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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.com
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalChina to re-open its embassy in Somalia that was closed during 1991 civil war
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June, 30, 2014 from News RSS : Today
Nestle has become the first major UK manufacturer to achieve “living wage” accreditation. The move comes amid increasing pressure on major companies to raise salaries, and it is hoped it will cause a ripple effect among other firms. -
June, 30, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's far-right New Right Congress has almost doubled its support in a month, a poll showed on Monday, riding a Europe-wide rise of anti-EU movements to become the country's third-placed party.
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June, 30, 2014 from News RSS : Today
Turkey cannot do anything to save its kidnapped people, so the Kurdish Peshmerga came into the picture and the Iraqi Kurdish leader is now the protector of the Turcomans rather than the state, Professor of International Relations Hussein... -
June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalThailand revokes passports of 2 anti-coup leaders overseas, 4 others who defied junta's order
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June, 30, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostBEIJING — North Korea said Monday that it is charging two American detainees with carrying out what it called “hostile acts” while in the country. In a four-sentence statement, the isolated and authoritarian country’s state-run news agen...
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June, 30, 2014 from BBC News - WorldOne of China's top military figures is accused of corruption and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report, in what could be the biggest military scandal in years.
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June, 30, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesSeven centuries after a celebrated victory over the English, Scots are engaged in a new battle for independence – this time, at the ballot box.
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCourt hears evidence from surgeon who amputated athlete's legs, after psychiatrists conclude he was not mentally ill when he shot Reeva Steenkamp Pistorius' psychiatric report key findings Ability to flee danger 'severely impaired' Judge...
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comNorth Korea is preparing to take to court two Americans accused of "perpetrating hostile acts," North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA reported Monday.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comThe trial of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius resumes in South Africa Monday after being halted for a month-long psychiatric assessment of the athlete.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comA United Airlines flight was forced to land in Wichita, Kansas, after the evacuation slide accidentally deployed midair Sunday, the airline said.
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalPakistan launches ground offensive against Taliban near Afghan border
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comJihadist group challenges al-Qaida as it changes name to Islamic State and pledges to free Palestine in video Isis declares caliphate in Iraq and Syria live updates Continue reading...
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comSyrian warplanes reportedly targeted Iraq this week. Scores of civilians were killed at markets and gas stations in Anbar province Tuesday, local leaders told CNN.
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalActivists say heavy infighting between rebels in eastern Syria over border crossing with Iraq
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June, 30, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsBEIJING (Reuters) - China charged four people in connection with a deadly attack at a railway station in the southwestern city of Kunming in March, state media said on Monday, a case that helped spur a crackdown on what officials have ca...
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comBaghdadi announced as leader of Muslims everywhere Iraqi forces battle to retake Tikrit Israel calls for the creation of a separate Kurdish state Continue reading...
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June, 30, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Device exploded as another makeshift bomb was being defused near the presidential palace in Cairo.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comWith the British Open just around the corner, Justin Rose is hitting form at exactly the right time.
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June, 30, 2014 from BBC News - WorldFormer NoW journalists Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman are to face a retrial on a charge they bought royal telephone directories from police officers.
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June, 30, 2014 from NYT > WorldThe move was praised by animal rights advocates, who say it is an important step in reducing the use of lab animals in product testing.
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June, 30, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Radical Islamist groups in the Netherlands have become a decentralized and elusive "swarm" that may broaden their focus from the conflict in Syria to the wider Middle East, the Dutch intelligence service warned on M...
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June, 30, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisInvestor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led CEOs to strike big transactions in 2014.
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June, 30, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsCAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian police officer was killed and several others wounded in a small explosion near the presidential palace in Cairo's Heliopolis district on Monday, the Interior Ministry said.
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June, 30, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesDeclaration poses a direct challenge to the global leadership of al Qaeda, which has disowned ISIS.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comActivists are openly challenging China's vision for the city and preparing for protests.
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June, 30, 2014 from NYT > WorldZhang Zhijun, the head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, cut short meetings on his final day on the island after protesters hit his bodyguards with paint.
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalChina announces terror, murder charges against 4 in deadly train station knife attack
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June, 30, 2014 from NYT > WorldMr. Malesky, an associate professor of political economy at Duke University, provides insights into the recent fraught relations between the two Asian neighbors.
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June, 30, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisEven as BlackRock is set to amass $1 trillion in exchange-traded fund assets, investors increasingly send money to low-cost leader Vanguard.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comLatest model of aircraft affectionately known as the Queen of the Skies gets the red ribbon treatment, but jumbo jets are facing tough times
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June, 30, 2014 from World News & AnalysisBrent crude oil may "spike" to $150 briefly Iraqi Conflict hits operations at the main southern oil fields, says Societe Generale.
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June, 30, 2014 from BBC News - WorldOscar Pistorius did not have a mental disorder when he killed his girlfriend, a psychological report says as his murder trial resumes.
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June, 30, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesDays after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a group of black boys in Alabama tested out their new freedoms and were met by men with bats.
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalFrench government retreats on teaching boy-girl equality in schools after parent protests
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comCNN goes inside a Chinese "baby hatch," where troubled parents dump unwanted children.
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June, 30, 2014 from NYT > WorldLong ridiculed with terms such as “chicken man” and “lettuce hands,” Brazilian goalkeepers received a huge boost when Júlio César helped propel his team past Chile and into the World Cup quarterfinals.
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comMichael Rogers presents more measured side of intelligence agencies, after previously hysterical responses to leaks Continue reading...
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalExperts believed Pistorius was "capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act" when he killed his girlfriend.
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June, 30, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Rescuers find about 30 bodies and pluck 5,000 from migrant boats between Sicily and North Africa in the past 48 hours.
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June, 30, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalEx-editor Andy Coulson and ex-reporter Clive Goodman to face new trial on hacking charges
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAt least 14 rockets reported to have been fired, with no injuries reported, as tensions in the region escalate Continue reading...
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June, 30, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA new study using satellite images shows that Indonesia has surpassed Brazil in deforestation rate for the first time.
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June, 30, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comThousands of Israelis join a rally in Tel Aviv calling for the release of three teenagers who disappeared in the West Bank on 12 June. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday that no effort would be spared to bring...
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June, 30, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUS actor Meshach Taylor, best known for his roles in the 1980s film comedy Mannequin and the US show Designing Women, dies aged 67.
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June, 30, 2014 from CNN.comAbout 30 bodies were found in a migrant boat rescued early Monday between Sicily and the North African coast, the Italian navy said.
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June, 30, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state in lands seized this month across a swathe of Iraq and Syria.
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June, 30, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesA flight bound for Southern California from Chicago was diverted to Wichita late Sunday after the emergency evacuation slide accidentally deployed.
