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Israel pulls troops out of Gaza as 72-hour truce begins
Full Article Sun Sentinel
05 Aug 2014

GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM— Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step toward negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. Minutes before the truce began, Hamas launched a salvo of rockets, calling them revenge for Israel's "massacres."...

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An Israeli soldier directs a tank, maneuvering near the border between Israel and Egypt, Monday, June 18, 2012.
photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov

updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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Gaza Conflict Israel & Hamas Agree Ceasefire - Israeli Troops Withdraw From Gaza
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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Ceasefire over: Israel strikes Gaza, claims Hamas broke 72-hour truce
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - Israeli troops 'withdraw from Gaza'
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - Israel to resume Gaza operation as truce crumbles
updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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Israel Declares Seven Hour Gaza Truce After Fury Over School Strike
updated 26 Jul 2014; published 26 Jul 2014
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Hamas fires rockets into Israel after Gaza truce bid
LinkedIn Is Paying $6 Million In Back Wages And Damages To Employees
Full Article Business Insider
05 Aug 2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LinkedIn Corp <LNKD.N> agreed to pay about $6 million in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the online career networking company violated the country's wage law. In a settlement announced by the Labor Department on Monday, LinkedIn will pay...

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In this May 19, 2011 file photo,the LinkedIn logo is displayed in the foyer at headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. LinkedIn Corp. had strong revenue in the second quarter thanks to growth from ads and the fees it charges for deeper access to its vast trove of professional profiles, the company said Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.
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Welfare Can And Must Be Reformed
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debt settlement - Suze Orman
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Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund Live Stream watch UEFA Champions League online espn soccer free
updated 01 Jul 2010; published 01 Jul 2010
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Obamacare's Impact on States: An Interview with Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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LinkedIn has agreed to pay $6m in wages
updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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LinkedIn To Pay Nearly $6 Million In U.S. Labor Department Settlement
Great Britain Darkens in Remembrance of World War I
Full Article Mashable
05 Aug 2014

"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime," said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey 100 years ago, on the eve of the first World War. On Monday night, Britons commemorated the centenary of the Great War by plunging the UK into darkness for an hour. The Lights Out event marks 100 years after Britain...

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Chelsea pensioners light their candles during a candlelit vigil and prayer service to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014.
photo: AP / Sang Tan, Pool

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British Royals mark Remembrance Day in India: Prince Charles meets Indian veterans in Mumbai
updated 13 Nov 2011; published 13 Nov 2011
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Remembrance Sunday: Two minute-silence observed as Britain remembers war dead
updated 10 Nov 2013; published 10 Nov 2013
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British Royals Visit War Veterans on Remembrance Sunday
updated 10 Nov 2013; published 10 Nov 2013
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Britain Honours War Dead: Queen Elizabeth leads Remembrance Day commemorations in London
updated 04 Aug 2014; published 04 Aug 2014
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World War 1 remembered around the UK on 100th anniversary
updated 09 Nov 2013; published 09 Nov 2013
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Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2013 How Great Thou Art
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone in $108m bid to end bribery trial
Full Article The Australian
05 Aug 2014

BERNIE Ecclestone hopes to walk from court a free man tonight (AEST) after negotiating a $US100 million ($108m) payment to settle the criminal bribery case against him. The Formula One chief will hear tonight whether Bavarian judges have accepted the deal he negotiated with prosecutors for the biggest personal financial settlement in German legal...

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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, right, talks to his lawyer Sven Thomas after he arrived for his trial in the regional court in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust "in an especially grave case" over a US $44 million payment to a German banker, that prosecutors allege was meant to facilitate the sale of the Formula One Group to a buyer of Ecclestone's liking.
photo: AP / Matthias Schrader

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Ecclestone: Tackling Formula 1's fires
updated 10 Mar 2013; published 10 Mar 2013
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Vybz Kartel Laywer Denies Bribing Witness Allegations
updated 16 Apr 2012; published 16 Apr 2012
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Bahraini Activists Climb Embassy Compound in London to Protest Continued Crackdown
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
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Formula 1 : boss Bernie Ecclestone steps down from F1 board pending bribery trial
updated 17 Jul 2013; published 17 Jul 2013
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Formula 1's Bernie Ecclestone Faces Bribery Charges
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 17 Jan 2014
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F1 Motor Racing Boss Ecclestone Faces German Bribery Trial
Former White House press secretary Jim Brady dies at the age of 73
Full Article The Times of India
04 Aug 2014

WASHINGTON: James Brady, the affable, witty press secretary who survived a devastating head wound in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and undertook a personal crusade for gun control, died on Monday. He was 73. "We are heartbroken to share the news that our beloved Jim "Bear" Brady has passed away after a series of health...

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Former Press Secretary for President Reagan James Brady, center, gathers for a group photo following a dedication ceremony for the new James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at the White House in Washington. From left to right are, Scott Brady, James Brady's son, President Clinton, presidential press secretaries Joe Lockhart (Clinton), Jerald terHorst (Ford), Larry Speakes (Reagan), Mike McCurry (Clinton) and Pierre Salinger (Kennedy).
photo: AP / Susan Walsh

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Reagan staffer and gun control advocate James Brady dies
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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Reagan press secretary and activist James Brady dies at 73
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Former White House press secretary Jim Brady dies
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James Brady dead dies White House press secretary
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Former White House Press Secretary James Brady dies
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Former White House Press Sec. Jim Brady Dies

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Limited truce in Gaza as Israel winds down ground operations
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Detroit Free Press
GAZA CITY — A seven-hour “humanitarian” truce between Hamas and Israel appeared to be holding Monday although several similar cease-fire attempts have failed. The partial...
Japanese and UN Authorities Covering up Fukushima Peril
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WorldNews.com
Article By WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross. Japanese and United Nations authorities have placed "a cone of silence" over medical information an endangered Japanese public is...
Damien McBride: Rebekah Brooks was 'the most powerful person in Britain'
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The Independent
Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of The Sun, was “the most powerful person in Britain”, according to one of Gordon Brown’s closest aides. Damian McBride, a Downing Street spin...

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Israel completes Gaza withdrawal as ceasefire takes effect
Palestinian Hamas militants patrol on the main road in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 17, 2011, as Palestinians prepare for the first stage of an unprecedented prisoner release and exchange deal under which Israel has agreed to free 1,027 Palestinian detainees in return for an Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured in 2006. Israelis and Palestinians were waiting with bated breath for the planned release on October 18 of a first tranche of 477 Palestinian prisoners in return for an end to the more than five year captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn
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The Daily Telegraph
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Japan defence paper warns over China's 'dangerous acts' in sea, air
Japan defence paper warns over China's 'dangerous acts' in sea
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The Times of India
TOKYO: Japan warned on Tuesday that China's "dangerous acts" over territorial claims in the East China Sea could lead to "unintended consequences" in the region, as fears grow of a potential military clash. The annual defence white paper was adopted...
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Ebola crisis: World Bank announces $200m emergency fund
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, addresses the Secretary-General’s High-Level Forum on the Millennium Development Goals
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BBC News
The World Bank has announced that it is allocating $200m in emergency assistance to help West African countries contain the Ebola outbreak. The money will be distributed to the governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as to the World...
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Grand Canyon investigating squirrel-kicking video
Grand Canyon, Arizona. View from Moran Point at the south rim, looking north, with Juniperus osteosperma tree at left. USA
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Tampa Bay Online
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are looking into a viral Internet video that shows a man kicking a squirrel off what appears to be the edge of the Grand Canyon. But park officials say the chances of finding the man are slim. "Right now they are...
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Doctor confirmed as second Ebola case in Nigeria
An apple seller walks past graffiti saying "cash," decorated with change and small-value Nigerian naira notes, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2009.
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South China Morning Post
Nigeria has confirmed the country's second case of Ebola in a doctor who treated a Liberian man who died of the virus last month in Lagos. This comes as a South Korean university rescinded an invitation for three Nigerians to attend a conference and...
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US STOCKS-Wall St up on earnings, Portugal bank deal
Specialist Michael Sollitto, right, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Reuters
* Berkshire Hathaway shares up after results * Michael Kors shares reverse premarket move, fall 5.5 pct * Diamond Offshore weighs on Loews earnings * Indexes: Dow flat, S&P; up 0.2 pct, Nasdaq up 0.3 pct (Updates prices, adds comment) By Rodrigo...
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Half a million advised to evacuate as heavy rain lashes Japan
A woman leaves a center to scan residents, who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday's earthquake, carrying a metal heat blanket in the rain Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Khaleej Times
Very heavy rain is expected to fall in western Japan, mainly on the island of Shikoku, until Tuesday noon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A man drowned in a raging river while more than half a million people were advised to evacuate over the...
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