Reuters: Top News - Breaking News - World News [March ‘11 Diet]

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said he held fruitful and frank discussions with his European Union counterpart on Monday that he hoped would lead to further talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program.

Source: Iran says it hopes for further nuclear talks

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal to avert a government shutdown took shape in Congress on Monday, but the short-term spending measure would do nothing to resolve the bitter debate over federal spending.

Source: Government shutdown unlikely, but budget battle remains

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The average price U.S. drivers paid for gasoline soared 19.4 cents in the latest week to $3.38 a gallon, the biggest jump in pump prices since Hurricane Katrina disrupted petroleum supplies in September 2005, the Energy Department said on Monday.

Source: U.S. gasoline price jump biggest since Katrina

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has bought nearly 600 U.S. shopping malls from Australia's debt-laden Centro Properties for $9.4 billion in one of the biggest global property deals since the credit crisis.

Source: Blackstone buys Centro's U.S. malls for $9.4 billion

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley experienced a "very sensitive" break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc's computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company.

Source: Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers: report

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces fired teargas and clashed with anti-government protesters demonstrating against the treatment of opposition leaders, pro-reform websites reported on Tuesday.

Source: Iran forces fire teargas at protesters: pro-reform websites

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich is expected to take a step this week toward a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, a senior Republican official said on Tuesday.

Source: Newt Gingrich to take step towards presidential bid

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the surge in oil prices is unlikely to hurt the U.S. economy unless it is sustained, even as investors sold off equities on fears of a slowdown.

Source: Bernanke says costly oil no threat to U.S. economy

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director leaked secret details to Galleon Group hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam about Warren Buffett's plan to invest $5 billion in the Wall Street bank at the height of the financial crisis, a U.S. securities regulator charged.

Source: SEC charges ex-Goldman director in insider case

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