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Europe Markets Europe stocks recoup ahead of German Ifo data
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets climbed on Friday, partly recovering from a sharp selloff the prior day, with investors awaiting a reading on German business confidence to gauge if the region's powerhouse is gaining ...
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Russias oldest human rights group fights foreign agent tag
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest human rights group went to court on Friday to try to stop state prosecutors forcing it to register as a "foreign agent" under a law it says is intended by President Vladimir Putin to silence ...
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Kenya World Bank to Help Build Mega Dam in Gatundu
Gatundu North constituency is to benefit from a multi-billion shillings mega dam to be built by the Athi Water Services Board and the World Bank. Norken Engineering and Management Consultants has completed a feasibility study. The World Bank is expected to fund an environmental impact assessment to be carried out soon. Norken MD engineer Thunguru Kuria said the 40metre high Buchana Dam will ...
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Turkey passes bill restricting alcohol sales ads
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular ...
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Woolwich attack Suspect Michael Adebolajolost friend in Iraq Drummer Lee Rigby feared for his girlfriend in Afghanistan
ONE of the men allegedly behind the brutal slaying of soldier Lee Rigby had to himself be consoled by friends in 2007 after a soldier mate was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Two terror suspects shot by police in Woolwich remain under arrest in hospital. They were named as Michael Adebolajo, originally of Romford, Essex, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, South East London The ...
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Police Suicidal jumpers fall kills SKorean girl
South Korea (AP) -- South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building. ...
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B.C. policy on ovarian cancer prevention gets international support
A pioneering, B.C.-led surgical procedure aimed at preventing ovarian cancer has been deemed safe by a new Italian study published Thursday in the medical journal Gynecologic Oncology.B.C. experts have been at the forefront of a change in surgical protocols that recommends the removal of women's Fallopian tubes during hysterectomies in order to reduce their risk of developing ovarian ...
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The World Today podcast Zimbabwes new constitution
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs draft constitution. Zimbabwe's president of 33 years, Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday signed a new constitution which many believe offers the southern African country its first real hope for political and economic revival. Zimbabwe’s people have suffered more than a decade of murderous repression by the regime, collapse of the country's once ...
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Tsunami warning in Russias far east
RUSSIA has issued a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin Island region in its far east after a deep sea earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.2 by the ...
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Joyce appeals UAE jail sentence
AUSTRALIAN businessman Matthew Joyce has formally lodged an appeal against his being sentenced to 10 years jail in the United Arab Emirates for a property deal that went ...
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Russia lifts tsunami warning on Russias Sakhalin Kurile islands
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian emergency authorities lifted a tsunami warning on Friday several minutes after they announced one, following an earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's eastern ...
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Earthquake hits Russias Far East
Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter ...
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Europe Factors to Watch-Shares set to bounce after sell-off
PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - European stocks are set to bounce back on Friday as bargain hunters move in following the market's biggest one-day drop in nearly a year, betting that the sharp five-week rally fuelled by central bank liquidity will soon resume. At 0628 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, for UK's FTSE 100, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were up 0.1-0.4 ...
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5 climbers feared dead on worlds 3rd highest peak
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were ...
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2 former sex slaves cancel Japan mayor meeting
Two Korean former sex slaves have canceled a meeting with an outspoken Japanese mayor who last week said Japan's wartime practice of using many Asian women as prostitutes was necessary to maintain military ...
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Lis visit to elevate Chinas ties with Germany Europe
/enpproperty--> BERLIN - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Germany will further cooperation and strategic partnership between the two nations, according to China's ambassador in Berlin. The fact that Germany, the last stop of Li's maiden overseas tour as premier, is the only European Union (EU) member included on the itinerary evinces the great importance that ...
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Draghi We Need More Not Less Europe
Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank (ECB) insisted that the euro zone was more stable than a year ago but that the region needed more integration - and the U.K should be a part of that. In his speech at a gala dinner in London's financial center on Thursday, Draghi told the audience that the ECB had prevented market "panic and...financial meltdown." "We can ...
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WikiLeaks releases transcript of critical US film
WikiLeaks has released an annotatedversion of what it said is a leaked transcript of a documentary that takes acritical look at the anti-secrecy group ahead of the film's US premiere ...
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Egypts cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons
Almost three years after an uprising fuelled bythe old regime's venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamist government is makingamends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the ...
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Pope Francis Being an atheist is fine as long as you do good
Pope Francis has said that atheists should be seen as good people as long as they do good, in a move to urge people of all religions - or no religion at all - to get ...
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Actress Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge police say she threw bong out window
FILE - This 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department shows actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. Bynes was been arrested in midtown Manhattan Thursday May 23, 2013 after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's ...
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Boy Scouts will accept gay members
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as ...
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Lego Star Wars X-Wing lands in NY
What organizers say is the world’s largest Lego model, a life-sized Star Wars X-wing Starfighter, touches down in New York's Times Square. Tara Cleary ...
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Monster twister smashes 1200 homes
Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search their their devastated homes in Moore, Oklahoma. Severe thunderstorms complicated clean-up efforts three days after a powerful tornado killed 24 people and destroyed 1200 homes. Picture: ...
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Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 40 cents to $93.85 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ...
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