IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 25/11/2013

Obama: Nuclear deal blocks Iran's path to bomb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, embraces EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, during a ceremony at the United Nations after an agreement was reached on Iran's nuclear program, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Iran struck a historic nuclear deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, in the most significant development between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement between the two nations. The agreement commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for limited and gradual sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

GENEVA (AP) — Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement.

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Israeli leader calls Iran deal 'historic mistake'

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters. The U.S. and Iran secretly engaged in high-level, face-to-face talks, at least three times over the past year, in a high stakes diplomatic gamble by the administration that paved the way for the historic deal aimed at slowing Iran's nuclear program. After a Sept. 27, phone call between President Barack Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, the U.S. began informing allies about the talks. Obama handled the most sensitive conversation himself, briefing Netanyahu during his Sept. 30 visit to the White House. The next day, in this speech to the U.N., Netanyahu blasted Rouhani as a

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister harshly condemned the international community's nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday, calling it a "historic mistake" and saying he was not bound by the agreement.

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Wintry blast hits West, 8 killed; storms head East

This image provided by the San Bernardino County Fire Department shows a traffic accident in the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The rain throughout the West led to flooding in San Bernardino County, where five homeless people were trapped by water and had to be rescued from the Santa Ana River, fire officials told the San Bernardino County Sun. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Fire Department)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Stormy weather across the West blamed in eight deaths moved steadily eastward, prompting alerts of wintry conditions in New Mexico and Texas.

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Vatican unveils bone fragments said to be Peter's
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has for the first time publicly unveiled a handful of disputed bone fragments said by some to belong to the first pope, St. Peter.

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Korean ex-leprosy patients return to island colony

In this Nov. 4, 2013 photo, a South Korean leprosy patient lies in a bed at Sorokdo National Hospital on Sorok Island, South Korea. The island, once known as a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions, has become a peaceful refuge for many after years of discrimination and hardship and the only place they feel at home. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SOROK ISLAND, South Korea (AP) — Kang Sun Bong once considered this tiny island a "hell on earth," a place where hospital workers beat the leprosy patients exiled here and forced them into harsh labor, sterilizations and abortions. But three years ago, old, sick and broke, Kang returned to the place he'd been banished with his mother decades ago.

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Syrians fleeing war face hardship in Balkans

Syrian refugees try to stay warm near open fires in front of their unheated tents in a refugee camp in the town of Harmanli, Bulgaria, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Thousands of Syrian and other refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa, who find enough courage to make a dangerous journey from their war-ravaged states, often end up in the crammed settlements in the Balkans, including Bulgaria, Greece or Serbia, after being caught on the borders of wealthy Western European nations for attempting to cross illegally. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

HARMANLI, Bulgaria (AP) — Idris Hassan, his wife and their three children fled the carnage of the Syrian war, hoping to find peace and safety in western Europe. Instead, they are stuck in an overcrowded Bulgarian refugee camp — living in a freezing tent without enough food or running water.

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Obama, Cyrus among GQ's least influential list

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dennis Rodman is at the top of a list no one wants to be on. He's been named GQ's No. 1 least influential celebrity of 2013.

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Pacquiao beats Rios in unanimous decision

Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines wears the champion's belt after defeating Brandon Rios of the United States in their WBO international welterweight title fight Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Macau. Pacquiao defeated Rios by unanimous decision on Sunday to take the WBO international welterweight title and return to his accustomed winning ways after successive defeats. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

MACAU (AP) — Manny Pacquiao reversed the decline in his boxing career and provided some desperately needed inspiration to the disaster-stricken Philippines with an authoritative victory over Brandon Rios on Sunday.

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JFK's daughter says his spirit lives on

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2013 file photo, new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy smiles as she gives a statement upon her arrival in Japan at the Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo. The daughter of President John F. Kennedy says his spirit lives on even though his life was cut short. Caroline Kennedy said in an interview with Japan's Yomiuri newspaper that she often meets people who tell her they were inspired by her father. She said it's a reminder that we all have a duty to work together for a better world. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File)

TOKYO (AP) — The daughter of President John F. Kennedy said that his spirit lives on even though his life was cut short.

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AP source: McCann, Yankees near 5-year, $85M deal

FILE - In this July 15, 2012, file photo, Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann looks on during a baseball game against the New York Mets in Atlanta. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that free-agent McCann and the New York Yankees are about to close a five-year deal for about $85 million. The person spoke Saturday night, Nov. 23, 2013, on condition of anonymity because the deal was not complete. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Free-agent catcher Brian McCann and the New York Yankees are about to complete a five-year deal worth around $85 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday night.

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Israel minister: Iran deal based on 'deception'

From left, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greet each other and shake hands at the United Nations Palais, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Iran nuclear talks. A deal has been reached between six world powers and Iran that calls on Tehran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief, the French and Iranian foreign ministers said early Sunday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday harshly criticized the international community's nuclear deal with Iran, accusing the world of "self-delusion" and saying the first-stage agreement would not halt what it says is Tehran's pursuit of nuclear weapons capability.

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Afghan council approves US deal

Afghan delegates walk on the street on the third day of the Loya Jirga, or the consultative council in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Representatives from different groups gather in separate rooms and discuss until meeting again in the council. President Hamid Karzai on Friday rebuffed American demands that he sign a security pact allowing U.S. forces to stay in the country for another decade, while the U.S. defense secretary warned that planning for a post-2014 military presence may be jeopardized if the deal isn't finalized by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan assembly has called on President Hamid Karzai to sign a security deal with the United States by the end of the year.

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Iran president: Nuclear 'rights' sealed

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the nuclear deal reached with world powers recognizes Tehran's "rights" to maintain an atomic program.

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A look at US-Iran ties leading up to nuclear pact
GENEVA (AP) — Iran's agreement with six world powers over its nuclear program comes after decades of difficult ties between Washington and Tehran. Relations have been up, but mostly down since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and subsequent hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in the Iranian capital. The nuclear agreement, designed as a first step in preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon in exchange for the easing of some punishing economic sanctions, signals a thaw in the U.S.-Iranian relationship.

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U.S. criticizes new China zone, vows to defend Japan

The disputed islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyus in China as seen on September 15, 2010

Washington says it was "deeply concerned" over the dangerous move.

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IT News Head Lines (Yahoo News) 25/11/2013

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