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The heads of two investment banks that lost many employees in the Sept. 11 attacks said they were repulsed by the possibility that a trial might give the accused plotters a public platform for their views.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake rattled residents on the west coast of Canada on Tuesday, but did not cause damage or trigger a tsunami, U.S. and Canadian officials said.

Iran faces a "very short" window to submit its formal response to a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions that it seeks to develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.

The Obama administration created a new task force on Tuesday to crack down on financial fraud, an increasingly important political issue after a spike in mortgage scams and big Wall Street trading scandals.

President Barack Obama will issue an executive order on Tuesday creating an administration-wide task force to crack down on financial fraud following a rise in mortgage scams and high-profile Wall Street trading scandals, an administration official said.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada on Tuesday, but did not prompt a tsunami alert, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Queen Charlotte Islands region off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. local time (1530 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

A senior Iranian member of parliament was quoted on Tuesday as saying that Russia was using the Islamic Republic as a "pawn" in Moscow's dealings with other powers such as the United States.

Iran said it temporarily boosted gasoline production by about 30 percent on Tuesday to show the West it can cope with any sanctions targeting its fuel imports.

New York, Nov 17 (ANI): A spokesman for 'Playgirl' has said that Levi Johnson won't give a 'full frontal' view in the magazine.

Beijing, Nov.17 (ANI): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged China to resume talks with representatives of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the earliest.

Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Former US Vice President candidate Sarah Palin has said that her daughter's ex-fiance Levi Johnston's nude modelling stint in Playgirl is heartbreaking.

Gay marriage advocates on Monday launched a campaign to try to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban, hoping to become the first U.S. state to convince voters to approve gay people's right to wed.

Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour.

The United States would veto a Palestinian declaration of statehood in the United Nations Security Council, U.S. senators visiting Israel said on Monday.

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U.S. steps to renew sanctions and seize a New York skyscraper linked to Iran show that President Barack Obama is no better than his predecessor George W. Bush, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday.