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Car rams into Virginia hikers
A parade in the US state of Virginia has been ended by an horrendous car crash. Over 50 people were injured in an incident where a car ploughed into the crowd whose members had been hiking through the area. More than a dozen people were seriously injured in the crash, which took place during the Trail Days festival in the town of Damascus in northern Virginia. Ambulances ferried the ...
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Israel worried that Russian weapons will reach Hezbollah
Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...
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Syrians on alert as bombs explode in Damascus
At least eight people have been killed and ten others injured in a bomb attack in the Syrian capital, Damascus. The incident took place in the north of the city, where cars and buildings were set alight by a bomb. The bomb had been concealed in another car which was parked near a school in the Rukn Eddin neighbourhood. Another explosive device was defused by military experts who had ...
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Spies hang after Tehran court ruling
Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...
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Oil spill causes Texas to launch law suit
BP and Halliburton are being sued by the state of Texas over one of the worst oil spills in US history. Texas has become the latest complainant in allegations that both companies engaged in "misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill. Alabama and Louisiana filed complaints in 2010 ...
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France still unsure about gay marriage
France has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the 14th country to do so. President Francois Hollande signed the bill into law following months of bitter political debate, including a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. On Friday the Constitutional Council threw out the challenge, allowing the president to sign the documents. The legislation also legalises gay ...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in IndiaUpdate
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here today on a three-day state visit. The visit is expected to expand cooperation between the two countries substantially. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said New Delhi is highly hopeful that the visit will enhance mutual trust and understanding between the people and leadership on sensitivities of two countries. Briefing media here ...
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Damascus Gate clashes inflame tensions in east Jlem
Palestinians expressed their anger outside Damascus Gate on Sunday afternoon, claiming it was "impossible" for any man under the age of 50 to go through it to enter the mosque.Violent clashes broke out Saturday afternoon in east Jerusalem between over 100 Palestinians and police following what authorities described as an "illegal march" from Damascus Gate to al-Aksa ...
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Egypts Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears
CAIRO: Egypt's President MohamedMorsion Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video.The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure onMorsito secure the hostages' release."There are no ...
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Obama touts second term agenda in graduation speech
US President BarackObama, in a rousing speech to graduating college students on Sunday, touted his second term agenda, steering clear of scandals that have engulfed the White House in recent ...
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Match made in cyberspace Yahoo poised to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn
Not quite a year after arriving at Yahoo! from Google, chief executive Marissa Mayer has apparently persuaded her board to approve the purchase of Tumblr - the go-to website for legions of young bloggers and internet sharers - for $1.1bn in cash, despite it making just $13m in sales last ...
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Man dead two critical in family plane crash
A MAN has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway in ...
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Morsi rules out talks over Sinai hostages
Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi has ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video. The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure on Morsi to secure the hostages' release. "There are no ...
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Poverty in Israel – and the PM’s expenses
Think About It: OECD figures published last week indicate that among the 34 members of the organization, the rate of poverty in Israel is the ...
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Meuhedet’s 4000 staffers to go on warning strike
Some 4,000 staff members of the third-largest health fund - Meuhedet - will hold a one-day warning strike on Monday.The dispute involves what the workers claim is foot-dragging in negotiations over the last 18 months on reaching a new collective ...
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Peres Teach the very young respect for the elderly
The Jerusalem Post to ask President Shimon Peres - a very active almost 90, about how to solve the problem.Peres said that it was a matter of education from the earliest possible age. Children have to be educated to respect human dignity, he ...
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The Region Where does Israel’s greatest threat lie
There is a passionate, but somewhat academic debate over the following issue: Which is the greater threat, the Sunni Islamists (Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza Strip and perhaps soon to be Syria) or the Shia Islamists (Iran, Lebanon, Syria at the moment)? My answer would be the Iran-led Shia bloc. But with two reservations: the margin isn't that big, and it also depends on the specific place and ...
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Gay rights are human rights
The invitation was so unexpected, and email scams are becoming so sophisticated, that I was sure this was one of the latter: "The Ambassador of the United States of Americaa reception in honor of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community in Israel."Well really! How stupid did the sender think I was? Except that it wasn't a scam, and the US ambassador to ...
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Yahoo to buy popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion Report
If the acquisition takes place, it would be the biggest for Yahoo under Mayer and come in the wake of other pricey deals for startups, such as Facebook's acquisition of the photo app Instagram for stock worth $1 billion at the ...
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Lets go Bulworth... If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president which films should he copy
Thankfully only the later part of that plot seems to have inspired Obama. The New York Times' Peter Baker reported last week that Obama had spoken "longingly of 'going Bulworth'" and telling it like it is.As Baker's story and other Obama moments have proven, it's not the only Hollywood plot available to those in the West ...
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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen injures back falling into pool
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has broken a bone in her lower spine by falling into an empty swimming pool at her mansion near ...
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Hezbollah takes fight to rebels as Syria’s war spills into Lebanon
Hezbollah launched a major offensive in support of the Assad regime today, with fighters from the Lebanese militant group playing their most significant role yet in Syria's two-year-old civil ...
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Keep the change say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins
Desperate to save pennies as the economic crisis continues to bite, the European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to ...
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Analysis West learns to jaw not war on Syria as the countrys civil war destabilises the region
Sunday's reports that the Syrian conflict was spilling over into Lebanon can be taken as further evidence that the sectarian civil war is destabilising the region. There are also signs that the unending strife is pushing the two players who really matter, America and Russia, towards trying for negotiations and a ceasefire based on the Geneva Accord signed last ...
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Imran Khan blames rival for murder of politician
Imran Khan today blamed a political rival based in Britain for the murder of a politician from his own party who was shot dead outside her house in Karachi on Saturday ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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