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Japan outlasts Denmark in thriller at Sudirman Cup
/enpproperty--> KUALA LUMPUR - Japan outgunned Denmark to top Gruop D after a nail-biting final group match at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships on Tuesday, while China overpowered Indonesia 5-0. The Japan-Denmark tie see-sawed with Denmark taking the lead after the first and third matches, only for Japan to equalize. After Denmark's mixed doubles pair of Joachim ...
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Oil Prices Have Been Rigged For Years European Union Just Now Starting To Investigate
they’re launching an investigation into the rigging of oil prices. It’s long been known that much of what drives the price of oil, and therefore gasoline, food, and other products, is not the free market, but rather, the biggest players in the oil market, and yet this has largely gone untouched while people throw blame here, there and everywhere for the high price of gasoline. The ...
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Incoming Bank of England chief sees more dark days for Europe
(13 mins ago) Europe faces a ';decade of stagnation’’ if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned yesterday. He will head the Bank of England from July 1. ';Europe remains in recession, with economic activity constrained by fiscal austerity, low confidence and tight credit ...
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At least 40 killed 100 injured in blasts on Turkish-Syrian border
Photo taken on May 11, 2013 shows the site of an explosion in the town of Reyhanli, in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said. (Xinhua/NTV) At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a ...
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US Senate Committee Approves Immigration Reform Bill
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a massive immigration reform bill, voting to send it to the entire Senate for debate. Tuesday evening's vote was 13 to five. It came after one of the bill's eight sponsors, Democrat Patrick Leahy, withdrew an amendment that would have given same-sex couples the same legal protections in immigration questions as heterosexual ...
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Afghan interpreters to get British visas
About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in Britain, the government has revealed.Prime Minister David Cameron initially opposed calls to allow interpreters and their families to settle in Britain but backed down following a campaign.He is now preparing to offer five-year visas to those who served on the ...
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French far-right writer dies in Notre Dame
A far-right writer and activist has killed himself at the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity.Police confirmed he was Dominique Venner, 78, an essayist and activist linked with France's far-right and nationalist groups.In a final essay on his website on Tuesday, he railed against France's ...
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Taekwondo team get visas leave for Germany
The Nigeria taekwondo team will depart for Germany of Wednesday for a training tour of the country after obtaining visas to travel from the German ...
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France expresses solidarity with U.S. after tornado struck
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday expressed solidarity with the United States after a powerful tornado attacked Oklahoma leaving dozens of people killed.In a statement issued by the President's office, Hollande paid tribute to "those who face it (the tornado) with courage and determination on this exceptional situation," and at the same time, "address our ...
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Air France And Cyprus Airways Enhance Their Cooperation
Air France and Cyprus Airways are enhancing their cooperation to offer a total of 20 daily code-share flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Cyprus and Greece. This new agreement offers customers a wider choice of seamless travel solutions. Thanks to this new code-share agreement, Air France will now offer flights operated by Cyprus Airways: Larnaca-Paris, Larnaca-Athens, ...
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Russia opposes forced Syria regime change
Hezbollah in Syria and the potential regional fallout, Zasypkin also assured that Russian missiles supplied to Syria will not reach Hezbollah. "I don’t know the details of the contracts [for supply of weapons to Syria] but I can confirm that the contract states those missiles must not reach a third party," he said. "Our utmost priority is stability and security in ...
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Spain’s Partido Popular blocks motion to denounce Franco
Gen Franco who triggered the three-year civil war by leading a military coup against the democratically elected Republican government. Photograph: AFP/Getty ...
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Laureate Summit on Youth Jobs Brings Together Leaders from Across Europe
BALTIMORE, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Confronting the serious challenges around youth unemployment in Europe, President Bill Clinton and His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias addressed more than 200 government officials, business executives, academic leaders and students during a summit at the Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain. Several European ministers as well as senior multinational ...
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Exorcist Says Pope Helped Liberate Man
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Nigeria to Free All Female Islamist Suspects
Nigeria says it will release several Islamist suspects from prison, including the women in custody, as it seeks peace with Boko Haram extremists. The Defense Ministry said Tuesday the move is in line with what it calls "presidential magnanimity to enhance peace efforts." A panel set up by President Goodluck Jonathan is recommending the government open peace talks with Boko Haram ...
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Even Before Apple Tax Breaks Irelands Policy Had Its Critics
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Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
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Tackle tax havens to help poor Oxfam
Tax havens deprive governments worldwide of STG100 billion ($A155.63 billion) in revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, Oxfam ...
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Man commits suicide in Pariss Notre Dame cathedral
A far-right writer and activist has killed himself at the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity. Police confirmed he was Dominique Venner, 78, an essayist and activist linked with France's far-right and nationalist groups. In a final essay on his website on Tuesday, he railed against ...
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National Briefing | West Idaho Uzbek Man Remains in Jail on Terror Charges
An Uzbek man facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for the man, Fazliddin Kurbanov, on Tuesday waived a hearing where a United States District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in the Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Mr Kurbanov, 30, a truck driver, was ...
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Kyrgyz President Against Banning Russia’s Zhirinovsky
BISHKEK, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said he saw no reasons to declare populist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky persona non grata in the central Asian state following his remarks on Kyrgyzstan. Last week Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted to recommend their nation's Foreign Ministry declare Zhirinovsky persona non grata after remarks he made about a ...
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CORRECTED-Amag investigates anemia drug after report of death in Switzerland
Tue May 21, 2013 8:24pm EDT (Corrects headline to "investigates." Amag did not say the drug caused the fatality.) May 21 (Reuters) - Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc said its marketing partner in Switzerland, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, is recalling a batch of Amag's anemia drug, Rienso, because of a death and several cases of hypersensitivity. Amag shares were down about 5 percent at ...
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EU Panel Penalties to Hurt Solar Firms From China to U.K
China and the EU have engaged in preliminary talks to settle a dispute over trade in solar-energy products, according to people familiar with the situation, the EU yesterday said it will stick to its June 6 deadline to decide whether to ...
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Tax and energy to dominate EU summit
EU leaders are gathering in Brussels for a summit to tackle tax evasion and improve Europe's energy market. After sharp divisions over the EU budget there may be more consensus on these issues, seen as vital in restoring Europe's competitiveness. Tax evasion costs EU ...
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European Union Likely to ‘Bail In’ Large Depositors
Gold fell $11.90 or -0.82% yesterday to $1,431.40/oz and silver finished -0.8%. The European Union will today meet to discuss and move forward the proposal to 'bail-in' depositors with savings of over EUR100,000 as part of future bank wind-downs. It now looks likely that the EU is going to take unprecedented steps to sequester monies from its citizens in the event of future bank ...
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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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