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• Obama to push clean energy technologies in Iowa
  

  President Barack Obama is heading to the political battleground state of Iowa this week to prod Congress to act on his agenda.

  
  
  
• Old feud in Bush administration part of Ariz. race
  

  Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn't go quietly.

  
  
  
• South Korea economy to pick up but at slower pace: OECD
  PARIS (Reuters) - South Korea's economy will gather pace over the coming quarters and the country's central bank will need to raise interest rates to keep inflation within its target, the OECD said in a report on Tuesday. Growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy will slow to 3.3 percent in 2012 from 3.6 percent in 2011, but pick up to 4 percent in 2013, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report. ...
  
• OECD fears euro woe to snap brittle world recovery
  

  PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and Japan are leading a fragile developed world recovery that could be blown off course if Europe fails to contain the damage from its problem debtor states, the OECD said on Tuesday. It urged euro zone leaders to embrace all options for tackling the crisis, potentially including common bonds to go with the common currency. In its twice-yearly economic outlook, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast that global growth would ease to 3.4 percent this year from 3.6 percent in 2011, before accelerating to 4. ...

  
  
  
• Instant View: Existing home sales rise 3.4 percent in April
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to their highest annual rate in nearly two years and a falloff in foreclosures pushed prices higher, hopeful signs about the pace of recovery in the still-struggling housing sector. COMMENTS: CARY LEAHEY, MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SENIOR ECONOMIST, DECISION ECONOMICS,NEW YORK "The number is okay, nothing to get particularly excited about. You hit the level predicted by the consensus and you got a very modest downward revision to March. "Sales occurred as expected. You have a nice upward grind in existing sales. ...
  
• Home resales rise, boding well for economy
  

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to their highest annual rate in nearly two years and a falloff in foreclosures pushed prices higher, hopeful signs for the country's economic recovery. The National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday that existing home sales increased 3.4 percent to an annual rate of 4.62 million units last month, the highest since May 2010. "The housing market is showing some signs of life," said Gary Thayer, a macro strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis. Nationwide, the median price for a home resale jumped to $177,400 in April, up 10. ...

  
  
  
• Romney's playbook on Bain unclear as attacks grow
  

  The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that created great riches for him and great hardship, at times, for some American workers.

  
  
  
• Spain court drops tax probe of Santander chairman
  Spain's National Court said Tuesday it had dropped its investigation into the country's top banker — Banco Santander chairman Emilio Botin — and 11 of his relatives over possible income and wealth tax evasion.
  
• Defense starts in Philadelphia priest-abuse trial
  The first defense witness in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial says the defendant lacked the authority to transfer priests within the Philadelphia archdiocese.
  

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• VIDEO: The risks and appeal of drug trials
  The number of people willing to participate in medical trials appears to be on the increase.
  
• VIDEO: Man survives fall into Niagara Falls
  A man has survived a fall of more than 50 metres into the raging waters of Niagara Falls.
  
• VIDEO: Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans
  A robotic fish that can monitor water pollution in harbours is being tested in Spain.
  
• VIDEO: Could rural votes decide Egypt vote?
  Egyptians are preparing to go to the polls in the first leadership vote since the toppling of President Mubarak.
  
• VIDEO: US webcam spy student sentenced
  A US student convicted of using a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.
  
• VIDEO: Mali president beaten by protesters
  Interim Mali President Dioncounda Traore has been taken to hospital with a head wound after being attacked by demonstrators, officials say.
  
• VIDEO: Serving China's app-hungry billion
  The BBC's John Sudworth meets the Chinese entrepreneurs targeting the world's biggest mobile phone market.
  
• VIDEO: Jordan treating victims of Mid-East violence
  Six years ago a group of surgeons opened a temporary clinic in Jordan to operate on Iraqis with injuries untreatable in their home country, but recent violence in Libya, Yemen and Syria has led to the project being extended and expanded
  
• VIDEO: Nato to quit Afghan combat role in 2013
  Nato leaders have formalised an agreement to hand control of Afghanistan to its own security forces in 2013. The summit also confirmed its timetable for a full combat pullout by 2014. Mark Mardell reports.
  
• VIDEO: Team that keeps torch relay moving
  What keeps the Olympic torch relay on the road?
  
• VIDEO: Ringo Starr on 'cool' Robin Gibb
  Ringo Starr has been speaking about the death of Robin Gibb and the impact the Bee Gees' singer had upon music.
  

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• Taliban taking over Afghan schools?
  The power struggle with the Taliban in classrooms is symptomatic of broader fears about the future. As the U.S.-led military effort winds down in Afghanistan, will the Taliban tighten its grip on daily life in the country?
  
  
  
• Mexico's topless candidate
  It's a campaign that's raising a lot of eyebrows in Mexico.
  
  
  
• Men deface controversial art
  Security guards restrain two men after they deface the painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  
  
  
• Men deface controversial art
  Security guards restrain two men after they deface the painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
  
  
  
• Who's behind 101 deaths in Yemen?
  The Yemeni government blamed an affiliate of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday for a massive suicide bombing that killed more than 100 soldiers a day earlier.
  
  
  
• Mali protesters beat up leader
  Dioncounda Traore, Mali's interim president, was beaten and rushed to a hospital after hundreds of protesters demanding his resignation stormed the presidential palace Monday.
  
  
  
• Iran: Nuke talks pave way for deal
  Iran's talks Monday with the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency helped lay the groundwork for progress in upcoming negotiations, the Iranian regime said.
  
  
  
• IOC rejects Israel plea
  The International Olympic Committee on Monday defended its stance against a moment of silence at the London Games for Israel's 11 athletes and coaches killed by terrorists in 1972, a response that follows an Israeli official's vow to pressure the organizing committee to change its position.
  
  
  
• Nadal wins record 6th title in Rome
  Rafael Nadal won a record sixth title at the Rome Masters to strike a psychological blow over Novak Djokovic ahead of the French Open.
  
  
  
• Chelsea lift European Cup
  Didier Drogba scored the winner in a dramatic penalty shoot out as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on Saturday to win the European Champions League for the first time.
  
  
  
• New quake rattles Italy
  Northern Italy was shaken by an aftershock Monday morning, a day after a magnitude-6.0 quake killed at least seven people and left thousands of survivors huddling in tents or cars overnight.
  
  
  
• 'El Loco' suspected in slayings
  Mexican troops have detained a man who authorities say is one of the principal suspects in the killings of 49 people whose bodies were abandoned near a highway last week.