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USA Bans Professor From Attending Intl. Event in Cuba
Havana, June 18 (Prensa Latina) As part of its blockade against Cuba, the United States banned Doctor Vctor Margolin, emeritus professor of the Illinois University, from attending the international meeting on design Forma 2013, on June 18-20, in Havana. In exclusive remarks to Prensa Latina, President of the organizing committee of the event, Sergio Pena, said that this new prohibition is a ...
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Argentina Goes to UN to Claim Sovereignty Over Falklands
Buenos Aires, June 18 (Prensa Latina) Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman will travel to New York Thursday to attend the session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, in which he will claim again his country's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. Timerman will put forward his country's stand, ratifying its full willingness to find a peaceful solution to the dispute, ...
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UN Calls for Dialogue to Solve Crisis in Turkey
United Nations, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, urged today for a dialogue in Turkey to "resolve the differences and avoid future violent confrontations". The head of the UN continues monitoring the events in Turkey and is concerned about the current clashes between protesters and security personnel, said today the Deputy Official Spokesperson of the world ...
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Brussels Ferry part of IL 100 reopen
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - The Brussels Ferry and IL 100 between IL 3 Grafton and IL 16 Hardin has reopened. The IL 3 By-Pass in Randolph County will remain closed at this time. State and local officials are teaming up to clear flood debris and repair damaged areas along the road. It is scheduled to reopen at 3 p.m. Wednesday. State roadways will continue to be monitored by the Illinois ...
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I’m sick of this says Moors murderer after walking out of his hearing
Brady, 75, left the hearing for two hours, and later made clear he was bored by listening to psychiatric evidence he knew "by heart". He also suggested one of the three panel members who will decide his fate had fallen asleep.Brady left the hearing ...
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April Jones parents want child porn tackled on web
The parents of murdered children April Jones and Tia Sharp have demanded more action to tackle child porn on the internet as ministers and ...
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Real Madrid offer €155m deal to keep Ronaldo
Madrid are in advanced talks with Ronaldo's representatives over a deal totalling around EUR155 million over five years, with the Portuguese forward set to earn EUR15m annually after tax in what will be the most lucrative contract in the history of the game. Ronaldo, who has scored 201 goals in just 199 games in his four seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu, raised alarm bells on Thursday when ...
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Pirate Bay co-founder faces extradition to Denmark Swedish court rules
Security The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg can be extradited to Denmark, a Swedish court has ruled. There, he will face several new hacking charges for downloading a large number of files from a Danish police database. Sweden's Nacka District Court ruled on Monday that Swartholm Warg "may be extradited to Denmark in accordance with the warrant from Denmark and he ...
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Thiago Alcantara hails perfect Spain
Thiago Alcantara stole the show for Spain with a first half hat-trick, leading his side to a 4-2 win over Italy for the European Under-21 ...
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Assange will not leave Ecuador embassy even if Sweden drops extradition bid
Assange supporters in David Cameron and Anonymous masks wait for the WikiLeaks founder outside the Ecuadorean embassy. Photograph: Peter ...
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Ireland accepts less refugees than European counterparts
Ireland accepts less refugees than almost anywhere else in Europe.That is the claim being made by the Irish Refugee Council who said that the latest European statistics on asylum show Ireland has the third lowest rate in the EU.According to their figures 10% of cases were granted status on their first try, with just 6.8% success on appeal. The total percentage of positive decisions was 8.3% ...
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As Spains people drift from Catholic Church government cozies up
Spain's conservative government is considering dramatic restrictions on abortion and has already increase the Catholic Church's role in education, revealing a divided ...
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G-8 NOTEBOOK Cameron Tweets WWII bomb at G-8 site
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David Cameron let a cat out of the ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan gives Turkish company six oil exploration blocks
ISTANBUL, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:48pm EDT ISTANBUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Local authorities have given an unnamed Turkish company licenses to explore for oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a report, a move that could anger the central government in Baghdad already worried about the region's growing independence. The report, co-published by The Oil & Gas Year and the autonomous ...
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Greece set to seal natgas deal with Azeri company -source
ATHENS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:48pm EDT ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azeri state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said on Tuesday. SOCAR has improved its offer to buy a 66 percent stake in the company to 400 million euros ($536 million), a price that Greece's ...
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US House Wont Consider Immigration Bill Unless Republicans Back It
People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 18, ...
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US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program
CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN -- The Food for Peace program costs about $1.5 billion annually and provides U.S.-grown food to countries in need. But President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes changes to the 59-year-old program - replacing some commodity shipments with direct cash purchases in foreign countries. While some aid agencies welcome the proposed changes, farmers and millers in ...
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US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes
Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...
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Iranians Observers Wonder How Rowhani Was Allowed to Win
W hen tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to celebrate Hassan Rowhani's presidential victory last weekend, one chant stood out: "Dictator! Thank you!" In the back of their minds, the protesters must have been asking themselves the same thing surprised Iran observers are wondering: Why would Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the "dictator" who has ...
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Thiago and Morata get that winning feeling
Thiago Alcntara thanked his team-mates for "winning us one more title for Spain" after Tuesday's victory over Italy, with lvaro Morata also getting used to being the ...
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Italys special group gave everything says Verratti
Italy midfielder Marco Verratti hailed a "truly special group" and could not fault his team-mates who "gave everything" but came up short against a superior Spain in the ...
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Lopetegui delight at performance and personality
Julen Lopetegui praised Spain for "the performance and the personality" they showed to beat Italy, whose coach Devis Mangia said of his team: "We love each ...
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Turkeys defiant PM says police to get more power
People shout anti-government slogans during a rally by the labor unions in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 17, 2013. A day earlier, riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannons to prevent anti-government protesters from an effort to return to Taksim Square in Istanbul. Labor unions and political foes of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan rallied Monday by the ...
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Russia moves to same-sex adoption ban
Russian lawmakers have backed a bill that would place tough restrictions on adoption to countries where same-sex marriages are legal, following France's vote last month allowing such unions.The bill could ban people in over a dozen countries from adopting Russian orphans even if they are single, according to an amendment that passed in the key second reading in the Duma lower house of ...
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Ex-Cameron staffer bailed over perjury
The Socceroos have secured their World Cup finals spot next year with the most nerve-jangling of 1-0 wins over Iraq at ANZ Stadium, thanks to substitute Josh Kennedy's header with seven minutes ...
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Denmark's Russian relationship
Danish relations with Russia have existed for several centuries, with the first recorded diplomatic relations dating from 1493, when King Hans and Ivan III signed a treaty aimed at planning an offensive against Sweden and Lithuania. Since then the relations between the two countries have grown closer, frayed, become tense, reconciled and stagnated at different points throughout the history of their respective political development.
Denmark and Russia have always been economically and politically important to one another though. Denmark, since the end of the Cold War, has acted as a bridge between the east and west, and during much of the tumultuous politics of the post-war and Cold War period, remained largely neutral in many affairs concerning Russia. In 1939 the country refused to support measures to expel Russia from the then-League of Nations, and resisted attempts by Nordic countries to set up a defense alliance for the region. Read more
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