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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia
BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...
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Dalian Wand Group to enhance UK presence with luxury hotel and yacht unit
LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...
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Karzai says peace talks with Taliban should be Afghan led
KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...
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North Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast, says report
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...
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Somalia UN office attacked and 15 killed by Islamist militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 15 people, including some United Nations workers, were killed Wednesday when a UN compound in the Somali capital came under a bomb and gun attack by Islamist militants of an Al Qaeda-linked group, a minister said. Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled in a hurriedly called press conference said that the eight slain UN workers included four foreigners working ...
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NSA director defends e-snooping claiming it helped foil 50 terror attacks foiled
WASHINGTON - The controversial US snooping of foreign emails and telephone calls has prevented more than 50 potential terrorist attacks in at least 20 countries, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) has said in defending the surveillance programme. The targets include the New York Stock Exchange and other important installations across the world, General Keith Alexander said ...
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EU antitrust regulator fines Lundbeck and several generic drug firms
BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...
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Chrysler to recall 2.7 mn Jeeps but says vehicles not defective
NEW YORK - Chrysler avoided a showdown with the US government by agreeing to recall 2.7 million Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. Chrysler said it recognised the matter had raised concerns for customers The US company said it had resolved its differences with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall affects ...
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Four US mortgage servicers faulted for lapses by settlement monitor
WASHINGTON - Four of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers, including Citigroup Inc (C). and Bank of America Corp., have failed to adequately upgrade their treatment of customers in danger of foreclosure, according to a court-appointed monitor. Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have failed to adhere to some of the new standards set out in a landmark settlement meant to ...
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Spain making progress but requires urgent action to generate growth says IMF
MADRID - Spain risks high joblessness and sluggish growth for years unless its government together with Europe takes "urgent action' to generate growth and jobs, the International Monetary Fund stated Wednesday. "While there are signs the economic contraction may end soon, the outlook remains difficult," IMF said in its annual assessment of the Spanish economy. "But unemployment remains ...
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Nuclear expert Israeli warheads are a threat to its own security
Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, "more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," says nuclear expert; research finds even a limited nuclear war would lead to world's temperature dropping, result in widespread ...
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Brazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests
Brazil's two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup ...
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Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving mom says
Janet Murnaghan says on her Facebook page her daughter Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine to a traditional ventilator. She calls that "a big step" toward being able to wake Sarah from the heavy sedation she's been under since last week's operation. Sarah is from Newtown Square, just west of Philadelphia. She suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. ...
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Kerry Karzai Talk Over Taliban Flap
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by telephone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse a row that threatens to scuttle renewed peace talks with the Taliban. Karzai on June 19 threatened to boycott U.S.-directed talks with the Taliban and said he was suspending negotiations with Washington on a pact aimed to address U.S.-Afghan relations after 2014. Karzai’s ...
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New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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James Gandolfini dead at 51 The Sopranos actor dies in Italy following a suspected heart attack
Dead at 51: James Gandolfini was in good spirits as he attended a charity gala on June 10; he has died of a suspected heart attack in Italy In a statement Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders confirmed the death, which happened on Wednesday. 'Our hearts are shattered and we will miss him deeply. He and his family were part of our family for many years and we are all ...
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Kate Middletons natural baby birth - with Carole and Pippa there too Mother and sister are put on stand-by in case William is on RAF duty
The Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth naturally and may even have her mother and sister at her side when she goes into labour, it emerged last ...
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Natalia risked death to give a kidney to this total stranger. And her reasons will take your breath away
But the mother of four stood firm. For although Sue, 51, wasn't going under the knife for the good of her own health, it certainly wasn't for vanity either. It was to save the life of someone she had never met by donating one of her kidneys to a total ...
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One-way mirrors bottomless floors and walls made of gold The worlds most creative TOILETS resemble pieces of art
While most of us will happily splash out on a deluxe kitchen or the perfect leather chesterfield, decorating the humble toilet is often overlooked when it comes to home ...
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Give 12-year-olds career advice to stop them wasting their working lives says CBI director-general
John Cridland, director general of the CBI, said he was alarmed by the ‘big mismatch between the skills that young people have and the realities of the ...
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Babies given antibiotics before theyre one are more prone to eczema Drugs increase risk by 40
After years of debate about a possible link, a huge study shows taking the drugs in the first year of life increases the chances of developing the skin disorder by 40 per ...
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Breakthrough medical trial allows 3-year-old to hear for the first time
Grayson Clamp's parents tried everything to help their deaf 3-year-old son hear. But when a cochlear implant failed to fix his auditory disability, Len and Nicole Clamp turned to an untested method that had never before been used on children in the United States: an 'auditory brain stem ...
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Dont allow TVs or computers in childrens bedrooms Education minister reveals concerns parents dont realise their offspring can access hard core material
During a debate in Parliament about the harmful impact of pornography on youngsters, Lord Nash said that unfortunately it was a ‘fact of life’ that parents gave their children such free ...
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Secret justice is no justice at all and closed court requests should be treated with concern
The president of the Supreme Court said that other than in exceptional circumstances judges should treat requests to hear cases in closed courts with ‘distaste and ...
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Mortgages only one in 200 can understand Home-buyers left baffled by complex deals that make it hard to identify cheapest option
Richard Lloyd of Which? said: ‘While it’s good to see lenders now offering lower interest rates, mortgage arrangement fees have risen dramatically in the past two years. Even people who already have a mortgage struggle to recognise the cheapest deal. Lenders should be more transparent about the true ...
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Tokyo's new international airport making waves
Haneda airport was renamed Haneda International Airport with the opening of the new International Terminal, which will see several million passengers pass through it each year as the airport regains its status as a global airport with connections to major cities across the world.
When Haneda first opened in 1931 it was the largest civilian airport in the whole country and during the Second World War became a major US Air Base after the invasion of Japan and the country’s surrender. Read more
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