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FIFA official linked to $101 million World Cup ticket scam
Full Article Canberra Times
04 Jul 2014

The ticket scam is thought to have netted $101 million since 2002. Photo: Supplied RIO DE JANEIRO: An illegal ticketing scandal rocked the World Cup on Thursday as Germany and France geared up for a titanic quarter-final showdown. Police probing an international scalping syndicate said thousands of illegally sold tickets worth millions of dollars...

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This June 4, 2014 photo shows a $90 U.S. dollar FIFA ticket for the Spain vs. Chile
photo: AP / Photo

updated 04 Jul 2014; published 04 Jul 2014
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FIFA official linked to $101 million World Cup ticket scam
updated 02 Jul 2014; published 02 Jul 2014
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World Cup tickets Brazil police bust 'touting gang'
updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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World Cup tickets Brazil police bust 'touting gang' | BREAKING NEWS - 03 JULY 20
updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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Brazil Police Arrested illegal Ticket World Cup Ticket Sellers International Gang : BREAKING NEWS
updated 09 Jul 2010; published 09 Jul 2010
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Whackhead & a World Cup Ticket scam
updated 13 May 2010; published 13 May 2010
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Overpass Collapses in World Cup City; at Least Two Dead
Full Article Chosunilbo
04 Jul 2014

An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least two people, emergency officials said. Television images showed the front of a passenger bus crushed by the...

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A woker walks up a ladder on a bridge that collapsed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano

updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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BREAKING NEWS -Flyover collapses in Brazil city, World Cup project, collapses
updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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Overpass Collapses in Belo Horizonte - Brazil | World Cup Overpass Bridge Collapses | VIDEO
updated 04 Jul 2014; published 04 Jul 2014
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Overpass collapses in World Cup host city
updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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World Cup Bridge Collapses - Overpass Collapsed in Belo Horizonte - Brazil || VIDEO
updated 04 Jul 2014; published 04 Jul 2014
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Deaths as overpass collapses in Brazil city
updated 03 Jul 2014; published 03 Jul 2014
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Brazil: Overpass collapses in World Cup city, at least two dead
Systematic bribery at GlaxoSmithKline China 'credible' - investigator
Full Article BBC News
03 Jul 2014

Allegations that pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) systematically bribed doctors in China are credible, says an investigator hired by the firm. Peter Humphrey was hired only to investigate who was behind a suspected smear campaign against GSK. But after he finished his report, he learned the details of further allegations against the firm...

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FILE - In this July 24, 2013 file photo, a Chinese flag is hoisted in front of a GlaxoSmithKline building in Shanghai, China.
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, File

updated 14 May 2014; published 14 May 2014
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Bribery at GSK pushed up drug prices say Chinese authorities
updated 28 Aug 2013; published 28 Aug 2013
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VOA News for Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 - 20130827
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
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Bribery Probe Launched Into JPMorgan Hiring Chinese Executives' Children | China Uncensore
updated 21 Aug 2013; published 21 Aug 2013
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Police In China Arrest British Executive
updated 13 Jul 2013; published 12 Jul 2013
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China probes GlaxoSmithKline staff over bribery allegations
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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GSK Whistleblower Attorney: China's Pharmaceutical Bribery Scandal is 'Tip of the Iceberg'
Did Iran Just Shahmat (Checkmate) the U.S.?
Full Article WorldNews.com
03 Jul 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling It is from ancient Persia (modern Iran) that the game of chess required many of its terms. For example, Persian foot soldiers were the piyadah, or pawns. The chariot was the rukh, or rook (for castle). Their ruler was the shah, from which the word "chess" itself is derived. Shahmat meant "the king is...

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File - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, center, shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in their meeting, as Iranian Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri looks on in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.
photo: AP / Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno

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Obama Signs New Crazy E. O. Placing International Laws On Americans ∞ Ron Paul or Tyranny
updated 01 May 2012; published 01 May 2012
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US deploys F22 fighter jets near Iran-Burden of Damascus
updated 23 May 2012; published 23 May 2012
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12,000 Troops of 19 Countries on Jordan/Syria border train for War/ Oper. Eager Lion! (May 23, 2012)
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Arab Cities 2009 Egypt ( Chess Football ) !!!
updated 04 May 2012; published 04 May 2012
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Russia Warns of Preemptive Strike on AMD if NATO Goes Ahead
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Analysis: Not in vain if Search for peace genuine
World Cup workers struggle for basic rights
Full Article Al Jazeera
03 Jul 2014

As hundreds of thousands of football fans enjoy the beautiful games in Sao Paulo, many rural migrants drawn to Brazil’s commercial capital to build stadiums and other infrastructure projects say their lives have been anything but pretty in the lead-up to the mega-event. In fact, many labourers who worked on construction projects ahead of the...

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File - Workers clean the stairs at Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

updated 28 Sep 2013; published 28 Sep 2013
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Built on Bones: Qatar World Cup construction workers die daily
updated 08 Oct 2013; published 08 Oct 2013
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Doha accused of treating workers like slaves in preparations for World Cup
updated 14 Jun 2012; published 14 Jun 2012
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Inside Story - The plight of Qatar's migrant workers
updated 13 Jan 2014; published 13 Jan 2014
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voa Rights Campaigners Qatar World Cup Workers Suffer 'Widespread Abuses'
updated 25 Sep 2013; published 25 Sep 2013
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Qatar: the migrant workers forced to work for no pay in World Cup host country
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Save Face: Qatar covers up mistreatment of workers in World Cup preparations

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WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In "When Prophecy Fails," Leon Festinger developed the idea of cognitive dissonance by studying a UFO cult. He recounts how a woman...
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Mashable
It sounds like the perfect script for a horror movie: A virus with no vaccine and no cure kills hundreds of people; despite containment efforts, it keeps spreading. But it's...
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The Independent
The Gambia may be the smallest country in mainland Africa but this is no reflection of it rich versatile offering. Already established as a haven for winter sun visitors The Gambia...

REPEATED FOR IMPROVED TONAL QUALITY- A medical worker from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers who are working on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, works at their laboratory in Entebbe 42kms (29 miles) from the capital Kampala Thursday Aug. 2, 2012.
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Red Cross workers carry the body of a woman who died of the Ebola virus during a 1995 outbreak in the Congo. The United Nations health agency said on Thursday it expected the worst Ebola outbreak in history to continue its deadly rampage through west...
photo: AP / Stephen Wandera
Ghanaian soccer fans celebrating in the streets of Accra, Ghana, after their World Cup 2-1 win against the US, that was played in Germany on Thursday, June 22, 2006. The Black Stars advanced to the second round in its first World Cup appearance, beating the Czech Republic and the United States after an opening loss to Italy in Group E. Ghana, one of four African teams making its debut at the World Cup, is the only one still alive.
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Despite earlier reports that trickled in that an Ebola case has been recorded in Ghana, the World Health Organization(WHO) has established that currently,...
photo: AP / Olivier Asselin
A Palestinian youth throws stones at Israeli riot police, not seen, during a protest against Jewish settlements in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Tensions regularly run high in Silwan, where a small group of Israeli settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves among thousands of Palestinian residents.
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A protester throws a burning tire See Also Arab-Jewish tension in parts of Jerusalem was at fever pitch Thursday afternoon, three days after the funerals for three slain Israeli teens and a day after the alleged revenge killing of...
photo: AP / Adel Hana
A woman harvests magic mushrooms in a grow room at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, Friday Aug. 3, 2007.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding drug trip. Psychedelic drugs such as...
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Santos' soccer player Neymar, of Brazil, speaks during an event honoring him as best player in last season's Copa Libertadores soccer tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011.
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NEYMAR insisted that he is happy for Brazil to win ugly as long as it gets them past Colombia in Saturday morning’s (AEST) World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza. The occasional moment of genius from Neymar aside, Brazil have rarely sparkled at...
photo: AP / Nelson Antoine
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Scientists have worked out the anatomical secret to giraffes' long and spindly - but strong - legs. Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London found that a supportive ligament is protected by a groove in the animals'...
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FILE - In this April 5, 2013 file photo, Spain's Princess Cristina walks towards her office in Barcelona, Spain. A Spanish court has subpoenaed Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, as a suspect of tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the royal family's reputation. Palma de Mallorca court judge Jose Castro on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 ordered the 48-year-old princess to appear March 8 for questioning concerning investments and finances relating to her partnership with her husband Inaki Urdangarin in a firm called Aizoon.
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The sister of Spain's King Felipe, Princess Cristina, is appealing against charges in a tax fraud and money laundering case, court officials say. Lawyers for the princess say they are seeking to overturn the charges, which were formalised by a...
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