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Iranian Candidate Hopes To Take International Viewpoint Home
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. We begin this hour in the Middle East, first Iran. This week, the religiously based Guardian Council is expected to announce the final roster of candidates in that country's ...
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International brain centre plan for Coast
BOLD plans are under way to establish a multimillion-dollar Neuroscience Centre of Excellence at Southport, a move that will create 3000 jobs in the proposed CBD and link the region with the Mayo Clinic and the Rockefeller Research Centre.Griffith University, the State Government and Gold Coast City Council have joined forces and established a taskforce to deliver the centre, with the first ...
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Militants kill 10 Iraq policemen in checkpoint attacks
Sectarian violence flares in Iraq Militants have killed at least 10 Iraqi policemen in a series of attacks on checkpoints in the West of the country, police and local officials said. Sectarian tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict in neighbouring Syria, where mostly Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad who is backed by Shi'ite Iran. There was no ...
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Pakistan army will be watching Sharifs cozying up to India
Nawaz Sharif, incoming prime minister and leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), smiles as he talks to journalists after visiting Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), outside the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore May 14, ...
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UAE tops Middle East with $10 billion in tourism receipts
The UAE has topped the Middle East region for international tourism receipts in 2012, according to data released by the UN's World Tourism Organisation. The UAE was ranked 31st in global list with receipts of about $10bn, just ahead of Saudi Arabia which was placed 35th, with revenues of $7.4bn. Middle East tourism receipts totalled $46.7bn last year, the Arabian Business quoting UNWTO ...
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5 hospitalized in train collision
>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Five people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators looking at the accident, along the corridor from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, ...
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Haikou International Yachting Exhibition successfully concluded
The 3-day 2013 China (Haikou) Yachting Industry Forum and International Yachting Exhibition were successfully concluded at Haikou Xinbu Island on 13th May. According to the organizing committee, a total of 108 yachts were on display at the exhibition, more than at either of the previous two years, with a trade volume of more than 53.77 million yuan. Alongside foreign enterprises, this ...
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Switzerland take silver at world championships
The European Court of Justice could settle differences between Switzerland and the European Union over their future bilateral relationship, a top Swiss diplomat has told the NZZ am Sonntag ...
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Hernandez Ferguson has changed world football
Manchester United's Javier Hernandez hailed Alex Ferguson's impact on football after the manager's last game ended in a 5-5 draw with West Brom.Ferguson received a guard of honour before Sunday's pulsating clash at the Hawthorns, which finished all square as a Romelu Lukaku hat-trick inspired Steve Clarke's men to a remarkable fightback, the hosts coming back from four ...
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Kerry heads to Middle East focus on Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders in the area. It is expected that Syria will be a major point of discussion. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute and journalist Rula Jebreal join MSNBC with ...
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International financial news
A ROUNDUP of news in finance, economics and business from around the world: INTERNATIONAL NEWS PARIS - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after talks between DR Congo and international officials. JERUSALEM - The European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in ...
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International financial news
A ROUNDUP of news in finance, economics and business from around the world: INTERNATIONAL NEWS PARIS - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after talks between DR Congo and international officials. JERUSALEM - The European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in ...
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International financial news
A ROUNDUP of news in finance, economics and business from around the world: INTERNATIONAL NEWS PARIS - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after talks between DR Congo and international officials. JERUSALEM - The European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in ...
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International financial news
A ROUNDUP of news in finance, economics and business from around the world: INTERNATIONAL NEWS PARIS - Work on the world's biggest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after talks between DR Congo and international officials. JERUSALEM - The European Union has postponed plans to introduce separate labelling for products from Israeli settlements in ...
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Sweden hammers Switzerland to collect world hockey gold on home ice
Sweden's Loui Eriksson (C) celebrates his goal against Switzerland with teammates Erik Gustafsson and Gabriel Landeskog during their 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final match at the Globe Arena in Stockholm May 19, 2013. (GRIGORY ...
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Sweden wins world hockey title
Swedish players react after winning the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships gold medal match against Switzerland, at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Martti Kainulainen) FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY ...
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China India to make new engine of world economy
/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - China and India are both willing and able to foster new highlights in cooperation among Asian countries and make new engine of the world economy, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday. "The two countries have the will, wisdom and capability to jointly nurture new bright spots in cooperation among Asian countries, create new engine of the world economy, ...
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Tre Kronor are world hockey kings - Swedes beat Swiss for gold
Henrik Sedin scored twice on Sunday as Sweden won the gold medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Earlier, the United States beat Finland 3-2 in a shootout to win bronze. Erik Gustafsson, Simon Hjalmarsson and Loui Eriksson also scored for Sweden, which became the first country to win the title at home since the Soviet Union in 1986. Roman Josi opened ...
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US Virgin Islands environment head arrested for drug trafficking
A seaside view from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the head of the three-island U.S. Caribbean territory's environment agency was arrested on drug trafficking charges. (Martinne ...
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Israel demands French TV correct 13-year-old report on boys death
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel demanded a French television station on Sunday correct a report from nearly 13 years ago which helped fuel anger across the world and ignite a bloody uprising against the Jewish ...
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Exclusive Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
GAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF ...
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Associated Press CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says DoJ's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was ...
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International markets roundup
A roundup of trading on major world markets:NEW YORK - US stocks resumed their upward push with both the Dow and S&P 500 closing at new all-time highs following favourable US economic reports.The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday jumped 121.18 (0.80 per cent) to 15,354.40.The broad-based S&P 500 rose 15.65 (0.95 per cent) to 1,666.12, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added ...
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Reggae Star Injured at Concert
(Image Credit: Erika Goldring/GettyImages) Reggae group Toots & the Maytals are appealing to fans today to come forward with any video that shows the group’s lead singer being hit by a bottle during a weekend performance. Frederick ';Toots'; Hibbert is recovering today after he was struck on the forehead by the glass bottle Saturday night at ...
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Top Libyan official Benghazi explosion accident
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an ...
Pakistan Feature
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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