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Workers demand more action from Italian government
Protesters marching in the tens of thousands rallied in Italy on Sunday to rail against the policies of the new coalition government. Around 100,000 protesters, led by trade unionists, converged on Rome to wave red flags and placards, urging changes to austerity measures. The union-led crowd called for the new government of centre-left Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to focus on job ...
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Americans find happiness in household wealth
Americans are at their most optimistic since 2007 according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. The preliminary index has shown optimism increased to 83.7 in May as stocks surged and real estate climbed. With record stock prices boosting household wealth and unemployment down in some areas, consumers were able to see their way through the effects of ...
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Hackers take on Financial Times web site
Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...
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Hackers get into important Saudi websites
The Saudi Arabia state news agency has reported a coordinated attack on the country's government websites. Several government websites in Saudi Arabia came under heavy cyber attacks last week, shutting them down for a short time. The attacks have been traced to IP addresses from a number of countries. Saudi investigators found the attacks had been launched from hundreds of Internet ...
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Digital world creeps up on Target
Target Corp has opened a new office base in San Francisco in order to discover technology ideas. With the second-largest US retailer trying to grow its online commerce business, a Technology Innovation Center has been set up to develop mobile commerce, which has become a particular focus of retailers because new technology allows people to use their mobile devices to shop. With a huge ...
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SUV passengers more likely to survive crashes
Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...
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Spain sees rise in surplus
Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...
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Kirani James talks up Grenada relay team
World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has warned that Grenada is capable of producing a relay team as a force to be reckoned with in world athletics. The Grenadian quarter-miler has identified three of the country's overseas-based athletes who he believes can form a quartet with himself to compete against the best in the world, reports CMC. They include Rondell Bartholomew who has ...
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Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai
World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...
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Senator warns US lack of foreign policies may lead to modern-day Hitler invasion
A senior US Senator has posted on Twitter that the country is not working on its foreign policies as of now, remembering that last time when the country had no foreign policies Hitler had started the World War II. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is known for his unusual Twitter feeds referring history, the Huffington Post reports. Grassley has warned that a modern-day Hitler invasion is ...
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DPR Koreans win mixed doubles at table tennis worlds
DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong claimed the mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. This is the first individual title at the world championships that was won by a non-Chinese player or pair since it was last held here 10 years ago. China has cleans wept all titles since, reports Xinhua. The two Kims defeated Lee Sangsu and Park Yongsook of South Korea in the ...
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Belgian golfer loses Bulgarian competition after forced to tee from toilet
A Belgian golfer had crashed out of the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria after he was forced to play out of a toilet. Defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts was beaten by Ryder Cup colleague Graeme McDowell 2 and 1 in the quarterfinals on the Thracian Cliffs course after his tee shot flew into a public toilet close to the green, The Age reports. The report further said Colsaerts was ...
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Lara Bingle looking forward to some private time
Lara Bingle has revealed that she could have a new boyfriend, a new business venture and a new series this year, but wants to be more private this year. Australian cricketer Michael Clarke's former girlfriend told Confidential magazine that she can do a second series of reality show 'Being Lara Bingle' if she wants to, although Channel 10 has denied it by saying that there is nothing planned at ...
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Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia's Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost overruns, Rousseff said the 71,000-seat venue was now the source of pride among Brazilians, reports Xinhua. "A year ago they said that we wouldn't build our stadiums, that they wouldn't be ready. But now we are seeing that the stadiums have been ...
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McDowell defends slip about McIlroys leaving Nike deal agency
Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell has defended his slip about World No.2 Rory McIlroy leaving his management company, saying that although the move is not yet confirmed, it is already being much talked about in the golfing world. For weeks there have been whispers at big events in America that McIlroy is about to leave Horizon, the Dublin-based management agency that negotiated his 20 ...
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NZ Industry acts on steel imports
New Zealand may introduce a European-style compliance regime to ensure the quality of imported steel bolts and components used in construction is ...
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Bicycle business Fyxation gearing up for growth
Nick Ginster builds a Quiver Road bike in the workshop of the bicycle firm he co-owns with his brother, Ben Ginster, called Fyxation, in ...
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China India to make new engine of world economy Chinese premier
China and India are both willing and able to foster new highlights in cooperation among Asian countries and make new engine of the world economy, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday."The two countries have the will, wisdom and capability to jointly nurture new bright spots in cooperation among Asian countries, create new engine of the world economy, provide huge growth potential and ...
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The Worlds Riskiest Countries 2013
Aon Plc ., these are the riskiest countries in the world. Each one ranks 6 on a scale from one to 6; with 6 being very risky. While few people travel to or do business with these countries, these are the political and economic hotbeds of frustration outside of the developed world where people will be murdered, killed in a war, or threaten to do the same to others far away. The ...
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Qantas find favour with business travellers while Virgin flies steady
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Lebanon wins World Bank $30 million soft loan
The World Bank has approved a $30 million soft loan aimed at supporting a government initiative to improve access to basic services in impoverishedparts of the country."The Social Protection and Promotion Project approved by the World Bank Board of Directors will expand the coverage of Lebanon's National Poverty Targeting Program from 93,900 to 160,700 people over the next five ...
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Australia teaches lessons on development from mining
Australia Australia is sharing some of its historical lessons about mining's impact on development at an international conference in Sydney.The conference has been organised by the International Mining for Development Centre, an academic centre based at both the University of Queensland and the University of Western Australia.The centre's director Ian Satchwell says, while mining can ...
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Ford City baseball marks 50th anniversary of first section title
These clippings from the May 16, 1963 edition of the Leader Times show Ford City's Section 9 champion baseball team (below) and preview the team's WPIAL playoff game against Mt. Pleasant. The section title was the first in Ford City's ...
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Saudi Arabian Airlines takes delivery of first-of-its-kind Boeing plane
Boeing has delivered a 777-300ER extended range plane to Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), marking the latest milestone in its longstanding relationship with the airline and the kingdom. The airplane, the first-of-its-type to be fitted with a three-class cabin configuration, was delivered to the airline at a ceremony in Washington. The airline currently has a backlog of 21 Boeing airplanes on ...
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Mining has voters tick
THE voting intentions of more than half the residents across three federal Hunter seats would be influenced by a party's support for mining, and nearly three-quarters rate the industry as important to the region's economic future, polling ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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