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Manmohan Singh Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to hold talks on crucial bilateral issues
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold comprehensive talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues here today. Issues including boundary and trade are expected to come up for discussions during the high level interactions. Earlier, both the leaders held talks on crucial bilateral issues here last evening. External Affairs Minister ...
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Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination
England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror ...
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EU urges Russia against introducing gay law
The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" . Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made May 26-27, after which a working group will compile the draft law along ...
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Graeme McDowell sure McIlroy will part company with management
Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...
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U.S. Europe ready to settle Chinese solar cases
HONG KONG - The Obama administration and the European Union have each decided to negotiate settlements with China in the world's largest anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases involving China's roughly $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West, officials and trade advisers in Beijing, Brussels and Washington said. The plan that is starting to take shape would ...
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Finally Independent Testing Of Rossis E-Cat Cold Fusion Device Maybe The World Will Change After All
I first wrote about Italian engineer, Andrea Rossi, and his E-Cat project, a device that produces heat through a process called a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR). Very briefly, LENR, otherwise called cold fusion, is a technique that generates energy through low temperature (far lower than hot fusion temperatures which are in the range of tens off thousands of degrees) reactions that are not ...
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World Dog Show in Hungary
Dogs wait for the judges during a competition at the World Dog Show in Budapest May 19, 2013. More than 17,000 dogs from 70 countries were part of the show which took place from May ...
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Cardinal snub over abortion stance
Boston cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped a college commencement in protest at its decision to honour Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who backs laws to permit ...
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Ex-dictator died after shower fall
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died at 74 after a battle with ...
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51 dead in Oklahoma tornado
A MONSTER tornado 1.6km across has smashed Oklahoma City, wiping out entire neighbourhoods, crushing schools and causing pile-ups on highways as residents scrambled for ...
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7 die at Oklahoma elementary school
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Rescue workers raced against time and the oncoming night Monday looking for survivors after a powerful tornado blasted an area ...
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat owner says
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday after it was taken from waters between the two countries, the boat's owner said, in an incident that had proved a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy ...
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Guatemala court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is surrounded by the media after he was sentenced for genocide charges in the Supreme Court of Guatemala City May 10, ...
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Susan Powell Search Shifts to Brother-in-Law
A Pierce County Sheriff's deputy and Graham Firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., Feb. 5, 2012, where, the bodies of Josh Powell and his two sons are believed to have been ...
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Scrubs Stars Wedding Photos Revealed
May 20, 2013 8:51pm Donald Faison and Cacee Cobb said ';I do'; last December, and now, they’re finally giving their fans a look at their big day. Not only will they share photos in the summer issue ...
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Apple called international tax dodger
A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ...
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>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 51 people -- including seven children at an elementary school -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Seven children were killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, a police ...
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‘War on mosques’ now daily part of Iraq strife
Ihsan al-Shammari told AFP. "It is a war on mosques." Iraqis have lived with near-daily violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, and militants still attack both security forces and civilians almost each day. Now, they have set their sites on mosques as well. In one of the deadliest attacks, two bombs exploded near ...
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Deadly tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb
A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometres) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. At least 37 people were reported ...
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Top White House officials knew in April of tax probe
Top White House aides knew of a scandal over tax officials targeting conservative groups in April, but did not tell President Barack Obama, in a possible bid to insulate him from political ...
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Kerry visits Oman for arms deal signing talks on Syria Mideast
BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major airlines refused to pay any carbon costs under the new ...
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Irish politics and German filmmaking Crystals new boutique access in Northern Europe
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Crystal Cruises is expanding its uber-exclusive collection of intimate "Boutique Adventures" during summer Northern Europe cruises with two new experiences in Belfast and Berlin. The shoreside outings - none of which are available on any other cruise line - offer intimate access to Northern Ireland's political leadership and Germany's Soho -- Soho House, ...
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Dozens killed by 200mph Tornado
A massive tornado up to a mile wide roared through Oklahoma City's suburbs, killing at least 37, flattening neighbourhoods with winds up to 200mph and landing a direct hit on at least one school.An Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office spokeswoman said the death toll was expected to rise. Two hospitals said they were treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children. At ...
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Shows Tornado-Themed Finale Pulled
(Photo credit: Monty Brinton/CBS) In light of the real-life devastation that tornados are causing in the Midwest, CBS has decided to postpone the finale of the sitcom ';Mike & Molly,'; which dealt with a tornado hitting Chicago. ';Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight’s season finale of ‘Mike & Molly,’ which has ...
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Heartbreaking scenes after twister
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The enormity of Monday's Oklahoma City area tornado was heartbreaking as daylight slipped away. Yellow-helmeted rescue workers here ...
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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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