Sunday, May 19th, 2013

World

Passionate pleas for votes as Pakistan campaign ends

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and cricket star Imran Khan made final impassioned appeals for votes before thousands of supporters Thursday as campaigning wrapped up for Pakistan's landmark elections.
May 10, 2013, 4:53 am
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Britain, U.S., Australia hunt for tax evaders yielding leads

By William James and Patrick Temple-West
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A joint effort by Britain, the United States and Australia to track down people who conceal wealth in offshore tax...
May 10, 2013, 4:41 am

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Cyprus foreign minister confirms Russia to extend loan terms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has agreed to extend the terms of its loan to Cyprus as part of its participation in the bailout of the indebted Mediterranean country, Cyprus's foreign minister said on ...
May 10, 2013, 4:24 am

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Boeing makes 787s faster; could boost fourth quarter deliveries

By Alwyn Scott
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Thursday it has succeeded in getting its factories to churn out 787 Dreamliners at a faster pace this week, a change that came soon...
May 10, 2013, 3:24 am

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Eight dead in new Bangladeshi textile disaster

DHAKA (AFP) - A fire at a garment factory killed eight people Thursday in the latest disaster to hit Bangladesh's textile industry, still reeling from the death of more than 950 people in a building collapse.
May 10, 2013, 3:21 am

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Pakistani prisoner attacked in India jail dies

AMRITSAR, India (AFP) - A Pakistani prisoner who was savagely beaten in an Indian jail in an apparent tit-for-tat assault died on Thursday, prompting Islamabad to demand an international probe into the "heinous" crime.
May 10, 2013, 3:16 am

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Slovenia pledges to sell 15 firms, raise VAT to avert bailout

By Marja Novak
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia pledged to sell 15 state firms and raise VAT on Thursday in a desperate bid to avoid an international bailout, but gave little detail and d...
May 10, 2013, 3:03 am

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Hezbollah says Syria will send it new arms after Israeli raid

By Erika Solomon and Laila Bassam
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Syria would respond to Israeli raids around Damascus by giving his group sophisticated new we...
May 10, 2013, 2:40 am
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Karzai says US could keep nine Afghanistan bases

KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he could allow the United States to keep nine military bases in the country as part of negotiations over a long-term security pact with Washington.
May 10, 2013, 2:14 am
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Bundesbank's Weidmann says ECB still has room to act

BERLIN (Reuters) - The ECB still has room to cut its already record low interest rates, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a newspaper interview on Thursday, and hit out at France's deficit-reduct...
May 10, 2013, 2:02 am

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Ang Lee excited about TV directing debut with 'Tyrant'

TAIPEI (AFP) - Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project "Tyrant", but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television.
May 10, 2013, 1:53 am

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Asian nations pledge to step up war on drugs

YANGON (AFP) - China and five Southeast Asian nations vowed Thursday to boost cooperation in the fight against illegal drugs, which they warned posed a "significant threat" to the region.
May 10, 2013, 1:36 am

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Growth, financial reform, trade on G7 agenda - Osborne

LONDON (Reuters) - Top finance officials from the Group of Seven economies will discuss ways to nurture the global economic recovery and push ahead with financial reform when they meet on Friday and S...
May 10, 2013, 1:35 am
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US troops in Afghanistan after 2014 only with invite: WHouse

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AFP) - US troops will stay in Afghanistan after 2014 "only at the invitation" of the Afghan government, and Washington is not seeking permanent bases there, a White House spokesman said Thursday.
May 10, 2013, 1:25 am

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Huge cyber bank theft spans 27 countries

By Jessica Dye, Joseph Ax and Jim Finkle
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million (29.1 million pounds) from two M...
May 10, 2013, 1:14 am

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Britain hires firm behind Olympic fiasco for G8 security

By Ian Graham
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The security firm that failed to provide enough guards for the London Olympics, G4S, has been hired by the British government to...
May 10, 2013, 1:08 am

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Keep on, or enough already? Fed officials spar over QE3

By Ann Saphir and Luciana Lopez
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Little over a week after U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to keep buying bonds to spur...
May 10, 2013, 12:40 am

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Kerry says U.S. prefers Russia not provide arms to Syria

ROME (Reuters) - The United States does not want Russia to sell weapons to Syria and has opposed transfers of missile systems to the country in the past because of the threat to Israel, Secretary of S...
May 10, 2013, 12:32 am
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