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-obama-berlin-nuclear-idUSBRE95I06D20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-obama-berlin-nuclear-idUSBRE95I06D20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:29:33 -0400 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-brazil-protests-rousseff-idUSBRE95I02620130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-brazil-protests-rousseff-idUSBRE95I02620130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:58 -0400 KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai distanced himself from U.S. peace talks with Taliban insurgents that are likely to begin on Thursday, and, as a mark of displeasure, said the government was suspending negotiations with Washington over a troop agreement. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-afghanistan-taliban-idUSBRE95I03R20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-afghanistan-taliban-idUSBRE95I03R20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:33:44 -0400 MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, in a strike that bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda-linked militants. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-somalia-blast-idUSBRE95I0AJ20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-somalia-blast-idUSBRE95I0AJ20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:48 -0400 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them." http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-iran-election-rohani-idUSBRE95I05W20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-iran-election-rohani-idUSBRE95I05W20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:40 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying operations. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-security-idUSBRE95H15O20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-security-idUSBRE95H15O20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:33:01 -0400 PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in Europe. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-eu-france-analysis-idUSBRE95I06820130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-eu-france-analysis-idUSBRE95I06820130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:36:15 -0400 ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspired copycat protests on Tuesday, as police detained dozens of people across Turkey in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-turkey-protests-idUSBRE9590QA20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-turkey-protests-idUSBRE9590QA20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:16:45 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-britain-assange-idUSBRE95I01E20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-britain-assange-idUSBRE95I01E20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=932 topNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:32:20 -0400