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U.S. dollar slips against euro after Fed official remarks
Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost ...
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Russia develops advanced target simulation system
Russia is developing an advanced target simulation system for its air defence units based on the short-range Pantsyr system, the defence ministry has said. The new system "can launch up to 12 targets in one salvo simulating cruise missiles or multiple rocket launcher rounds," the ministry said. A prototype of the new simulator has been tested jointly with the Air Force's anti-aircraft units at ...
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Coke Ad Hawks Pop Peace to India Pakistan
Massive corporations like Coca-Cola have a primary goal: Sell their products to make money. Sometimes, if they're lucky, that goal aligns with another endeavor: Make peace. A new three-minute advertisement released by the beverage company this week aims to do both. Coca-Cola filmed the advertisement in two locations: Pakistan and India, South Asia's nuclear-armed neighbors mired in ...
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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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New iPhone App Speeds Care of Heart Attack Victims
Researchers have developed an experimental iPhone application, or app, designed to help emergency medical technicians diagnose a particularly deadly form of heart attack and send that information quickly to waiting hospital surgical teams. The inexpensive app can greatly improve a patient's odds of survival. The iPhone app is specially designed to identify patients suffering from a ...
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NBC FBI Kills Man Linked to Boston Bombing Suspect
MIAMI -- An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. ...
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Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks
AMMAN -- The Syrian government says it has made significant progress in recapturing territory from opposition forces, even as it apparently prepares to take part in planned peace talks next month. The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some ...
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FBI Shooting in Florida May Be Related to Boston Bombings
The incident occurred in the city of Orlando. A local newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev. The friend told local media Todashev was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were martial-arts fighters. The FBI said only that one of its agents was involved in a ...
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UEFA issues Wembley ticket warning
UEFA has issued a warning about the unauthorised and unlawful sale of tickets and hospitality packages ahead of Saturday's UEFA Champions League final at Wembley ...
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Monaco €1 billion reclamation plan for luxury homes district
Monaco plans to reclaim six hectares of land from the Mediterranean to build a new district of luxury apartment blocks, shops and offices. Patrice Coppee / ...
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Neymar set to become latest attraction in European soccer
Neymar of Santos waves while carrying his son Davi Lucca before his Sao Paulo state soccer league final match against Corinthians in Santos May 19, 2013. (PAULO ...
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Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
MOSCOW -; A Russian drunk driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to ...
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Vienna official Looted Nazi goods returned
VIENNA -; An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ...
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Russia’s Jewish communities say comparison of SMERSH and SS blasphemous
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Federation of Russia’s Jewish Communities has slammed as provocative a statement by politician Leonid Gozman, who compared the Soviet Union’s World War II counter-intelligence service SMERSH (Death to Spies) and Germany’s Nazi SS. Also, it expressed extreme concern over a new spiral of confrontation in the public discussion over the results of ...
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DFDS Loss Widens on Flat North European Cargo Markets
reported its pre-tax loss in the seasonally weak first quarter widened to 118 million kroner ($ 20.5 million) from 98 million kroner ($17 million) a year earlier, as cargo traffic stalled on its key North Sea and Baltic shipping routes.Northern Europe's ...
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European shares off peaks
London - European shares fell from multi-year highs on Wednesday, with luxury goods stocks among the worst performers, as some investors sold in anticipation of a near-term pull-back in the ...
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Costa Concordia shipwreck captain to face manslaughter trial
Costa Concordia flipped on its side outside the Tuscan port of Giglio in January last year after it struck rocks during a manoeuvre that brought it too close to the shore.The accident triggered a chaotic night-time evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers and crew from the 290-metre-long ship (951-ft), which still rests on a rock shelf outside the port.Captain Francesco Schettino left the ship ...
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Angela Merkel named most powerful woman in the world for third year running
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she gives a speech at the German sustainable development congress in Berlin, May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ...
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Jon Venables is a danger to the public - James Bolgers mum makes emotional plea to keep sons killer behind bars
Denise Fergus said Venables, 30, who had his initial parole revoked in 2010 after admitting downloading and distributing indecent images of children, remains a danger to society.Mrs Fergus addressed the parole board earlier today by videolink from Probation Service offices near her home in Merseyside.During the live, two-way video link, two-year-old James's mother made a Victim Personal ...
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Most expensive coffee in the world – silver pot expected to sell for $6m at auction
Paul Casciato - 22 May 2013 AN 18th century silver Rococo coffee pot is expected to become the most valuable piece of English silver ever sold at auction when it goes up for sale in July, auction house Christie's ...
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Dutch face highest bills in Europe for mobile internet
The Netherlands is the most expensive market in the EU for mobile broadband internet services, according to new Finnish research. For example, the report, by consultancy ...
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Russia Steps Up Missile Sales to Syria
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Not only will Russia make good on delivering advanced S-300 anti-missile batteries and surface-to-air missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, it has also provided anti-ship cruise missiles with advanced guidance systems, ...
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Russia luxury car tax seen as another step towards social justice
Russian economy Russia's luxury tax - a campaign pledge by President Vladimir Putin - is taking shape. Though attaining social equality through taxing the rich has proven tough, the Russian parliament has outlined legislation to sharply raise taxes on luxury cars. Driving quick as the wind on a car worth over $160,000 on Moscow streets, which sees its fair share of expensive German cars, ...
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Russia’s Q1 Gold Production Up 4
MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia refined 35.235 metric tons of gold in January-March 2013, up 4.37 percent from a year earlier, the Russian Gold Industrialists Union said on Wednesday. That included gold extracted by gold miners and gold from the associated output of non-ferrous metals. Gold extraction grew by 6.34 percent to 29.33 tons, while gold output from scrap and waste ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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