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Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli coast
Three grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon this morning, according to media reports, the first time missiles from the Palestinian enclave have hit Israel for nearly two ...
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One of US FBIs most wanted nabbed in Mexico resort city
UNDATED: This photo shows Walter Lee Williams, 65, who is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with ...
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Analysis French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in ...
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Obama to set new goals to cut nuclear weapons senior official
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, ...
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Taliban kill US troops after peace moves
At least four US soldiers have been killed in an attack on Bagram air base in Afghanistan, hours after Washington said its officials would meet the Afghan armed group for talks. The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the attack.. "Last night two big rockets were launched at Bagram (air base) which hit the target. Four soldiers are dead and six others are wounded. The rockets ...
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Flood death toll in hilly Indian states climb
NDTV has reported.The channel said on Wednesday that thousands of houses in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh had been swept away in the floods and authorities were using helicopters to evacuate people and drop essential food supplies.Northern India has witnessed torrential rains at least three times more than usual over the past week ever since the annual monsoon broke a fortnight ...
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Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work
Reuters © Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani gestures to the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fars News/Majid ...
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Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying
Reuters © Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington in this May 22, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Gary ...
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Presidential Conference 2013 ready to kick off Day Two
The most festive aspect of this year's "Facing Tomorrow" conference - the fifth in the Presidential Conference series - was the celebration of President Shimon Peres's 90th birthday on Tuesday night at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. In attendance were past and present world leaders, international scholars, social activists, poets, scientists, artists, ...
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AIPAC urges caution on Rohani
US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win "More fundamentally," the memo continued, "there is no indication that Supreme Leader Khamenei will limit his absolute control over Iran's nuclear policy. Even if Rouhani wished to change the country's policy, he may have no ability to do so."Pointing to a speech Rowhani gave in March 2006, in which he spoke of ...
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Poland Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander in Minneapolis
The June 3, 1944, photo provided by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Heinrich Himmler, centre, SS Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, as he reviews troops of the Galician SS-Volunteer Infantry Division Michael Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women ...
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Heat avoid elimination beat Spurs in overtime 103-100
Mike Miller (L) and LeBron James (R) of the Miami Heat vie for a rebound with Tim Duncan (C) of the San Antonio Spurs during the first half in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena June 19, 2013 in Miami, ...
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Game 6 Heat 103 Spurs 100 OT Heart-Stopping Survival as Heat Force Game 7
In the fight to keep their title Tuesday night, the Miami Heat kept losing vital accessories. Mike ...
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Ammo Blasts Rock Russias Samara
Ammunition explosions have rocked a military training area in Russia’s southwestern Samara region, causing officials to order the evacuation of some 6,000 people. The exploding shells set off a fire that was reportedly still triggering explosions June 19 at the Chapaevsk military depot. Officials said about 30 people have sought medical help in connection with the blasts, and some of ...
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Asia business sentiment rises in second quarter global growth risk still dominates
SEOUL (Reuters) - Asia's top companies have become more optimistic about their business outlook with the retail and shipping industries rebounding sharply in the second quarter of 2013, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey ...
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Google asks FISA court to lift gag order on NSA requests
WASHINGTON Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...
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Criminal charges sought after anti-Islamic rant
For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group in the US is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Virginia, woman unleashed a string of expletives and called the police emergency dispatcher to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her ...
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Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech
Barack Obama will on Wednesday invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity, on a long-awaited first visit to Berlin as president, but will face sharp questions on US spy snooping ...
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Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
TOKYO (Reuters) - High levels of toxic strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on Wednesday Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, according to the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Extending a Hand Abroad Obama Often Finds a Cold Shoulder
The next morning, Mr. Xi punched back, accusing the United States of the same computer hacking tactics it attributed to China. It was, Mr. Obama acknowledged, "a very blunt ...
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House Republicans pass 20-week limit on abortions
social issues , especially in light of the GOP's 2012 election losses, the Republican-led House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that would restrict abortions to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Restricting the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision by a month, the bill is a statement from social conservatives in the House and no more. It passed along party lines - all but six ...
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Mauled girl ready for reconstructive surgery
A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday. The case of Rosalia, the fifth of seven children of a poor family in a slum outside La Paz, has been closely watched by Bolivians. It also drew the attention of the Boston ...
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3 suspects arrested in modern slavery case
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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UN World Refugees At 18-Year High
The United nations refugee agency says the number of refugees and displaced people around the world rose to 45.2 million last year – the most in 18 years. It its annual "Global Trends" report, the UNHCR said the increase was fueled by conflicts in Syria, Mali, and elsewhere. Worldwide, it said some 7.6 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 – or about ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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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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