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India hopes monsoon will tame inflation

2010-06-17T03:01:00.057-07:00

India’s Congress-led government is counting on bountiful monsoon rains to boost agricultural production and tame inflation that hit 10.16 per cent in May, driven partly by a 16.5 per cent rise in food prices

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Iranian bank and ship lines face US sanctions

2010-06-17T03:01:00.055-07:00

The Obama administration unveiled its widest ranging measures to date against Iran, affecting sectors ranging from banking to petroleum and shipping, in a bid to prevent Tehran from dodging existing restrictions and to encourage other jurisdictions to follow suit

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French politicians cling to de Gaulle legacy

2010-06-17T03:01:00.053-07:00

Younger people are unimpressed by the elite’s manipulation of a once-potent symbol on the 70th anniversary of French leader’s broadcast

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Spain to reveal bank ‘stress tests’ results

2010-06-17T03:01:00.051-07:00

The country’s central bank plans to publish the outcome of checks showing estimated loan losses, capital requirements and the contribution of promised balance sheet reinforcements

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Osborne abolishes FSA and boosts Bank

2010-06-17T03:01:00.049-07:00

Mervyn King will become one of the most powerful central bankers in the world, with a new remit to prevent the build-up of risk in the financial system in addition to his monetary policy role

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Israel to ease Gaza blockade

2010-06-17T03:01:00.047-07:00

Israel’s security cabinet relents on the Gaza land embargo following an international outcry over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla though no mention of any lifting of the sea blockade

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Kyrgyzstan turmoil bares ethnic hate

2010-06-17T03:01:00.045-07:00

Residents describe an orchestrated attack aimed at driving ethnic Uzbeks out of the neighbourhood in full view of the Kyrgyz armed forces

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Cameron cautions on EU fiscal rules

2010-06-17T03:01:00.043-07:00

Prime minister warns that Britain will not be bound by any new European rules to impose sanctions on fiscally irresponsible member states

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Chávez attacks economic critics

2010-06-17T03:01:00.041-07:00

Hugo Chávez has strongly defended his economic record as president of Venezuela after a turbulent year in which the country has been rocked by recession and 30 per cent inflation

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BP agrees to back $20bn spill fund

2010-06-17T03:01:00.039-07:00

BP reached a preliminary agreement with the Obama administration to set aside $20bn to cover claims relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, officials familar with the negotiations said

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I was naive, not greedy, says ITV pundit sacked in tickets scandal

2010-06-17T03:01:00.037-07:00

Football pundit Robbie Earle admitted he was "naive" after his World Cup tickets were used for "unauthorised purposes".

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Eyewitness: Outdoor entertainment

2010-06-17T03:01:00.035-07:00

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Close...

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World Cup 2010: Spain 0-1 Switzerland

2010-06-17T03:01:00.033-07:00

Highlights from Group H...

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World Cup winners and losers

2010-06-17T03:01:00.031-07:00

Highlights - Germany 4-0 Australia By Chris Bevan BBC Sport in Cape Town It is still early days at the 2010 World Cup but the tournament is already taking shape. From South Africa's draw with Mexico in the curtain-raiser through to Switzerland's shock win over Spain on Wednesday, we have now had a chance see all 32 teams play at least once. For some, like Uruguay, qualification already looks a formality, but others are less certain of their fate. With the help of Jurgen Klinsmann and Mark Lawrenson, BBC Sport takes a look at what we have learned about each of the eight groups so far. GROUP A...

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Highlights - South Africa 0-3 Uruguay

2010-06-17T03:01:00.029-07:00

Diego Forlan stars for...

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Pak to seek firming up of confidence building measures with India during resumed talks

2010-06-17T03:01:00.027-07:00

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to seek the firming up of confidence-building measures during the upcoming foreign secretary-level talks with India to pave the way for progress in addressing long-standing issues like Kashmir, diplomatic sources said today. Senior Pakistani officials have broadly classified the issues to be raised during the meeting of the two foreign secretaries in Islamabad on June 24 as outstanding issues like the Kashmir issue, humanitarian...

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New Zealand Sikhs to move legally against club's turban ban

2010-06-17T03:01:00.025-07:00

Wellington, June 17 (DPA) The Sikh Council of New Zealand announced on Thursday it would take legal action against an Auckland club that will not admit turban-wearing Sikhs to its premises because it bans all forms of headwear. The Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club voted to confirm the "no hats" policy on Sunday six months after...

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US envoy calls for strong message to North Korea on Flotilla attack

2010-06-17T03:01:00.023-07:00

Seoul: The world must send a strong message to North Korea that its provocative actions are unacceptable, a senior US diplomat said on Thursday after talks on how to respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship. South Korea wants the UN Security Council to rebuke the North in a resolution imposing tough sanctions over the sinking of its navy corvette Cheonan in March, killing 46 sailors. Pyongyang has threatened military...

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China says Pakistan nuclear plants are for peaceful use

2010-06-17T03:01:00.021-07:00

Beijing: China said on Thursday its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan was for peaceful purposes, after the United States said it was seeking clarification from China on a deal to build two new reactors. "I want to stress that the civilian nuclear cooperation...

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EU assures Cameron 'we don't want more power'... after PM has bacon and eggs in Brussels

2010-06-17T03:01:00.019-07:00

David Cameron will today fight to defend Britain’s right to set its own budgets in the face of another Brussels power grab. At his first European Union summit since winning power, the Prime Minister will refuse to sign up to plans to get the UK’s Budget signed off by the EU before it is delivered to Parliament. And Downing Street is planning to resist plans drawn up by the Germans to slap financial penalties on countries that do not rein in their spending. Arriving in Brussels today, Mr Cameron insisted Britain would play a 'very positive, very engaged' role in the EU but warned against wranglings about institutional reform. Instead, he called for a push to help Europe return to...

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2 Sudanese Rebels Appear At War Crimes Court

2010-06-17T03:01:00.017-07:00

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Two men suspected in a deadly 2007 attack against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur...

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Court To Decide If Dutch Girl Can Sail The World

2010-06-17T03:01:00.015-07:00

AMSTERDAM (AP) - A Dutch court is to decide Thursday whether a 14-year-old girl should be released from state custody so she can try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the globe, a ruling that comes just days after a California teenager was rescued on a similar attempt. Laura Dekker was made a ward of the state...

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Dutch Court To Rule In Piracy Trial Of 5 Somalis

2010-06-17T03:01:00.013-07:00

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch court is to issue its verdict in the piracy case of five Somalis accused of attacking a freight...

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US returns 7 sculptures dating from Angkorian period that had been smuggled from Cambodia

2010-06-17T03:01:00.011-07:00

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. Cambodian Buddhist monks blessed the artifacts during a handover ceremony at the port of...

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Dutch court to decide if girl, 14, is free to try to be youngest to ...

2010-06-17T03:01:00.009-07:00

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court is to decide Thursday whether a 14-year-old girl should be released from state custody so she can try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the globe, a ruling that comes just days after a California teenager was rescued on a similar attempt. Laura Dekker was made a ward of the state last year after her plan to set sail...

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Mumbai Jewish center whose rabbi was killed in November 2008 terror attacks gets new leader

2010-06-17T03:01:00.007-07:00

MUMBAI, India (AP) — An Israeli couple will take charge of Mumbai's Chabad House, a Jewish community center that has been without a permanent rabbi since the previous leader was killed in the November 2008 terror attacks, a Chabad...

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Tests being conducted after dead sperm whale found 77 miles south of massive Gulf oil spill

2010-06-17T03:01:00.005-07:00

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A dead sperm whale has been found floating 77 miles south of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a...

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New Hampshire professor pushes for return to slow reading, says words aren't fast food

2010-06-17T03:01:00.003-07:00

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Slow readers of the world, uuuuuuuu...niiiiite! At a time when people spend much of their time skimming websites, text messages and e-mails, an English professor at the University of New Hampshire is making the case for slowing down as a way to gain more meaning and pleasure out of the written word. Thomas Newkirk isn't the first or most prominent proponent of the so-called "slow reading" movement, but he argues it's becoming all the more important in a culture and educational system that often treats reading as fast food to be gobbled up as quickly as possible. "You see schools where reading is turned into a race, you see kids on the stopwatch to see how many...

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Authorities say small plane crash near airport kills 3 in southern Minnesota

2010-06-17T03:01:00.001-07:00

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says three people have been killed in a plane crash near an airport in Rochester in...

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Vietnam’s gold habit weighs down dong

2010-06-16T03:01:00.053-07:00

Per dollar of income, the Vietnamese consume more gold on average than anyone else on earth: in 2009, more than twice as much as Indians, 10 times as much as Chinese and 44 times as much as Americans

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Cameron apologises for Bloody Sunday

2010-06-16T03:01:00.051-07:00

David Cameron apologised for the killing by British troops of 14 demonstrators in Northern Ireland in 1972 on what has become known as Bloody Sunday, saying the killings were “wrong and unjustified”.

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Copy-cat fears over Australian resources tax

2010-06-16T03:01:00.049-07:00

Industry leaders are discussing whether Australia’s proposal to ‘super-tax’ its natural resources could spread to Canada, Brazil, Chile and other established mining jurisdictions

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Terror stalks Kyrgyz city ravaged by rioting

2010-06-16T03:01:00.047-07:00

As the evening call to prayer sounded from the mosques scattered across the city of Osh, what few people were left on the street disappeared altogether, fearing both the shoot on sight curfew and the terror that the coming night might bring

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Hong Kong flat sale collapse knocks Henderson

2010-06-16T03:01:00.045-07:00

The territory can no longer boast of having the world’s most expensive apartment after the collapse of a $57m sale, in a sign that its property market is cooling

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Unemployment rises as public sector shrinks

2010-06-16T03:01:00.043-07:00

Unemployment in the UK rises to 2.47m as the state sheds 7,000 jobs over three months, but the number of people claiming jobeseekers’ allowance falls to a better-than-expected 4.6%

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Spanish banks break ECB loan record

2010-06-16T03:01:00.041-07:00

Rise in borrowing to €85.6bn from €74.6bn provides further evidence of the acute tensions in the Spanish banking system

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Osborne to warn big banks over crisis tax

2010-06-16T03:01:00.039-07:00

Mansion House speech to warn big banks that they will have to pay for the damage they inflicted on the British economy and could be broken up

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France unveils reforms to tackle debt

2010-06-16T03:01:00.037-07:00

The French will have to work two years longer before retiring and the rich will pay higher taxes in an effort to drag the country’s pensions budget out of the red

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Obama vows BP will pay for spill

2010-06-16T03:01:00.035-07:00

Barack Obama issues an urgent call for the US to lessen its reliance on oil, urging Congress to act to reduce the chances of a catastrophe like the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ever happening again

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How Earth's only natural satellite formed

2010-06-16T03:01:00.033-07:00

The moon was probably formed after a massive space collision between a planet-sized object billions of years ago, in what Nasa described as the "big whack".

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NKorea warns UN to handle ship sinking impartially

2010-06-16T03:01:00.031-07:00

HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea urged the U.N. Security Council to impartially handle the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the secretive state, warning Wednesday ongoing tension over the incident could trigger nuclear war. The threat came hours after the country's U.N. ambassador told reporters at a rare news conference in New York that its military will respond if the world body questions or condemns North Korea over the sinking. Sin Son Ho repeated his regime's position that it had nothing to do with the sinking that killed 46 South Korean sailors. "The U.N. Security Council must fulfill its responsibilities by bringing to...

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The nation's weather

2010-06-16T03:01:00.029-07:00

WEATHER UNDERGROUND For The Associated Press= The low pressure system that was responsible for the widespread heavy rain in the Great Plains was expected to lift northeast into the Great Lakes and Northeast on Wednesday, carrying a cold front through the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley. This would result in widespread coverage of showers and thunderstorms east of the Mississippi Valley, with a risk of severe thunderstorms across parts of the Mid-Atlantic from Virginia to Pennsylvania. Farther south, from North Carolina across the Southeast, storms were expected to once again increase in the afternoon. Excessive moisture and seabreezes would help to enhance localized thunderstorms. Moving to...

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Tragedy sets tone in race for new Polish president

2010-06-16T03:01:00.027-07:00

VANESSA GERA Associated Press Writer= WARSAW, Poland (AP) — National tragedy has set the stage in Poland for a presidential election whose outcome could shape the country's direction on issues like the adoption of the euro, welfare reform and even its mission in Afghanistan. Two months after President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash along with 95 others, Poles vote Sunday in an early presidential election to choose his successor. The two main contenders are men whose own fates have been altered by that disaster — the president's identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and Bronislaw Komorowski, the pro-business parliament speaker thrust by law into the role of acting president....

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2 Sudan war crimes suspects surrender

2010-06-16T03:01:00.025-07:00

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The International Criminal Court says two men suspected of war crimes in Sudan have traveled to the Netherlands voluntarily and surrendered to the court. The men, identified as Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, had been secretly indicted in August 2009 for allegedly playing leadership roles in attacks on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. The court said in a statement Wednesday that the men will come before a judge Thursday and will remain in an undisclosed location in the Netherlands until then. World news...

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Cambodia: Breakdance arrives on the streets of Phnom Penh

2010-06-16T03:01:00.023-07:00

A Cambodian who grew up in America brings a new cultural framework to young followers Traditional Cambodian culture. Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Lithe and limber with the joints of a marionette, "Floater" lets it rip around the linoleum mat laid on the pavement. To the beat of a 1980s American hip-hop remix from a boom box, the Cambodian kid, real name Chea Sokchen, 15, transforms into a whirlwind of twisting hips and twirling limbs. After rotating...

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Perfumes off UK shelves over Indian workers wage allegations

2010-06-16T03:01:00.021-07:00

LONDON: In a move that could affect India's draw as a cheap manufacturing destination, Superdrug, the UK's second-largest health and beauty retailer, has pulled out the perfumes of reality TV star Katie Price from its shelves following allegations that Indian workers making the bottles were not even paid minimum wages. The Observer on Sunday, of The Guardian group, has said its investigations revealed that Indian workers at a factory in Gujarat were paid £2.05 a day to make perfume bottles for Price's Stunning and Besotted fragrances. Glassworkers should earn at least £2.25 a day. A...

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Fitch sees euro zone breakup as 'remote risk'

2010-06-16T03:01:00.019-07:00

PARIS: Credit rating agency Fitch sees a break-up of the euro zone as a "remote risk" and not one of its most likely scenarios, a Fitch director said on Wednesday....

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Perfumes off UK shelves over Indian wages

2010-06-16T03:01:00.017-07:00

Perfumes off UK shelves over Indian wages Share ARTICLEURL In a move that could affect India's draw as a cheap manufacturing destination, Superdrug, the UK's second-largest health and beauty retailer, has pulled out the perfumes of reality TV star Katie Price from its shelves following allegations that Indian workers making the bottles were not even paid minimum wages. The Observer on Sunday, of The Guardian group, has said its investigations revealed that Indian workers at a factory in Gujarat were paid £2.05 a day to make perfume bottles for Price's Stunning and Besotted...

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Iran backs 20% uranium enrichment

2010-06-16T03:01:00.015-07:00

Iran backs 20% uranium enrichment Share ARTICLEURL Parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday called on Iran's government to push ahead with its controversial programme to enrich uranium to 20 percent, despite being slapped with fresh UN sanctions. "The Iranian parliament demands that the government continues producing 20 per cent enriched uranium and not stop it at all as some countries have not adhered to the NPT (nuclear...

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Wolfgang Schäuble - Greece default 'will not happen'

2010-06-16T03:01:00.013-07:00

The eurozone is staggering under a mountain of debt and Europe risks years of...

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France to raise retirement age from 60 to 62

2010-06-16T03:01:00.011-07:00

PARIS (AP) - France is to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 in 2018 in an effort to get the country's spiraling public finances under control, the labor minister said Wednesday. Eric Woerth called the measure - already strongly opposed by the opposition Socialist Party and labor unions - a "real moral obligation," given France's burgeoning deficit and its aging population, which he said...

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Iran says has conditions to resume nuclear talks - TV

2010-06-16T03:01:00.009-07:00

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday the Islamic state was ready to resume talks with major powers over its nuclear work, but had conditions, state television reported. The U.N. Security Council...

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Iraqi Kurdistan must stop genital mutilation - report

2010-06-16T03:01:00.007-07:00

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The practice of female genital cutting, or "circumcision", is widespread in Iraq's northern Kurdish region and authorities must develop a long-term plan to eradicate it, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. It is estimated that more than 130 million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), a centuries-old practice still common in some countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, western and...

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ANALYSIS - Militant gains unlikely in Kyrgyz unrest

2010-06-16T03:01:00.005-07:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Provided Kyrgyzstan does not descend into total chaos, its ethnic violence is unlikely to hand gains to militant Islamists whose creeping influence in central Asia is testing nerves from Moscow to Beijing. Ethnic Uzbek refugees, fled from clashes in the city, gather on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, while waiting for permission to escape to Uzbekistan, near Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, June 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov) Radical groups sympathetic to the Taliban or al Qaeda have had nothing to do with the unrest that has cost at least 176 lives since June 10 in the country's worst clashes for 20 years. But analysts say any radical Islamist attempt to use the strife to impose...

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Kyrgyz city still tense after ethnic fighting

2010-06-16T03:01:00.003-07:00

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyz troops patrolled the burned-out streets of the southern city of Osh on Wednesday to maintain a fragile peace between ethnic groups following days of fierce fighting. A Kyrgyz serviceman sits on an armoured vehicle in the city of Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, June 15, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer) Mainly Muslim Kyrgyzstan has been on edge since a revolt in April toppled the president of the ethnically divided Central Asian country and brought an interim government to power. Clashes between its main ethnic...

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French storms and floods kill 9, 12 missing

2010-06-16T03:01:00.001-07:00

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Floods caused by heavy rain killed nine people and left 12 missing near France's Mediterranean coast, local officials said on Wednesday. More than 350 mm (14 inches) of rain fell on...

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Israel names observers to bolster inquiry

2010-06-15T01:01:00.037-07:00

The country hopes that the appointment of David Trimble, the Nobel laureate, and Canadian Ken Watkin will add credibility to the investigation into the flotilla raid

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Mexican drugs war reaches new heights

2010-06-15T01:01:00.035-07:00

Mexico’s bloody drugs war reached new heights after 10 federal police officers were killed in a single attack and at least 28 inmates died following a clash of suspected rival drug gangs in a prison

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UN ‘gravely concerned’ over Korean sinking

2010-06-15T01:01:00.033-07:00

The Security Council’s carefully worded statement, read out after separate briefings from the South and North Korean delegations, did not state who was to blame for the incident

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Osborne needs to find £34bn in Budget

2010-06-15T01:01:00.031-07:00

If all the additional budgetary reduction was taken from non-protected departments in line with ambition to concentrate on spending cuts to reduce the deficit, real budgets would be slashed by a third, the IFS said

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Death toll rises in Kyrgyz ethnic violence

2010-06-15T01:01:00.029-07:00

Much of Osh lies in ruins after four days of ethnic fighting in southern Kyrgyzstan that has left at least 124 people dead and sent up to 100,000 ethnic Uzbeks fleeing for safety in Uzbekistan

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China PM calls for better labour conditions

2010-06-15T01:01:00.027-07:00

Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, urges better treatment of the nation’s vast army of migrant workers as employees at a Honda factory suspend the latest in a series of strikes that has laid bare growing assertiveness

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US puts Singapore, Thailand on human trafficking watch list

2010-06-15T01:01:00.025-07:00

Washington, June 15: The United States has put allies Singapore and Thailand as well as Vietnam on a human trafficking watch list, accusing them of failing to prevent women from being forced into prostitution. The move yesterday opens the way for the US to cut off some civilian assistance, although...

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Sudan's Bashir forms new government

2010-06-15T01:01:00.023-07:00

Khartoum, June 15: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday formed a 35-member government two months after multi-party elections, according to an official decree distributed to the media. Bashir handed the key Foreign Ministry to Ali Karti from his ruling National Congress Party while the strategic Oil Ministry went to Luwal Ashweil Deng, from the...

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Kenyan churches blame govt for blast at rally

2010-06-15T01:01:00.021-07:00

Nairobi, June 15: The National Council of Churches has accused Kenya's government of involvement in a grenade attack on a rally against a draft constitution that would allow abortions in life-threatening pregnancies and recognise Islamic courts. The accusation yesterday over Sunday evening's attack, which killed six people,...

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UN tells Koreas to exercise restraint

2010-06-15T01:01:00.019-07:00

London, June 15: Following separate meetings with North and South Korean delegations, the UN Security Council has appealed to both parties to exercise restraint. Tension escalated after a South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, sank near the disputed maritime border with North...

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At least 23 killed in Bangladesh landslides

2010-06-15T01:01:00.017-07:00

Dhaka, June 15: Officials say landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 23 people and left several others missing in southeastern Bangladesh....

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Obama to press BP on compensation

2010-06-15T01:01:00.015-07:00

Washington, June 15: US President Barack Obama says his government is about to reach a deal with British energy giant BP to compensate victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama said he would press BP executives to set up a multi-billion-dollar account to pay damage claims to people hurt by the worst US ecological disaster until now. The escrow fund was...

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Indian plunges to death in Abu Dhabi

2010-06-15T01:01:00.013-07:00

Abu Dhabi: An Indian man, hailing from Hyderabad, fell to his death from the 12th floor of his office building in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi but it is unclear if this was a case of suicide. The victim Prasad worked as an office boy at a private firm in the Emirates city and fell...

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Uzbekistan closes borders to refugees

2010-06-15T01:01:00.011-07:00

Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities from the survivors. With over 100,000 refugees pouring into Uzbekistan, Central Asian state's Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Aripov said the border would be shut, despite pleas from aid groups and the UN to leave it open. "Today we will stop accepting refugees from the Kyrgyz side because we have no place to accommodate them and no capacity to cope with them," he said. Uzbekistan needed international...

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DPRK puts forward three principles to ease tension

2010-06-15T01:01:00.009-07:00

PYONGYANG - Political parties and organizations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday put forward three principles to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula. The principles were listed in a joint statement...

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29 inmates, 10 officers killed in Mexican violence

2010-06-15T01:01:00.007-07:00

MEXICO CITY - A total of 29 inmates were killed Monday in a prison riot in the northwestern city of Mazatlan in Mexico's Sinaloa state, officials said. Meanwhile, at least ten police...

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S.Korea-US to delay nuclear energy pact revision talks

2010-06-15T01:01:00.005-07:00

SEOUL - Talks between South Korea and the United States over the issue of revising the Korea-US Atomic Energy Agreement, initially scheduled to begin in the first half of 2010, will be postponed until after September, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency...

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Death toll from Indian boat capsizing rises to 55

2010-06-15T01:01:00.003-07:00

NEW DELHI - The death toll from the boat capsizing in northern Indian on Monday has risen to 55 as rescue workers had...

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Kyrgyzstan's unrest exposes heavy political jockeying

2010-06-15T01:01:00.001-07:00

BEIJING - Widespread riots have for days rattled southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving at least 124 dead and 1,685 injured. The unrest has caused grave concern in the international community. As world countries and international organizations call for an early restoration of stability in the Central Asian state, questions remain over why violence flared up...

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Bipasha's latest ad raises eyebrows

2010-06-14T01:01:00.079-07:00

Mumbai, June 14: Bipasha Basu these days is busy picking up a slew of endorsements, just like her beau John Abraham . And her...

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John turns choosy as he eyes hit hat-trick

2010-06-14T01:01:00.077-07:00

New Delhi, June 14: John Abraham has been on a break from shooting films for a good seven to eight months now. We hear that he has realised the importance of being choosy. And since he has been earning well enough through his endorsement...

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Video: Scarlett Johansson wins Tony award -- watch speech; Denzel Washington wins (list of winners)

2010-06-14T01:01:00.075-07:00

Scarlett Johansson -- AP Photo/Richard Drew It was a magical evening for those nominees and winners at tonight's 2010 Tony Awards. Two of the big winners this evening were Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington. As People reports, Johansson won for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Washington won for Best Actor in a Play. Johansson said during her acceptance speech: "Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be on Broadway, and here I am." She also thanked her husband Ryan Reynolds saying "Thank you for being a theater widower for me." Washington said during his acceptance speech: "I'm amazed....

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Westwood ends victory drought

2010-06-14T01:01:00.073-07:00

Associated Press Lee Westwood came to Memphis, Tenn., for the first time in his career to sharpen himself for the U.S. Open. He wound up putting in a little overtime. Westwood won the St. Jude Classic for his second career PGA Tour victory and his first since...

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Hamlin keeps the heat high in Michigan

2010-06-14T01:01:00.071-07:00

BROOKLYN, MICH.: Denny Hamlin continued his hot streak, dominating Sunday's NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway to pick up his second consecutive victory and fifth of the season. Hamlin led 123 laps and controlled the second half of the race, easily pulling away from Kasey Kahne on a restart with fewer than 20 laps remaining. Kahne held on for second, followed by pole sitter Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. Four-time defending series...

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Readers vote BMW designs top in 3 segments

2010-06-14T01:01:00.069-07:00

Readers of Auto Bild, one of the largest-circulation car magazines in the world, and 20 of its European sister magazines selected the best-designed cars of the year in May - and BMW took three of the five...

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Rubina still in slum...

2010-06-14T01:01:00.067-07:00

Rubina Ali Qureshi, the little girl from a Mumbai slum who shot to stardom with Slumdog Millionaire, is set to release the Marathi version of her autobiography even as she continues to live in the same squalid surroundings feeling “unsafe and insecure”. The book, titled Majha Taryankade Pravas, has been translated from an English version, Slumgirl Dreaming, by Mumbai author Maitreyi Joshi. The book, originally penned in French by Rubina in...

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Oil rises above $74 as Asian equities rally

2010-06-14T01:01:00.065-07:00

Benchmark crude for July delivery was up 78 cents to $74.56 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped $1.70 to close at $73.78...

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I can't use cheating tactics: Ash

2010-06-14T01:01:00.063-07:00

I can't use cheating tactics: Ash Share ARTICLEURL She did it, but without prompting. Aishwarya Rai will be seen in the Hindi as well as Tamil versions of "Raavan" that is releasing on Friday, but says she didn't use any prompting for either and relied on memory for her dialogues in both the languages. "I can't take prompting. First of all, I don't know the art of someone holding a placard and me reading it," said Aishwarya, 36. "I tried it once, but it was such a flop because I was in the water and they were holding the placard behind the camera and suddenly Vikram enters the frame and he started acting his bit. Then I had to bank on...

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Little Britain: what is life like as a small person?

2010-06-14T01:01:00.061-07:00

Ricky Gervais's latest project is a sitcom that focuses on the daily life of a person of restricted growth. But what is it really like to be small? Gillian Martin: 'All society sees is the stereotype.' Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Gillian Martin, 34 Newly qualified teacher, Rawtenstall, Lancashire We have been talking for 10 minutes when Gillian Martin stops. She wants to explain something. "This is really unique: for me to sit here and think and talk about my physicality. It's not on my mind 24/7." She says it pleasantly, but it's easy to see what she means: she would rather the media had a broader interest in people of restricted growth. "I'd love to see a small person...

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Germany seeks extradition of Israeli

2010-06-14T01:01:00.059-07:00

Germany is seeking the extradition from Poland of an Israeli man arrested over an alleged link to the assassination of a senior Hamas operative in Dubai

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Price jump shocks coffee speculators

2010-06-14T01:01:00.057-07:00

Speculators in commodities suffered multi-million dollar losses last week after the cost of robusta coffee jumped nearly 20 per cent in just three days

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Merkel pleads for calm amid coalition disputes

2010-06-14T01:01:00.055-07:00

Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, has issued an urgent appeal for calm in her troubled coalition after her government’s problems deepened amid splits over spending cuts

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Belgium elections show rise in separatism

2010-06-14T01:01:00.053-07:00

Separatist parties emerged as the dominant political force following parliamentary elections, presaging a tense summer of negotiations as the divided country seeks to piece together a new government

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US banks set to lose swaps fight

2010-06-14T01:01:00.051-07:00

Banks are likely to lose a key lobbying battle in the US over whether they will be forced to spin off their lucrative swaps desks, according to people familiar with financial reform negotiations in Congress

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UK growth forecasts to be revised down

2010-06-14T01:01:00.049-07:00

Official growth forecasts for the UK economy will be cut as the newly established Office for Budget Responsibility publishes its first report on the country’s economic prospects

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Kandahar strategy draws criticism

2010-06-14T01:01:00.047-07:00

US plans to turn the course of the Afghan war with a large-scale operation to secure Kandahar risk driving more people into the arms of the insurgents, a senior United Nations official has warned

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Strong euro hid crisis, says EU chief

2010-06-14T01:01:00.045-07:00

Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union, has blamed the strength of the euro in recent years for blinding the eurozone to its underlying fiscal problems

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Kyrgyzstan ethnic violence escalates

2010-06-14T01:01:00.043-07:00

Kyrgyzstan’s interim government said it had arrested a ‘well-known person’ on suspicion of fomenting the worst ethnic riots in 20 years, which have killed at least 117 and left cities in flames

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US wants BP compensation set aside

2010-06-14T01:01:00.041-07:00

Adm Allen says he is expecting BP’s response to his latest demands for a revised plan to cope with latest higher estimates of the amount of oil leaking from the well

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Pak rejects Taliban-ISI link

2010-06-14T01:01:00.039-07:00

Pak rejects Taliban-ISI link Share ARTICLEURL Pakistan has rejected a report claiming that its spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but...

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: closing price list -3-+

2010-06-14T01:01:00.037-07:00

TOKYO, June 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)TSE Prices UP/DN Hitachi Capital Corp 1252 UP 12 Hitachi Const 1754 UP 54 Hitachi Kokusai Elec 793 UP 12 Hitachi Ltd 349 UP 5 Hitachi Metals Ltd 913 UP 16 Hitachi Zosen Corp 127 UP 2 Hokkaido Elec Power 1896 UP 14 Hokuetsu Kishu Paper 462 UP 8 Honda Motor Co 2711 UP...

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: closing price list -8-+

2010-06-14T01:01:00.035-07:00

TOKYO, June 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)TSE Prices UP/DN Stanley Elec Co 1645 UP 25 SUMCO Corp 1833 UP 24 Sumitomo Chem Co 373 UP 8 Sumitomo Corp 953 UP 16 Sumitomo Elec Ind 1100 UP 31 Sumitomo HI Ltd 537 UP 20 Sumitomo Metal Ind 214 DN 1 Sumitomo Metal Min 1221 UP 13 Sumitomo Mitsui Fin 2646 DN 1...

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: closing price list -6-+

2010-06-14T01:01:00.033-07:00

TOKYO, June 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)TSE Prices UP/DN Nippon Meat Packers 1132 UP 18 Nippon Paper Grp Inc 2594 DN 9 Nippon Sharyo Ltd 427 UP 16 Nippon Sheet Glass 247 UP 9 Nippon Shokubai Co 866 0 Nippon Soda Co 321 UP 5 Nippon Steel Corp 313 UP 4 Nippon Suisan 279 UP 3...

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Tokyo Stock Exchange: closing price list -7-+

2010-06-14T01:01:00.031-07:00

TOKYO, June 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)TSE Prices UP/DN Osaka Gas Co 322 UP 3 Pacific Metals Co 658 UP 21 Panasonic Corp 1259 UP 39 Panasonic Elec Works 951 UP 22 Penta-Ocean Const Co 125 UP 1 Pioneer Corp 324 UP 5 PGGIH UP 500 POSCO - - Promise Co 638 DN 2 Renown Inc 331 DN 6...

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