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Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr.
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Man shot in park in Sydney's south

A man will undergo surgery for non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at a park in Sydney's south.
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Buriram, FC Seoul into Asian quarter-finals

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Thai qualifiers Buriram United held off Uzbek giants Bunyodkor to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday as FC Seoul beat nine-man Beijing Guoan 3-1.
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Sony to assess spin-off proposal for entertainment business: Nikkei

(Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei reported.
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Carney agrees with King - Bank of England not a "one-man show"

By Leila Lemghalef
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The next head of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, agreed on Tuesday with current Governor Mervyn King that the Bank could not be run as a one-ma...
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Apple's Cook grilled in Congress on offshore taxes

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Apple chief Tim Cook faced a grilling Tuesday by US lawmakers on "sham" subsidiaries and "convoluted" strategies to shift profits offshore, but denied the company uses "gimmicks" to cut taxes.
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New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub

REDMOND, Washington (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One videogame console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games.
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Fed's Bullard recommends euro zone consider quantitative easing

By Paul Carrel and Eva Kuehnen
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top U.S. Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easin...
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Vatican denies video footage shows pope exorcism

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Vatican on Tuesday denied that Pope Francis had performed an exorcism after an Italian religious television channel said footage of the pontiff blessing a boy in a wheelchair showed he had.
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Primark to provide short-term financial aid to Rana Plaza victims

(Reuters) - British fashion retailer Primark said on Tuesday it would provide short-term financial assistance to all victims and families affected by the collapse of Rana Plaza last month in Banglades...
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Ladbrokes to cut up to 100 jobs at head office

(Reuters) - Ladbrokes said as many as 100 employees at its headquarters in Harrow could lose their jobs as Britain's second-largest bookmaker transfers a number of roles to its operation in Israel, se...
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Guatemala ex-dictator to go back on trial

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will go back on trial after the nation's highest court threw out his genocide and war crimes conviction in the latest twist in complex proceedings.
1 hour, 12 minutes ago

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Relief and terror in tornado's wake

A monstrous tornado as much as two kilometres wide has roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighbourhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on a primary school.
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Rescuers dig for life after US tornado kills 24

MOORE, Oklahoma (AFP) - Rescue teams combed through a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people.
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Telecom Italia mulls mobile unit spin-off: sources

By Stefano Rebaudo and Alberto Sisto
MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is mulling spinning off its mobile unit along with its fixed-line network from the rest of the company to brin...
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Russia says top insurgent killed in raid

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Tuesday said that a top Islamist rebel, deputy to the country's most wanted militant Doku Umarov, was killed in an operation in the North Caucasus region, where Moscow is fighting a bloody insurgency.
1 hour, 29 minutes ago

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France Tel to invest up to 50 million euro in Dailymotion: report

PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief ...
1 hour, 38 minutes ago

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Iran's Rafsanjani barred from standing for president

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a former government official Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie have been barred from contesting the June 14 presidential election, the interior ministry said Tuesday.
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Exclusive - EU says Chinese FTA possible, but wants market opening

By Ethan Bilby
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday s...
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Chapman brothers unveil diabolical art in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AFP) - The Chapman brothers presented their latest epic installation featuring thousands of little figures in violent conflict Tuesday at the sidelines of Art Basel in Hong Kong, but dismissed the renowned fair as a "shop".
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