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Immigration bill moves forward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved a compromise on Wednesday that would bar illegal immigrants with criminal records from becoming legal residents or U.S. citizens and backed building fences along strategic sections of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Iran scorns EU atomic incentives
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ruled out halting nuclear fuel work in return for a package of EU incentives, saying the Europeans were offering "candy for gold".
Rumsfeld won't promise Iraq troop cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday he could not promise that the United States would withdraw some of its 133,000 troops from Iraq this year, although he hoped it would be able to do so.
Colombia, US smash major cocaine ring
The operation, named "Twin Oceans," led to the capture in Brazil of the group's head, Pablo Rayo Montano, who was among the top 42 drug traffickers sought by Washington, Jorge Alirio Baron, the anti-narcotics chief for the Colombian National Police, said.
Abbas, Hamas mount rival shows of force
GAZA (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the deployment of thousands of Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after the new Hamas government, in a challenge to his authority, posted its own armed contingent on the streets.
Jury begins deliberating in Enron trial
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday in the trial of former Enron CEOs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, who face decades in prison if convicted of fraud and conspiracy in the energy giant's spectacular collapse into bankruptcy and Wall Street scandal.
Iraq may get unity government on Saturday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament may vote on Saturday on a new government in which the country's main religious and ethnic groups will share power, officials said on Wednesday, signaling an end to months of political paralysis.
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