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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil
FBI Director Robert Mueller gestures at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing about the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 19, ...
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Obama making plans to tackle global warming
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second ...
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Brazil officials reverse subway bus fare hike
A demonstrator holds up a Brazilian flag in front of a group of protestors gathered in the main plaza of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy ...
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FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffas remains
View Photo Associated Press/Carlos Osorio - Investigators stand at the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Wednesday, June 19, 2013 where officials attempt to restore the field to its natural condition after the FBI ...
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Two arrested after €150k drugs seizure in Cork
Two men have been arrested following a drugs seizure in Co Cork.Garda stopped and searched a car close to an area known as Halfway in Ballinhassig outside of Cork city earlier today and recovered 25kg of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of EUR150,000.The two occupants of the car, a local man in his early 40's and a man in his 30's from Dublin, were arrested at the scene. ...
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Housing Authority with €2 million deficit carcinogenetic particles found at SVPR dental clinic
Pensions, residential homes, social housing and disability issues dominate consultation meeting with Family Minister Marie Louise Coleiro Preca and parliamentary secretary for the elderly Franco ...
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Deen says she used slur but doesnt tolerate hate
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don't tolerate hateful behavior.In a court deposition filed Monday in federal court, an attorney for former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson presses the 66-year-old Deen ...
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Dollar gains against the euro and the yen in Feds wake
The U.S. dollar reversed earlier losses and rose against the euro and yen on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee said it sees the downside risks to the outlook for the economy and the labor market as having diminished since the fall. . NEW YORK, June 19 The FOMC also ...
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Obamas job approval rating slips
President Barack Obama smiles during a dinner hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chralottenburg … President Barack Obama's job approval rating slipped slightly to 49 percent in June, not much changed despite controversies over National Security Agency surveillance and the IRS targeting of conservative groups, according to a new poll from the non-partisan ...
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Senators float new student loan proposal
interest rates to the financial markets. If approved, it would prevent rates for new borrowing from doubling in coming days. Students from lower-income families, who pay substantially lower interest rates than those more affluent, would see interest rates rise slightly to 3.8 percent on ...
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Obama urges bold nuclear cuts in Berlin speech
View Photo Associated Press/Michael Kappeler,Pool - US President Barack Obama, left, waves to invited guests next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel . right, in front of Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, ...
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Militants storm UN compound in Somalia 20 killed
View Photo Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - African Union peacekeepers and unidentified foreigners stand outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, ...
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US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the ...
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Wikileaks founder offers aid to NSA leaker
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in … Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that his anti-secrecy group has been in touch with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's legal team in a bid to help ...
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Obama revisits 08 promises in Berlin speech
German Chancellor Angela Merkel watches as U.S. President Barack Obama waves after giving a speech in front of … BERLIN -- In 2008, some 200,000 people packed the streets near this city's Victory Column and listened raptly to candidate Barack Obama promise to lead a different America on the chaotic global stage - one that would embrace action to fight climate change, shutter the ...
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Fed suggests its closer to slowing bond purchases
the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. (AP Photo/Susan ...
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Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percent
2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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As fires rage feds cut funding on prevention
federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western forests. The ...
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IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses
in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, ...
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Fed says it will maintain pace of bond purchases
Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...
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Euro falls to four-day low vs dollar dollar at week high vs yen
NEW YORK, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:50pm EDT NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - The euro fell to a four day low against the dollar while the dollar rose to a new one-week high against the yen after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank's policy setting committee sees a likely reduction in bond purchases this year if economic forecasts come in as ...
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Designers Dolce and Gabbana convicted over €200 million tax evasion
MILAN // A Milan court yesterday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. The men were found guilty of failing to declare EUR200 million (Dh984m) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of EUR500,000 to tax authorities. The court, however, acquitted them of ...
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Egypt and European Union Study Dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ...
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CBO Senate bill still allows illegal immigration
2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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US and Cuba to resume migration talks
Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations. The talks will be held ...
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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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