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What Politicians In Macau Are Worried About Right Now
EventMacau's leaders have travelled to Beijing for the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC, China's largely rubber-stamp legislature), and have used the occasion to hold meetings with...
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CYPRIOT BANK EMPLOYEE: Are We Guinea Pigs?
Under the palm trees of Larnaca's waterfront promenade, George Kyprou was staring out to sea and scratching his head. "I don't know what to do," he said. Like most Cypriots, he was astonished to wake...
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World Leaders Flock To Rome To Greet The New Pope
World leaders arrived in Rome ahead of an inauguration mass for Pope Francis who receives compatriot President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina on Monday in his first meeting with a head of state.The...
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Why The Decline Of Christians In The Middle East Is A Big Problem
This is the first in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East.On the ancient cobblestones of Jerusalem’s Old City today Christians retraced what tradition holds as the...
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Why The Russian Adoption Ban Is Totally Illogical
Pavel (Pavlik) Morozov, aged 14, was murdered on September 3, 1932, along with his 9-year old brother, Fyodor. They were stabbed to death. Four people were convicted of the crimes – their grandfather...
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Death Toll Of Deadly Quake In China Rises To 179
The Ministry of Civil Affairs put the number of dead at 179 and missing at 24, with almost 11,500 injured, 960 of them seriously.On Saturday night, the Daily Telegraph became the first foreign news...
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Commodities Trading Firm Glencore Made $659 Million Trading With Iran Last Year
One of Britain's biggest companies has made millions of pounds selling goods to Iran, including to a state-owned firm that supplies the regime's nuclear programme.Glencore, a commodity trading house...
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81 Year-Old Seeks Everest Peak Days After 80 Year-Old Set Record
A unprecedented battle for mountaineering supremacy has begun on the slopes of the world's highest peak after an 80-year-old Japanese man became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest...
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Chinese Newborn Saved After Being Flushed Down The Toilet
A newborn baby boy was rescued from a sewage pipe in a Chinese apartment building after being flushed down a toilet, state media said, provoking online outrage Tuesday."Fortunately the baby survived....
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US Drone Strike Kills Taliban No. 2 In Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the number two of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major...
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UK Book Sellers Are Fighting Back Against Amazon's 'Virtual Monopoly'
British bookshops are pleading with the government to stand up for them against Amazon after France pledged €9m (£7.7m) of funding to help its booksellers fight back against the "destroyer of...
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The 10 Airlines Most Dependent On Charging Extra Fees
Ancillary fees — the extra fees passengers pay for baggage, premium seats and others — is now one of the biggest revenue drives for the global airline industry, so much so that it has almost single...
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The 5 Best Outdoor Restaurants In Washington, D.C.
Summer fever is in full swing and we’ll do just about anything to enjoy a little sun during our lunch break or a boozy weekend brunch. Over the past couple of weeks, we shared our top al fresco hotel...
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REPORT: 127-Year-Old Woman Dies In China
A woman who Chinese officials said was 127 years old -- although international authorities never recognised the claim -- has died, relatives said on Tuesday.Official documents said that Luo Meizhen was...
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Here's The 'Specific Evidence' Of US Hacking China That Snowden Might Spill
Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who has turned the United States intelligence apparatus upside-down, said that he won't be extradited back home without a fight.That fight won't take him to Britain in...
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US Prepared To Engage In Direct Talks With New Iranian President Over Nuclear...
The United States said Saturday it is prepared to engage Iran directly over its disputed nuclear program after moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared the country's new president.The White House...
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Slavery On Thai Fishing Boats Is Straight From The 18th Century
BANGKOK, Thailand — Their condition recalls dark tales from the 18th century: underfed men lorded over by seafaring captains who pay them nothing and maim the disobedient.Yet these forced labor abuses...
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India's Richest Man Is Making A Risky Multibillion Dollar Bet On 4G Broadband...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani hopes his multi-billion dollar bet on cheap high-speed wireless broadband could change the way nearly a billion of his countrymen use mobile...
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An Upcoming Trade Deal Could Derail Any Hope Of Edward Snowden Getting Asylum...
Ecuador's decision to study the asylum petition of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has angered the opposition and sparked fears that the United States could retaliate by hitting Ecuadoran...
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With Nelson Mandela In Critical Condition, His Family Is Now Fighting Over...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Nelson Mandela remained critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South...
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