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Air Canada Passenger Plane Diverts Off Course And Helps Find Lost Yachtsman
A solo yachtsman on board a boat that had a damaged mast and was low on fuel was found by an Air Canada Boeing 777 on Wednesday. The Australian Maritime and Safety Authority (AMSA) began searching for...
View ArticleCuba Opens The Emigration Pressure Valve Again
After 51 years of keeping its people virtual prisoners on their island, Cuba is tearing down the biggest barrier: its exit visa requirement. The next question is where, exactly, will Cubans be welcome...
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Nigeria Has Lost An Absolutely Staggering Amount Of Oil Money To Corruption
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria lost out on tens of billions of dollars in oil and gas revenues over the last decade from cut price deals struck between multinational oil companies and government officials,...
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The Fish Caught Near The Fukushima Power Plant May Be Inedible For Decades
Fish from the waters around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan could be too radioactive to eat for a decade to come, as samples show that radioactivity levels remain elevated and show little sign of...
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CFOs Agree: Investing In Southern Europe Is As Scary As Investing In The...
BDO's annual 'global opportunities' survey found that the eurozone debt crisis remained one of their key concerns. Almost half (44pc) of the 1,000 CFOs surveyed by the global business consultancy...
View ArticleCriminal Science
In Italy, six scientists and a government official have been convicted of manslaughter on charges related to the deaths of more than 300 people in 2009. Each has been sentenced to six years in prison....
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This Buddhist Monk Is The World's Happiest Man
As he grins serenely and his burgundy robes billow in the fresh Himalayan wind, it is not difficult to see why scientists declared Matthieu Ricard the happiest man they had ever tested.The monk,...
View ArticleEgypt And The IMF: A Fraught Relationship
Egypt's $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan deal looks set to be completed by the end of the year. At the moment (November 2012), an IMF technical team is in Cairo hammering out the...
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South Koreans Launch Condoms Into North Korea
Several dozen South Korean activists launched balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets, condoms and sanitary pads across the border with North Korea on Thursday.The launch went ahead despite a recent...
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Why The BBC Sex Abuse Scandal is Bigger than Anyone In The US Can Imagine
LONDON, UK — On Saturday evenings for nearly two decades, most families in Britain would welcome a predatory child abuser into their homes. Although he was only an image on a television screen, they...
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Disturbing Fake Videos Are Making The Rounds In Syria
ALEPPO, Syria — Videos posted to the internet have played a key propaganda role in Syria's bloody civil war. The footage typically shows brutal attacks, beatings and mass executions. Many clips show...
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French 'Rasputin' Convicted Of Swindling Aristocratic Family Out Of Millions
PARIS (AP) — A man described as a modern-day Rasputin was convicted Tuesday of brainwashing three generations of an aristocratic French family for nearly a decade, swindling them of their fortune and...
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China Is Manufacturing Drones To Sell To Developing Countries
ZHUHAI, China — Although China’s drone technology may be several years behind top manufacturers in the United States and Israel, the country’s unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturers are hoping their...
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Hamas Is More Powerful Than Ever
GAZA CITY and RAFAH, Gaza Strip — It was a sweltering summer day on the border with Egypt when Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, sent one of his strongest messages yet to the Arab neighbor to the...
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Former Berlusconi Aide Kidnapped And Held For 35 Million Euros Ransom
Members of an Italian gang have been arrested on suspicion of taking hostage Silvio Berlusconi's accountant as part of a plot to extort 35 million euros (£28 million) from the former prime...
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Israelis Are Using An iPhone App To Watch Out For Hamas Missiles
KIRYAT MALACHI, ISRAEL — Adi Pito and his friend Avi Genasia were checking out the damage from the first – and so far only – fatal rocket attack of the past week when there was a deep rumble on the...
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A Brutal German Takedown Of The French Economy
BERLIN - It’s certainly bizarre. For a while now, experts and researchers have been giving us the bad news, each bit worse than the last, about the crisis countries of southern Europe. And, throughout,...
View ArticleMiddle East Shadowboxing
A cease-fire at the end of last week brought the latest flare-up between Israel and Hamas to a close, or at least to another pause. Yet it seems likely that this exchange was only shadowboxing ahead of...
View ArticleLincoln And Morsi
With his country torn by factionalism and threatening to split at the seams, a newly elected chief executive set himself above the system’s checks and balances, claiming vast powers that he promised to...
View ArticleA Roundabout Route To Brazil
CAMPINAS, Brazil – It took nine hours to fly from Newark International Airport to São Paulo, and another 90 minutes to drive to this city of 1 million for a brief post-Thanksgiving business trip. But...
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