Russia's Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin |
- Russia's Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin
- Facing edgy vote, Egypt army hikes diesel imports
- Five killed in blast in Damascus suburb - activists
- Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls
- Colombia prostitution scandal sparks probe of US drug enforcers
- Fired for being ‘too hot’, New Jersey woman claims
- VIDEO: Could rural votes decide Egypt vote?
- Analysis - Looming end of Afghan mission leaves NATO with identity crisis
- Clipperton, an Island wasted by pollution
- Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Japanese sky-gazers
- Malaysia-Australia FTA to come into force 2013
- 7 trapped in China mine accident
- New government to address Russia's development problems
- Fake testicles, facemasks, the new level of pet pampering
- Anwar charged, alleges new persecution
- 14 killed, 30 injured in Indian train collision: officials
- Chen revives debate on US influence in China
- Colombia prostitution scandal sparks investigation of U.S. DEA staff
- Bulgarian capital shaken by 5.6 magnitude quake
- Former Guatemala dictator to face massacre charges
| Russia's Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin Posted: 21 May 2012 11:50 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin named seven former cabinet ministers as aides on Tuesday, in a move expected to weaken Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's new government and shift power to the Kremlin. 
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| Facing edgy vote, Egypt army hikes diesel imports Posted: 21 May 2012 11:34 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Egypt's military rulers plan to spend close to $1 billion on diesel this summer, a spike in imports as they brace for a first free presidential election triggered by last year's uprising with a wary eye on renewed civil unrest. 
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| Five killed in blast in Damascus suburb - activists Posted: 21 May 2012 10:56 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five people were killed on Tuesday when an explosive device detonated in the Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. 
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| Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls Posted: 21 May 2012 10:57 PM PDT BUFFALO, New York, May 22 — A man survived a 174-foot (53-metre) plunge over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls yesterday but suffered life-threatening injuries, Canadian police said. The man, whose name has not been released, became only the third person known to have lived through a fall over the massive cataract without safety devices. Canada's Niagara ... 
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| Colombia prostitution scandal sparks probe of US drug enforcers Posted: 21 May 2012 08:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 22 — A prostitution scandal in Colombia involving US Secret Service and military personnel ahead of a presidential visit has spawned a separate investigation into the behaviour of Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Cartagena, officials said yesterday. A spokesman for the Justice Department's Office of Inspector-General said ... 
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| Fired for being ‘too hot’, New Jersey woman claims Posted: 21 May 2012 06:26 PM PDT NEWYORK, May 22 — A New Jersey woman said yesterday that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace. Wearing a form-fitting sequined black dress and black leather, sequin-studded boots, Lauren Odes, 29, said her Orthodox ... 
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| VIDEO: Could rural votes decide Egypt vote? Posted: 21 May 2012 10:25 PM PDT Egyptians are preparing to go to the polls in the first leadership vote since the toppling of President Mubarak.
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| Analysis - Looming end of Afghan mission leaves NATO with identity crisis Posted: 21 May 2012 10:01 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO put on a brave face at its Chicago summit but the reality is that the alliance has been weakened by the euro zone crisis and faces an identity crisis about what its role will be once it ends its intervention in Afghanistan in 2014. 
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| Clipperton, an Island wasted by pollution Posted: 21 May 2012 09:45 PM PDT (France, Clipperton Island-AFP) - The isle of Clipperton is the smallest of all the French territories, and the most isolated in the world. In March, a team of twenty artists, scientists and journalists left on a month-long journey from Las Cabos in Mexico to Clipperton. They discovered an ecosystem damaged by fishing and pollution. A web report. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Eclipse 'ring of fire' wows Japanese sky-gazers Posted: 21 May 2012 09:44 PM PDT (Japan-AFP) - Residents of Tokyo turn their eyes to the sky as a solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" from Asia to the western United States. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Malaysia-Australia FTA to come into force 2013 Posted: 21 May 2012 09:16 PM PDT | ||
| 7 trapped in China mine accident Posted: 21 May 2012 09:08 PM PDT Seven people remain trapped underground following a coal mine accident in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said Tuesday.
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| New government to address Russia's development problems Posted: 21 May 2012 09:07 PM PDT President Vladimir Putin Monday signed a presidential decree to approve the lineup of a new government, but warned it of global economic uncertainties ahead.
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| Fake testicles, facemasks, the new level of pet pampering Posted: 21 May 2012 09:01 PM PDT People and their pets often end up resembling each other, but image-obsessed Americans are taking that age-old relationship a step further, treating their four-legged friends to everything from spa facials to testicle implants.
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| Anwar charged, alleges new persecution Posted: 21 May 2012 09:01 PM PDT Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was charged Tuesday for his part in a rally for fair elections last month, in a case he denounced as another government attempt to remove him from politics.
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| 14 killed, 30 injured in Indian train collision: officials Posted: 21 May 2012 09:00 PM PDT At least 14 people were killed and about 30 injured on Tuesday when a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in southern India
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| Chen revives debate on US influence in China Posted: 21 May 2012 06:03 AM PDT The United States has achieved a rare human rights breakthrough with China by negotiating the departure of dissident Chen Guangcheng, but few are ready to predict that the case will set a precedent.
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| Colombia prostitution scandal sparks investigation of U.S. DEA staff Posted: 21 May 2012 07:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prostitution scandal in Colombia involving U.S. Secret Service and military personnel ahead of a presidential visit has spawned a separate investigation into the behaviour of Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Cartagena, officials said on Monday. 
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| Bulgarian capital shaken by 5.6 magnitude quake Posted: 21 May 2012 07:32 PM PDT SOFIA (Reuters) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Bulgaria's capital Sofia early on Tuesday, causing residents to rush into the streets, the civil defence office said. 
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| Former Guatemala dictator to face massacre charges Posted: 21 May 2012 07:02 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face a second trial on genocide charges after a judge ruled on Monday he could be prosecuted for ordering a 1982 massacre that left 201 people dead. 
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