Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

World

Afghanistan suspends security pact talks with U.S. amid Taliban peace process

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend talks on a security pact with the United States, accusing Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, hi...
10 minutes ago
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Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines

CANDON, Philippines (AFP) - Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, where family fortunes as well as political empires are built on the golden leaf.
12 minutes ago

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At least 50 plots foiled by US spy programs: NSA chief

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Secret US surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001, including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a US spy chief said, defending leaked programs.
21 minutes ago

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Mexico arrests man on FBI's top 10 Most Wanted list

CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) - Mexican officials said they had arrested former US university professor Walter Lee Williams, an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals.
24 minutes ago

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China's Dalian Wanda to spend $1.6 billion on UK yacht maker, hotel

LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said it would spend $1.6 billion (1.0 billion pounds) to buy British yacht maker Sunseeker and develop an upmarket London hotel, the latest e...
32 minutes ago

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Protesters out again in Brazil

Mass protests have mushroomed across Brazil since demonstrations started over the high cost of public transport.
44 minutes ago

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Taliban defy peace bid with deadly attack on Americans

KABUL (AFP) - The Taliban on Wednesday claimed an audacious attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops mere hours after Washington said it would talk to the insurgents about ending more than a decade of war.
48 minutes ago

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Labor 'bent over' to appease US: Assange

Julian Assange expects the ALP to lose the federal election and he's hoping for a clean-out afterwards - starting with Julia Gillard and her "cronies".
53 minutes ago

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Toxic radiation in groundwater at Fukushima: operator

TOKYO (AFP) - Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Wednesday, as it pledged to prevent it getting into the sea.
1 hour, 16 minutes ago

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Housebuilder Berkeley's profit rises 26 percent

LONDON (Reuters) - British housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings posted a 26 percent rise in full year pretax profit and said its 10-year plan to return 1.7 billion pounds to shareholder...
1 hour, 21 minutes ago
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Imagination Tech's profit dips on licensing slowdown

LONDON (Reuters) - Imagination Technologies , the British chip designer whose graphics technology is in Apple's iPhone, saw its full-year profit dip, as the market had expected after a wa...
1 hour, 22 minutes ago
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Ahmed, Sandhu in Australia A tour of Africa

SYDNEY (AFP) - Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed was on Wednesday named on the Australia A squad for a tour of Africa beginning next month, despite also being in contention for selection for the Ashes series against England.
1 hour, 32 minutes ago
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Darty year profit slumps 66 percent

LONDON (Reuters) - Darty , Europe's No. 3 electrical goods retailer, posted an expected slump in year profit, hit by weak economic conditions in the euro zone and a structural shift to o...
1 hour, 33 minutes ago
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Obama to set nuclear arms cut goal in Berlin speech

By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on W...
June 19, 2013, 3:51 pm

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N.Korea threatens to kill authors of 'Hitler report'

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report.
June 19, 2013, 3:49 pm

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Analysis - French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande

By Mark John
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fuelling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on Preside...
June 19, 2013, 3:38 pm

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Rousseff vows to listen to Brazil's young protestors

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff tried to get ahead of a wave of popular protest, vowing to listen to the complaints of youths angered by the cost of staging the World Cup.
June 19, 2013, 3:38 pm

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Japan's exports pick up pace, give economy momentum in rough markets

By Kaori Kaneko and Stanley White
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose in May at the fastest annual rate in more than two years with the help of a weak yen and a moderate pick-up in g...
June 19, 2013, 3:33 pm

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Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work

By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said tha...
June 19, 2013, 3:08 pm

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Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying

By Alister Bull
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping th...
June 19, 2013, 3:07 pm

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