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3 al-Qaida members 2 soldiers dead in Yemen clash
SANAA, Yemen -; A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers ...
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Third term begins for Ecuadors President Correa
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2013 file photo, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa gives a thumbs up to supporters as he stands with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, not in picture, on a balcony at the government palace in Quito, Ecuador. On Friday, May 24, 2013, Correa will begin his second presidential term after winning the Feb. 17 election. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, ...
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Suicide bomb hits Kabul as Taliban battle police
Afghan police aim their weapons after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul and setting up a gun battle in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmad ...
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French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers
Twisted metal lies at the site of a morning car bomb attack inside a military camp in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to ...
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Niger defense minister Hostages freed in Agadez
Twisted metal lies at the site of a morning car bomb attack inside a military camp in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to ...
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Muse Will Play at World War Z Premiere
which will be equal parts full-scale concert and film premiere The film features 14 minutes of Muse's music, mostly the song "Isolated System" from the trio's latest ...
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Is This Google X’s Plan to Wire the World
were flummoxed by Schmidt's prediction. There are many parts of the world without reliable telecommunications infrastructure. How do you wire parts of Africa--or the Indonesian archipelago? In my conversations with Astro Teller, Google X's excellently named director of moonshots, for this ...
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European Union Bring on the opposition
Many reproach the EU for its poor transparency and democratic deficit. The problem, however, lies elsewhere, believes sociologist Armin Nassehi. What is lacking is a true opposition, transnational and firmly at home within the European Union ...
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Cubans Russians Lead in Last Stop for World Diving Series
Mexico, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The last stop in the Diving World Series begins today and ends on Sunday at the Pan American Aquatics Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Russian and Cuban duos in the lead for top honors in the male synchronized platform. In the two-day event the first four duos in each branch will compete, while also training for the next world championship, from July 19 to ...
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Blitzbokke lose skipper for World Cup
Springbok Sevens captain Frankie Horne will miss the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow next month because of injury. The most experienced Springboks Sevens player ever injured a shoulder during the last round of the Sevens World Series in London and will undergo an operation to fix the damage next week.He has a fractured bone in his shoulder and also suffered ligament damage.Horne made ...
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World Lung Foundation Warns U.S. Budget Cuts Will Slow The Fight Against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and ...
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Moscow felt ‘echoes of earthquake’
Moscow - A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of ...
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Arias in limbo as she awaits her fate
Phoenix - An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to order a rerun of the sentencing phase of the ...
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Motorists rescued after bridge collapse
Olympia, Washington - Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the frigid water, authorities ...
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Gay ban lifted by Boy Scouts
Jennifer Tyrrell (left), who was removed from her position as a den leader in 2012 for being gay, hugs Pascal Tessier, 16, after a resolution passed to allow openly gay scouts in the Boy Scouts of America at the Boy Scouts' National Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas, on ...
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List Toyota tops BMW as worlds top auto brand
Toyota has passed BMW in a ranking of the world's most valuable brands. The list was put together by a keeper of such scores called Brandz. But it's no time for celebration if you're in the auto industry. ...
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World stocks to grind higher
"This is a classic holiday market reversal," said Neil Shah, a director at London's Edison Investment. When investors and traders return to their desks after the long weekend in the U.S. and the U.K., stocks would continue moving higher, he said. Japan, where the ...
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Pakistan aircraft incident rattles U.K.
Passengers disembark from a Pakistan International Airlines flightbound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London Friday. Chris Radburn/AP ...
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Qatar drops bid to move UN aviation agency HQ from Montreal
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, left, Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, centre, and Quebec's Minister for International Relations Jean-Franois Lise, leave the International Civil Aviation Organization's Montreal headquarters following a meeting May 3. The so-called 'Team Montreal' was spearheading counter moves to Qatar's offer to move the UN agency to Doha, ...
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The UKs immigration crackdown will lead to a loss of international talent | Sarah Mulley
International students at Wigan College. 'A substantial number of international university students come via the UK FE sector, which has seen numbers fall by almost 50%.' Photograph: Christopher ...
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Icelands new PM rejects EU but embraces EU economic goals
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland must find stability by aiming for the same economic goals as those set for European Union states, even though it is skeptical about joining the EU and will keep its own currency, the new prime minister ...
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Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds
George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...
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Pakistan should consider IMF deal after reforms in place adviser
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's new leadership expects first results of its planned steps to shore up its finances and ease a power crisis in two or three months and only then should decide whether and on what terms to seek an IMF bailout, a senior policy adviser said on ...
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2 arrested after U.K. scrambles fighter jets to intercept Pakistani passenger jet from Lahore
LONDON British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday. Essex Police boarded the plane at Stansted and arrested two men "on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft," according to a statement from the police, which did not elaborate. Britain's ...
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World Health Organization Coronavirus research stalled by scientific red tape
China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, leaves the podium after delivering a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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