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Why Afghanistan's neighbours fear drugs influx
Why Afghanistan's neighbours fear drugs influx
By Ahmed Rashid Dushanbe 2 July 2015 From the section Asia The fear is that more drugs could be finding their way out of Afghanistan via Central Asia Could increased fighting in northern Afghanistan lead to an influx of...
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Saudi prince pledges to donate entire US$32billion fortune to charity
Saudi prince pledges to donate entire US$32billion fortune to charity
Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has promised to give his entire US$32 billion (HK$248 billion) fortune to charity in coming years, in one of the biggest ever such pledges. The pledge is “maybe... the first such...
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Great Barrier Reef: Australia says Unesco decision shows it is a 'world leader'
Great Barrier Reef: Australia says Unesco decision shows it is a 'world leader'
Environment minister Greg Hunt claims victory as world heritage committee decides not to list the reef as in danger based on recovery plans ...
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Egypt's Brotherhood urges revolt after members killed
Egypt's Brotherhood urges revolt after members killed
More to this story The many battles of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Egypt executes 'supporter' of Muslim Brotherhood Egypt jails Muslim Brotherhood leader The Muslim Brotherhood has warned of "serious repercussions" and...
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US files formal extradition request for 7 FIFA officials
US files formal extradition request for 7 FIFA officials
The United States has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich as part of a corruption probe that has rocked soccer's world governing body. Switzerland's Federal...
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Governors, DOJ cheer $18 billion BP oil spill settlement
Governors, DOJ cheer $18 billion BP oil spill settlement
Washington (CNN)BP has reached a historic agreement with five Gulf States to settle the claims made against the company from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, resulting in the largest environmental settlement in...
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Solid hiring, lower US unemployment rate, but wages flat
Solid hiring, lower US unemployment rate, but wages flat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, a seven-year low. But wages failed to budge, and other barometers of the job market painted a mixed...
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Oceans face 'acidification crisis'
Oceans face 'acidification crisis'
3 July 2015 From the section Science & Environment The oceans are at parlous risk from a combination of threats Scientists have warned that marine life will...
Government to scrap child poverty target before tax credits cut
Government to scrap child poverty target before tax credits cut
Iain Duncan Smith to remove measure that required eradication of child poverty by 2020 after publication of statistics reveals no fall in level ...
Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 106
Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 106
He was just a 29-year-old clerk at the London Stock Exchange when he faced the challenge of a lifetime. Traveling with a friend to Czechoslovakia in 1938, as...
South Korea reports new Mers case after four-day pause
South Korea reports new Mers case after four-day pause
2 July 2015 From the section Asia South Korea has not had a death from Mers for two days South Korea has reported a new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...
IMF chief Lagarde says Greece needs to reform economy before debt relief
IMF chief Lagarde says Greece needs to reform economy before debt relief
One day after Greece became the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund, the head of the international lender on...
Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading
Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading
ADEN (Reuters) - Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and...
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Pentagon ‘unaware’ of shooter alert referenced by Fox News in Navy Yard confusion
Pentagon ‘unaware’ of shooter alert referenced by Fox News in Navy Yard confusion
Fox News found itself on a reportorial limb this morning. As law enforcement descended on...
Forensic test pins down 'time of death'
Forensic test pins down 'time of death'
By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News, Prague 2 July 2015 From the section Science &...
This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word
This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word
Government inquiries are Britain’s bullfights. They are expensive, ritualised, interminable and the cause of lavish corporate expenditure. They all have the same ending: a man in a suit pirouetting over a pile of bleeding meat. ...
‘You don’t expect to run into a pea in guacamole’
‘You don’t expect to run into a pea in guacamole’
Add green peas to your guacamole. Trust us. http://t.co/7imMY9c2ph pic.twitter.com/oeOMt2qgmh — The...
Climate: Sobriety, Not Austerity
Climate: Sobriety, Not Austerity
Paris. The UN’s Paris climate change conference in November doesn’t hold out much promise. Since the...
Iraqi Voices Are Screaming from Far Away
Iraqi Voices Are Screaming from Far Away
Iraqis were attempting the nonviolent overthrow of their dictator prior to his violent overthrow by...
The Essentials for Justice
The Essentials for Justice
Like many other progressives, I was very excited about some of the Supreme Court decisions this term...
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