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Palestinian refugee camps in Syria now theatres of war - UN agency chief
17 June 2013 150 Warning that the centrifugal force of the Syria crisis continues to imperil the region, a senior United Nations agency official today said that more than half of the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria have become "theatres of war," where killings and kidnappings have become the norm. According to the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ...
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UN chief renews call for entry into force of treaty banning nuclear tests
17 June 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his call for the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear tests across the world. "Now it is time for the international community to exercise political will and act," Mr. Ban said in his message to the CTBT: Science and Technology 2013 Conference in Vienna, ...
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UN General Assembly set to explore impacts of ocean acidification
17 June 2013 150 The United Nations General Assembly will begin today its consideration of the impacts that the increasing acidification of the world's oceans will have on the marine environment and on people. This year's informal Consultative Process on oceans, which opens today and runs through 20 June, will provide a forum for countries to discuss the challenges posed by rising ocean ...
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Irans Rowhani Promises New Era
Iran's newly elected president is giving a glimpse into what he says may lie ahead for relations between Tehran and the rest of the world. Cleric Hassan Rowhani spoke at a news conference Monday, during which he promised to follow a path of moderation. President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world ...
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Assad Warns Europe Will Pay the Price for Arming Rebels
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warning Europe it will "pay the price" if it arms the rebels fighting to drive him from power. Assad told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that giving the rebels weapons would "export" terrorists to Europe. He said fighters in Syria would gain combat experience and return to Europe with extremist ideologies. The Syrian president ...
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Syria Conflict Exposes Old Rivalries at G8 Summit
LONDON World leaders gathering at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland have been discussing how to end the Syrian conflict - and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been defending his support for Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, despite criticism from the his G8 counterparts. Intense gun battles rage in the heart of Damascus and Aleppo on the same day that G8 leaders gather in Northern ...
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US-EU Set to Pursue Trade Deal Possibly World’s Biggest
LONDON -- At the G8 Summit in Britain, President Barack Obama and European leaders announced the start of an effort to reach what is being called the biggest trade deal in history. Officials are focusing on regional trade agreements because the long effort to reach a new global trade deal is stalled. British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European ...
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Camarillo crew works to restore World War II-era plane
(KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR) A completely clean, overhauled engine on a PBJ-1 stands out from the wing as mechanic John Syrdahl approaches during restoration of the airplane, believed to be the only one in existence. Housed at the Commemorative Air Force Southern Wing in Camarillo, the restoration team aims to bring the PBJ-1 back to its original state as it was when in service to the Marine ...
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s Son Maddox Has a Surprise Cameo in World War Z
World War Z makes its way into U.S. theaters this Friday, the producer and star will not be the only person from his household to appear on the big screen. At the film's premiere in New York City on Monday, ...
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Secretary-General Appoints Major General Michael Finn of Ireland to Head United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Michael Finn of Ireland as the Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ...
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Fifa World Cup Australia Iran and South Korea qualify
"It's amazing for the country," captain Lucas Neill said in a pitchside interview. "Three World Cups [in a row] now. I'm sorry, guys, it wasn't pretty but we beat what was in front of ...
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Serbia Defeats Hungary in Finals of World League Water Polo
CHELYABINSK, Russia, June 17. FOR the seventh time, Serbia won the World League Super Final and a check for $100,000. The team, which twice won as Serbia-Montenegro, defeated Hungary in the final match for the honor. Montenegro--the other half of the former joint country--defeated the American squad for third place. Below are results of the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds of action ...
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Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque kill 34
Umm Satta grieves for her slain college student son, Sattar Jabbar, near Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near the Shiite mosque, Iraqi officials said. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the university's Shiite ...
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The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East
The Priority of Principle Any movement or political organization is defined by its principles. It's very essence and identity is constituted by its distinct platform. Policies, and strategies employed by the movements are based primarily on these principles, and its socio-political outlook and philosophy. However, a movement ceases to exist as a distinct group of people with shared ...
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Palestinians ‘aiding US peace drive’
JERUSALEM - The Palestinian administration in the West Bank has tried to help the latest US peacemaking drive by quietly cutting off funds for grassroots campaigners against Israel's occupation of the territory, a senior Israeli general said on ...
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Don’t prolong Iran talks Netanyahu
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers on Tuesday against holding ';drawn out'; negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme following the election of a more moderate president in ...
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Pope John II on brink of sainthood
In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore ...
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The FIFA World Cup A model for sustainability
As the world's biggest single sporting event, the FIFA World Cup(TM) has a wide-reaching responsibility that extends far beyond the tournament itself. It is for that reason ...
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Would you pay $50 for World War Z
(But first, a brief digression: Last night, I attended a screaming, er, screening of ';Monsters University.'; It was, as you might imagine for a Pixar movie, packed with kids, and the kiddie radio station sponsoring the screening had some, um, entertaining ideas. ';At the count of three, we’re going to SCREAM AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS!'; an excitable host told the kids, ...
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The world has seen the new Northern Ireland says David Cameron at the end of a successful G8
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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Jordan advance to World Cup play-offs after beating Oman 1-0
Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim scored the winning goal with a superb diving header into the bottom corner (57).Jordan will face Uzbekistan in the fifth-place home-and-away play-off on 6 and 10 September.Jordan or Uzbekistan will then play the fifth-placed side in South America in an intercontinental home-and-away play-off on 15 and 19 ...
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Brazil kicks off World Cup excess draws hundreds of thousands to street protests
When the Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced in 2007 that next year's World Cup would be staged in Brazil, he predicted it would have "a big social and cultural impact". It has, but not in the way he expected. Instead of uniting Brazil in celebration, football's biggest prize, which is returning after 54 years to the country that has won it more times than any other, is ...
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Syria crisis World leaders appeal to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power
World leaders appealed to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power at the close of their two-day summit in Northern ...
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Gallery Varsity Acres students use exceptional images to share how they see the world
Students from Varsity Acres school took part in a photographic art project entitled "How I See the World" creating thousands of beautiful photographs including portraits, and still life ...
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Tim Hortons being circled by Wall Street hedge funds
At least two groups of American hedge funds have bought large chunks of Tim Hortons shares recently, a sign the activist investors want to push the company to make major changes to its business, or possibly give up some control over the company. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, New York-based Scout Capital Management LLC revealed it recently bought 6.1 million shares in Tim Hortons, bringing its ...
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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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