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Obama to speak at Brandenburg Gate today
Protestors hold poster reading "Stasi 2.0" depicting US President Barack Obama wearing headphones, in allusion of a film poster of the movie "The Lives of Others" talking about spying and monitoring practices of the former Eastern German secret police "Stasi", on June 18, 2013 in Berlin, where Obama was expected for a visit from June 18 to 19, 2013. German ...
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RCMP pay N.S. man $248K to settle lawsuit over unprovoked beating
In 2002, having just been paid for his job at a fish and chip shop, Brendan Clarke tried to buy cigarettes and gum with a $100 bill at a Warwick Street convenience store in Digby, N.S. The clerks asked him to show identification and then refused to take his money over apparent concern it was counterfeit or from an illegitimate source. Protestation from Mr. Clarke, a black man who was 19 at the ...
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Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts Ash Could Reach Mexico City
Popocatepetl, the second highest peak in Mexico, has erupted once again and is spewing ash that could reach Mexico City, which is 40 miles away. The volcano shot chunks of rock into nearby towns and witnesses say the smoke and ash plume rose at least four kilometers into the air. Residents may be evacuated if the eruptions continue, but everyone in the area has been on standby since mid-May, ...
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Key senators urge Obama to go beyond arming Syrian rebels to stem Assads military advance
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan trio of key U.S. senators is demanding that President Barack Obama take more decisive action to stem the military advance by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez and Carl Levin and Republican John McCain say in a joint letter to Obama that Syrian government forces are advancing so dramatically that providing weapons to the ...
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VIDEO Popocatepetl shoots ash cloud toward Mexico City sparks volcanic alert
Popocatepetl view from Amecameca, Mexico. The volcano shot a plume of ash and gas into the air, putting Mexico City on alert for an ash cloud. Wikimedia ...
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Obama Hollande hold private meeting after G8
Obama said. The two leaders had a private conversation after the Group of Eight meeting at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland. Obama, describing France as the "oldest ally" of the United States, said he and Hollande discussed a wide range of issues. On Afghanistan, they discussed the announcement that local authorities are now taking the lead on security. And they talked about ...
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Obama begins 24-hour trip to Germany
An American soldier salutes as Air Force One, carrying U.S. President Barack Obama, rolls by upon its arrival at Tegel airport on June 18, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup, Getty ...
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Germany Not As Enthusiastic About Obama Five Years After Historic Speech
President Barack Obama, then candidate for President, waves after a speech at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in Berlin, July 24, 2008. (Photo: REUTERS/Jim ...
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Why catastrophe bonds could be coming to Canada
Streetwise gives you the full scoop on business deals and Canada's finance and capital market sectors. Through daily updates, our dedicated team of award-winning Globe and Mail journalists set the agenda and ensure you get exclusive and must-have business intelligence and analysis every day. The most informed Globe and Mail readers access Streetwise every day. Why don't ...
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Defence Minister dodges question from McCain about Canadian military intervention in Syria
Minister of Defence Peter MacKay responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...
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APNewsBreak Conn. chimp attack victim to appeal
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -; An attorney for a Connecticut woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee says he plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about ...
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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2103
As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ...
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NTSB Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash
TULSA, Okla. -; An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and had even complained that he couldn't distinguish between red and green signals, a doctor told a federal oversight board ...
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Tornado spotted near Denver airport terminal
This photo provided by Mark Sarlo shows damage to a gas station after severe weather passed through the area on Monday, June 17, 2013 in La Junta, Colo. National Weather Service spokeswoman Nezette Rydell said the tornado knocked down power poles in an industrial park near La Junta on Monday, but no injuries have been reported. More storms are expected on Tuesday. La Junta Fire Chief Aaron ...
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Suit McDonalds wages put on costly debit card
Single mom Natalie Gunshannon has filed suit over bank fees that allegedly include $1.00 to check her balance, $1.50 to withdraw cash and $15 to replace a lost ...
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US Unruly traveler had worked at State Department
NEWARK, N.J. -; A State Department spokeswoman says a man who ranted about national security and repeatedly screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey once worked at the ...
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UPDATE 1-Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare sign-up
Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:42pm EDT By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming months. The group, which has strong ties to the Obama ...
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We Were Told To Lie Say Bank Of America Employees
Bank of America 's mortgage servicing unit consistently lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications and offered bonuses to staff for intentionally pushing people into foreclosure, according to ...
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Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers role in parks
In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them some of the United States' first park ...
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FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffas body in Michigan field
In this June 3, 1974 file photograph, teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa is shown in Washington. The Teamsters leader was last seen in July 1975 at a restaurant in Oakland County's Bloomfield Township in ...
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House Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
FBI agents with jackhammers and shovels were digging Tuesday under a New York City house once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie ...
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McCain Tosses Cold Water On Senate GOP’s Plan To Block Obama’s Top Judicial Nominees
filibuster President Obama’s three nominees to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second most powerful court in the country. And Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) even introduced legislation ...
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Obama and Putin Signal a More Businesslike Path
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G8 summit Stephen Harper meets with Barack Obama about Keystone XL oilsands pipeline
U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper walk and talk on the second day of the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland on June 18, ...
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Leaders downplay reports of stalled Canada-EU trade talks
British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed Stephen Harper to the G8 talks in Northern Ireland on Monday. Despite suggestions the summit could yield a breakthrough in the Canada-EU trade talks, no deal has been reached amid hints of trouble at the table. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated ...
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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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