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India signs loan agreement with World Bank for US$ 255 million for National AIDS Control Project-IV
An agreement for loan of US$ 255 million (equivalent) from World Bank for the "National AIDS Control Project (NACP-IV)" was signed here today between India and the World Bank. Nilaya Mitash, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance signed on behalf of the Government of India and Mr.Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank (India) on behalf of the World Bank. ...
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Europe will regret arming Syrian rebels says Assad
Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Europe that it will live to regret arming rebel factions in the Syrian conflict. The move to arm the rebels would lead to the "export" of terrorism to the continent, The Independent daily quoted the president as telling German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Assad rejected Western claims that his forces had deployed chemical ...
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Sania-Liezel enter Eastbourne quarters
Indo-American pairing Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber defeated Croatian-British duo of Darija Jurak and Heather Watson to enter the quarterfinals of the women's doubles event at the Aegon International here Tuesday. The second seeds were not in their elements but managed to win their first round tie 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in one hour and 36 minutes on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. Sania-Liezel had ...
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32 die in Iraq suicide bombing
At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. The attacks occurred around midday at the al-Husseiniyah mosque in al-Qahira district, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during prayers, Xinhua reported. The official said the two attackers first shot dead the guards of the mosque with ...
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No corruption in Male airport deal says watchdog
The Maldives anti-corruption watchdog has ruled out any corruption in the deal to award the country's only operational international airport to Indian infrastructure giant GMR group, a media report said Tuesday. The $511 million project was abruptly cancelled by the Maldivian government in November 2012. The Anti-Corruption Commission's 61-page investigation report into alleged corruption in ...
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UNESCO inscribes East Rennell of Solomon Islands on list of world heritage in danger
Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The world heritage site of East Rennell has been inscribed on the list of world heritage in danger due to logging that is affecting the ecosystem of the Solomon Islands' world heritage site, according to a UNESCO press statement on Tuesday. "The World Heritage Committee determined that logging is threatening the outstanding universal value of East Rennell, and ...
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UK soldiers families can sue over Iraq deaths
LONDON -; Britain's highest court says the families of several soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect ...
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Air France-KLM orders 25 of Airbus wide-body A350
LE BOURGET, France -; Air France-KLM is ordering 25 Airbus A350 jets, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week is key to plans to expand long-haul ...
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People Around the World Oppose Arming Syrian “Rebels”
Opposition in the Pew poll is actually higher than ever before in the two-year-old civil war. And that's even as much of the poll was conducted after the White House announced Thursday that the Syrian government had crossed the "red line" and used chemical ...
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Farewell Bernanke – Thanks For Inflating The Biggest Bond Bubble The World Has Ever Seen
Economic Collapse June 19, 2013 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is on the way out the door, but the consequences of the bond bubble that he has helped to create will stay with us for a very, very long time. During Bernanke’s tenure, interest rates on U.S. Treasuries have fallen to record lows. This has enabled the U.S. government to pile up an extraordinary amount of debt. During ...
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Brazil trade looks to score from the World Cup
Brazil is using football, one of its greatest passions to boost trade between the South American nation and Europe. The 2014 World Cup takes place in Brazil next June and July, a few weeks after the European elections and the nation is looking to use the sport to increase trade and investment. As Latin America's top economy, Brazil is also the worlds sixth largest and the fifth largest ...
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Former Sen. Hutchison Joins Fleishman Hillard’s International Advisory Board
, R-Texas, has joined the International Advisory Board at FleishmanHillard, adding to an already packed portfolio for Hutchison, who served nearly 20 years in the Senate. Since leaving Congress in January, Hutchison has become a senior counsel at Bracewell & Giuliani and a member of Bank of America's Global Advisory Council, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Advisory ...
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Fukushima groundwater contains toxin
An aerial view shows the Tokyo Electric Power Company's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this March 11, 2013, file ...
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Alleged sex offender tracked to resort
This 2011 photograph provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams, one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives. He has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, ...
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UK spying a wake-up call - CDP
Johannesburg - The reported surveillance of South African and Turkish delegations during the G20 summit in Britain should serve as a wake-up call to government, the Christian Democratic Party said on ...
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World War Z review Brad Pitts zombie action flick is surprisingly infectious
In this Doomsday blockbuster zombies are taking over the world, and they're not the slow-shuffle kind, either - these flesh-chompers move like lightning in their pursuit of a ...
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Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can bring claim against UK government
Soldiers going into battle abroad are protected by human rights legislation, the supreme court has ruled in a landmark judgment.The decision by the UK's highest court will have far-reaching implications for the way ...
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Qatar World Cup winter tournament under debate – video
Secretary general of the Qatar 2022 supreme committee Hassan al Thawadi says in Brazil that the World Cup could be hosted at 'whatever time' as the debate regarding the scheduling for the global event rumbles on. Summer temperatures in Qatar are often around 40 degrees Celsius, which would take a toll on most players. Many European clubs are opposed to a winter World Cup due to ...
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Foreign direct investment in Arab world surges by 10 to $47.1b in 2012
The UAE ranked second and its inflow rose 25 per cent to $9.6 billion Foreign direct investment, or FDI, into Arab world rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2012 led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to a latest report.Last year, Arab countries attracted FDI worth $47.1 billion despite political uncertainty in some of them compared to $42.9 billion in the previous year, the Arab Investment and ...
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Emeraging markets contribution to world GDP set to grow to 70 by 2030
Citibank CEO of Citi - Middle East division spoke to LSE graduates about Dubai's increasing "global attractiveness to investors, corporations and talent."Globalisation, urbanisation and digitisation are the key trends shaping the future of Dubai as it develops into a global city, according to Atiq ur Rehman, CEO Citi - Middle East division.Speaking to an audience of over 100 ...
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Families Can Sue Govt Over Iraq Troop Deaths
Families of British soldiers killed fighting in Iraq can bring damages claims against the Government, the Supreme Court has ruled. Relatives want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation. Supreme Court justices announced today that they can do both. Families started legal action as a result of the deaths of a number of British soldiers following the American-led ...
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Floods close Lourdes pilgrims site
Floods in south-west France have forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of visitors from nearby ...
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World Bank warns Poorest will feel brunt of climate change
In a report released today, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts of climate change will trap millions in poverty."Urgent action is needed to not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also to help countries prepare for aworldof dramatic climate change and weather extremes,"WorldBankPresident Jim Yong Kim said ...
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Neil Macdonald Washingtons obsession with leakers
About The Author Neil Macdonald is the senior Washington correspondent for CBC News, which he joined in 1988 following 12 years in newspapers. Before taking up this post in 2003, Macdonald reported from the Middle East for five years. He speaks English and French fluently, and some ...
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International group of Privacy Commissioners challenge Google over Glass
Ten privacy authorities from six countries have written to Google CEO Larry Page with questions addressing privacy concerns over Google ...
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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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