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Wave of Attacks Kills At Least 76 in Iraq
A wave of car bombings and suicide attacks against Shi'ite Muslims ripped through Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding scores more, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011. The attacks increased the number of Iraqis killed in sectarian clashes over the past week to more than 200, including 70 who died Friday ...
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Horse racing Purebred Arabian horses are racing onto world stage
Female jockey Marta Pisarek, right, rides Altesse Kossack to a win in the British leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship on Saturday at Newbury Racecourse in England. ...
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Mark Carney warns Europe of lost decade in final speech as BoC chief
Outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is pictured on April 23, 2013. Mr. Carney has warned that Europe needs big reforms to prevent long-term stagnation. (CHRIS ...
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Algerian president leaves Paris military hospital
PARIS -; Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another ...
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Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
An Israeli soldier works on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Israel's military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will not allow the Golan Heights ...
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Palestinian group Ruler rights abuses increasing
The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights said in its annual report Tuesday that incidents of abuse are up 10 percent since last ...
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Effective Measures vs Tax Evasion Urged in Europe
Brussels, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission (EC) reaffirmed today the importance of adopting effective measures to fight tax fraud in the European Union (EU) despite the reluctance of some members to eliminate the secret banking tactic. Head of the EC Jos Manuel Durao Barroso urged States in the group to encourage the exchange of data on all income as a means to fight that crime. ...
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Italian Prime Minister Demands Europe Assists Growth
Rome, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta demanded today that the European Union (EU) prioritize regional growth and employment instead of focusing on austerity policies. During his speech to the Senate, before attending the EU Summit to deal with tax evasion and other current topics, Letta insisted on the need to agree on policies to fight unemployment, especially among ...
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One pricey racing pigeon sold for world record $400K to Chinese businessman
Pigeons fly inside their coop at Pigeon Paradise in Knesselare, Belgium. Lightning fast pigeon Bolt with a name and pedigree to match has become the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for $400,000 to a Chinese businessman. BRUSSELS - Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most ...
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Report Asian Workers Around the World Remit $ 260 Billion to Their Home-Countries
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The United Nations Organization and the World Bank said in a report issued today that the remittances of 60 Asian countries' laborers working abroad amounted to about 260 billion last year, equivalent to 63% of total remittances in the world amounting to 410 billion. The report noted that about 70 million Asian families benefited from these money ...
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Olympic champ Chicherova claims womens high jump title in Beijing World Challenge
Reigning Olympic and world champion Anna Chicherova of Russia cleared 2.02 meters to win the women's high jump title at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing on Tuesday.The 30-year-old veteran enjoyed a comfortable dominance in the field, securing the title after she leaped over 1.98m. She cleared 2.00m with her second attempt and went to go jump over 2.02m before she failed all the three ...
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Oklahoma tornado Pope Queen other world leaders express their condolences
Pope Francis along with a host of world leaders and celebrities expressed their deepest sympathies to the victims of the twister in Oklahoma City that left dozens of people ...
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Engineers drive for better world
"I don't think addressing issues such as poverty ever ends, but we need to get people with the same motivations who are passionate about improving the world in one room with one vision to make ...
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Death By Firearms Around The World
Even countries with strict gun laws are not immune to random acts of out-of-control gun fire. Most of the countries where people are killed by firearms are riddled with social problems and drug gangs. The U.S. however leads the world in school shootings and leads the world's core economies in terms of firearms related deaths. Here's a look at the top 12 worst offenders, as ranked by ...
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Xbox Ones Exclusive Content For FIFA Could Be A Gamechanger In Europe
's reveal of the Xbox One could have broad implications for what happens when both the PS4 and the Xbox One hit the market this fall. EA Sports announced a vague "special relationship" with Microsoft, and said that the Xbox One would receive some sort of exclusive content for FIFA -- arguably the most popular game in the world. This could have make a real difference when these ...
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TSA Pre-Check Now Speeds International Travelers Through Airport Security
Actual time it took me from presenting my boarding pass to getting through security using TSA Pre-Check. (Photo credit: Andrew Bender) About the best news - OK, about the only good news - for air travelers in the last few years has been TSA Pre-Check, which allows passengers to speed through security at dozens of U.S. airports without removing shoes, laptop bags and light outerwear. Domestic ...
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How the Boy Scouts Could Become the Worlds Largest Sexual Abstinence Program
"The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law." Mission statement of ...
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US to run delayed missile test on Tuesday
The United States will carry out on Tuesday an intercontinental ballistic missile test it had delayed last month to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea, the Air Force ...
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World Bank to announce funds for Syria refugee influx
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans to announce substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in neighbouring Syria, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told Reuters on ...
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PM calls for action on tax evasion
EU leaders Mr Cameron has urged European governments to join forces to act against "staggering" losses from tax evasion and "aggressive avoidance" by adopting a US system of cross-border tax information exchange - something the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy are jointly testing and intend to implement by the end of this year.And only two days ago the Prime Minister ...
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No swimming Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe
Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe, with six per cent of its beaches and other swimming spots failing to meet the minimum EU ...
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Jodi Arias speaks to jury faces death sentence
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison. After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, ...
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Mobile data is a luxury good in southern Europe
Telefnica’s dismal results for the beginning of 2013 show serious weakness in southern Europe. Today, Vodafone reported its worst annual fall in service ...
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How America became a third world country | Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford for TomDispatch
The streets are so much darker now since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung diseases have ...
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Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad ally disqualified from Iran election report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog has barred former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential election, state media reported on ...
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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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