Business - Fed officials dampen speculation of imminent bond tapering

By Paul Carrel and Jonathan Spicer FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down chances that the U.S. central bank would signal a readiness to taper bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation the Fed might soon dial back its ultra-easy policy. New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley and St. Louis Fed chief James Bullard, both of whom will vote at the June 18-19 meeting, made clear further economic progress was needed before they would support curtailing bond purchases. `Inflation is pretty low in the U.S. ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  21:05

World - Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election

By Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a protégé of the current president, leaving mainly hardliners left to contest the vote. Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, failed to make it onto a list of candidates approved by the Guardian Council, state news agencies and television reported. ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:49

NBA - Vinny Del Negro won`t return to Los Angeles Clippers

The Clippers were disappointed with the loss in the first round of the playoffs

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:45

World - Exclusive: Iran`s frontrunner for president speaks of his life battling US power

Iran`s smiling but immovable top nuclear negotiator, a revolutionary and wounded war veteran with a decades-old suspicion of the United States, has become a frontrunner in Iran`s presidential race.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:42

Top Stories - Latest updates: More than 100 rescued

At least six people were killed and a number of other people were injured when a storm with a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  21:08

Asia-Pacific - VIDEO: Afghans discouraged from inter-marrying

Afghan authorities want to discourage the practice of inter-family marriages as the children of such couplings can sometimes have serious health issues.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:56

Sports - Garcia, Woods take their shots at each other

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia don`t like each other, and neither is trying to disguise his feelings.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:38

Europe - Vatican denies `exorcism` by Pope

The Vatican denies media reports that Pope Francis performed an exorcism, after pictures showed a man apparently reacting as he was prayed for.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:56

World - Algeria`s Bouteflika convalescing in France

By Myra MacDonald ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria`s prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ordered by his doctors to rest. Since he was rushed to hospital in Paris on April 27 with what was officially described as a minor stroke, Bouteflika has been neither heard nor seen in public, raising widespread speculation about his state of health. ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:52

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013  20:49