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Brit to face charges in France over deaths
A BRITISH man is to face charges over the killing of his two children in France, prosecutors say. The 48-year-old man admitted to having slit the throats of his daughter, aged five and his 10-year-old son, the prosecutors said, adding there was currently no evidence of premeditated murder. The man's ex-wife found him covered in blood on the street when she went to pick up the children from ...
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Twin Bombings Kill 3 in Dagestan
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Pakistans Musharraf Granted Bail in Bhutto Murder Case
A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case related to the murder of former prime minister Benazir ...
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Burmese Presidents White House Visit a Reward for Reforms
President Barack Obama's invitation to his Burmese counterpart to meet at the White House marks a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of foreign officials denied entry to the country only last year. Mr. Obama also rewarded Burma's reform efforts by making the first visit to that nation by a sitting U.S. president last ...
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More Regional Troops Going to Central African Republic
An armored vehicle of of the Congolese army, part of the Central African Multinational Force is parked in front of a bank in central Bangui on April 3, ...
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Global Water is Under Threat
Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glaciers more than 11-thousand years ago. Scientists are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week (5/21-24) to discuss what can be done about it. to De Capua report on Anthropocene epoch While some still ...
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Bundesbank Chief Says France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously
Germany's federal reserve Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann stands beside the door of a giant safe as he poses for a photograph at the money museum next to the Bundesbank headquarters, in Frankfurt, Germany, May 17, ...
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Russia claims to have foiled Moscow terrorism plot
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said Monday in a statement that one of its special forces was lightly wounded in the operation in the Moscow suburb of Orekhovo-Zuevo.It said the militants were Russian citizens who had received training in Pakistan.It was not clear when the operation took place and no further information was immediately available.Russian special forces regularly announce ...
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Pirate Bay co-founder on trial in Sweden
A SWEDISH co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an IT services company with ties to the Swedish tax authority and other government agencies. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and a 36-year-old man from central Sweden denied the charges of stealing data from Logica, a company that handled classified personal records for the ...
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Russia FinMin backs down from proposal to raise tax on oil
* No crude extraction tax, fuel oil export duty increase * Excise tax rise lower than proposed By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Finance Ministry has decided not to push forward a proposal to increase a tax on crude oil production, Deputy Minister Sergei Shatalov said, after oil companies protested that higher taxes would lead to a drop in output. He also said the ...
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3 killed in blast at Spanish army base
MADRID -; Spain's Defense Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explosion at an army bomb disposal unit in southern ...
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Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
MOSCOW -; Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a ...
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UN to Analyze Problems of World Indigenous Communities
United Nations, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues begins its 12th session today, analyzing the political, economic, social and cultural problems that affect those communities. The agenda of this year's meeting of the organization created in June, 2000 by the UN Economic and Social Council, will devote special attention to the situation of ...
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Two Blasts Kill Eight Injure 30 in Dagestan Russia
Moscow, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Security forces keep surrounded the Majashkalá zone, autonomous Russian republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus, where the explosion of two car bombs today left a preliminary balance of eight dead and 30 injured, officials said. The detonation of the first vehicle, apparently, was a trap to lure law enforcement representatives, and after their arrival on the ...
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Turkish-Bulgarian Leader State Must End Bullying Businesses
The restoration of statehood and the economy in Bulgaria are the two top priorities defined for the country's new parliament by liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms party, said leader Lyutvi Mestan. "After restoring statehood and democracy in Bulgaria, the priority of priorities is to turn the state from a racketeer into a partner of the business sector," said Mestan at the ...
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BG Freight Line Expands Intra-European Feeder Services
will increase the frequency of its services to Liverpool, England, in June.The Jork Ruler and Doris Schepers vessels will join the Margareta B to provide an express twice-weekly connection between Rotterdam and Liverpool. The Jork Ruler service will also service Dublin, while the Doris Schepers and Margareta B will serve Belfast, Ireland.The upgrade comes a year after BG Freight launched its ...
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Former England Squash chair Wooldridge confirmed as European Squash Federation President
May 20 - Zena Wooldridge, former chair of England Squash, has been elected as the new President of the European Squash Federation (ESF) to become the second female leader in the continental governing body's 40-year history. Wooldridge (pictured top), who is also the sport's technical delegate at the International University Sports Federation (FISU), was the youngest female England ...
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Voice commenting on the Pacific security situation at the Chahar China-Europe Dialogue
"China is more concerned about the peace and security of the Pacific Ocean than any other country in the world. And turning it into a 'peaceful' ocean constitutes China's greatest hope."Peng Guangqian, an expert on Chinese military and strategic issues,commenting on the Pacific security situation at the Chahar China-Europe Dialogue, quoted by People.com.cn on ...
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Former finance minister Kudrin blames United Russia for economic stagnation
Politics Aleksey Kudrin, addressing the State Duma, stated that the development of Russia's political system is "lagging behind the challenges of the time and doesn't provide the mechanisms to build up the country's modernization." According to the former financial minister "even if we roll up our sleeves right now, we'll have to sweat our guts out for three ...
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Safety warning ‘Golden parachutes’ for Russia’s senior managers to be cut
Russia 'Golden parachutes' for senior managers of state corporations and companies with state participation may be significantly cut as soon as in August, 2013. President Putin earlier requested that the government come up with new legislation on the matter. However, MPs from the United Russia party beat the government to it, and are already expected to make amendments to ...
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Russia Concerned Over N.Korea Missile Launches - Minister
North Korea's latest missile tests and hopes that a meeting of intermediaries on the North Korean nuclear issue settlement will be held in the nearest future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported earlier in the day that North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third ...
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Russia wants Interpol to impose All Points Bulletin on British hedge fund boss Bill Browder
Russia has applied to Interpol to monitor the travel and whereabouts of a British hedge fund boss wanted by Moscow who is at the heart of a diplomatic stand-off over the alleged killing of whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei ...
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Explosions kill at least 3 people in Russia
MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- An official says two explosions have occurred outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan, killing at least three people and wounding about a dozen.The first was caused by a car bomb and the second occurred after police arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, the provincial capital, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov.He ...
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European stocks rise in muted trading
European stock markets rose in muted holiday trading on Monday amid weak Italian economic data despite a strong start to the new week for Asian equity prices. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 0.48 percent to 6,755.63 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index set a fresh record high close after climbing 0.69 percent to 8,455.83 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 rose 0.54 ...
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Europe is Searching for Scapegoats
EU Battle Heats Up: '50% Chance UK Out in 5 Years' ) "I was concerned with the lessons of history where a persistence of economic weakness forces people to find scapegoats - even, for example, to the rise of ...
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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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