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Afghanistan Seeks Military Aid from India
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with Indian leaders in hopes of securing more military aid before international troops leave the country next year. Mr. Karzai held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late Tuesday in New Delhi, after meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. The Afghan president is expected to seek India's assistance to help strengthen Afghan ...
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Microsoft Unveils New Xbox One Game Console
REDMOND, WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday, hoping the Xbox One will attract existing video game fans while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation Microsoft console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus ...
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Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran
STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...
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Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...
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UAE Singapore discuss global development
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...
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Security Council Adopting Resolution 2103 Extends Mandate of United Nations Presence in Guinea-Bissau by One Year
Acting on the recommendation of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) for one year, deciding also to readjust its presence so it could help the West African nation restore constitutional order following the 2012 military coup and hold elections by the end of ...
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Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy
Reuters © (L-R) Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras listens to Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann and Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis as they pose for a family photo during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Laurent ...
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World FBI Man shot dead during Boston bombings questioning
A friend of the dead man identified him to local media as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, who had previously lived in Boston and knew Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15. Three people were killed and 264 injured in the ...
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Global local issues for Iran in upcoming election
Main domestic and international issues facing Iran ahead of its June 14 presidential election: --- NUCLEAR QUESTION: Four rounds of revived talks between Iran and world powers since last year have produced no important headway in the Tehran's impasse with the West. The U.S. and allies worry Iran's uranium enrichment could lead to atomic weapons, which could shift the balance of power ...
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Police arrest Dominican accused of raping 60 women
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -; Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a man suspected of raping at least 60 women in the past two ...
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Georgian ex-prime minister jailed for 2 months
TBILISI, Georgia -; A court in Georgia has ordered that a former prime minister be held in jail for two months pending trial on charges of embezzlement and abuse of ...
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Toronto mayors brother delivers defense of Ford
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford enters a council meeting about casino proposals at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, a close ally of Ford, said Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine. Holyday is urging Ford to address the video. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, ...
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Irans Ahmadinejad looks to outsider options
In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei wave to journalists as they arrive at the election headquarters of the interior ministry for registering Masheaei's candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, in Tehran, Iran. By now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well accustomed to enduring ...
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21st Anniversary of Cubas Hemingway International Yacht Club
Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) In the middle of the preparations of the 63rd International Fishing Tournament Ernest Hemingway, the attendees include in their programs the celebrations for the yacht club that also bears the name of the American writer today. The Hemingway International Yacht Club organizes a meeting for tomorrow to remember its creation, which sponsor the tournament with the ...
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Saudi Qaeda plotters get long jail terms
Riyadh - A Saudi court sentenced eight citizens to jail terms of between 10 and 25 years on Wednesday after convicting them of plotting for Al-Qaeda, state news agency SPA ...
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How Nathan Myhrvolds Modernist Cuisine Became the Worlds Most Influential -- and Profitable -- Cookbook
T he most unromantic dinner for two in the history of epic eating recently went down outside Seattle. The participants: me and Nathan Myhrvold, the legendary technologist who, armed with the tens of millions he earned helping Bill Gates popularize software at Microsoft, has reinvented himself as the world's most renowned food scientist. The setting: his sprawling laboratory, where he ...
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Cloud makes a world of difference
/enpproperty--> Want to visit a fortune teller? There is a digital one at the ongoing 16th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo. "By inputting the name of your micro blog, the cloud terminal can read your micro blog and immediately figure out your personality, hobbies, habits, personal relationships and popularity," said Lei Tao, CEO of Skycloud. This is the third time ...
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Trip to Europe elevates relations
Li Keqiang 's visits to Switzerland and Germany show the importance that China's new leadership attaches to relations with Europe, observers said. "Europe and China are indeed more and more dependent on each other for their current and future development," Nicola Casarini, research fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, told China Daily. "The euro crisis and ...
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Europe faces decade of stagnation if no reforms Bank of Canada chief
MONTREAL--Europe faces a "decade of stagnation" if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned ...
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Europes main markets decline on British data
LONDON/HONG KONG--Europe's main stock markets fell on Wednesday, with London and sterling in focus following Bank of England minutes and mixed British data, and ahead of key testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the ...
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Man murdered in London in suspected terror attack
A man thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in Londonin what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrorist ...
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Europe steps up tax fight
European leaders took the fight to tax cheats Wednesday with a pledge to share bank account data across the European Union and accelerate initiatives to tackle abuse by ...
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Killing near London barracks probed as terror act
A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act. Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured. A British government official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation said details had emerged that were indicative of a ...
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Even top Europe steel firms at risk unless output cut
LONDON (Reuters) - The European steel sector in under pressure to cut production quickly as overcapacity and weak global demand threaten even some of the most important plants, the chief executive of Italian steel manufacturer ...
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Terror fear as soldier hacked to death
A MAN thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in London, while two alleged suspects are in a serious condition after being shot by ...
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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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