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• Tehran is eyeing a reduction in banking and oil trade sanctions in exchange for some curbs on its uranium enrichment program.
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• 5. WARNING SIGNS AMONG NUCLEAR PERSONNEL
• A draft study, obtained by the AP, cites "burnout" among Air Force launch officers with their fingers on the triggers of 450 weapons of mass destruction.
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• 6. HOW AN AP JOURNALIST BECAME AN OSWALD PALL BEARER
• Reluctantly, the reporter, who was one of the few attending the assassin's funeral, helped in burying his casket.
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• 7. VIRGINIA PROBING TREATMENT OF LAWMAKER'S SUICIDAL SON
• Citing a shortage of beds, state senator's son was released from a mental illness facility, a day before he stabbed his father and killed himself.
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• 8. ARGENTINE RABBI TELLS OF FRIENDSHIP WITH POPE FRANCIS
• The pontiff hosted his Jewish friend in the Vatican and they email "every week."
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• 9. WHO WILL SHINE IN BRAZIL 2014 WORLD CUP
• A panel of AP reporters and soccer experts predicts who will win the cup -- and who will be the surprise flop.
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• 10. WHY PARAMOUNT IS FIGHTING 'IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE' SEQUEL
• The company owns the copyright to the holiday classic and plans to stop a follow-up movie currently in the making.
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AP News in Brief
Afghan president opens gathering of elders, says he backs security deal with US
• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met.
• Hamid Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday.
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