Thursday, June 20th, 2013

World

China quake rescuers battle landslides, debris

LUSHAN, China (AFP) - Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers Monday as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 192 dead.
April 23, 2013, 4:00 am
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Doctor's daughter who wed 'bomber'

The wife of one of the Boston bomb suspects only discovered he was a suspect when she saw a TV news report on the terror atrocity, her lawyer says.
April 23, 2013, 4:00 am
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Syria says two bishops kidnapped by rebels

By Dominic Evans
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two prominent Syrian bishops, who had warned of the threat to religious tolerance and diversity from the two-year conflict in their country, were kid...
April 23, 2013, 3:58 am
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Syrian bishops kidnapped by rebels - state news agency

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Syrian bishops were kidnapped on Monday by armed rebels in the northern province of Aleppo, state news agency SANA said.
It said the Syriac Orthodox and Greek Ort...
April 23, 2013, 3:58 am
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Funerals begin for victims of Boston marathon bombing

By Ross Kerber
MEDFORD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners crowded outside a suburban Boston church on Monday for the first of a series of funerals for the victims of the Bo...
April 23, 2013, 3:50 am

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Kerry to meet Karzai, Pakistan military, diplomatic heads

BRUSSELS (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet on Wednesday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the head of Pakistan's armed forces and Pakistan's foreign minister.
April 23, 2013, 3:22 am

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EU's Barnier warns U.S. over "radical" new bank rule

By Douwe Miedema
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. plan to force foreign banks to hold far more capital could sow discord among supervisors and lead to retaliation from abroad, European Uni...
April 23, 2013, 3:12 am

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Immigration bill debate sidetracked by Boston terror issues

By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional advocates of comprehensive U.S. immigration legislation were diverted into a sometimes testy debate on Monday over ...
April 23, 2013, 3:09 am
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Henderson prepares to offload constructor John Laing -report

(Reuters) - Anglo-Australian fund manager Henderson Group Plc is preparing to sell or float construction company John Laing, Sky News reported on Monday, citing sources.
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April 23, 2013, 2:55 am
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Death row Briton in Bali loses bid for government funds

LONDON (AFP) - A British grandmother on death row for trafficking drugs into Bali lost her attempt on Monday to get the government in London to fund a last-ditch appeal against her sentence.
April 23, 2013, 2:42 am

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Venezuela finance minister pick may signal more pragmatic economics

By Brian Ellsworth
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's designation of central bank President Nelson Merentes as finance minister signals the OPEC nation may be headed toward a more pragmati...
April 23, 2013, 2:41 am

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Europe deleveraging to take time, new growth needed - EU's Rehn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's deleveraging process will take time and needs new areas of economic growth such as global trade, a top European Union official said on Monday.
Olli Rehn, t...
April 23, 2013, 2:34 am

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ECB's Noyer ups pressure on London as Europe's finance hub

By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Trading of derivatives and other products denominated in euros in the financial markets should be backed up by support systems - such as clearing houses ...
April 23, 2013, 2:32 am

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Boeing begins fixing Dreamliners, starts on five ANA 787s

TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing Co on Monday began installing reinforced lithium ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets owned by launch customer All Nippon Airways, starting a process that should make the f...
April 23, 2013, 2:15 am

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Italy watchdog fines Ryanair over online booking procedures

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog slapped a 400,000 euro (£341,300.50) fine on Irish budget airline Ryanair for falling down on commitments to simplify online ticket sales....
April 23, 2013, 2:10 am

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Suspected Boston bomber charged with using weapon of mass destruction

BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors charged the surviving man suspected of bombing the finish of last week's Boston Marathon with one count of using a weapon of mass destruction and one count of ma...
April 23, 2013, 2:10 am
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Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-backed" train plot, Iran denies role

By Euan Rocha and Alastair Sharp
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested two men and charged them with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation that t...
April 23, 2013, 2:04 am

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EU's Rehn says Japan needs more than monetary stimulus

By Daniel Bases
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Japan's massive monetary policy stimulus may represent the sharpest weapon in Tokyo's arsenal to boost its economy and reverse deflationary pr...
April 23, 2013, 1:43 am

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Piraeus Bank escapes state control, Eurobank does not

By George Georgiopoulos and Andrei Khalip
ATHENS/LISBON (Reuters) - Greece's second-largest lender Piraeus Bank has clinched a deal with a Portuguese bank to meet its fu...
April 23, 2013, 1:42 am

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Don't take the cinnamon challenge: doctors

Doctors have warned the cinnamon challenge depicted in YouTube videos has led to hospitalisations and a surge in calls to poison centres.
April 23, 2013, 1:36 am
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