Europe's Economic Powerhouse Drifts East Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT With large parts of Europe still in a rut and struggling to cope with a debt crisis, the robust German economy is increasingly deploying its money and management time outside the euro area.  
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Tyrone 'hit and run' victim dies Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT Police have launched a murder inquiry after the victim of a hit and run in County Tyrone died in hospital.  
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UAE activists plead not guilty Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:17 PM PDT In a closed-door trial, five activists in the United Arab Emirates plead not guilty to charges of incitement and insulting the Emirates' rulers.  
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Viscount warned off Lords claim Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:08 AM PDT UKIP climate change spokesman and deputy leader Viscount Monckton is told to stop calling himself a member of the House of Lords.  
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Protests in Tunisia Turn Violent; Teenager Killed Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT A 14-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet fired during a violent protest in the Tunisian town where the uprisings that spread across the Arab world first began.  
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Tunisian leader says protesters aim to spread chaos Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's prime minister on Monday accused protesters who held a wave of demonstrations over the weekend of plotting to destabilize the country, six months after the revolution that inspired the Arab Spring.  
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Murdoch Aides Long Tried to Blunt Scandal Over Hacking Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT A small group of executives at News Corporation pursued strategies for years that had the effect of obscuring the extent of wrongdoing in Britain's best-selling tabloid.  
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Books of The Times: Superheroes, Surveyed and Sized Up Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT "Supergods," by Grant Morrison, is an impressionistic overview of comic heroes and an attempt to rediscover the magical essence that inspired nearly 75 years' worth of superhero storytelling.  
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Aston Villa complete Given deal Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:47 AM PDT Aston Villa sign 35-year-old goalkeeper Shay Given from Manchester City on a five-year contract.  
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Mother wants to bury missing son Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:04 PM PDT The mother of a Londonderry teenager who went missing in Lough Swilly at the weekend has appealed for help in finding her "amazing son".  
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After Years of Delays, Atlantic Yards Arena Begins Taking Shape Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT The site's first featured building is on track to open in September 2012, but the fights that have surrounded the project from the beginning are far from over.  
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Will lawmakers draw blood from Murdoch? Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:50 AM PDT News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch, his son James and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are set to appear in parliament on Tuesday to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal that has convulsed Britain.  
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'Greater role' for military base Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT The UK government says more servicemen and women will be stationed at a south Wales military base that is home to an elite special forces unit.  
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FSB Seeks New Rules, Surcharges for Largest Banks Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:29 PM PDT The Financial Stability Board will issue two consultative papers reviewing ways to better regulate and orderly unwind large systemic banks when they get into trouble.  
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Hungary court frees accused Nazi war criminal Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT Sandor Kepiro, 97, is acquitted of ordering the execution of more than 30 Jews and Serbs in Novi Sad in 1942.  
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NoW whistle-blower is found dead Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT A former News of the World journalist who made phone-hacking allegations against the paper is found dead.  
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Ready to Swim With the Sharks, for 103 Miles Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT Diana Nyad, 61, aims to set a record by swimming across the shark-infested Straits of Florida in 60 hours, without leaving the water.  
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No 'cover-up' charges after death Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:42 AM PDT No-one will be prosecuted over an attempted cover-up following the death of a Stafford Hospital patient, the Crown Prosecution Service says.  
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China Paper Disbands Investigative Team Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT A prominent Chinese government newspaper disbanded its investigative reporting team, which had won plaudits for its aggressive muckraking.  
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Shuttle prepares to leave station Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT The US shuttle Atlantis is preparing to undock from the International Space Station and head to home to Earth one more time.  
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