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By Janet McBride/ ^5 t( | N6 Y8 X# s" @; [# |7 l- Y
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LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose towards $70 on Wednesday as U.S. warships put on a show of force off Iran's coast, coinciding with a United Nations agency report that said the Islamic republic had expanded its nuclear programme. # T$ s5 G. U0 ?+ Y8 i2 ~" G. ^) ~2 }+ ^" E: O8 _% s! x