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China builds world’s fastest supercomputer beating out U.S. machine
A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse.The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers released Monday says the Tianhe-2 developed by the National University of Defence Technology in ...
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Singapore fumes after pollution hits 16-year high
SINGAPORE -; Singaporeans are rolling back military training, keeping cough-stricken children indoors and considering wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 ...
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IBAR CUP U-14 international football tournament starts in Baku
IBAR CUP Under-14 international football tournament has kicked off at Shafa stadium in Baku. The tournament brings together Inter Baku, Ukrainian Karpaty, Turkish Besiktas, Swedish Yurgorden, Spanish Villareal, Georgian Dynamo, Serbian Partizan, and German ...
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‘World War Z’ draws massive crowd in NYC
Actor Brad Pitt attends the premiere of ';World War Z'; in Times Square on Monday, June 17, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) NEW YORK -- Thousands of fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at his premiere for ';World War Z.'; The 49-year old actor took his time on the appropriately-designed ...
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Beijing on alert for Middle East virus
Beijing can't rule out the possibility of new SARS-like coronavirus MERS-CoV infections, said the city's health authorities on Monday. The virus originated in the Middle ...
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$39mn remitted into Oman in 2012 World Bank report
Jordan remains the main source of remittance inflows to Oman A World Bank report has shown that the sultanate received US$39mn in remittances from Omani expatriates in 2012, ranking it 145th out of the 165 countries for which there is remittance inflow data.There has, however, been no increase in the remittance inflow over the past five ...
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Jamie Dwyer bags five goals in 299th Kookaburras game at Hockey World League
Netherlands Kookaburras star Jamie Dwyer warmed up for his 300th appearance with a five-goal haul in his side's 7-1 win over France at the Hockey World League in Rotterdam.The win moves Australia into a quarter-final against India on Thursday morning (AEST) which will be Dwyer's 300th game and the 100th between the two countries.Victory will guarantee Australia the opportunity to ...
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World Cup Protests Violent Clashes In Brazil
More than 100,000 people have marched through cities across Brazil to protest over rising public transport prices and the cost of staging the 2014 football World Cup. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Sao Paolo, while youths clashed with police in central Rio. Police used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse small groups of masked youths who started a fire ...
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Indias international visitor arrivals up 4.5 percent
NEW DELHI, India - Foreign tourist arrivals to India grew by about 4.5% from 6.30 million in 2011 to 6.57 million in 2012. While this is a sharp drop from the about 9% growth that was seen in 2011 as compared to 2010, it is still twice the world average according to latest data from the Bureau of Immigration. Incidentally, the US continued as the top source country, reaching 1 million tourists ...
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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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International Childrens Day Welcome to our wonderful world
On International Children's Day, we spell out a clear message: welcome to our wonderful world, the world created by us, adults, a world in which despite the teachings of the holy books, we continue to use religion as a banner for armies to gather, in which despite scientific discoveries, we continue to destroy our ...
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Rosetta Thurman Rocks Santa Barbara Nonprofit World
Leading From Within (LFW) is sponsoring Rosetta Thurman, a nationally-recognized author, speaker and coach, to deliver a dynamic workshop on "6 Ways to Rock Your Nonprofit ...
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World Heritage Site ancient city Hierapolis in Turkey
Tourists enjoy themselves in an ancient pool of Hierapolis in Turkey on June 16, 2013. Hierapolis was an ancient city located on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century B.C., with many patrons retiring or dying there. The Hellenistic city was built on a grid with streets running parallel or perpendicular to the main ...
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This Worries Us Most About China Says World Bank
Financial instability in China, stemming from its vast shadow banking sector, is a lurking threat for the world's second largest economy, according to Hans Timmer, director of the Development Prospects Group at the World Bank."[China has] a shadow banking sector where nobody knows who is on the hook for all kinds of loans; [it] has 160 percent of GDP [gross domestic product] of private ...
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Oregon St. advances in College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. – It’s one down and three to go for Oregon State. The No. 3 national seed Beavers stayed alive at the College World Series on Monday, beating Louisville 11-4 after a seven-run fourth inning broke open the loser-out game. Oregon State won NCAA championships the last two times it played in Omaha, in 2006 and ’07, and coach Pat Casey’s first title team did it ...
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Korean entertainment market ranks 7th in world
The global market share of the Korean entertainment and media industry ranked seventh in the world last year, according to consulting firm PwC on Monday. Although Korea's share stood at 2.8 per cent of the world's E&M industry with revenue of $45.1 billion, it is growing faster than those of the US and Japan. Compared to the previous year, the Korean share increased 7.4 per cent, ...
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Socceroos v Iraq Tim Cahill confident of World Cup 2014 qualification as pressure mounts on Australia
Sydney 2000 The pressure of qualifying for Brazil is not suffocating Tim Cahill or the Socceroos as they aim to turn Sydney into their World Cup dream factory for the second time in eight years.After nearly three weeks in camp, Australia say they are ready to rise to the challenge of beating Iraq at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Tuesday night and secure a World Cup finals berth.Superstar ...
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U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels says Israeli president
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the ...
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Obama sees Irans election of moderate as hopeful sign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ...
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100000 line streets of Brazil to protest taxes corruption
Protestors are reflected on the glass of a building, left, as they march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, set off by a 10-cent hike in public transport fares, have clearly moved beyond that issue to tap into widespread frustration in Brazil about a heavy tax burden, politicians widely viewed as corrupt and woeful ...
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Obama Spying Programs Transparent
(Evan Vucci/AP Photo) President Obama said that two National Security Agency programs recently revealed through leaked secret documents were ';transparent'; and, in an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose on Sunday, he dismissed concerns that the programs were vulnerable to abuse by government officials. ';It is transparent,'; Obama said in the interview, broadcast ...
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Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower
TOKYO (AP) -- Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading ...
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Sports Briefing | Basketball Russian Women Out of World Championship
Russia did not advance past the opening round of the EuroBasket ...
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RNW wins top honours at the New York International Radio and TV Festival
Radio Netherlands Worldwide won four major prizes at the 2013 New York International Radio and TV Festival, it was announced yesterday (Monday June 17). It won a gold medal and a Grand Prize Award for an interview entitled ...
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International - G8 nations have patchy record on free expression
While the G8 nations generally perform well in indicators of media freedom, digital freedom and civil liberties more widely, there are some key weaknesses including constraints on the media, and digital surveillance. Russia is an outlier with a deteriorating record on free expression with the Russian government having increasingly pursued a course of restrictions on speech and free ...
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Australia the energy superpower?
A new boom in the extraction of Australia's natural gas reserves will have immense economic benefits for the country and especially the state of Western Australia, but conservationists warn of an environmental impact.
Australia is a country rich in natural resources, because of this its economy is an export driven one, and coal, iron ore, wool, meat, gold, and wheat are some of its main exports. It was in the 1920’s that Australia’s economic potential was underpinned by the gold rush that saw its population triple in size in just ten years. Read more
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