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Analysts Assess Impact of Military Attack on Iran
The United States and the European Union believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful, civilian purposes. The international community has been trying for years to persuade Iran to end its uranium-enrichment program, but to no avail. Low-enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear-power plants, but highly enriched uranium is an ...
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Brazil Protests Proceed as Smaller Cities Join
SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA Protesters blocked roads in Sao Paulo and marched toward a stadium hosting a major international soccer game in Brazil's northeast on Wednesday in a growing wave of nationwide demonstrations against poor public services, inflation and other woes in Latin America's biggest country. After more than a week, the biggest series of protests to sweep Brazil in more than two ...
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With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars
PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...
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Mandela International Day launched
The UN and the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) Wednesday launched the Mandela International Day, even as the anti-apartheid icon spent his 12th day in hospital for a recurring lung problem. Wednesday's event marked the official launch of programmes to celebrate Mandela's 95th birthday July 18, Xinhua reported. July 18 was endorsed in 2009 by the UN General Assembly as Nelson Mandela ...
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Hamas holds talks to stop being listed as terror group
The Islamic Hamas movement has been holding meetings with foreign officials in a bid to get its name erased from the list of international terrorist organisations, a Hamas official said Wednesday. The US, several European countries and Israel have classified the Hamas movement, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since June 2007, as a terrorist organisation. A series of meetings with European ...
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NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court
Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...
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UN headquarters in Somalia attacked
An attacker Wednesday blew himself up at the entrance to the UN headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, CNN reported. Others wearing suicide vests entered the UN compound and a gunfight ensued, said police officer Hussein Ahmed. The compound had now been secured and was in the hands of African Union troops, according to the official Twitter account of the African Union Mission to ...
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South Korean president visits Indian book pavilion
South Korean President Park Geun-hye Wednesday toured the Indian pavilion at an international book fair here in which India is participating as the guest of honour for the first time. She toured the Indian pavilion at the Seoul International Book Fair, spending close to 10 minutes there, said an embassy press release. It was followed by a brief interaction when Minister of State for Human ...
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Palestinians should have a state as a right Blair
Palestinians "should have a state, not as a reward for good behaviour but as a right", Tony Blair, the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said Wednesday. Blair cautioned Israeli leaders that the "window of opportunity" for peace with the Palestinians might close shortly, Xinhua reported. "Some say the two-state solution is a fantasy. The fantasy is thinking one-state is sustainable or ...
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Suicide bombers attack UN office in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Militants on Wednesday launched suicide bomb attacks on the office of United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) in Mogadishu where guards exchanged fire with the gunmen in and around the compound, police and witnesses said. "The fighting with the gunmen and suicide bombers is ongoing. We have eliminated some of the attackers but the fighting is now going on," ...
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The lady making A Small World smaller
Somewhere along the way, A Small World (ASW) stopped being quite small enough. The exclusive, invitation-only social networking site, one of the first to launch back in 2004, started out as a tight-knit community where the world's movers and shakers could connect with similarly privileged and influential individuals. "In the beginning it was more of a social register - a who's ...
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Perspex is clearly superior in the fashion world
This season saw the introduction of a new material to clothing and accessories - Perspex. The shiny, see-through medium took shape in trench coats and caplets at Burberry, in the chunky heels of shoes at Stella McCartney and in boxy clutches at Valentino and Chanel. Perspex excels in its durability (as opposed to easily scratched calf leather) and its ability to lend your look an instant ...
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In Pictures The Globe hosts Young Entrepreneurs Night in London
Report on Small Business hosted a Young Entrepreneurs Night on Thursday May 23, 2013 at Joe Kool's in London, Ont. The networking event featured a group of early stage small-business owners, and students who aspire to be entrepreneurs upon ...
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World U.S. cites Russia China among worst in human trafficking report
While the Chinese government has taken some steps to address the problem, such as vowing to work with international organizations and increasing public awareness, it also has continued to perpetuate the problem in hundreds of its own institutions, the State Department report ...
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Hollywood and Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies age 51 Breaking News
Its role as Mafia boss Tony Soprano made him world famous,James Gandolfini has died at the age of 51 years.Apparently, the US. actor had suffered during a vacation in Rome Italy a heart ...
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Iraq intrinsic to Indias strategic positioning for energy security
NRI News: "In India's growth story, we need energy security and Iraq is intrinsic to India's strategic positioning for purposes of energy security," Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid told on the first visit to Iraq by an Indian foreign minister since ...
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Demand for nat gas in Europe to remain lower than before crisis over 10 years
St PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - International Energy Agency /IEA/ forecasts a feeble demand for natural gas in Europe over the coming few year and a simultaneous increase of the role of Russian gas in supplies to the European market, the agency’s Executive Director, Maria van der Hoeven told a news conference here Thursday. She said that the demand for gas in the European countries ...
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Shale gas extraction in Europe not affect world energy balance
ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - The extraction of shale gas in Europe over years to come will not influence the world energy balance, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, Maria van der Hoeven, said at the presentation of a report on the condition of the world gas industry in the medium term. "Let me give you an example. Annual gas production in Poland today is ...
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Edinburgh international book festival announces 2013 lineup
Life and work of Iain Banks to be honoured at 30th festival, with Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman also featuring in two-week event partnered by the ...
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Senior Scientific Officer - Science Europe
www.scienceeurope.org ) is an association of 51 European research funding organisations (RFO) and research performing organisations (RPO) in 26 countries, founded in October 2011 and based in Brussels. It promotes the collective interests of the RFOs and RPOs of Europe and supports its member organisations in their efforts to foster European research. It aims to strengthen the European Research ...
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World Refugee Day home is but a faint dream
Bangladeshi refugee Nazmul Huda, nicknamed Arif, 26, who fled with his friend Delwar, plays an electronic game on his phone in his shack inside a quarters at the rural Ping Chi in Hong Kong's New Territories June 19, 2013. ...
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Bahrain will join other nations in celebrating the International Olympic Day
Manama, June 20 (BNA) -- Bahrain will join the other nations of the World on Sunday (June23) in celebrating the International Olympic Day as the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) is organizing a marathon to mark this occasion. A special campaign to promote this annual event is scheduled for tomorrow (June 21) at the Bahrain City Centre, featuring a series of sports and entertainment events will ...
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Indonesia and Monaco are all set to make debut in this year Al Bareh International Regatta
Jakerta, June 20 (BNA) -- Indonesia and Monaco are all set to make debut in this year's Al Bareh International Regatta 2013, due to take place from June 25 to 29 at the Bahrain Maritime Sports Association premises near in Al Jazayer Beach. Both representatives have signed up for the 20th edition of the championship thanks to the outstanding reputation gained by Bahrain in hosting major ...
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Italy film fest dedicates homage to Gandolfini
Gandolfini will instead be honored with a tribute "remembering his career and talent." Gandolfini died Wednesday in Rome, according to HBO and Gandolfini's ...
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Russian Stadiums Below Par for 2018 World Cup - Official
MOSCOW, June 20 (R-Sport) - Every one of Russia’s stadiums being built for the 2018 World Cup is having trouble meeting the standards set by world football’s governing body FIFA, the official in charge of compliance said on Thursday. FIFA sets out a wide range of requirements for each World Cup arena, with standards covering everything from total capacity to media and VIP ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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