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Morning Digest: U.N. nuclear agency sees 'good' progress with Iran, much work remains

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02/10/2014

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U.N. nuclear agency sees 'good' progress with Iran, much work remains

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog signaled its determination on Monday to get to the bottom of suspicions that Iran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, a day after Tehran agreed to start addressing the sensitive issue..

Brahimi sets out next steps in Syria talks: document

GENEVA (Reuters) - Geneva talks aimed at ending the Syrian war will tackle the key issues of stopping violence, setting up a transitional governing body, and plans for national institutions and reconciliation, mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has told the two sides in a document obtained by Reuters on Monday..

Global Shares, Bunds edge higher, plenty of risk ahead

LONDON (Reuters) - World shares made guarded gains on Monday, encouraged that Wall Street was able to weather a seemingly disappointing U.S. jobs report last week but with more than enough event risk ahead to keep investors cautious..

'LEGO Movie' tops 'Monuments Men' to score huge U.S. box office win

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "The LEGO Movie," an animated film based on the colorful plastic children's blocks, snapped up $69.1 million in ticket sales to top weekend box office charts, easily beating the George Clooney World War Two film "The Monuments Men.".

Slopestyle success whets IOC appetite for new sports

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Long before American Sage Kotsenburg grabbed the inaugural slopestyle snowboarding gold medal at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday it was clear the new event would be an instant hit..

Russian authorities say Bitcoin illegal

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities have issued warnings against using Bitcoin, saying the virtual currency could be used for money laundering or financing terrorism and that treating it as a parallel currency is illegal..

Ancient star helps scientists understand universe's origins

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian astronomers have found the oldest known star in the universe, a discovery that may help to resolve a long-standing discrepancy between observations and predictions of the Big Bang billions of years ago..

Two men charged in Wisconsin theft of Stradivarius violin

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Two Wisconsin men were charged Friday with stealing a rare Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars from a concert violinist in late January, prosecutors said..