Sunday, May 19th, 2013

World

Big crowds, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon

By Estelle Shirbon and Dasha Afanasieva
LONDON (Reuters) - Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around ...
April 21, 2013, 6:33 am
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Special team to query US bombing suspect

A special US interrogation team plans to question Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who will not be advised of his right to remain silent.
April 21, 2013, 6:28 am

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Iraq votes for first time since US pullout

In Iraqi elections, candidates from 50 electoral blocs are vying for 378 seats on provincial councils.
April 21, 2013, 5:58 am

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ArcelorMittal CEO says high labour, energy costs hurt France

PARIS (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said on Saturday he regretted that the steel giant was having to permanently close two French blast furnaces but high labour and energy costs kept Fr...
April 21, 2013, 5:11 am
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IMF's Lipton adds pressure on UK to change economic course

LONDON (Reuters) - A senior IMF economist added pressure on Britain's Chancellor George Osborne on Saturday to slow the pace of his deficit-cutting programme to take into account the country's under-p...
April 21, 2013, 4:09 am

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Lufthansa cancels 1700 flights due to Monday's union strike

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's largest airline Lufthansa said it was cancelling almost 1700 flights on Monday, mostly on domestic and short-haul European routes, as a result of planned strike action ...
April 21, 2013, 3:19 am

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Singapore hit by bomb hoaxes after Boston attacks

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A 34-year-old man has been arrested in Singapore over an online threat to bomb several locations in the city-state in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon attack, police said Saturday.
April 21, 2013, 3:13 am
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Action needed to boost confidence in global economy, IMF says

By Lesley Wroughton and Krista Hughes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global finance officials on Saturday said monetary policy alone was not enough to restore confidence in the shaky global eco...
April 21, 2013, 3:13 am
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Philippine paper falls for fake Aquino Time cover

MANILA (AFP) - A top Philippine newspaper Saturday was taken in by a spoof cover of Time magazine depicting President Benigno Aquino with his mouth agape, running the picture on its front page.
April 21, 2013, 3:00 am

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Most EU bank union work can be done without law change - Eurogroup head

By Jan Strupczewski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The euro zone's top project to boost economic growth - banking union - will not be delayed for now by a row over whether it needs EU law chang...
April 21, 2013, 2:40 am
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Mexico finance minister says tax reform will be "large"

By Krista Hughes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexico is making good progress towards a "large" reform of its inefficient taxation system, with details of the overhaul expected this fall, Fina...
April 21, 2013, 2:06 am

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Residents await return to Texas homes after deadly blast

By Colleen Jenkins and Corrie MacLaggan
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - Officials in West, Texas, made plans on Saturday to allow residents to return to their homes in parts of town blocked off...
April 21, 2013, 1:37 am

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Rebels battle with tribesmen over oil in Syria's east

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels are clashing with tribesmen in eastern Syria as struggles over the region's oil facilities break out in the power vacuum left by civil war, activists said on Saturda...
April 20, 2013, 11:17 pm

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Boston suspect was under FBI surveillance, mother says

By Timothy Heritage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of the two ethnic Chechens suspected by U.S. officials of being behind the Boston Marathon bombings had been under FBI surveillance for at lea...
April 20, 2013, 11:00 pm

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Austrians say end bank secrecy for foreigners-polls

VIENNA (Reuters) - Most Austrians are in favour of relaxing the strict banking secrecy rules that have isolated the Alpine republic from its European peers, according to two polls published on Saturda...
April 20, 2013, 10:35 pm

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Italy's 87-year-old leader stays in job

Italy's octogenarian president, Giorgio Napolitano, will stay on after political leaders repeatedly failed to reach agreement on a new head of state.
April 20, 2013, 10:19 pm

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Russia ties Cyprus loan terms to release of VTB assets

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia wants to play a bigger part in talks over solving Cyprus' financial problems but will only restructure its loan to the island if its interests there, especially those rel...
April 20, 2013, 10:02 pm

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Greece may get bailout cash advance to pay bills -reports

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece might receive 3.2 billion euros of earmarked rescue aid earlier than planned to cover part of its financing needs, two Greek newspapers reported on Saturday.
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April 20, 2013, 9:27 pm

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Bombs, mortars fail to stop first Iraq vote since U.S. exit

By Patrick Markey
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks and mortar fire failed to prevent Iraqis voting on Saturday in the first nationwide elections since the last U.S. troops left more tha...
April 20, 2013, 9:16 pm

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Japan wins approval from member countries to join Trans-Pacific trade talks

By Kaori Kaneko
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan won approval from participating countries to join talks on a U.S.-led Asia Pacific free trade agreement, central to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's p...
April 20, 2013, 9:02 pm

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