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Egypt's first free presidential election results was mired in controversy with the Muslim Brotherhood and the campaign for ousted ruler Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq claiming victory.

Mali's transitional President Dioncounda Traore who has been in Paris since May 24 to receive medical treatment after being attacked by demonstrators could return to the country "in the coming days", a well placed source told Xinhua on Sunday.

LONDON Rolls Royce, leading supplier of marine propulsion equipment, has secured a 1 billion pounds contract from the UK Ministry of Defense to supply reactor cores for the country's nuclear-armed submarine fleet.

The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi is poised to become Egypt's first post-revolution president. With most of the votes counted, the widely-presumed next leader will likely face a power struggle with the nation's military.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that his country would be prepared to stop high-grade uranium enrichment if the six world powers agree to meet its needs for the fuel.

Ukraine's notorious racist goons have warned England fans ahead of both team's crucial group D match on June 19, by posting stickers in Donetsk, which claim they are ready to fight.

Russia is sending two navy ships to violence-wracked Syria to protect its citizens and its naval base there, the Interfax news agency reported.

A strict curfew has been imposed in a northern Nigerian state to stop violence from spiraling out of control as situation continues to be tense, a day after suicide car bombers attacked three churches, triggering retaliatory strikes by Christians that left nearly 40 people dead.

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Ahead of a fresh round of talks between Iran and six major world powers in Moscow, a senior Iranian lawmaker urged Western countries to recognize the Islamic republic's "inalienable" nuclear rights, the Press TV reported Sunday.