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UN chief regrets experts inability to visit Syria
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed regret over the inability of experts, investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, to visit the country. "It is regrettable that the team in charge of this investigation was unable to visit Syria and conduct its inquiry on the spot," reported Xinhua citing the UN chief while talking to reporters after meeting Russian foreign ...
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Russia counting on UN for post-ISAF Afghanistan plans
Moscow is counting on the UN to develop proposals regarding the international presence in Afghanistan after 2014, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. "We consider it important to start discussing in advance what forms of (international) presence there will be in Afghanistan after 2014; we will count on the proposals that the (UN) secretary general is planning to prepare together ...
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Scores hurt as car hits US parade
Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain ...
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Police recall house of horror rescue
Cleveland police have released emotional interviews with officers who were the first responders to alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro's Cleveland house where 3 missing women were ...
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Chuck Grassley On Foreign Policy We Should Remember When Hitler Started World War II
US has no foreign policy. We shld remember what happened th last time we had no foreign policy. It was Sept 1939 Hitler started WWII Poland-- ChuckGrassley ...
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Video Handbags have more germs than toilet seats study finds
According to a study by Initial Washroom Hygiene, handbags have up to ten times the level of microbiological activity on them than an average toilet seat. Willem Marx reports from ...
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Worlds Fair Park hosts reading festival
The Knox County public library hosted the ninth annual children's festival of reading Saturday. The goal is to get kids interested in reading during the summer months. Some of top children's authors brought their stories to life in World's Fair Park to the open ears and imaginations. There's also a statewide initiative called "Read-20" which encourages kids to ...
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Denmark eclipses UK at Eurovision
The UK was holding out for a hero - but in the event Bonnie Tyler was totally eclipsed by bookies' favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song ...
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Gunmen kill senior woman member of Pakistani party led by Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a senior female politician from a reformist party in Pakistan on Saturday night, the latest violent incident in a bloody election campaign and one that set off a war of words between two major opposition ...
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No Triple Crown Oxbow Upsets Orb at Preakness
Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. The loss ended any chance of a Triple try at the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, extending ...
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Ahmadinejad Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq
Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security and progress in Iraq, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi deputy chairman of Iraqi Kurdistan administration Nechirvan Barzani. IRNA reported saying "Given historical and cultural affinities ...
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UQ researchers produce worldsfirst transgenic sweet sorghu...
Dr Anshu Raghuwanshi, a Research Fellow in UQ's School of Biological Sciences, said sorghum had advantages as a biofuel crop, but until now, tissue culture steps in the gene transfer process had proven difficult, despite international efforts in recent years. Dr Raghuwanshi leads a research team that developed the gene transfer system for sweet sorghum, within an industry-collaborative ...
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Denmarks Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ....
Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ...
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Briton picked for five-month mission on International Space Station in 2015
European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then.It was feared the former army helicopter pilot might be given a short-duration mission because the UK only makes modest contributions to Esa's manned space programme. Major contributors such as France, Germany and Italy were expected to have priority.However, ...
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Angela Merkel discusses Europes economy with the Pope
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and Pope Francis exchanges gifts after their meeting in his private library at the Vatican on May 18, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung-Pool/Getty ...
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Host Sweden surprising Switzerland advance to world hockey championship final
Sweden's Niklas Persson gets instructions from head coach Pär Mårts during the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championships semifinal between Finland and Sweden at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo / Claudio Bresciani / SCANPIX) SWEDEN ...
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Syrias Assad Little Chance Peace Talks Would Succeed-Newspaper
LIMA -- Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on ...
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50 hit as car rams through parade
Witnesses say an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in the small Virginia mountain town of Damascus.Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said no fatalities had been reported.The injuries ranged from critical to superficial, he said. Three of the victims were flown by helicopters to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ...
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Regional force boosts troop numbers in Central African Republic
Central African Republic's new leader Michel Djotodia greets his supporters at a rally in favor of the Seleka rebel alliance in downtown Bangui March 30, ...
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Suspect IDed in Fatal Home Invasion
A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning. Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally ...
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SKorea NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles
South Koreans watch TV news showing a footage of North Korean missiles on a military parade, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official ...
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Traumatic day for tornado victims
>Are you in the affected area? Send us your images and videos, but please stay safe. Granbury, Texas (CNN) -- Scores of people stood outside a north Texas church Saturday morning, waiting to be escorted to their neighborhood for the first time since tornadoes devastated it three days earlier. They weren't going to like what they were about to see, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told ...
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Train derailment absolutely staggering
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said Saturday. Officials from the federal National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the site ...
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Rugby Sevens NZ women win world champs
The New Zealand women's sevens team are the inaugural IRB world series champions. A 14-5 victory in the quarter-finals over Spain in the Amsterdam tournament ensured they couldn't be caught in the overall standings. They then added the icing on the cake with a 24-10 win over Russia in the semi's and a 33-24 victory over Canada to claim the tournament.- Newstalk ...
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Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela -; Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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