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Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death for 2013 attack

BOSTON - Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a U.S. jury on Friday for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded 264 others in the crowds at the race's finish line. | Video

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Weak U.S. data point to modest second quarter economic rebound

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production unexpectedly fell for a fifth straight month in April due in part to a further decline in oil and gas drilling, suggesting that the economy is growing at only a modest pace in the second quarter.

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Treasury yields fall, dollar slips after soft U.S. data

NEW YORK - Treasury yields dropped and the dollar eased on Friday following a stabilization in European government bonds and another batch of weak U.S. data that raised expectations the Federal Reserve will need to wait longer to hike interest rates.

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Wreckage of missing U.S. helicopter found in Nepal; no survivors

KATHMANDU - The wreckage of a U.S. military helicopter lost on an earthquake relief mission in Nepal was found on Friday high on a mountainside, with all eight on board presumed dead, U.S. officials said. | Video

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Seattle teens missing after Nepal quake presumed dead, families say

SEATTLE - The families of two Seattle teenagers missing in Nepal say there is no chance the girls survived a massive April earthquake, and the $51,000 that had been donated by Friday to fund a search mission will now go to the country's recovery.

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Iran prepared for all scenarios in nuclear talks: negotiator

VIENNA - Iran is prepared for "all scenarios" in talks with world powers about curbing its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, its top nuclear negotiator said on Friday when asked what would happen if no final deal was reached by July. | Video

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Saudi man gets life in U.S. prison for ties to Africa embassy bombings

NEW YORK - A Saudi man whom U.S. authorities described as a top Osama bin Laden deputy was sentenced to life in prison on Friday in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. | Video

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Obama seeks to reassure Gulf allies, sees no early end to Syria war

DUBAI - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that Washington would help Gulf allies face conventional military aggression but also get them to work more in their own defence against any unconventional menace, such as destabilising Iranian actions in the region. | Video

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