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Russia bans Western food imports in Ukraine sanctions retaliation Russia bans Western food imports in Ukraine sanctions retaliation
Moscow’s ban include all meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from the US, the 28 European Union countries, Canada, Australia and non-EU member Norway. | Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of ma... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Khaleej Times
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Russia's Putin issues retaliatory ban on food imports
updated 5:48 AM EDT, Thu August 7, 2014 | Moscow (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has named a new target as global sparring over Ukraine grows: food. | In a decree signed Wednesday, Putin ban... (photo: AP / Mikhail Klimentyev) CNN
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A woman walks by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Asia Markets Dive
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares retreated while investors flocked to safe haven assets such as bonds and gold on Thursday, spooked by a Russian troop build-up on the border with Ukraine ... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) Business Insider
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Colorful New York City at Night. Help U.S. economy by taking a vacation
By Brigid Schulte / The Washington PostWe Americans work hard. Weekends are more like workends. We sleep with our smartphones. And we think vacations are for wimps. So we don’t take them. Or take wo... (photo: WN / Periasamy) The Japan News
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5th Annual Wildfox Model Beach Volleyball in South Beach, Florida - February 9, 2014 Wages grew 1.7% in South Florida in a year
Growth in South Florida wages slowed to a 1.7 percent increase in the year that ended June 30, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. | In March, private sector pay in Broward, Palm B... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Sun Sentinel
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Time Warner Center and Columbus Circle, Manhattan NYC. Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox abandons bid for Time Warner
Related media | Travel deals | Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world's biggest media compani... (photo: Creative Commons / Abigor) Newsday
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Sri Lanka Retreat Sri Lanka on track to achieve 7.8 pct growth in 2014: official
COLOMBO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka is on track to achieve its growth target of 7.8 percent in 2014 and aims to hit 7,000 U.S. dollars of per capita income by 2020, said a top official on Tuesday. |... (photo: WN / Periasamy) Xinhua
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Sogo Hotel chain has branches all over Metro Manila, Philippines Despite row, China, PH ‘can work together in tourism, agriculture’
CHINA and the Philippines may be at odds as far as their respective territories are concerned but officials of both nations assure there are many areas where they can cooperate with one another. | Chi... (photo: WN / RTayco) Sun Star
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