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Lagarde placed under investigation in French fraud case
Full Article Business Day
27 Aug 2014

Related articles Lagarde’s apology is misplaced In this article Companies and organisations: International Monetary Fund PARIS — International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde was placed under...

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine LaGarde makes a statement about sanctions leveled against Russia, during a news conference following an IMF Executive Board meeting at IMF Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
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updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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IMF's Lagarde Put Under Investigation In French Fraud Case: Source
updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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IMF's Christine Lagarde 'under investigation'
updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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IMF's Christine Lagarde 'under investigation'
updated 13 Jun 2013; published 13 Jun 2013
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Orange CEO put under Formal Investigation in Tapie Case
updated 19 Apr 2013; published 19 Apr 2013
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IMF chief summoned by French court
updated 13 Jun 2013; published 13 Jun 2013
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Orange CEO Under Formal Investigation In Tapie Case
Israel and Hamas reach an uneasy cease-fire in 50-day Gaza war
Full Article Denver Post
27 Aug 2014

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended cease-fire after seven weeks of fighting — an uneasy deal that halts their deadliest war in years but puts off the most difficult issues. In the end, both sides settled for an ambiguous interim agreement in exchange for a period of calm. Hamas,...

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Palestinians inspect a damaged house following Israeli air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2012. Israeli war planes hit a Gaza City media center and homes in northern Gaza in the early morning, as the death toll mounted, despite suggestions from Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi that there could be a "ceasefire soon.".Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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updated 26 Aug 2014; published 26 Aug 2014
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Israel & Hamas Agree Ceasefire - Long-term Gaza ceasefire agreed WAR IS OVER!
updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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Thousands of Palestinians flood streets to celebrate Gaza ceasefire
updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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"THESE ARE WAR CRIMES!" Israel And Hamas Agree To Long Term Ceasefire In Gaza
updated 05 Aug 2014; published 05 Aug 2014
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Gaza Conflict Israel & Hamas Agree Ceasefire - Israeli Troops Withdraw From Gaza
updated 10 Aug 2014; published 10 Aug 2014
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War continues between Israel, Hamas following temporary cease-fire
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 01 Aug 2014
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Ceasefire over: Israel strikes Gaza, claims Hamas broke 72-hour truce
ISIS is forcing a 'moment of truth'
Full Article CNN
27 Aug 2014

updated 7:35 PM EDT, Tue August 26, 2014 Displaced Iraqis receive clothes from a charity at a refugee camp near Feeshkhabour, Iraq, on Tuesday, August 19. They have been fleeing from the militant group ISIS, which has taken over large swaths of northern and western Iraq as it seeks to create an Islamic caliphate that stretches from Syria to Iraq. A...

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Kurdish women displaced by the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish rebels are seen at a refugee camp in the Qandil region, northern Iraq, Friday, May 2, 2008. Turkish warplanes bombed a key Kurdish rebel base deep inside Iraq for three hours overnight, Turkey's military and a rebel spokesman said Friday. The warplanes hit Iraq's Qandil region as well as 10 other sites near the Iraq-Iran border in an operation that began Thursday night and stretched into early Friday, a spokesman for the PKK rebel group said
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updated 12 Aug 2014; published 12 Aug 2014
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ISIS Siege On Samarra (June 2014)
updated 27 Jun 2014; published 27 Jun 2014
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Christian City Under Siege: The Battle for Iraq (Dispatch 5)
updated 14 Aug 2014; published 14 Aug 2014
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ISIS Captures 7 'Oil Fields' and Iraq's Largest Supply of Wheat!
updated 19 Aug 2014; published 19 Aug 2014
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Isis Iraq : Shootout Between Iraq's Army vs ISIS | RAW VIDEO
updated 13 Aug 2014; published 13 Aug 2014
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ISIS Israel News Update August 13, 2014
updated 26 Jun 2014; published 26 Jun 2014
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Clashes Continue as Frontline Tension Escalates: The Battle for Iraq (Dispatch 4)
Foetus found in woman 36 years after miscarriage
Full Article Kashmir Observer
26 Aug 2014

New Delhi: Doctors in India have removed the skeleton of a foetus that had been inside a woman for 36 years in what is believed to be the world’s longest ectopic pregnancy, a doctor has said. The 60-year-old woman became pregnant at the age of 24 but suffered a miscarriage because the foetus had been growing outside of her uterus, the doctor told...

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updated 12 Dec 2012; published 12 Dec 2012
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What Does A Miscarriage Look Like? Pregnant and bleeding or spotting?
updated 26 Aug 2014; published 26 Aug 2014
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Doctors Remove Skeleton of Foetus Inside Indian Woman for 36 Years
updated 27 Aug 2014; published 27 Aug 2014
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Doctors Remove Skeleton of Foetus Inside Indian Woman for 36 Years - August 27, 2014
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Miscarriage - Risk factors and signs of a miscarriage
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Seattle Police Pepper Sprayed 3 month pregnant women. Jeniffer Fox has miscarried
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
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Delay Pregnancy After a Miscarriage?
Russia's Convoy Was No Trojan Horse
Full Article WorldNews.com
26 Aug 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It was Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese militarist and strategist, who said "All warfare is based on deception." Perhaps this is the reason why, then, several nations rattled their sabers at Russia and threatening the nation with more sanctions over a convoy of relief trucks that rolled into Ukraine. The...

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About 60 trucks forming part of a Russian aid convoy are parked in a field about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from a border control point with Ukraine in the Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Thursday evening, Aug. 21, 2014.
photo: AP / Pavel Golovkin

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Ukraine War: no Trojan Horse found yet in Russian aid convoy
updated 15 Aug 2014; published 15 Aug 2014
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Russian aid convoy for Ukraine not Trojan horse
updated 14 Aug 2014; published 14 Aug 2014
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Aid or Trojan Horse?: Russian Convoy of 280 Trucks Rattles into Ukraine
updated 13 Aug 2014; published 13 Aug 2014
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Ukraine War: are Russian aid convoy trucks possibly "trojan horses"?
updated 13 Aug 2014; published 13 Aug 2014
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Ukraine Blocks Russian Convoy: Aid, Propaganda Or Worse?
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Ukraine suspicious of Russian convoy

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Palace ready for outcome of impeachment raps vs Aquino
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Sun Star
MALACANANG was prepared on whatever would be the outcome of the impeachment complaints against President Benigno Aquino III. In a media briefing, Presidential Communications...
The Decline of the Fifth Republic
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CounterPunch
After just two years in power, French Socialist François Hollande has become one of the least popular leaders in Europe. He has taken much of the blame for chipping away at...
After Ice Bucket Challenge, Why It's Still Difficult to Raise Funds to Fight Ebola
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Israel, Hamas agree to open-ended Gaza truce with core issues left unresolved
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2012. Israeli war planes hit a Gaza City media center and homes in northern Gaza in the early morning, as the death toll mounted, despite suggestions from Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi that there could be a "ceasefire soon."Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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CNN
August 27, 2014 -- Updated 0506 GMT (1306 HKT) Jerusalem (CNN) -- After more than seven weeks of heavy fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to an open-ended ceasefire. The truce announced Tuesday puts off dealing with core long-term issues on both...
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Climate change may disrupt global food system within a decade, World Bank says
Evan Webb, left, and Erik Yablou harvest organic potatoes, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Piedmont Biofarm in Pittsboro, N.C.. FoodLogiQ is working with farmers and distributors to incorporate a tracking system that will identify the specific farm where the food is produced. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Canberra Times
Tough conditions likely to get tougher for many. Photo: Getty Images The world is headed "down a dangerous path" with disruption of the food system possible within a decade as climate change undermines nations' ability to feed themselves,...
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Scottish independence: Alex Salmond celebrates fightback but still faces upstream battle
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, second left, arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron,at St Andrew's House in Edinburgh, Scotland Thursday, Feb 16, 2012.
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The Independent
The four words that Alex Salmond used to close his televised debating victory over Alistair Darling – “This is our time” – has left the Yes campaign with a renewed belief that they can still persuade Scotland to leave the union. Despite firm answers...
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Algerian president fires a top adviser
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, sitting in a wheelchair, waves as he arrives to vote in the presidential elections in Algiers,
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's president on Tuesday dismissed one of his main advisers — a former prime minister and powerful head of the ruling party — and banned him from state service. The announcement came without any explanation about why...
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Abuse Scandal uncovered in England
British police officers speak with children following riots on Tuesday night, Manchester, England, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011.
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Norway Today
At least 1,400 children in the English town of Rotherham has in the years from 1997 to 2013 victims of atrocities as rape and trafficking. Vimeo According to a report that has been made ​​for the...
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US STOCKS-Wall St edges up, S&P rises back above 2,000
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, March 25, 2010
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Reuters
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Egypt offers new truce plan
Palestinians who have been displaced due to Israeli bombardments, gather in an UNRWA school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,
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Independent online (SA)
Gaza City – Egypt has proposed a new ceasefire in the Gaza conflict that would open key border crossings into the battered Palestinian territory, after Israeli raids killed at least 10 more Palestinians. A 17-year-old boy was killed and about...
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