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 |  | Debt-stricken Greece on Wednesday faced the prospect of a second election in less than two months after failing to form a govt, stoking the eurozone crisis even as France and Germany pledged support and perhaps help for growth. |
 | | Syrian troops launched deadly raids in northwest and south Syria on Wednesday as activists said members of a UN team of observers were safely evacuated a day after a bomb blast hit their convoy. |
 | | Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Wednesday expanded his cabinet by inducting seven new ministers, a day after major political parties agreed on contentious issues of Constitution drafting. |
 | | As Greece headed for a fresh election after the last attempt to form a government failed in Athens, new French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced their support for the debt-stricken nation to remain in the euro zone. |
 | | The White House has strongly opposed the conditions on US aid to Pakistan by the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the National Defence Authorization (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2013. |
 | | Yemen's military on Tuesday ramped up its offencive against al-Qaeda in the country's restive south, launching ground and air assaults that reportedly killed at least 53 people, including 12 civilians. |
 | | Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has taken a narrow three per cent lead over US President Barack Obama, who is seeking re-election, a national opinion poll has said. |
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 Cannes film festival curtain up with comedy, chaosComedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" in a tussle with Sacha Baron Cohen's anarchic alter ego General Aladeen for the attention of the world's media. |
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