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Pollution in Singapore Hits Record Level
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British High Court Quashes Sanctions On Private Iranian Bank
Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that sanctions should not have been imposed on Iran’s biggest private bank over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program. The court ruled that Bank Mellat had been arbitrarily, irrationally, and disproportionately singled out for punishment and that the sanctions should be quashed. The ruling means that the bank can now sue the ...
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First Israeli Ambassador To Turkmenistan Presents Credentials
Israel's first-ever ambassador to Turkmenistan has presented his credentials to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Turkmen media reported that Shemi Tzur also gave Berdymukhammedov an invitation from President Shimon Peres to visit Israel. Tzur was the second candidate Israel proposed to take up the ambassador's post in Turkmenistan. The first candidate to be ...
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PM to Ashton If Hezbollah is not a terrorist group who is
In meeting with EU foreign policy chief, PM takes swipe for not blacklisting Hezbollah; ahead of Kerry visit says EU undermining efforts by focusing on settlements; calls on EU to pressure Iran over nuclear ...
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States key witness in Bar Noar murder case disappears
The state's key witness in the Bar Noar murder case let his safe house on Thursday without telling police and has not yet been located, Tel Aviv police said Thursday.Officers are using all means at their disposal to find the man, they added, and have notified airport authorities to deal with the possibility he may try to flee the ...
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Barack Obama calls George Osborne Jeffrey
Spot the difference: George Osborne (right) was repeatedly referred to as 'Jeffrey' by US President Barack Obama, who confused him with favourite R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne ...
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Former Springwatch star Bill Oddie says that all Rolf Harris did was cuddle his secretary
Wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has called for TV star Rolf Harris to be left alone because all he did was have a 'morning cuddle with his ...
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Younger brother of Woolwich murder suspect says MI5 and MI6 tried to recruit me
'MI5 and MI6 tried to recruit me': Younger brother of Woolwich murder suspect says 'threatening' British spies made 11 attempts to make him an ...
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Rescue operation involves 32 emergency staff after obese driver crashes into back of a bus
An obese driver was trapped in his vehicle for more than an hour as emergency services staff struggled to transfer him to a specialist ambulance for overweight ...
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John Cronin One of Britains most dangerous sex offenders back on the streets
of Britain’s most dangerous sex offenders, who once impersonated a priest to trick his way into a woman’s home and rape her, has returned to live in ...
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End of the line How children were ordered off a model train... due to health and safety
But last week the model railway at Barshaw Park in Paisley, Scotland, was brought to an abrupt standstill at the insistence of health and safety ...
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Uzbek Border Guards Kill Kyrgyz Citizen
BISHKEK -- Uzbekistan's border guards have shot dead a Kyrgyz citizen under circumstances that remain unclear. The incident happened early on June 20 near Kyrgyzstan's Aydarken border post. Kyrgyzstan's border service said only that a 37-year-old citizen of Kyrgyzstan was shot and died from his wounds. Some 200 relatives and friends of the slain man blocked the Osh-Batken ...
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Five Pakistani Army Troops Killed By Militants Near Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Five Pakistani Army soldiers reportedly have been killed during an attack on their military convoy on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports the attack came late on June 19 near Matani, a village that is an important road link between Peshawar and remote tribal areas. Bahram Khan, ...
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Detention Deaths in Chinese Corruption Cases Stir Concern
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Report Irans Rohani tied to AMIA 1994 bombing
'Washington Free Beacon' cites indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor accusing the Iranian government of directing the bombing; says Iranian president-elect connected to decision to launch ...
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UNESCO to include Yad Vashem database in world register
UNESCO, the United Nations' organ which aims to promote international cooperation in the field of science and culture, announced that it has included Yad Vashem's database of the names and stories of those who have perished in the Holocaust as part of its Memory of the World Register.This marks the first time that UNESCO has included an Israeli archival collection in its ...
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Bid to block Berlusconi verdict fails
ROME - Italy's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Silvio Berlusconi to block a tax fraud conviction from October, clearing the way for a final verdict this year and deepening the uncertainty facing Prime Minister Enrico ...
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James Gandolfini dead The Sopranos actor dies in Italy following a suspected heart attack
The Sopranos cast and crew led tributes to the star, with creator David Chase and co-star Steve Schirripa mourning the loss of their 'brother' ...
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Education minister Dont allow TVs or computers in childrens bedrooms
'Don't allow TVs or computers in children's bedrooms': Education minister reveals concerns parents don't realise their offspring can access hard core ...
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UNESCO lists 6 Syrian heritage sites as endangered
UNESCO on Thursday added six ancient sites in Syria to the endangered World Heritage list, warning that more than two years of civil war had inflicted heavy ...
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European Union fines drug companies for delaying generics
BRUSSELS - European antitrust officials Wednesday fined a group of drug companies, including Denmark’s Lundbeck, a total of $195 million for colluding to delay market entry of a less-expensive generic version of a blockbuster antidepressant, ...
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U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar not expected Thursday source
DOHA (Reuters) - Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between U.S. and Taliban officials are unlikely to take place on Thursday as had been expected, a source familiar with the matter told ...
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Haze casts shadow over Singapore-Jakarta ties
Indonesia has accused Singapore of "behaving like a child" by complaining about severe haze from raging forest fires on Sumatra island that has cloaked the city-state. "Singapore should not be behaving like a child and making all this noise," Agung Laksono, the minister who is coordinating Indonesia's response to the haze crisis, told reporters in Jakarta on ...
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US lauds Israel for efforts in combating trafficking
Israel, for the second year in a row received a "Tier 1" ranking for it's efforts to prevent human trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect victims, according to this ...
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Hungary exposes huge fake sugar deal
Budapest - Hungary's tax authority has questioned two men over a fake contract that, if fulfilled, would have involved the sale of nearly half a million tonnes of sugar - more than the country's annual sugar consumption - and a massive tax ...
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Tuscaloosa bypass remains contentious
The $250 million interstate bypass to the east of Tuscaloosa is moving ahead with infinite lethargy and recently became bogged down in further delays, which were made necessary in part by the fact that the project had become delayed and certain aspects of it were out of date.
It was decided by the city of Tuscaloosa in 1989 that they needed a bypass to the east to relieve some of the traffic on U.S. Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 82, both of which were reaching their carrying capacity and creating massive backlogs and congestion on Woolsey Finnell Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River. Read more
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