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Sania-Liezel enter Eastbourne quarters
Indo-American pairing Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber defeated Croatian-British duo of Darija Jurak and Heather Watson to enter the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event at the Aegon International here Tuesday. The second seeds were not in their elements but managed to win their first round tie 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in one hour and 36 minutes on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. Sania-Liezel had ...
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32 die in Iraq suicide bombing
At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. The attacks occurred around midday at the al-Husseiniyah mosque in al-Qahira district, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers, Xinhua reported. The official said the two attackers first shot dead the guards of the mosque with ...
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No corruption in Male airport deal says watchdog
The Maldives anti-corruption watchdog has ruled out any corruption in the deal to award the country's only operational international airport to Indian infrastructure giant GMR group, a media report said Tuesday. The $511 million project was abruptly cancelled by the Maldivian government in November 2012. The Anti-Corruption Commission's 61-page investigation report into alleged corruption in ...
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UNESCO inscribes East Rennell of Solomon Islands on list of world heritage in danger
Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The world heritage site of East Rennell has been inscribed on the list of world heritage in danger due to logging that is affecting the ecosystem of the Solomon Islands' world heritage site, according to a UNESCO press statement on Tuesday. "The World Heritage Committee determined that logging is threatening the outstanding universal value of East Rennell, and ...
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15 killed in Iraq suicide bombing
At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Tuesday, an interior ministry official said. The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vest among worshippers at the mosque in al-Qahira district, Xinhua reported. The toll of the attacks could rise, officials said. Ambulances, civilian ...
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Colombian Poet wants to sell testicles for $20K to travel Europe
A Colombian poet is selling his testicles to pay for his upcoming European tour. Rafael Medina Brochero, 52, wants 20,000 dollars for his private parts - so he can travel the continent with his "Poetry for Peace in Colombia" show. Speaking to Caracol Radio, the Magdalena author, who's had 11 books published, said that he would hand over his balls to the first person that offered him the cash, ...
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Long jumper Smith qualifies for World Championships
Bermudian long jumper Tyrone Smith has qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, leaping to a season's best 8.13 metres at a meet in Poland. Smith's jump saw him finish second at the 59th Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Meet in Szczecin, reports CMC. Smith, 28, a two-time Olympian, recently won at a meet in France, and placed fourth in the Czech Republic. He tweeted: "Just ...
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New compound more effective at killing persistent and drug-resistant TB
An international team has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways. The team was led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. "These findings represent an effort to help solve one of the major ...
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World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
STOCKHOLM -; The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate ...
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Eyes of world focus on a new peaceful Ulster
It would be hard to overstate the significance of the last 48 hours for the Province. The G8 is the biggest global event to have been held in Northern Ireland since the state's creation almost a century ago.Never before have so many giants of the world stage been in Ulster at the same time.Not only were the leaders of the eight major western nations at Lough Erne, so too was President Jose ...
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Montreal mayor vows to fight charges
Montreal - Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum resigned on Tuesday, a day after he was charged with fraud and corruption in the latest major Canadian municipal ...
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Kim Jong-un ‘stresses Hitler’s skills’
Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills ...
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No date for Afghan peace talks Taliban
Muhammad Naeem (L), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha. The Afghan Taliban opened an office in Qatar on Tuesday to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. REUTERS/Mohammed ...
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Nakheel says more The World projects set to launch
Several owners of islands bought on The World project off Dubai's coast are dusting off plans to launch projects, according to master developer ...
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NIHRs Deputy Chairman receives a delegation from British Institute of International and Comparative law
Manama: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)'s Deputy Chairman cum Head of the Committee on Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up , Mr. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Durazi, received this morning a British delegation led by the Birmingham School of Law Professor Geoffrey Jowl, at the NIHR's premises in the Seef District. At the meeting, NIHR's Deputy Chairman ...
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DP World extends maturity date on $1bn loan
DP World, the world's third-largest port operator, said on Wednesday that it has extended the maturity date on a $1bn revolving credit facility for an additional year as it secured attractive market ...
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45.2m forced to flee homes - UN
The United Nations refugee agency has revealed that more than 45.2 million people were forced to flee their homes last year, an 18-year high mainly due to wars in Syria, Afghanistan and other ...
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Several people killed in northern Yemen bombing ministry
SANAA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and eight wounded in a town in northern Yemen on Wednesday when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a security official ...
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Afghanistan suspends security pact talks with U.S. amid Taliban peace process
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, ...
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Germanys ruling coalition on course for re-election poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) attends a parliamentary faction meeting of the coalition of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) to discuss a Cyprus bailout plan in Berlin, March 22, ...
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Big Lie America Doesnt Have 1 Richest Middle-Class in the World...Were Ranked 27th
America is the richest country on Earth. We have the most millionaires, the most billionaires--and a increasingly poor "middle ...
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UN says 45.2 million refugees displaced globally
GENEVA (AP) -- The Syrian civil war contributed to push the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said ...
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Obama to Promote Nuclear-Free World in Berlin Speech
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to lay out his vision for advancing toward a world free of nuclear weapons during a speech Wednesday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. A senior administration official says Mr. Obama will propose the United States and Russia cut their number of strategic nuclear warheads by up to one third below the level agreed to in a 2009 treaty. That pact, ...
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The Cayan Tower Dubai builds worlds tallest 310-metre 75-storey twisted tower
Dubai, home to Earth’s three tallest buildings, witnessed the opening of the world’s highest twisted tower late on Monday. Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development Company inaugurated the Dh1 billion Cayan Tower, formerly named Infinity. Located in Dubai Marina and close to the world’s tallest residential building, the 414-metre Princess Tower, the skyscraper with a ...
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Huawei claims worlds thinnest smartphone
Chinese telecom giant Huawei vows to catch up with its more popular rivals Apple and Samsung, unveiling its newest phone for the first time.Huawei unveiled its Ascend P6 at the CommunicAsia telecom and broadcast event in Singapore on Wednesday just hours after its global launch in London, billing it as world's thinnest smartphone."I generally do not comment on competitors but it is a ...
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Louisiana's recovery might be brought to its knees
The six-month moratorium suspending all exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is another blow to an economy already reeling and could potentially undermine the state for years to come.
There can be no one left in Louisiana who has not heard about the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the oil spill that has resulted from the collapse of the rig, which killed eleven people in the process and is now threatening the livelihoods of countless communities along the state’s coast. Read more
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