Mexico could be legal pot exporter: ex-president

Mexico could be legal pot exporter: ex-president

Mexico could be legal pot exporter: ex-president

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:07 AM PDT

Ex-president Vicente Fox said Wednesday that Mexico should legalize marijuana, steal business back from violent drug cartels -- and when it's legal, he's in (as a grower).

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Auction houses come in for a handbagging

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:06 AM PDT

Two rival auction houses have clashed over which one may have set the record for the sale of a crocodile-skin Birkin handbag by the luxury goods firm Hermes.

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Israel 'retweets' 1967 war as it happened

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:06 AM PDT

Israel's army was Wednesday giving a "live" blow-by-blow account of the 1967 Six Day War, tweeting each air strike at the exact time it occurred 46 years ago in an epic replay which began early in the morning.

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Split feared in party election

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:04 AM PDT

The greatest suspense for Umno's party election scheduled in the end of this year is, whether there will be contests for the party's top posts? If party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin are challenged, would it lead to a split within the party?

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Nepal landslide kills seven: police

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Seven members of the same family, including three children, were killed on Thursday when a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains buried their house in a remote village in northeastern Nepal, police said.

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Syria rebels seize crossing near Israeli border - activists

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:26 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized a U.N.-operated border crossing on the demilitarized zone linking Israel and Syria on Thursday, activists said, following heavy clashes between the opposition and President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Taiwan train scare suspects indicted

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:04 AM PDT

Two Taiwanese were charged Thursday with attempted murder for planting explosive devices on a high-speed train and at a politician's office in April, prosecutors said.

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Six killed in US building collapse

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:04 AM PDT

At least six people were killed and 13 injured when an abandoned building being demolished in the US city of Philadelphia collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store, Mayor Michael Nutter said late Wednesday.

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Aung San Suu Kyi says she wants to run for president

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:01 AM PDT

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday declared her intention to run for the presidency as she sets her sights on elections due to be held in 2015.

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Lash lovers beware: tips for safely using eyelash extensions

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 11:47 PM PDT

For those wanting lush, fluttery lashes, cosmetic eyelash extensions -- individual synthetic fibers glued onto the natural lashes one by one -- can give you the Bambi effect. But eye experts warn that adhesive cosmetics can cause health problems, a topic that has been hot in the media in recent days.

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VIDEO: Inside Qusair as Syrian army returns

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 03:03 PM PDT

Syrian government forces have taken full control of the strategic town of Qusair, state TV and the rebels say

VIDEO: China uncorks 'wine war' with France

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 06:48 PM PDT

The French government has labelled a Chinese anti-dumping probe into wine imported from the European Union "inappropriate and reprehensible".

VIDEO: Where Guantanamo's hunger strike began

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:49 PM PDT

The BBC's Jonathan Beale takes a tour of Guantanamo Bay, where more than 100 detainees are now on hunger strike.

VIDEO: UK couple rescued after India kidnap

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:18 AM PDT

A British couple, who were rescued in India four days after they were kidnapped, tell BBC News about their ordeal.

Tolerate neither the big nor the small fishes

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 11:19 PM PDT

You may think that they were a bit overstrict and even feel that the woman employer was too harsh. Why must she take it to the court since the amount is so small and it was her maid who offered the postman the "ang pow"?

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Insight - Steeped in tradition, Israel's ultra-Orthodox face reform drive

Posted: 06 Jun 2013 12:23 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A small rock lies on the desk of Dov Lipman. It was hurled at the member of parliament by a fellow ultra-Orthodox Jew and is a constant reminder of the deep divisions within Israel that Lipman says must be overcome.

Two arrests after deadly Chinese fire: officials

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 11:05 PM PDT

Authorities have arrested two executives at a factory in connection with China's deadliest blaze in over a decade, local officials said Thursday, after reports that locked doors prevented workers from escaping.

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Web 'blackout' in Singapore to protest new online rules

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:28 PM PDT

Over 130 Singaporean bloggers blacked out their homepages Thursday to protest new licencing rules for news websites they say will muzzle freedom of expression.

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Coffee shop chaos as Dutch city flouts drug tourist ban

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:28 PM PDT

Authorities in the Dutch drug tourism hub of Maastricht are striking back after cannabis cafes staged an open revolt by selling marijuana to foreigners in defiance of a controversial ban.

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North, South Korea agree to official talks (UPDATED)

Posted: 05 Jun 2013 10:18 PM PDT

North and South Korea agreed in principle Thursday to hold their first official talks for years, signalling a possible breakthrough in cross-border ties after months of escalated military tensions.

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