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AP Interview Peres at 90 still going strong
HOLD FOR STORY PERES TURNS 90 BY DAN PERRY AND JOSEF FEDERMAN - In this photo taken Sunday, June 16, 2013, Israel's President Shimon Peres, is seen during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's residence in Jerusalem. As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and ...
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Brazilians protest about rising transport costs World Cup expense
As many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have ...
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Is Jimmy Hoffa buried in Michigan
A federal agent stretches yellow crime tape around a field which investigators are digging up in search of the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, in Oakland Township, ...
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UN concerned by Oz asylum debate
Sydney - The United Nations refugee agency Monday said it was concerned by the at times "mean-spirited" debate about asylum-seekers in Australia, along with the country's increasingly restrictive policies for those arriving by ...
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Abe talks up nuke exports at central Europe summit
WARSAW -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a push on Sunday for his country's nuclear technologies at a summit in Warsaw with leaders of four ex-Communist European Union countries, as part of his bid to boost the Asian powerhouse's ...
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Saudi prince eyes worlds big cities for mile-high tower
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says he is looking at the world's largest cities, including Shanghai, Moscow, London and New York, as possible locations to build a mile-high skyscraper that would be the world's tallest building by ...
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100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest
View Photo Associated Press/Felipe Dana - A demonstrator holds a Brazilian flag in front of a burning barricade during a protest in Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protesters massed ...
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Deaths in Afghan handover day blast
At least three people have been killed as a large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital - the day the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting ...
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Afghanistans armed forces taking countrys security lead
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security around the country. (Allauddin Khan/Associated ...
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G8 to focus on kidnappings in North Africa
Anti-hunger activists sail past the hotel where the G8 summit media center is located in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Monday. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking a joint commitment by nations to stop paying ransoms to kidnappers. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated ...
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Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates
In this Monday, April 23, 2013 photo pediatrician Fyodor Lapiy examines a child before administering him a combined vaccine against diphtheria, whopping cough and tetanus in Children's Hospital No. 1 in Kiev,Ukraine. Only about one-half of Ukraine's children are fully immunized against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases in line with local health regulations, compared to over 90 ...
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North Korea says surveillance leaks prove U.S. is kingpin of rights abuse
A poster supporting Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance, is displayed at Hong Kong's financial Central district June 17, ...
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Chinese supercomputer declared world’s fastest
BEIJING -- China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. holder and underlining the country's rise as a science and technology ...
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Blast Hits Kabul Amid Security Transition
A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. Kabul deputy police chief Mohammad Daoud Amin said the blast was in the Pul-e-Surkh area of the western part of the city, which is ...
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U.S. European Union agree to start free trade negotiations
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The European Union and the United States will open negotiations next month on a long-sought deal to create free trade between the world's two mightiest economic regions, an effort designed to create millions of jobs that could take years to transform from dream to reality.EU and U.S. leaders announced the plans Monday at the start of the G8 summit of wealthy ...
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Doc cleared over man’s 8-month erection
Delaware - A jury on Monday cleared a doctor of negligence in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware truck driver who underwent a penile implant procedure and ended up with an erection that lasted eight ...
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‘UK spied on SA delegates at G20’
London - Documents leaked by US former spy Edward Snowden appeared to show Britain spied on G20 delegates during meetings in London back in 2009, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported ...
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Obama says China hears blunt message on hacking
US President Barack Obama said that China has understood his "blunt" warnings against cyber-hacking as he credited new leader Xi Jinping with accepting more global responsibility for ...
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Tens of thousands protest over Confederations Cup expenditure
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities on Monday protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs, police ...
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Lifts break down at worlds tallest residential tower
The builder of the world's tallest residential tower has apologised to residents after they were stranded in the 107-storey tower for 12 hours after elevators ...
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Bomb blast hits Afghan capital
Hamid Karzai .The transition is a major milestone of the 12-year-old war, with the coalition insisting Afghan security forces it has been training for years are strong enough to take the lead in the fight against the ...
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Driver arrested over dribbler death
Microsoft has revealed that its new XBox One games console will carry an "expensive" price tag of over £400 when it is launched in ...
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China builds worlds fastest supercomputer almost doubling speed of U.S. machine
BEIJING, China - A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers released Monday says the Tianhe-2 developed by the National University of ...
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Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament police
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police ...
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Protest group calls on Socceroos fans to chant Peace for Iraq
Australia 's previous involvement in the Iraq war.Members of Love from Australia, a peaceful protest group, will stand outside ANZ Stadium in Sydney distributing flyers and placards, which call on fans to chant Peace for Iraq at the end of the game.Love from Australia member Shayne Hunter told Guardian Australia the match provided a perfect platform for people to voice their discontent at ...
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Is the student-beating teacher being used as scapegoat?
Without question, the shocking video footage of a Houston school teacher attacking and beating a cowering 13-year-old student shows something wrong and something that should never ever occur in the classroom. But recent revelations surrounding the events leading up to the incident, and the conditions at the school itself, seem to suggest that this teacher was pushed to the limit by a flawed school system, as well as her own lack of training to deal with the rigors of a stressful and provocative teaching environment.
On April 29th Sheri Lynn Davis attacked a student in her class, the footage has now gone viral on the internet and shows an incident that seems to represent a complete breakdown of the system. In the video the 13-year-old student is seen backed into a corner of the room with Davis standing before him in a position indicative of an imminent attack, the boy cowers down at which point the beating begins. Read more
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