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New York, Feb 18, Major US stock indices advanced Wednesday after a slew of positive economic data from the US.

Washington, Feb 18,The US Federal Reserve has grown slightly more optimistic about the pace of the US economic recovery, leading some members to ponder raising interest rates and shrinking the central bank’s massive balance sheet in the near future.

New York, Feb 18, China, one of the veto-wielding UN Security Council permanent members, does not believe Iran has short-term capability to make nuclear weapons, the International Crisis Group said in a study released Wednesday.

Washington, Feb 18, Tiger Woods Friday will make his first public statement since a car accident unleashed a series of revelations about infidelity and halted his illustrious golfing career.

Dhaka, Feb 18, A group of 200 ethnic Rohingyas was repatriated to Bangladesh late Wednesday from Thailand, more than a year after the group tried to illegally migrate to Malaysia before being detained in Thai waters.

Wellington, Feb 17, New Zealand’s hockey team may delay its trip to the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, following an Al Qaeda threat against sports events in India, an official said.

Washington, Feb 17, A year after President Barack Obama’s landslide victory, more than half of Americans say he doesn’t deserve re-election in 2012, according to a new poll.

Washington, Feb 17, Condemning the terror attack on a Pune eatery in “strongest terms”, the United States has said it would continue its “unprecedented” cooperation with India to combat terrorism and protect the two societies from such attacks.

Wellington, Feb 17, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is visiting New Zealand, discussed the security situation in India with a prominent New Zealand leader.

London, Feb 17, Scorpion venom is notoriously poisonous but it can potentially replace dangerous and addictive painkillers like morphine, says a new study.