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and a potentially disastrous exit from the euro.
• Thirty-two parties are vying for the support of nearly 10 million registered voters, many of whom, according to recent polls, were undecided on the eve of the election.
• Abstention, once projected to reach historic highs but seen rising in recent opinion surveys, will be crucial to the final outcome. In the last national election, in October 2009, just over 70 percent of the registered voters went to the polls.
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• KOLKATA, India (AP) -- Urging India to reduce the oil it imports from Iran tops

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's agenda as she starts two days of talks with Indian officials.
• India has huge energy needs to fuel its rapid growth but has made some progress in easing its dependence on Iranian oil. A senior official traveling with Clinton in Asia said the United States wants to see more.
• The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview Clinton's private discussions in Kolkata and New Delhi, said the "trend

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