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Tens of thousands protest over Confederations Cup expenditure
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities on Monday protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs, police ...
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Very easy to slip-slide into deeper Syrian involvement Obama says
Not wanting to get involved in another war in the Middle East region should be "everyone's concern," President Obama told PBS host Charlie Rose in an interview recorded Sunday for air Monday night, four days ...
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Insight Why Citi wants to rack up U.S. taxes
The third-largest U.S. bank tried to buy the foundering Wachovia Corp in the fall of 2008 in part because the deal would have brought it more taxable domestic income, a person familiar with the matter ...
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Blast rocks Afghan capital during security transition
KABUL, Afghanistan A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police the coalition has been training. Kabul deputy police chief Mohammad Daoud Amin said the blast was near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in the Pul-e-Surkh area of the ...
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Blast in Kabul ahead of NATO handover
An explosion has hit the Afghan capital Kabul near the parliament building, on a day NATO forces formally hand over security to national forces. Tuesday's blast occurred at around 9am local time in an area called Karta-e Seh, a Kabul police source said. It came as hundreds of local and international officials gathered on the capital's outskirts ahead of a ceremony to mark the ...
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Libya to try Gaddafi son in August
The trial of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son, his spy chief and his last prime minister will take place in August, a top Libyan official has ...
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Afghanistan Blast Kills 3 Amid Security Transition
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Arabs Go Home sprayed on houses of Abu Ghosh
Unknown assailants overnight on Monday punctured the tires of some 28 vehicles in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, police said."Arabs Go Home" was sprayed on the walls of the village.Police are investigating the incident. The security cabinet on Sunday night strengthened law enforcement's ability to combat the growing phenomenon of ...
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Accused alphabet killer tells jurors Im not the monster
Should politicians charged with crimes be booted from office automatically before they are tried? Yes, without a doubt No. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? I'm not sure. Depends on the ...
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G8 Summit Cameron Urges Unity Over Syria
David Cameron was today hoping for a show of unity over Syria from the world's most powerful nations after a late-night showdown at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Western nations last night faced down Russian president Vladimir Putin at a summit dinner over his support for the regime of dictator Bashar Assad. Downing Street welcomed a "very positive" response from the ...
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Insight FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law records show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters review of public ...
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Freedom House Troubling Deterioration For Civil Society In Eurasia
Countries in Central Europe and Central Asia are increasingly being ruled by autocratic governments with little regard for democracy, according to the 2013 Nations in Transit report by democracy watchdog Freedom House. The result has been a worsening of existing corruption, media censorship, and violence against political opposition. The group’s annual analysis of democratic ...
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Peres throws his weight behind US plan to arm Syria rebels
President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind US plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.In a wide-ranging interview ...
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Obama Iranian election a sign the people seek change
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to ...
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Afghan Forces Struggle as U.S. Weans Them Off Support
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Shaky start for Bulgarias new government
: Bulgaria's Socialist-backed government is under severe pressure to resign after just two weeks in office following several days of demonstrations in the EU's poorest country. The latest protests began on Friday when Delyan Peevski, an inexperienced but well-connected 32-year-old media mogul, was named head of the powerful state agency for national security DANS. For the thousands ...
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U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels says Israeli president
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the ...
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Obama sees Irans election of moderate as hopeful sign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ...
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Obama says Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than he wanted at Fed
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, in this June 29, 2010 file ...
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100000 line streets of Brazil to protest corruption
Protestors are reflected on the glass of a building, left, as they march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, set off by a 10-cent hike in public transport fares, have clearly moved beyond that issue to tap into widespread frustration in Brazil about a heavy tax burden, politicians widely viewed as corrupt and woeful ...
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Obama on NSA programs Americans not getting the complete story
Americans outraged by leaked information about two top-secret government surveillance programs are "not getting the complete story," President ...
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Patricia McMillan NSPCC volunteer and Wigan football club chairman give glowing character references for Stuart Hall
NSPCC volunteer and Wigan football club chairman give glowing character references for former BBC star Stuart Hall, 83, as he is jailed for abusing girls as young as ...
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US programme marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby
This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a decade-old US aid ...
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US identifies Guantanamo indefinite detainees
The Obama administration has publicly identified for the first time 46 prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base whom it wants to hold indefinitely without charge or trial because it says they are too dangerous to release but cannot be prosecuted. The Defence Department released the names on Monday after ...
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G8 challenges Russia to sign up to Syria peace plan
ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom (AFP) - World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8 summit Tuesday, after challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to get on board or be left out in the cold.The meeting of world leaders in Northern Ireland was also due to seek a deal on tax evasion but it was the divisions over the civil war in Syria that threatened to ...
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Is Ireland living beyond its means?
Ireland is highly developed and has experienced rapid and constant economic growth in the last few decades, with many calling the country the Celtic Tiger. But recent events in the world economy and the financial situation of Europe may mean changes are afoot for the Tiger.
Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world and has a high tax high government service economic model, it has for the last few decades substantially reduced the socio-economic inequalities in the economy and had a Gini coefficient score of 30.1 in 2000 while The Economist says we have the best quality of life in the world. This has come at a cost though, government deficits are running at over 10% of GDP, public debt accounts for over 40% of all revenue generated in the economy and the Irish population has a debt level, in relation to disposable income, that is the highest in the developed world – our personal debt in 190% more than our disposable income. All this begs the question, are we living within our means or is Ireland’s economic model unsustainable? Read more
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