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Report Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad CIA
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return of money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged. The report didn't say ...
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Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup
Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 ...
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Graying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - An elderly couple feed their great-grandson with a piece of cake as they sit under the sun in winter in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, January 9, 2013. REUTERS/William ...
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Powerball drawing follows late ticket-buying rush
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...
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Facebook IPO investors yet to signal whether they are fans
Facebook the fifth-worst performer of the 124 stocks that debuted during the same period. Among companies that raised $200m or more in an IPO, it ranks last.It could be worse: the stock has climbed more than 50 per cent from its September low and has a market value of almost $65bn - behind EBay at about $72bn and ahead ...
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Grayken feels heat to appoint successor
Nick Webb - 19 May 2013 John Grayken, the fourth richest man in Ireland, is under pressure to appoint an heir to his EUR25bn Texas-based private equity giant, Lone ...
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Austerity is dead markets bet on red
Dow Jones up 17 per cent so far this year. Most of the major country-specific benchmarks around the world have been climbing to multi-year highs with the star of the class being the Nikkei in Japan returning year to date a whopping 43 per cent. The world is awash with money, free money!It is not just stocks. Government bond yields across the globe are plummeting as investors rush to buy any ...
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These Cloud Stocks Can Fly Pros
cloud computing , which allows consumers and businesses to access data and applications anywhere, anytime. "You have to focus on cloud as a tech investor at this point," Ken Allen, technology portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price, told CNBC this week. "It cuts across the industry, across subsectors." Given cloud computing's potential, Wall Street analysts remain bullish on ...
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Beatles guitar auctioned to the tune of $408000
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the ...
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Winning numbers drawn in Powerball jackpot
View Photo Associated Press/Gregory Bull - Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority ...
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Investigators eye fractured rail in Conn. train crash
commuter train , injuring more than 70 people, investigators said on Saturday. Authorities have ruled out foul play in Friday's collision, which occurred during the evening rush hour between the towns of Bridgeport and Fairfield, about 50 miles northeast ...
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France must take deficit cuts seriously Bundesbank chief
France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above ...
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Denmark wins Eurovision on ABBAs turf with folksy ballad
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Denmark's Emmelie De Forest smiles at a news conference after winning the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Only Teardrops" during the finals of the contest held at the Malmo ...
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Powerball jackpot lures last-minute players
View Photo Associated Press/Jeffrey Collins - Armous Peterson figures out what numbers he is going to play in the Powerball lottery at Jimmy's Mart on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Columbia, S.C. Peterson keeps track ...
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Police commissioner calls fatal shooting in New York City an anti-gay hate crime
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A gunman used anti-gay slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called a hate crime. Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village and asked if they "want to die here," Police ...
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Wilkinson mettle steers Toulon to Euro title
France Jonny Wilkinson showed trademark nerves of steel to kick Toulon to glory over Clermont in a tense European Cup final.Ten years after kicking England to World Cup glory, the 33-year-old fly half's left foot did the trick once again, converting Delon Armitage's 65th minute try to put Toulon ahead for the first time in the match.Clermont had looked favourites to be crowned ...
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Car hits parade injuring up to 60
View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ...
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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning.No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Paul McCartney kicks off Out There tour in U.S.
View Photo Associated Press/Andre Penner, File - FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 file photo, British musician Paul McCartney performs during his "Up And Coming Tour" at the Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo. ...
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Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill
BP America in its suit - of violating Texas' environmental regulations. Texas is seeking money from "lost" tourism revenues due to the spill, as well as monies that would have been generated from state park entrance and concession fees by visitors to the coastal communities. In addition, the state is seeking civil penalties for each day the oil spilled into the Gulf, and each ...
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First lady to high school grads live your dreams
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds as students enter the arena for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, ...
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Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600M
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New York May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan ...
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Cops investigate after NY college student killed
View Photo Associated Press/ Louis Lanzano - Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, ...
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Rome protest turns up heat on new leader Enrico Letta
ROME--Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of ...
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North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South
After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...
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Switzerland world's most competitive country
Switzerland is frequently pointed to as a model of good governance, prosperity, innovation and stability and is one of the happiest countries in the world. The recent competitive survey by the WEF underscored this, but came with a warning.
Switzerland truly is an impressive country, landlocked and small with no natural resources; it has developed into one of the richest countries in the world and was recently named the most competitive economy in the world. This is due in large part to its banking sector, which is one of the most advanced and its government structure, which is efficient in comparison to many other developed countries. Read more
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