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Ammo Blasts Rock Russias Samara
Ammunition explosions have rocked a military training area in Russia’s southwestern Samara region, causing officials to order the evacuation of some 6,000 people. The exploding shells set off a fire that was reportedly still triggering explosions June 19 at the Chapaevsk military depot. Officials said about 30 people have sought medical help in connection with the blasts, and some of ...
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Life sentence for rape murder of Jill Meagher in Melbourne
A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest city. The violent death of Jill Meagher as she walked home from a bar last September shocked the city of Melbourne. A week later, 30,000 people took to the streets near the laneway where she was strangled to rally against violence toward women. The 29-year-old ...
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Asia business sentiment rises in second quarter global growth risk still dominates
SEOUL (Reuters) - Asia's top companies have become more optimistic about their business outlook with the retail and shipping industries rebounding sharply in the second quarter of 2013, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey ...
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Google asks FISA court to lift gag order on NSA requests
WASHINGTON Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...
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US House passes measure restricting abortion
The US House of Representatives has approved a Republican measure restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception, one of the most stringent pro-life bills in the past decade. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed the chamber 228-196, largely along party lines, on Tuesday but the symbolic legislation stands no chance of becoming law in President Barack Obama's ...
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Criminal charges sought after anti-Islamic rant
For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group in the US is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Virginia, woman unleashed a string of expletives and called the police emergency dispatcher to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her ...
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Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech
Barack Obama will on Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping ...
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Extending a Hand Abroad Obama Often Finds a Cold Shoulder
The next morning, Mr. Xi punched back, accusing the United States of the same computer hacking tactics it attributed to China. It was, Mr. Obama acknowledged, "a very blunt ...
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House Republicans pass 20-week limit on abortions
social issues , especially in light of the GOP's 2012 election losses, the Republican-led House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that would restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Restricting the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision by a month, the bill is a statement from social conservatives in the House and no more. It passed along party lines - all but six ...
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Mauled girl ready for reconstructive surgery
A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday. The case of Rosalia, the fifth of seven children of a poor family in a slum outside La Paz, has been closely watched by Bolivians. It also drew the attention of the Boston ...
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3 suspects arrested in modern slavery case
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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UN World Refugees At 18-Year High
The United nations refugee agency says the number of refugees and displaced people around the world rose to 45.2 million last year – the most in 18 years. It its annual "Global Trends" report, the UNHCR said the increase was fueled by conflicts in Syria, Mali, and elsewhere. Worldwide, it said some 7.6 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 – or about ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Turkey PM Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders
As the European Union cancels a parliamentary visit to Ankara, embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Hamas heads Mashaal and Haniyeh; unclear if visit is instead of Erdogan traveling to ...
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We could be in the grip of a DECADE of wet summers say scientists at Met Office climate summit
People being rescued from the 2007 Summer floods in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Britain could be subjected to wet summers for at least another decade, weather experts have today ...
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Abortion should not be used as a contraceptive says Lord Steel father of 1967 act that legalised the practice
Lord Steel, who introduced the 1967 Bill which legalised the practice, said it was 'thoroughly undesirable' that 36 per cent of terminations are now to those who have already had at least ...
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I promise to be true to myself Girl Guides no longer have to swear allegiance to God and the Queen
Tradition: Although members have been required to make a pledge to God since its inception in 1910, the phrase 'and my country' has been included only since ...
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Hectic week A well-deserved weekend lie-in can PREVENT type 2 diabetes
Having a lie-in at the weekend might feel like a well-deserved luxury, but it could also be a necessity in preventing the onset of ...
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Cover-up over 16 baby deaths Health bosses ignored damning warnings on hospital neglect
Even when a CQC official produced a dossier showing the inspection was flawed, bosses told him to destroy it to protect the commission’s ...
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Women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of ovarian cancer by 24
The researchers analysed data from 8,525 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and compared talcum powder use with that of 9,800 women who remained ...
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From compliments to cuddles the keys to womens confidence List shows top 20 feel-good factors
A compliment from a friend or partner topped the list of things with a feel-good factor. This was closely followed by having perfect hair and looking good in a ...
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Can chickens REALLY be cleverer than a toddler Studies suggest animals can master numeracy and basic engineering
Studies show hens to be masters of a number of complex skills, including numeracy, self-control, and it is claimed, basic structural ...
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Fiji needs to focus more on needs of the poor
Fiji is facing a major problem with informal housing or ‘squatter colonies’, especially on the outskirts of major cities such as Savu, which draw people in with the promise of jobs and prosperity. An ongoing effort by government to provide affordable housing for low-income earners is hampered by mismanagement, a lack of funds and the reluctance to evict non-payers from their homes.
Fiji is one of the more developed countries of the South Pacific island nations, but a large proportion of the population remain in poverty and exist through subsistence means rather than through formal integration with the national economy. Read more
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