So That?s What the Fat Lady Sang (New York Times)
Titling systems have demystified opera, establishing connections while breaking others.
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Crude prices fall with Iranian response to uranium talks (Houston Chronicle)
Crude oil fell from near a record as Iran said it gave a "constructive" response to incentives intended to persuade the nation to stop uranium enrichment.
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10 of this week's best stories from around (Times Online)
1 Zimbabwe The world looked on, apparently helpless, as Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term as president of Zimbabwe last Sunday.
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Gas costs have some keeping trips short (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
Rising gasoline prices may be keeping many Wabash Valley residents closer to home over the holiday weekend.
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Former hostages reflect on return to normalcy (CNN.com)
Gracia Burnham recalls a time when July Fourth fireworks sent her running for cover.
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A LABOUR OF LOVE (Payvand Iran News)
My Brief Encounter with Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi of Iran: It was a particularly cloudy afternoon in Paris and the weather was hesitating between rain showers and rare moments of sunshine that displayed a beautiful rainbow above the Trocadero Plaza overlooking the Eiffel Tower. -Darius KADIVAR
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US Expert: No Easy Options for Dealing With Iran Nukes (Payvand Iran News)
One day after Iran's foreign minister downplayed the likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli strike against his country's nuclear facilities, a prominent Washington-based expert on the Middle East says there are no easy options for preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons. VOA's Michael Bowman has details.
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Sweden Allows Gay Iranian Asylum Seekers (The Advocate)
The Swedish Migration Board has decided that people who lived openly as gay or lesbian in Iran should be granted asylum.
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U.S. Dismisses Report Israel Likely to Attack Iran (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. State Department dismissed an ABC News report that Israel is increasingly likely to attack Iranian nuclear facilities this year.
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Triple whammy (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Iran warned the EU it would lose from its new set of sanctions aiming to pressure Tehran over its sensitive nuclear programme. "If they want to stop doing business, no problem.
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