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• Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements
  Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.
  June 19, 2013 7:48 am
• Obama: `Lives have been saved' by NSA programs
  Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.
  June 19, 2013 7:47 am

• Obama: Friction in Afghan peace talks no surprise
  June 19, 2013 7:33 am
• UK soldiers' families can sue over Iraq deaths
  June 19, 2013 7:31 am
• Social-network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
  June 19, 2013 7:30 am
• Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition
  June 19, 2013 7:27 am
• Zimbabwe's president goes back to court on polls
  June 19, 2013 7:22 am
• Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
  June 19, 2013 7:20 am
• Obama: NSA programs have saved lives
  June 19, 2013 7:13 am