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Judge to lead Greece to fateful June 17 vote
ATHENS - Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said political chaos risked causing panic and a run on deposits. | Video
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Applauded by Serbs, Mladic still divides Bosnia
SARAJEVO - Twenty years after Ratko Mladic's forces began raining artillery fire on Sarajevo, the former Serb general looked down again on the Bosnian capital's main square from a giant screen showing the start of his genocide trial live from The Hague.
Bahrain protests Iran criticism of GCC union plans
DUBAI - Bahrain has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires to protest against what it called a "gross violation of its sovereignty" in a row after Tehran criticised efforts by Gulf Arab states to forge closer political and military union.
Breivik killed with joyous "battle cry" - survivors
OSLO - Anders Behring Breivik screamed a "battle cry" and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer's massacre told a court on Wednesday.
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work
CAIRO - Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to be monitoring the vote said.
Greeks vote with wallets in fear of euro zone exit
ATHENS/BERLIN - Greeks are voting with their wallets and pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may leave the European single currency despite the declared determination of EU powers Germany and France to keep Athens in the monetary union.
France's presidential election
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US STOCKS-Wall St up as euro fear ebbs, data helps
* Housing, production data point to recovering U.S. economy


