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China defeats Kazakhstan in mens volleyball tourney
Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here. China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with little difficulty Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very angry," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, the assistant coach of Kazakhstan. "Although we won the game, ...
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China to consolidate Pakistan ties Li
China would firmly consolidate and develop ties with Pakistan "no matter how the international and regional situation changes", said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who arrived here Wednesday on an official visit to Pakistan. Li said that as he began his visit, he brought with him the Chinese people's friendship to the Pakistani people. Pakistan, a key South Asian country, has made important ...
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Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo
Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv. The 26-year-old has been in impressive form for Brazilian club Sao Paulo and has twice been capped by Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari this year, reports XInhua. Sao Paulo have reportedly already received preliminary offers for Osvaldo from both clubs, considered two ...
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Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi's challenge of an International Olympic Committee's (IOC) disqualification from member election. The Japanese hammer thrower was disqualified from IOC's athletes committee member election after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics, reports Xinhua. The IOC has ...
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Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...
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Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing
With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. Oliver, bronze medallist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games, held off the challenge of London Olympic runner-up Jason Richardson and Jamaica's ...
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Fifa World Cup-themed $820 million mall for Qatar
A QR 3 billion (US$820 million) World-cup themed shopping mall in Doha which hopes to attract 20 million visitors a year is set to be completed in 2015 the developer said yesterday. Developer UrbaCon Trading & Contracting said the Mall of Qatar, a 162,000 square metre mall located in Doha next to one of the future venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup, has been designed with a FIFA theme. ...
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US Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
JERUSALEM -; The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any ...
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Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots
STOCKHOLM -; Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police ...
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QA What is known about London attack
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the ...
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What 1.2b Indians think about the world
With 1.2 billion people and counting, India is projected to become the most populous country on the planet by 2030. Now, a comprehensive new opinion survey sheds light on the worldview of Indians from all levels of society, writes Rory ...
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Disturbances that put spell on Middle East North Africa to be long-term most apparently - Lavrov
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Work to start on new worlds tallest tower in June
Broad Sustainable Building, the Chinese firm looking to build a modular tower that will become the world's tallest building, has said that it intends to break ground on the project next month. The company is planning to build am 838m-high (2,749ft) tower known as Sky City. The building has been prefabricated off-site, but the pieces will soon be moved on site to begin a seven-month ...
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French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over payout
French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance ...
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Obama to reset US terror war in key speech
Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential ...
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Pakistan car bombing leaves 12 dead
Eight people have been arrested by police investigating an arson attack that left eight members of the same family dead more than a decade ...
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IMFs Lagarde in court for French arbitration case
PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. ...
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Europe stocks slump after China data Fed comments
manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in May, stoking worries of an economic slowdown in the country's economy. Additionally, investors worried the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon reduce its asset-purchase program, after minutes from the latest policy meeting and comments from Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the bank will begin tapering its easing program in coming months. The Stoxx ...
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Five killed 50 wounded in Lebanons Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen loyal to rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...
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France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
PARIS (Reuters) - France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations, an official said on Thursday, confirming comments by Foreign Minister Laurent ...
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Congo-Kinshasa On Joint Visit to DR Congo UN and World Bank Chiefs Voice Support for Latest Peace Effort
In the first visit of its kind, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support a recent peace deal and promote economic development in the long-troubled region. "This is a critical moment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region," Mr. Ban told reporters in the capital, ...
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Central Africa World Bank PledgesU.S. $1 Billion to Great Lakes Region
On the first day of a joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that was signed by 11 countries in ...
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Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
BANGKOK (AP) -- Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at ...
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British PM seeks answers after hacking death
>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron will convene an emergency meeting of Britain's civil emergency committee on Thursday, looking for answers in the aftermath of the daylight hacking death of a man thought to be a British soldier by two attackers. The meeting comes as security was increased at army bases around London amidst fears that ...
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Electrocomponents profit falls 19 percent on weak international demand
reported a 19 percent drop in full-year pretax profit, hurt by weak international demand, particularly in continental Europe.However, the British electronic parts supplier -- whose products range from cell-phone accessories to thermometers -- said sales grew 1 percent in the first seven weeks of the new financial year beginning April 1, led mainly by the company's business outside the ...
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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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