Sunday, May 19th, 2013

World

Rising sea levels threaten migratory birds: study

SYDNEY (AFP) - Millions of birds that stop at coastal wetlands during annual migrations could die as rising sea levels and land reclamation wipe out their feeding grounds, researchers warned Monday.
May 6, 2013, 3:47 pm
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Spain's Popular bank to group five shares in one in reverse split

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Banco Popular on Monday said it was planning a reverse split of its shares to reduce volatility in their trading, in an operation that will group together fiv...
May 6, 2013, 3:44 pm

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Lufthansa says former CEO will no longer run for chairman

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa's former chief executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber has withdrawn as a candidate to become chairman of Germany's largest airline following protests from shareho...
May 6, 2013, 3:38 pm

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"No return to privatisations" - France's Moscovici

PARIS (Reuters) - France is not embarking on a wave of privatisations, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Monday, adding the state was simply looking to re-balance its 62-billion-euro portfolio...
May 6, 2013, 3:37 pm

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Cemeteries refuse to bury US bomb suspect

Funeral director Peter Stefan says he hasn't been able to find a cemetery in Massachusetts to take the body of suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
May 6, 2013, 2:44 pm

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Myanmar delays 'drugs-free' target amid narcotics boom

YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis.
May 6, 2013, 2:24 pm

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Giffords given US Profile in Courage award

Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F Kennedy Library Foundation, has presented the 2013 Profile in Courage award to Gabrielle Giffords.
May 6, 2013, 2:07 pm

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Philippines aims for massacre convictions by 2016

MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country's worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could drag on for years, the country's top justice official said.
May 6, 2013, 1:54 pm

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US soccer referee killed by punch

Teenage goalie fatally punches soccer referee after yellow card.
May 6, 2013, 1:49 pm

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Afghanistan warns Pakistan after border clash erupts again

By Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan warned Pakistan on Monday that it will bear the consequences of more clashes on their contested border, hours after a ...
May 6, 2013, 1:24 pm

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Holocaust hero Wallenberg first honorary Australian

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia officially made Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg its first honorary citizen on Monday in recognition of the thousands of Jews he saved from the Holocaust, many of whom came to live Down Under.
May 6, 2013, 1:03 pm

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Top Pakistan diplomat to visit 'critical' prisoner in India

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Pakistan's top diplomat in New Delhi is to pay a hospital visit Monday to a Pakistani prisoner who was critically injured in an attack by an inmate in an Indian jail, officials said.
May 6, 2013, 12:55 pm

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S. Korea rejects 'incomprehensible' North demands

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea on Monday dismissed an "incomprehensible" list of North Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park.
May 6, 2013, 12:13 pm

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Pill treatment for problem drinkers

A new pill that can help problem drinkers cut their alcohol consumption by 61 per cent has just become available to UK doctors.
May 6, 2013, 12:00 pm

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Wallaby skipper Horwill re-signs with Reds

SYDNEY (AFP) - Wallabies captain James Horwill has re-signed with the Queensland Reds for a further two seasons, taking him beyond the 2015 World Cup, the club said on Monday.
May 6, 2013, 11:59 am

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Kiwi restarts trans-Tasman kayak mission

Kiwi kayaker Scott Donaldson has re-launched his trans-Tasman solo mission a week after a wet satellite phone forced him ashore.
May 6, 2013, 11:56 am
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No early warning for U.S. on Israeli strikes in Syria

By Tabassum Zakaria and Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States was not given any warning before air strikes in Syria against what Western and Israeli officials say wer...
May 6, 2013, 11:49 am

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Malaysian coalition retains power, opposition alleges fraud

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's ruling coalition retained its 56-year grip on power in hard-fought elections and called for "reconciliation" Monday, as the opposition alleged widespread fraud and refused to concede defeat.
May 6, 2013, 11:47 am

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Double-ton Rogers gives Aussies Ashes boost

Chris Rogers gave Australia an Ashes boost with a fine double century for Middlesex at Lord's on Sunday.
May 6, 2013, 10:47 am

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Toyota to post around $13 billon annual operating profit - Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> is expected to post operating profit of around 1.3 trillion yen (8.4 billion pounds) for the year ended March, 3.7 times more than the previous year,...
May 6, 2013, 10:40 am

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