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Iran poll shows people want change, says Obama
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...
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President Rousseff says Brazil has woken up after massive protests
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Anti-graft protests swept Brazil's main cities as some 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets against alleged mis-governance, forcing President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday to acknowledge the need for better public services and effective administration. The assurance from Rousseff came a day after biggest protests rocked at least ten Brazilian cities, including Sao ...
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Talks between UK and Ecuador fail as Assange completes year in embassy
LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...
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Libya to hold trial of Gaddafi's son in August
LONDON - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, will stand trial in August along with Gaddafi's last prime minister and a former intelligence director, the prosecutor's office has announced. The men will be tried for crimes against the Libyan people during the 2011 uprising that toppled the former regime. Notorious former spy chief Abdullah ...
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Appeals court directs Ex-Im Bank to explain rationale for loan guarantee to Air India
WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a decision by the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance the sale of 30 Boeing wide-body jets to Indian state-owned carrier Air India in a legal challenge brought by Delta Air Lines to the loan guarantee. The court has however directed the government-run bank to better explain its rationale for providing loan guarantee, which Delta claimed as a ...
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Google renews efforts wipe out child porn images from internet
LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. ...
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GSK negotiating sale of thrombosis drug and plant to Aspen
DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...
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Carbon trading to begin in Shenzhen in bid to cut emission
BEIJING - China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is set to launch Tuesday its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in the southern city of Shenzhen as part of efforts to cut emissions in its key cities. Carbon emissions trading schemes are meant to encourage companies to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit or a cap, on the level of emission that can be ...
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Group of Eight leaders stop short of calling for Assad ouster
ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...
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Rise in transportation costs push up UK inflation to 2.7pc
LONDON - The consumer price index (CPI) inflation increased to 2.7% in May, up from 2.4% in April, mainly due to higher fuel costs pushing up transportation costs particularly airfares, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday. The ONS said the rise was due to a record increase in airfares and higher fuel prices. "The inflation rate has returned to the levels seen between ...
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Gomez Strong in Final Massachusetts Senate Debate
News reports from the final debate between Democrat Ed Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez conclude that Gomez, a first-time candidate and self-styled "new kind of ...
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Fatah warns US against exerting pressure on PA to resume talks unconditionally
As Kerry set to return to region next week, West Bank leadership calls on US secretary of state to exert pressure on Israel to "fulfill its obligations"; Erekat: Israeli gov't strategy based on "destroying the 2-state ...
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Hamas Syria conflict impacting Iran relations financial aid
Hamas's deteriorating relations with Iran and Syria have impacted financial aid to the Islamist movement, Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, was quoted Wednesday as saying.Noting that Syria had supported Hamas financially and politically, Hamad said that his movement's support for the Syrian "revolution" has resulted in the loss of financial aid from both ...
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Arab lynch mob attacks two Jews in e. Jlem
Two Jewish men were assaulted Wednesday in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Orot, narrowly escaping with their lives, when a lynch mob of Arab-Israelis shattered their vehicle's windows with rocks, surrounded the car and attempted to pummel them.According to Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld the attack took place in the morning, while the men, both in their 20s and residents of the ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood braces for future trouble
CAIRO - For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Morsi ends his first year in office, fortifications being erected at his group's headquarters suggest a looming war.Behind a reinforced wall and a five-inch thick iron gate, the Brotherhood's Cairo compound bears scars of a divisive year that has triggered frequent protests and ...
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No easy nuke arms cuts Russia
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia voiced concern on Wednesday about US missile defences and high-precision conventional weapons, signalling that nuclear arms cuts proposed by President Barack Obama are likely to face ...
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Budapest parly evacuated over WWII bomb
Budapest - Part of Hungary's parliament was evacuated Wednesday after an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered during excavation work for a nearby underground ...
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Iceland weighs Snowden asylum
Stockholm - Iceland said Wednesday it has held informal talks with an intermediary of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden who reportedly may want to seek political asylum ...
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Boston suspect gets Russia burial
Grozny, Russia - The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for ...
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Aldi sees off Waitrose to win best supermarket award for the second time in two weeks as judges declare its prices dont compromise on quality
It is another accolade for the discount chain, which just last week also beat the major chains and upmarket rivals like Waitrose, to be named the best supermarket in The Grocer ...
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Is this Britains fattest dog Mizzy the 11.4 STONE bullmastiff whose collar fits around her vets waist checks into animal fit club
Mizzy is one of 21 overweight animals - including a two-stone Norwegian Forest cat and an 11lb rotund rabbit - taking part in PDSA's six-month diet and exercise ...
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Mother whose eyes were gouged out by abusive boyfriend is attacked again as man is arrested for assault
A man has been charged with an alleged assault on Tina Nash, who had her eyes gouged by her ex-boyfriend in 2011. A file picture of Miss Nash outside Truro Crown ...
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Passenger fury at late-running trains hits six year high as rail companies condemned for failing to deliver basic promises despite fare hikes and bonus pay-outs
One in eight passengers are unhappy with their unreliable rail services at a time of inflation-busting fare rises and bumper bonuses for rail ...
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Who will be at the Duchess bedside for the birth William could be forced to take helicopter from Wales while mother Carole and sister Pippa will also head for the hospital
Significantly, our sources strongly hinted that Kate's family – particularly her mother, Carole Middleton, and sister, Pippa - are likely to be present at the hospital during her ...
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Royal birth announcement will be taken by police escort to Buckingham Palace and displayed on an easel... the same way news of Williams arrival was released
The birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child - a future heir to the throne - will be announced in exactly the same way as Prince William's to retain 'the theatre' of a genuine royal ...
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Macau economy punches way above its weight
Macau’s economy is set for a continued period of rapid growth over the next decade as Asia tops the charts in terms of revenue gained through gaming industries, but there is more to our little city-state than just casinos and hotels.
Macau is the Monaco of Asia. Although legally part of the Peoples Republic of China, this small little territory, just 29 kilometers squared and one of the most densely populated in the world, exists under the ‘one country, two systems’ policy of the Chinese government and therefore has its own internal legal system and political makeup. It is this which has enabled Macau, a tiny city-state with no natural resources, to develop one of the highest GDPs per capita in Asia, after Singapore. Read more
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