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PM to Kerry Peace talks top Israels agenda
Reviving peace talks with the Palestinians tops Israel's agenda, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday as they met in Jerusalem at the start of the American diplomat's latest visit to the region."This is something that both you and I want, and I hope also the Palestinian want," Netanyahu said as they posed for the media at the ...
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Israeli restaurateur faces deportation from US
Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown His lawyer had no comment on how Bouzaglo ended up in immigration court proceedings, but it seems it has something to do with jail time the Moroccan-born Israeli did for drug distribution and extortion charges before his arrival in the US 13 years ...
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Man linked to Tsarnaev shot by FBI agent
Police officers block the entrance to an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot in Orlando, Florida. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent ...
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Exclusive China urbanization plan hits roadblock over spending fears-sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's plan to spend $6.5 trillion on urbanization to bolster the economy is running into snags, sources close to the government said, as top leaders fear another spending binge could push up local debt levels and inflate a property ...
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Page out of book depicts towns tragedy
>For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house, it's rooms so bright and wide. It's halls will echo for all time, with ...
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Portuguese leaders build faith in bailout exit
A woman with a Portuguese flag shouts slogans during a protest against austerity in front of the presidential palace in Lisbon May 20, 2013. Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva called a state council to discuss the political and economic situation after a ''troika'' bailout ...
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M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chiefs Congo visit
M23 rebel recruits stand at attention during a training session at the Rumangabo military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, ...
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Bangladesh govt probe blames owners in building collapse
Bangladesh ends building collapse search; final toll is 1,127 The investigating committee, appointed by the interior ministry, found that the ground Rana Plaza was built on was unfit for a multi-story building. "A portion of the building was constructed on land which had been a body of water before and was filled with rubbish," committee head Khandker Mainuddin Ahmed said. He said the ...
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UK police investigate machete murder
British police are investigating the murder of a man who was attacked with a machete near an army base in South London. The victim was hacked to death with a machete-style knife in the Woolwich district in the southeast of the British capital on Wednesday before the attackers were shot by police. Video footage filmed by an onlooker and broadcast by Britain's ITV news channel showed a man ...
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Death toll rises in Lebanon clashes
Seven people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese fighters backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, according to doctors and security sources. Tripoli has suffered sporadic sectarian violence since the Sunni Muslim-led uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March 2011, but after a night of mortar, grenade and ...
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China and Japan Show Signs of Economic Stress
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France backs call to put Hezbollah on EU terror list
Official say Paris is ready to support British initiative to blacklist armed wing of Hezbollah on EU's list of terrorist organizations; France has been cautious of such a move fearing it could destabilize ...
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Peres to Sarkozy at breakfast Friends are friends
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who came to Israel primarily to receive an honorary doctorate from Netanya Academic College had a breakfast meeting on Thursday morning with President Shimon Peres, whom he knows well and with whom he had enjoyed previous meetings in Jerusalem and Paris over the past decade, spoken on the phone, and exchanged correspondence.If Sarkozy, instead of being ...
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Formula 1 UEFA Maccabiah all on way to Jerusalem
attractions forming the backdrop along the route. Some of the greatest professionals in the field will be arriving for the event including a team of drivers and technicians from Ferrari in Maranello, Italy.In addition to Formula One cars, Ferrari Challenge cars will also participate in demo drives, as well as drift cars with high horsepower V8 engines and other sports cars. The road show will ...
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We will never buckle to terror Cameron leads emergency Cobra committee with pledge to face down threat from extremists
David Cameron has convened a meeting of the government's emergency committee today after issuing a defiant message that Britain will ’never buckle’ to terrorists in the wake of the horrific knife attack in ...
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French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over payout
French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance ...
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Obama to reset US terror war in key speech
Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential ...
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Youths torch restaurant cars in Sweden riots
Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren says at least 30 cars were set ablaze across western and southern Stockholm early Thursday. Firefighters said they have "never before seen so many fires raging ...
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Pakistan Blast Kills 13 Officers in Restive Area
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Barred from election Rafsanjani lambasts Iranian authorities - report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sharply criticized the country's leadership, opposition website Kaleme said on Thursday, two days after he was disqualified from running in next month's presidential ...
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Miners Vale Rio Tinto accused of neglecting displaced Mozambicans
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch accused Mozambique's government and foreign mining companies on Thursday of "serious shortcomings" in resettling communities to make way for coal mines, leaving thousands without proper homes, food or sources of ...
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Five killed 50 wounded in Lebanons Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen loyal to rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...
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Octogenarian Japanese climbs Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries has reached the top of Everest, becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 60 years ago, reached the top of the 29,028ft mountain at roughly 9am local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday. ...
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UN and World Bank in DR Congo peace push
The UN and World Bank chiefs are visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid reports of fresh fighting in the country’s east which has sent thousands fleeing. Ban Ki-moon and Jim Yong-kim arrived in Kinshasa, the capital, on Wednesday, embarking on a trip largely seen as a fresh push for peace and development.Ban and Kim met Joseph Kabila, the DRC president, and the ...
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British PM seeks answers after hacking death
>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron will convene an emergency meeting of Britain's civil emergency committee on Thursday, looking for answers in the aftermath of the daylight hacking death of a man thought to be a British soldier by two attackers. The meeting comes as security was increased at army bases around London amidst fears that ...
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Kyrgyzstan must stick to long-term development plans
While news of the political unrest and government change in early 2010 dominates the world headlines, Kyrgyzstan faces an uncertain future as long-term plans for infrastructure development are thrown into disarray and uncertainty.
Kyrgyzstan is one of the poorest countries in Central Asia and stands to benefit greatly from long-term development plans initiated under the auspices of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, if the interim government can move on from the current political crisis and stabilize the country’s economy and political future. Read more
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