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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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California and Shenzhen China Sign Climate Change Agreement
The state of California and Shenzhen, China have signed an agreement to cooperate together in fighting climate change. "Moving to further strengthen California's ties with China, California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols and Director of the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission Xu Anliang signed a memorandum of understanding today in Shenzhen that will expand ...
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Obama Wont Be Specific On Military Aid To Syrian Opposition
U.S. President Barack Obama has refused to be specific about what weapons Washington would provide to Syrian opposition forces. U.S. officials said last week that military aid would be sent to the Syrian opposition. At a news conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said he "cannot and will not" be specific about what sort of military equipment would be ...
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Russian Gay-Rights Group Fined For Refusal To Follow Controversial Law
A gay-rights organization in St. Petersburg has been fined for refusing to register as "a foreign agent.'' A court fined the Vykhod (Coming Out) organization 500,000 rubles ($15,600) for not obeying the recently adopted law requiring nongovernmental organizations that receive foreign funding and engage in political activity to register as foreign agents. Vykhod's ...
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Search for Hoffa’s remains continues
Oakland Township, Michigan - FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field on Tuesday for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by ...
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Police probe into secondary school shooting after teacher fired starter pistol in pupils face
A male teacher has been suspended while officers quiz staff and witnesses at Le Rocquier School, a mixed secondary school for youngsters aged 11 to ...
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Jeremy Forrest weeps as his lawyers reveal he will not give evidence in his defence
Arriving: Teacher Jeremy Forrest is taken into Lewes Crown Court where it was revealed he would not give evidence and cried when his sister gave a statement in his ...
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Puya berteroniana Exotic plant that blooms once a CENTURY flowers on hottest day of the year
For horticulturists it is a moment of great beauty tinged with even greater sadness. An exotic plant that flowers once in its lifetime before dying has ...
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Ed Miliband accuses government of allowing bankers to delay bonus payout until top rate of tax was cut
Bonuses in the City soared to record levels in April this year as bankers deferred pay outs to take advantage of the cut in the top rate of tax, new figures ...
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Charlie Kelsey-Neil 12 who was fascinated by TV magician Dynamo accidentally hanged himself in his bedroom
A 12-year-old schoolboy accidentally hanged himself in his bedroom just two weeks after jokingly wrapping a cable around his neck in a classroom prank, an inquest heard ...
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Female student 18 faced exclusion from college for bringing it into disrepute after accusing three men of sexual assault
An 18-year-old woman was recommended for exclusion by her college 'for bringing it into disrepute' after accusing three fellow students of rape and sexual assault, a court has ...
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Husband 33 battered 42-year-old wife to death with ornamental elephant after she asked for divorce
Stafford Crown Court heard Singh flew into a rage and battered his wife of three years with the 4lb wooden object following an argument at their ...
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Surrogate-born children are more likely to suffer depression than those carried by their real mother
The study suggests that children find it more difficult to handle the idea that they were carried by another woman than that they are not biologically related to their ...
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Gun-battle inside Somalia UN office after attack by al-Shabaab
Al-Qa'ida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main UN compound in Mogadishu, officials ...
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Barack Obama to renew calls to reduce US-Russia nuclear weapons
President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in US and Russian arsenals, the White House ...
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Brazil Protests 50000 Take To The Streets
Tens of thousands of Brazilians have once again taken to the streets in Sao Paolo, protesting at the high cost of staging the World Cup next year. The protests followed Monday night's demonstrations in the country's biggest city as residents vent their anger about the high cost of public transport - and its inefficiency - and a government that they see is riddled with corruption. ...
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Detroit, the little motor city that could?
Detroit has been kicked in the face by the world economy, political scandals and budget deficits. But are things perhaps looking up for the automotive capital of the country?
Detroit has long been considered the US capital of car manufacturing, giving rise to its nickname, Motor City. In the 1950s the city was the fourth largest in the country, but a decline in fortunes and a changing economy has left the city with just half as many people it had in its heyday. Read more
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