Sunday, May 19th, 2013

World

North Korea's military threatens U.S. bases as "within target"

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's supreme military command said on Thursday its "precision attack" weapons have U.S. navy bases in Guam and Okinawa in their sights and will attack them if it is provoked...
March 21, 2013, 10:14 am
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Japan logs $8.1 billion trade deficit in February

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan logged another trade deficit in February, this time of $8.
March 21, 2013, 10:09 am
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N. Korea issues air raid warning

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea issued an air raid warning and put its military on alert Thursday, South Korea's Unification Ministry said, in what appeared to be a drill at a time of heightened tensions.
March 21, 2013, 9:40 am

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Amazon CEO fishes Apollo engines from sea

Rusted pieces of two Apollo-era rocket engines that helped boost astronauts to the moon have been fished out of the Atlantic.
March 21, 2013, 9:33 am

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Hacking highlights dangers to Seoul of North's cyber-warriors

By Ju-min Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - A hacking attack that brought down three South Korean broadcasters and two major banks has been identified by most commentators as North Korea flexing i...
March 21, 2013, 9:28 am

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Disunity killing Australia's ruling Labor party: minister

SYDNEY (AFP) - A senior Australian cabinet minister on Thursday said disunity was "killing" Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ruling Labor party as speculation persisted that she could be toppled.
March 21, 2013, 9:21 am

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Boeing plans 787 battery test flights for end of week - sources

SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co plans to conduct two flight tests of its revamped 787 battery system, possibly as soon as the end of the week, according to three sources familiar with the mat...
March 21, 2013, 9:00 am

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Tasmanian Tiger chosen for 'de-extinction'

The Tasmanian Tiger is the only marsupial to make a list of the top 10 animals scientists would bring back from extinction.
March 21, 2013, 8:15 am

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Osborne paves way for Carney to retool Bank of England

By David Milliken
LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne has laid the groundwork for a partial revamp at the Bank of England when new Governor Mark Carney arrives in July, but mor...
March 21, 2013, 8:07 am

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Syria boosts asylum bids in rich countries

Asylum claims in industrialised countries have risen to the highest level in nearly a decade, with Australia's figure up 37 per cent, says the UNHCR.
March 21, 2013, 8:06 am
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FCA ready to bury light touch supervision

By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new financial watchdog is set to unveil its plans for tougher rule enforcement on Thursday, which the government hopes will help prevent a repe...
March 21, 2013, 8:03 am

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Guatemalan survivors revisit horror of war in ex-dictator's trial

By Mike McDonald
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Survivors of Guatemala's bloody civil war relived the massacre of relatives as they testified on Wednesday against former dictator Efrain Rios M...
March 21, 2013, 7:43 am

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Asylum seekers file most claims in decade - UNHCR

By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly half a million people sought asylum in the developed world last year, a 10-year high, with the sharpest rise in requests from Syrians flee...
March 21, 2013, 7:08 am
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Bankers get one last bonus season before EU cap on payouts

By John O'Donnell
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Bankers in Europe will have one final bonus season before they are barred from awarding themselves payouts worth more than their salary, EU lawmak...
March 21, 2013, 7:04 am

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New tax rule to bring in less than some expected

By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain expects to raise some 20 million pounds a year within three years through a new measure to tackle tax avoidance, according to budget forecasts o...
March 21, 2013, 5:57 am

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BBC staff vote to strike against cuts

BBC journalists and other staff vote to go on strike in protest against cost cuts that will lead to 2,000 job losses.
March 21, 2013, 5:35 am

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"Rogue financier" Homm indicted in U.S. in $200 million fraud

By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - Florian Homm, a flamboyant hedge fund manager who was arrested in Italy this month after five years on the run, has been indicted by a federal grand jury...
March 21, 2013, 5:25 am
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Cambodia to cremate Khmer Rouge co-founder

MALAI, Cambodia (AFP) - Hundreds of relatives and former Khmer Rouge fighters are expected to gather Thursday for the cremation of regime co-founder Ieng Sary, who died last week while on trial for genocide.
March 21, 2013, 5:03 am

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'Baby On Board' Tube gift for Kate

The Duchess of Cambridge has been given a 'Baby on Board' badge as she toured a London Undergound station with the Queen.
March 21, 2013, 4:48 am

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Bangladesh president dies in Singapore: officials

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman, a veteran ruling party politician named to the largely ceremonial post in 2009, died Wednesday in a Singapore hospital, officials said. He was 84.
March 21, 2013, 4:43 am

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