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Neymar stars as Brazil sink Mexico
Brazil 's No10 wheeled off in celebration, and was quickly joined by his team-mates, the noiseinside the Estadio Castelao was deafening. The stage seemed set ...
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Obama on Syria – too little too late
WASHINGTON: For a measure of the snail’s pace of President Barack Obama’s decision-making on Syria, look at two dates: Aug. 18, 2011, and June 14, 2013. One marks the first of several calls for ...
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Mediation begins on Americas Cup rule changes
video America's Cup organisers have put some not-so-subtle pressure on the four syndicates, as they prepare to sort out their differences over the safety and rule changes that are essential to the regatta starting next month. Holders Oracle, and challengers Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa (Italy) and Artemis Racing (Sweden) have been unable to agree on the 37 recommendations made ...
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Assange Obama corrupted the presidency
WikiLeaks Exactly one year to the day after entering London's Ecuadorian Embassy, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lashed out at the Obama administration Wednesday over the White House's ongoing pursuit of leakers. Citing the prosecution of alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and the recent case of Edward Snowden, Assange said President Barack Obama's relentless efforts ...
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Obama Nuclear Arms Pitch More About Legacy Than Russia – Analysts
WASHINGTON, June 19 (By Carl Schreck for RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama’s desire to pursue nuclear arms cuts with Russia offers fertile ground for cooperation with Moscow but is above all about securing an enduring security legacy, a range of experts said Wednesday. "The nuclear issue itself is a special interest of Obama’s – he’s deeply passionate ...
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Cross-Canada bike stolen in break-in returned to Burnaby man 85
Cornelis Dykstra speaks to reporter at his home in Burnaby on Tuesday, a day before his bicycle was returned to him by a woman had read about his loss and found the bike in a back ...
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Keystone issues won’t block oil sands movement Canadian ambassador says
Keystone will reduce the costs to transport the fuel and release less carbon dioxide than transporting the fuel by train or truck, according to Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Gary ...
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Is Obama Administration Playing Both Sides in Arms Deals
A Republican senator blasted the Pentagon after it entered into a new helicopter contract with a Russian company which is supplying the Syrian regime -- even as the U.S. moves to arm the Syrian opposition. The contract was announced Monday with Russian arms firm Rosoboronexport, for military helicopters that will go to Afghan security forces. The Pentagon argues the helicopters are the ...
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Fox News Poll Most disagree with Obama say war on terrorism not over
In a major national security address in May, President Obama said it was time to take the United States off the war footing it has been on since the September 11 terrorist attacks -- and at one point stated, "This war, like all wars, must end." The speech was widely seen as a signal Obama views the war on terrorism as winding ...
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Encyclopedia of US Catholic History Shows Shaping of America
With over 2,000 entries, "Encyclopedia of US Catholic History" is authored by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013). From the earliest missionary travels of the Spanish and French to the New World, Catholics had a prominent impact on US culture, entertainment, politics and business. Catholics also played a major role in the development of schools, hospitals, ...
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Obamas call for nuke negotiations with Russia suggests a slow road to new reductions
WASHINGTON - By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for co-operation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree. Relations between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are tense, reflecting U.S. concerns about human rights abuses in Russia, the two leaders' disagreement ...
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Brazil 2-0 Mexico Star man Neymar the match-winner again
Brazil got one foot in the Confederations Cup semi-finals by defeating Mexico 2-0 at the Castelao on Wednesday.Neymar lit up the occasion with an outstanding volley nine minutes in, but what threatened to be a goal glut for the hosts progressed in somewhat anticlimatic fashion, until the Barcelona forward brilliantly set up Jo for the clincher in the dying seconds. Brazil's victory sees ...
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Obama Merkel exchange toasts in Berlin
U.S. President Barack Obama kisses German Chancellor Angela Merkel after she finished her speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and spoke at the historic site where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ...
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Bank of America hires JPMorgan banker to co-head new TMT group
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:21pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of America has appointed J.P. Morgan Chase & Co investment banker Anwar Zakkour as co-head of its newly formed global technology, media and telecoms(TMT)group. Zakkour, who worked at JPMorgan for eight years, will be based in New York, according to an internal memo, which was confirmed by a spokesman. He has advised on a ...
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Neymar Strikes Again as Brazil Beat Mexico
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UPDATE 3-New Bank of Canada chief signals hands-off stance
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:14pm EDT * Poloz says nothing more BoC can do to spur growth * Declines to comment on bank's 14-month tightening bias * Says business confidence crucial, urges patience * Analysts see no sign of policy shift By Euan Rocha and Peter Henderson BURLINGTON, Ontario, June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz signaled a hands-off approach to monetary policy on ...
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Brekkie Wrap Superman wants to save your soul Obama tries to avert nuclear war
SUPERMAN wants to save your soul, Barack Obama is trying to avert Armageddon and Angelina Jolie is attempting to rescue the people of Syria, while the Pope is just trying to brighten the day of one disabled teen. Film studio Warner Bros has taken movie marketing to a whole new level - even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote Man ...
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Germany register narrow win against Canada
Germany 1-0 CanadaLeonie Maier scored in the second half as the European champions followed up their weekend win against Scotland with another ...
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Canadian Natural Resources poised for natural gas sales
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., which recently joined the slew of companies trying to offload some of their natural gas plays, has picked out its bankers to help it find a buyer - a potential deal that could influence the company's liquefied natural gas plans.CNRL hired BMO to help market the 243,000 acres of its Montney holdings the oil and gas outfit recently put on the auction block, ...
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Feds find possible remains at NYC mobsters home
A woman ducks under crime scene tape in front of a New York city house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas." Burke died ...
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Ohio woman allegedly enslaved spent time in jail
Three undated photos provided by the Department of Justice show Jessica L. Hunt, left, Daniel Brown, center, and Jordie L. Callahan, right. Authorities in Ohio have arrested the three on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened ...
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COMMENTARY An Obama-Buffett Connection Could Keep Crude Rolling by Rail
The rumors had been circulating in Washington for weeks, but Bloomberg brought it above the waterline on Thursday: "At closed-door fundraisers held over the past few weeks, the president has been telling Democratic Party donors that he will unveil new climate proposals in July." Just to make certain no one missed her message, the Bloomberg reporter used the word "fundraiser" ...
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Obama to set climate change agenda
President Barack Obama is poised to flesh out in the coming weeks his second-term climate change agenda, a three-part plan that will focus broadly on energy efficiency, renewable energy and EPA regulations, a top White House adviser said Wednesday.White House energy adviser Heather Zichal said the president is "going to be speaking about climate change in the weeks ahead." ...
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As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...
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Defense US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group
Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers were shot dead during a raid on an al-Qaida hideout in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, where the army is carrying out an ...
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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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