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Iran Nuclear Talks Near Deadline; Differences Remain.

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         LAUSANNE, Switzerland � Negotiations over Iran�s nuclear program reached a critical phase Monday with diplomats struggling to overcome substantial differences just a day before a deadline for the outline of an agreement. With Tuesday�s target date for a framework accord just hours away, the top diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany were meeting with Iran to try to bridge remaining gaps and hammer out an understanding that would serve as the basis for a final accord to be reached by the end of June. �We are working late into the night and obviously into tomorrow,� said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Lausanne since Thursday in an intense effort to reach a political understanding on terms that would curb Iran�s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.         �There is a little more light there today, b...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Talks �Terminator: Genisys� in a Cool New Photoshoot.

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        LOS ANGELES � As promised, the Terminator and the man who originated the steely machine � Arnold Schwarzenegger�are back this summer for another go in �Terminator: Genisys,� and Paramount Pictures, eager for a blockbuster, has already fired up a machine of its own � the publicity kind. With four films, over $1 billion in box office receipts, and a jumbled time-travel mythology, �Terminator: Genisys� is taking the elements of James Cameron�s 1984 original and twisting them a bit to create an entirely new timeline. Getting a jump on a summer that�s chock full of franchise fare, including continuations of �The Avengers� and �Jurassic Park,� Paramount has undertaken an early publicity campaign, including the recent showcasing of a few minutes of action-packed footage from �Terminator: Genisys.� Then, Schwarzenegger and other key cast members attended a press event earlier this week on the Paramount lot � all to help generate early buzz for what the studio hopes w...