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Kazakh Deputy Education Minister Arrested On Embezzlement Charges
ASTANA, -- Kazakhstan's deputy education minister, Sayat Shayakhmetov, has been arrested and charged with embezzlement. The Kazakh Financial Police announced on May 20 that Shayakhmetov had been placed under house arrest three days earlier. The Financial Police said Shayakhmetov is suspected of embezzling more than $9.7 million from a project to build a new school in the East ...
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Derogatory graffiti found on house of WoW leader
Degrading graffiti was found sprayed on the Jerusalem house of Women of the Wall member Peggy Cidor Monday morning after the group attempted to pray at the Western Wall, Israeli media reported.The graffiti included remarks such as: "Women of the Wall are despicable," "Tag Torah," "Jerusalem is holy" and personal remarks against Cidor reading: "Peggy you are not ...
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Fourteen killed in Afghan bombing
';The suicide bombing was in front of the provincial council building in the city of Pul-e-Khumri,'; Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan province's deputy police chief, told ...
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Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections as Farage seeks to woo fed-up Conservatives
David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...
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Damaged rail dings Conn. commuters
>Were you there? Share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Telecommuting and carpooling are the recommended options for folks who would normally take the train between New Haven, Connecticut, and New York in the aftermath of a derailment that disrupted train service on one of the busiest tracks in the country. "There are going to be substantial delays until we can get this line back in full ...
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Bombing Kills Key Figure in Northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...
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Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths
A PILOT and his spotter were culling goats in Western Australia's Gascoyne region when their plane collided with a helicopter and crashed to the ground, killing them instantly, a coronial inquest has heard. The WA coroner is investigating the deaths of Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, who died in February 2008 when their light aircraft crashed mid-air with a ...
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Navalny Trial Resumes In Russia
KIROV, Russia -- The embezzlement trial of opposition leader and anticorruption blogger Aleksei Navalny has resumed in the central Russian city of Kirov. The trial had been adjourned on May 16 after several witnesses in the case testified. Navalny is accused of stealing the equivalent of $510,000 from the Kirovles lumber company while he was working for Kirov Oblast's governor. One ...
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Deadly Bombings Hit Shiite Districts Of Baghdad Basra
Iraqi officials say at least 16 people have been killed in a series of car bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The May 20 attacks, which targeted bus stations and outdoor markets, wounded more than 70 people. The blasts came shortly after two car bombs detonated in Shi'ite-majority areas in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 11. ...
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Jailed Pussy Riot Members Appeal Overturns One Of Two Prison Reprimands
PERM, Russia -- Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has had one of two prison reprimands received since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital. The appeal was heard in a Perm Oblast Court. Since receiving her two-year jail sentence for hooliganism over an anti-Putin stunt in an Orthodox church in the capital, ...
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China’s premier seeks better ties with India
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on ...
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China urges North Korea to release fishing boat crew
China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring ...
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Taylor Swift sweeps the Billboard Music Awards 2013 with 8 wins
Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had." She also had a colourful performance of her hit "22" -- starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red ...
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Germans blame Angela Merkel for poor Eurovision Song Contest performance
Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries ...
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At least four tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma wreaking havoc and destruction
Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park in Oklahoma killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the ...
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FBI agents die in training exercise
Quantico, Va. (Photo courtesy FBI) Two FBI special agents were killed during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., on Friday, the agency said in a statement released Sunday. Special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, were part of the elite Hostage Rescue Team, which is part of the Critical Incident Response Group, and is based in Quantico, Va. Details of ...
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Russia shows accused U.S. spy heading home
MOSCOW The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled ...
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Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan -; Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were ...
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Deadly Suicide Bombing Strikes Afghan Local Council
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Students accused of desecrating Qur’an
Amman - A Jordanian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted five university students of incitement charges levelled over accusations they had engaged in ';devil worship'; and desecrated the Qur’an, a court official ...
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FBI duo killed in training accident
The FBI's national press office said in a statement on Sunday that the accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday. No other details were given and the cause is under ...
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Train collision damaged 600m of track
Metro-North railroad employees work at the scene of the train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday. Photo: AP and The Connecticut ...
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British father Julian Stevenson cuts his son and daughters throats at French apartment Father due in court after fleeing scene on roller skates
A British father was set to appear before a French prosecutor today after admitting cutting the throats of his two young children because of a bitter custody ...
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Major Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut to go into space for 20 years
The married father of two, who was born in Chichester, West Sussex, will take part in spacewalks and complex scientific research and experiments in the Columbus laboratory module, which is attached to the front of the 400-ton space ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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