Off-colour Djokovic edges through |
- Off-colour Djokovic edges through
- In Britain, a queen has her day
- In California, a Battle Over a Plan for $1-a-Pack Cigarette Tax
- Brazil's biggest landfill closes
- Zimmerman returns to Florida jail
- India’s anti-corruption crusaders try to breathe new life into campaign
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- Warsi 'has questions to answer'
- Television Review: ‘Push Girls,’ on Sundance, Features Women in Wheelchairs
- Former Beijing mayor changes long-standing account of Tiananmen crackdown
- Zimmerman Back in Police Custody
- France says determined to improve budget credibility
- Passenger Plane Crashes in Nigeria’s Lagos
- Bin Laden spent wealth on attacks, guests: Qaeda
- Ivory Coast wants blood diamond ban lifted
- Hun Sen's Party Poised to Win Cambodia Elections
- China Nuclear Plans Could Help Stimulus Efforts
- Passenger Plane Crashes in Nigeria
- Queen Honored With a Jubilee Flotilla
- Syria, trade in focus at Putin's summit with EU
| Off-colour Djokovic edges through Posted: 03 Jun 2012 08:30 AM PDT Top seed Novak Djokovic comes from two sets down to beat Andreas Seppi and reach the French Open quarter-finals.
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| In Britain, a queen has her day Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:39 PM PDT LONDON — Resplendent in a crystal-embroidered ivory ensemble that cut through the gloom of a relentless downpour, Queen Elizabeth II and a nation marked her 60th year on the throne Sunday with a dazzling flotilla of 1,000 ships down the Thames in a display of pageantry the likes of which have not been seen here in some 350 years. Read full article >>   
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| In California, a Battle Over a Plan for $1-a-Pack Cigarette Tax Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT Health groups are pushing a ballot initiative to impose a $1-a-pack tax, provoking a storm of advertisements to defeat the biggest threat the tobacco industry has faced in a decade.
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| Brazil's biggest landfill closes Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:56 AM PDT Brazil's biggest open-air landfill closes in Rio de Janeiro, a move welcomed by environmentalists but not by those working at the dump.
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| Zimmerman returns to Florida jail Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT The US neighbourhood watchman charged with the murder of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is back in jail in Florida, after his bail is revoked.
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| India’s anti-corruption crusaders try to breathe new life into campaign Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:43 AM PDT NEW DELHI — India's anti-corruption crusaders tried to breathe new life into their sagging movement Sunday when two of the harshest critics of the government came together for the first time to fast and protest new graft allegations. Read full article >>
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| Warsi 'has questions to answer' Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:46 AM PDT Conservative Party co-chairman Lady Warsi has questions to answer after new allegations about share declarations, says Prime Minister David Cameron.
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| Television Review: ‘Push Girls,’ on Sundance, Features Women in Wheelchairs Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT "Push Girls," on Sundance Channel, follows attractive young women in wheelchairs as they push boundaries.
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| Former Beijing mayor changes long-standing account of Tiananmen crackdown Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:21 AM PDT Shortly after Chinese troops stormed into Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the then mayor of Beijing gave a lengthy report that, for 23 years, has formed the bedrock of the Communist Party's justification for the use of lethal force against unarmed protesters. Describing street demonstrations by millions of people in Beijing and other Chinese cities as a Western-backed conspiracy orchestrated by a "tiny handful of people," Chen Xitong's report hailed the crackdown as "correct" and unavoidable. Read full article >>
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| Zimmerman Back in Police Custody Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin had his bond revoked after the judge said he misled the court about his finances.
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| France says determined to improve budget credibility Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:56 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's new Socialist government is determined to restore its credibility over budget management by meeting public deficit targets, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Sunday.
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| Passenger Plane Crashes in Nigeria’s Lagos Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:37 PM PDT A passenger plane carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos on Sunday, in what looked like a major disaster in Nigeria's commercial hub.
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| Bin Laden spent wealth on attacks, guests: Qaeda Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:42 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden led a frugal life, spending all his personal wealth on attacks against the West and serving his guests good food, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video posted online on Sunday.
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| Ivory Coast wants blood diamond ban lifted Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:31 AM PDT ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will lobby for the lifting of a United Nations ban on its diamond exports at a meeting this week, a government official said, arguing that its stones are no longer a threat to the country's stability now its civil war is over.
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| Hun Sen's Party Poised to Win Cambodia Elections Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:50 AM PDT Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party was expected to win Cambodia's local elections Sunday in a vote that monitors say is tainted by vote buying and other irregularities.
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| China Nuclear Plans Could Help Stimulus Efforts Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:21 PM PDT China's latest step toward relaunching its nuclear-power ambitions could play into its efforts to stimulate the economy, according to analysts, even as officials face a public worried about nuclear safety.
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| Passenger Plane Crashes in Nigeria Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:22 PM PDT A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, government officials said.
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| Queen Honored With a Jubilee Flotilla Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT On a luxury barge festooned with flowers, Queen Elizabeth II sailed down the River Thames amid a motley but majestic flotilla of 1,000 vessels, mustered to mark her 60 years on the British throne.
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| Syria, trade in focus at Putin's summit with EU Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:28 AM PDT ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - The European Union will try to shift Russian President Vladimir Putin's stance on Syria and explore his commitment to closer ties at a summit the wary neighbors say is unlikely to produce big breakthroughs.
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