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Iran upgrading nuclear program IAEA
Tehran has reportedly upgraded its nuclear program by adding advanced uranium enrichment facilities and building a plutonium-producing reactor according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA report reflects the increased international concerns about the potential proliferation dangers it represents as the completion date approaches, the Huffington Post reports. According ...
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Gisele Bundchen crowned most powerful model in world
Gisele Bundchen has been named as the most powerful model in the world by Forbes magazine. The 32-year-old, who is the only model named to the magazine's newly released 2013 'World's Most Powerful Women' list, has been ranked No. 95 out of the 100 influential women including iconic entrepreneurs, CEOs, politicians and philanthropists, the Huffington post reported. Bundchen made the list last ...
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Kazakhstan defeat India in volleyball tourney
Kazakhstan defeated India 3-2 in the China International men's volleyball tournament here. Kazakhstan won 25-12, 23-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-7 Wednesday, reports Xinhua. "Our team is so young that they didn't cooperate well and made mistakes, but I am satisfied with their performance," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, assistant coach of Kazakhstan team. "Our setup was bad today and that is why we lost ...
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Finance head Carrion to run for IOC president
Finance Commission head Richard Carrion has joined the race to succeed International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge. The Puerto Rican will run against Thomas Bach, Ng Ser Miang and Wu Ching-kuo, who has yet to officially declare his intention to run, reports Xinhua. Carrion, 60, has no sporting background. He is chairman of a financial holding company and since 2002 has ...
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5 climbers feared dead on worlds 3rd highest peak
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were ...
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Lis visit to elevate Chinas ties with Germany Europe
/enpproperty--> BERLIN - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Germany will further cooperation and strategic partnership between the two nations, according to China's ambassador in Berlin. The fact that Germany, the last stop of Li's maiden overseas tour as premier, is the only European Union (EU) member included on the itinerary evinces the great importance that ...
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Draghi We Need More Not Less Europe
Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank (ECB) insisted that the euro zone was more stable than a year ago but that the region needed more integration - and the U.K should be a part of that. In his speech at a gala dinner in London's financial center on Thursday, Draghi told the audience that the ECB had prevented market "panic and...financial meltdown." "We can ...
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WikiLeaks releases transcript of critical US film
WikiLeaks has released an annotatedversion of what it said is a leaked transcript of a documentary that takes acritical look at the anti-secrecy group ahead of the film's US premiere ...
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Egypts cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons
Almost three years after an uprising fuelled bythe old regime's venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamist government is makingamends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the ...
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Pope Francis Being an atheist is fine as long as you do good
Pope Francis has said that atheists should be seen as good people as long as they do good, in a move to urge people of all religions - or no religion at all - to get ...
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Boy Scouts will accept gay members
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as ...
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Lego Star Wars X-Wing lands in NY
What organizers say is the world’s largest Lego model, a life-sized Star Wars X-wing Starfighter, touches down in New York's Times Square. Tara Cleary ...
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Monster twister smashes 1200 homes
Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search their their devastated homes in Moore, Oklahoma. Severe thunderstorms complicated clean-up efforts three days after a powerful tornado killed 24 people and destroyed 1200 homes. Picture: ...
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Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand
Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 40 cents to $93.85 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile ...
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Major highway bridge collapses in US
A bridge carrying a freeway over a riverin the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed on Thursday,sending cars and people plunging into the water below, police ...
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Scouts vote sends confused message
>Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a human rights and social change columnist at CNN Opinion. E-mail him at CTL@CNN.com or follow him on Twitter (@jdsutter), Facebook or Google+.(CNN) -- When the Boy Scouts of America found out den leader Jennifer Tyrrell is a lesbian, the organization's Ohio River Valley Council sent her a letter saying "you must immediately sever any relationship you may ...
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Brown gets a griller in Manila
Manila , Francis Tolentino, wrote an open letter to the American author, saying that while Inferno is fiction, "we are greatly disappointed by your inaccurate portrayal of our beloved metropolis".Mr Tolentino objected to the "gates of hell" phrase and to Manila being defined by what he calls terrible descriptions of poverty and pollution. He said that the novel fails to ...
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River drama as bridge collapses
In this photo provided by NWCN, people look on after the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed over the Skagit River in Skagit County, Wash., Thursday, May 23, 2013. The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. There was no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths, he said. (AP Photo/NWCN, Selina ...
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Europe Factors to Watch-Shares seen flat after sell-off
PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - European stocks are seen opening flat to slightly higher on Friday after the previous session's sell-off, with Germany's Ifo business climate index likely to shed light on the outlook for Europe's biggest economy. Financial spreadbetters expect Britain's FTSE 100 to open around 2 points, or 0.03 percent, lower, Germany's DAX to open 8 points, or 0.1 ...
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Man Sentenced for Loaded Gun at Sacramento International Airport www.privateofficer.com
--United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Harold E. Waller, 46, of Circle, Montana, today to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed, dangerous weapon, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, in March 2012, Waller drove from Montana to ...
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Major bridge collapses in Washington
The Skagit County Sherrif Department has confirmed that three people have been rescued from the water after both the north and southbound lanes of the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed Thursday evening (local time).The collapse happened south of Burlington and north of Mount Vernon just after 7pm local time.Associated Press reported a rescue boat and crews were looking for people in the ...
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8 killed 8 policemen kidnapped in Iraqs violence
RAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped eight policemen in the western province of Anbar, the police said. In western Iraq, two people were killed in clashes between tribesmen and Iraqi security forces near the city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, when the tribesmen apparently believed that a police unit ...
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Sea World bares all as polar bears bond
IT'S so cute, it's almost too much to bear. Six cameras installed in a polar bear den at Sea World amusement park on the Gold Coast are recording the magical bond developing between mother Liya and her newborn cub. Sea World marine sciences director Trevor Long says they have been monitoring the cub's progress since its birth on May 9. But he says staff have enjoyed it so much, ...
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Asia stock markets edge up after big sell-off
Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary ...
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Analysts expect nothing much new from Kerrys Middle East tour
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday as part of his efforts to restart the peace process, but analysts expect "nothing much new" from his tour and caution the public to lower expectations. It is Kerry's fourth visit to Israel since assuming his post in January. In addition to visiting Israel and Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Kerry ...
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Albuquerque leading the way in sustainable development
The Global Warming debate over whether humans or natural processes are to blame for rising temperatures, is far from settled. But for many environmentalists and conservation groups there is a concern that the debate may detract from the fact that something must still be done about the unsustainable way in which humans currently live.
Albuquerque is leading many cities in the United States, and even the world, in efforts to develop a sustainable development program by which future generations will not have to suffer for the industry and economic growth of the present. Read more
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