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World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region
The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...
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In Kabul UNESCO chief spotlights Afghanistans educational and cultural gains
20 May 2013 150 Education is not against any religion, the head of the United Nations educational and cultural agency told Afghan authorities and families during a visit to the country to promote learning for women and girls, and to highlight the importance of Afghan cultural heritage as a vital economic asset. "Providing education to girls and women is not against religious beliefs," said ...
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UN praises Bangladeshs preparedness response to tropical storm Mahasen
20 May 2013 150 The United Nations has commended the work carried out by the Bangladeshi Government ahead of tropical storm Mahasen, which hit the country last Thursday, noting it saved thousands of lives. "While tropical storm Mahasen reached the coastline of Bangladesh on Thursday weaker than anticipated, the preparedness work undertaken by the Government and humanitarian partners saved ...
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Indigenous culture youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session
20 May 2013 150 Around 2,300 indigenous participants are expected to discuss culture, education and health during the 12th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which will include a special focus on youth, indigenous groups in Africa and the importance of strengthening ties with international financial institutions. "We must have a better understanding of the ...
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Wave of Attacks Kills At Least 76 in Iraq
A wave of car bombings and suicide attacks against Shi'ite Muslims ripped through Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding scores more, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011. The attacks increased the number of Iraqis killed in sectarian clashes over the past week to more than 200, including 70 who died Friday ...
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The Late Ray Manzarek’s Influence Around the Globe
Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for the Doors and co-founder of the band with Jim Morrison, died Monday at the age of 74. Manzarek’s sound with the Doors was second only to Morrison’s voice. Whether it was in his solos, as in ';Riders on the Storm'; or the lead lines to ';Light My Fire'; or ';Hello I Love You.'; Since the announcement of Ray ...
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How Iraq can pull back from the brink
The Samarra terror attack in February 2006 sparked more than a year of sectarian violence that threatened to rip Iraq apart. Last month violence erupted between troops and demonstrators in the northern town of Hawija. Many now ask if history is about to repeat itself. There is certainly much to worry about. Violence increased after Hawija, with more bombings and firefights between security ...
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Streamlined News Agnels Big Move Brazils World Team
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21. YANNICK Agnel has been looking around for a place to train in the United States, and it appears he has found it. The French sports newspaper L'Equipe reports that the 200 free Olympic champion will work with Bob Bowman this summer in preparation for a reduced schedule at the world championships. Agnel will only swim relays, stating his search for a place to train ...
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Iran candidate list for presidential race
COMBO - This combination of eight pictures shows eight candidates approved Tuesday, May 21, 2013 for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits, clockwise from left: Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Hasan Rowhani, taken between May 9 ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Listen children the world really was created in seven days
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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World’s Richest Hedge Fund Managers Traders
Net worth: $20 billion At 77, Icahn enjoyed another strong run in 2012, beating the U.S. stock market and most hedge fund managers. The investment pool he manages for himself and his employees returned more than 20% in 2012, thanks to bets on Hain Celestial Group and CVR Energy. Icahn, who was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Queens, returned his hedge fund’s outside money in 2011. ...
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Former World Bank chief warns Japanese growth may be sugar high
WASHINGTON--Former World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Monday that Japan's economic drive needed accompanying structural reforms, voicing fear that recent growth could be just a "sugar ...
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Oscar Pistoriuss brother Carl acquitted of culpable homicide and reckless driving over deadly road crash
South Africa The older brother of South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been acquitted of charges of culpable homicide and reckless driving over a deadly road crash five years ago.Carl Pistorius, 28, walked free from Vanderbijlpark Magistrate's Court, south of Johannesburg.The prosecution said it was hard to prove that a woman motorcyclist he had been accused of killing died ...
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Branding NGOs as Agents is Mistake - Council of Europe Chief
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has made a mistake by branding some of its NGOs as "foreign agents," Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said Tuesday following a meeting to discuss the issue with State Duma speaker Sergei ...
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Top figures barred from Irans presidential election
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been barred from running in next month's presidential election by the Guardian Council. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook grilled on Irish tax scandal
Apple CEO Tim Cook will face questions from U.S. lawmakers Tuesday about how his company managed to keep its tax burden so low in Ireland. (Robert ...
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World Brief | Middle East Israel Extends Zone for Fishing Off Gaza
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Tuesday that it would permit Palestinians to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, canceling the limit of three nautical miles that was imposed after Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in ...
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Bike Share in New York Built From Ideas Around World
Clockwise from top left: Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency;and Lourdes Segade for The New York ...
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Apples Cook feels heat over taxes
APPLE chief executive Tim Cook has denied using "gimmicks" to dodge corporate taxes as the tech giant came under attack from US lawmakers for using "sham" subsidiaries and "convoluted" strategies to shift profits ...
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Popes exorcism of disabled man
THE question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands on Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's ...
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Woman reunited with dog live on TV
AN ELDERLY woman whose home was flattened by the Oklahoma tornado was reunited with her dog as she was being interviewed live on ...
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Notre Dame evacuated over suicide
A MAN has shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, apparently in protest against France allowing gay ...
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Driver caught out by hit-and-run tweet
according to the Guardian .Her remark was retweeted hundreds of times, sparking outrage among cyclist, many of who pointed out that there is no such thing as road tax in Britain.It also led to the woman receiving a tweet from Norwich Police, telling her she should report the incident as soon as ...
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Apple denies tax-dodging gimmicks
APPLE has denied using "gimmicks" to dodge taxes and said it welcomes a review of US fiscal laws after a Senate investigation found it used offshore loopholes to save billions in ...
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Should smart kids drop out of school
This spring, his mum, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."On Monday, Thomas and his mom learned that he is in esteemed company as a high-school dropout with a knack for computers: David Karp, 26, sold Tumblr, the online blogging forum he created, to Yahoo for ...
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