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Zardari holds national international conspiracies responsible for PPPs defeat in polls
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that "conspiracies" hatched by national and international institutions led to the Pakistan Peoples Party's defeat in the general elections. The News quoted Zardari, as saying that the PPP could have won 40-45 seats in the Punjab. He added that his party would play the role of opposition with full vigour. Zardari said he could not take part in ...
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Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record
A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...
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US report says discrimination against Jews Muslims on rise across globe
Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to a new report in the US. The annual US Department of State report for 2012 has revealed an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia. The report also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. According to the BBC, the International Religious Freedom Report ...
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Indo- Swiss bilateral meet held at Geneva
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, ...
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Former Signal International guest workers file suit
In March 2008, nearly 100 workers marched outside the gates of their former employer, Signal International. They sang the protest song, "We Shall Overcome" in their native language. Then, in a symbol of resistance, workers tossed off their hard ...
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All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room
JAKARTA, Indonesia -; Rescuers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed underground room inside the giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's province of ...
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Venezuelas Maduro warns of psychological war
President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday denounced as "psychological war" a leaked audio recording that purports to show a power struggle among key followers of the late Hugo ...
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Oklahoma tornado Obama pledges federal government will get everything needed right away to victims
US president Barack Obama has promised that the federal government would get everything needed "right away" to victims of the devastating tornado that struck on Monday afternoon, killing at least 24 ...
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Act on tax avoidance urges Cameron
David Cameron is to step up the campaign against tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance as Apple joins multinational corporations in the ...
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North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials to Beijing on Wednesday as a "special envoy" of its leader Kim Jong-un, state news agency KCNA ...
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General in Adultery Probe Suspended
May 21, 2013 7:01pm WASHINGTON — The Army has suspended the one-star commanding general at Fort Jackson, S.C., for alleged misconduct involving adultery and an unspecified physical altercation. An Army official tells ABC News that the case does not involve sexual ...
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Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy
Regional Fed chief James Bullard said in a speech Tuesday that the Fed should continue its monthly $85 billion in bond purchases, which drives down interest rates and thus encourages lending and spending, to help spur the U.S. economic ...
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World Briefing | Middle East Egypt Security Forces Fire on Funeral
Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel. The officials say the troops thought the funeral convoy was carrying gunmen who refused to ...
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World Bank reviews $5.4bn investments in Nigeria
The World Bank on Tuesday began a review of its investments and activities worth $5.4bn in Nigeria. The investments are in 26 projects and involve 200 entities across the ...
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Opinion Sky terrifies and inspires
>Editor's note: Nathan Gunter is the managing editor of Oklahoma Today magazine, the state's official magazine. A graduate of Westmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, he holds degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Oklahoma.(CNN) -- Oklahomans have a special relationship with the sky. We know how to look up. On the prairies of western Oklahoma, the skies are so big, and so ...
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Oil Prices Have Been Rigged For Years European Union Just Now Starting To Investigate
they’re launching an investigation into the rigging of oil prices. It’s long been known that much of what drives the price of oil, and therefore gasoline, food, and other products, is not the free market, but rather, the biggest players in the oil market, and yet this has largely gone untouched while people throw blame here, there and everywhere for the high price of gasoline. The ...
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World Briefing | Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Rebel Clashes Resume
Two days of clashes between rebel fighters and ...
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North Korean leader sends special envoy for leader Kim Jong Un to China
Choe Ryong Hae . There were no other details. Choe is the North Korea military's top political officer tasked with supervising the 1.2-million-strong force. China is North Korea's only major political and economic benefactor. Beijing has faced pressure from Washington to use its influence to ...
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‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
Violence Sectarian violence unleashed after the US disintegration of Iraq is linked to the Syrian conflict and the death toll will only climb since extremist elements hijacked the sectarian instability in the region, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. "Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq" Bambery said as Tuesday's ...
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Canadian killed in Iraq violence Baird says
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says a Canadian is among those killed in a spate of recent sectarian violence in Iraq. A string of attacks in the Mideast country has killed more than 270 people in just the past week. Baird says consular officials are in touch with the Canadian's family and are offering assistance. He says he's grown "increasingly concerned" about the ...
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Incoming Bank of England chief sees more dark days for Europe
(13 mins ago) Europe faces a ';decade of stagnation’’ if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned yesterday. He will head the Bank of England from July 1. ';Europe remains in recession, with economic activity constrained by fiscal austerity, low confidence and tight credit ...
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World Briefing | Asia China New Bird Flu Virus Is Controlled Officials Say
The H7N9 virus appears under control in China largely through restrictions at bird markets, but it caused some $6.5 billion in losses, United Nations experts said Tuesday. The virus infected at least 130 people in China since March, with 36 deaths, but no cases have been detected since early May, ...
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Guatemala trial of Rios Montt has likely collapsed lawyers
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt enters in the Supreme Court of Justice on the sixth day of his trial in Guatemala City, March 26, ...
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Updates Home of singers sister hit
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI(CNN) -- At least 24 people -- including nine children -- were killed when a massive tornado struck an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, officials said. Read more: Heartbreaking scenes in Oklahoma City after disasterAt least seven of those children were killed at ...
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Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers said on ...
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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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