Thursday 30 June 2011

Killer returned from Mexico begins Conn. sentence (AP)

AP - A man captured in Mexico after 22 years on the run from a Connecticut murder conviction was sent to a high-security prison Thursday, hours after he was flown back to the United States from Mexico City.


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Morocco urges voters to back curbs on king's powers (AFP)

A man shouts for a AFP - Moroccan authorities urged voters Thursday to back reforms curbing the vast powers of King Mohammed VI, on the eve of a referendum on a new constitution in the wake of uprisings in the Arab world.



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Taiwan protests to Japan after activist boat 'barred' (AFP)

A Taiwanese fishing boat carrying Taiwanese activists near the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan or Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. The group of uninhabited islands have been at the centre of a string of diplomatic spats between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei in recent years.(AFP/Jiji Press/Ho/Japan Coast Guard)AFP - Taiwan protested to Japan on Thursday after it allegedly blocked a local fishing boat carrying anti-Japan protesters from sailing to a disputed island chain in the East China Sea.



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Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti (AP)

Health workers arrive at a tent city on the outskirts of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to recover the body of a cholera victim in 2010. UN peacekeepers from Nepal brought the strain of cholera to Haiti responsible for an epidemic that has killed 5,500 people, according to a study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(AFP/File/Hector Retamal)AP - Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.



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Italian cabinet adopts austerity plan: Berlusconi (AFP)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) looks towards Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti before a votes for the decrees of economic development in Italy's chamber of deputies on June 21. Berlusconi announced Thursday the adoption of an austerity plan aimed at reducing the public deficit to 0.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2014.(AFP/File/Andreas Solaro)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced Thursday the adoption of an austerity plan aimed at reducing the public deficit to 0.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2014.



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UK: Iran conducting secret ballistic missile tests (AP)

In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Mehr News Agency, Iranian revolutionary Guards personnel, foreground, watch the launch of a Zelzal missile during military maneuvers outside the city of Qom, Iran, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander claimed on Tuesday that his country has the ability to produce even longer range missiles than those currently in its arsenal. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Raouf Mohseni)AP - Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in addition to a 10-day program of public military maneuvers, Britain alleged on Wednesday.



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Greek lawmakers back reforms, clear way for more aid (Reuters)

Protesters attack a policeman during violent protests around Syntagma square in Athens June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - The Greek parliament approved detailed austerity and privatisation bills on Thursday in a crucial vote to secure emergency funds and avert imminent bankruptcy, but longer-term dangers still lurk.



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Wednesday 29 June 2011

Convicted killer on run since '89 returns to Conn. (AP)

AP - A convicted killer who fled Connecticut two decades ago and set up a new life in Mexico with a wife, two children and computer business is returning to his home state Wednesday to finally face his 60-year prison sentence.


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Reports of North Korea food shortages overblown, say US, South Korea (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - The US and South Korea are at odds with the United Nations World Food Program over how seriously North Korea is suffering from lack of food and are in no hurry to resume feeding the North̢۪s hungry people.


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African mediators fin

Cars transporting various heads of state leave Malabo international airport on the eve of African Union's 17th summit in Sipopo City, a city built especially for the occasion near Malabo. African leaders mediating the Libyan conflict adopted proposals for a political solution to the crisis that are based on a roadmap drawn up in March and to be presented to Thursday's summit, they said.(AFP)AFP - African leaders mediating the Libyan conflict adopted proposals for a political solution to the crisis that are based on a roadmap drawn up in March and to be presented to Thursday's summit, they said.



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Vietnam jails 3 for trafficking women to China (AP)

AP - Three women in southern Vietnam have been sentenced to prison for trafficking women to China.


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Vietnam jails 3 for trafficking women to China (AP)

AP - Three women in southern Vietnam have been sentenced to prison for trafficking women to China.


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Israeli rabbi's arrest provokes new friction (AP)

AP - The arrest of a prominent Israeli settler rabbi who endorsed a book sanctioning the killing of non-Jews under some conditions is sharpening the battle lines between some Jewish religious sages and the Israeli government.


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Obama: A lot of the 'fuss' over Libya is politics (AP)

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama says a lot of the `fuss' made by members of Congress over U.S. military involvement in Libya is political.



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Venezuela condemns US human trafficking report (AP)

AP - Venezuela has condemned a U.S. State Department report that lists the country among those failing to combat human trafficking.


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Tuesday 28 June 2011

SEC secures $230M in Conn. fraud investigation (AP)

AP - Federal financial regulators have secured $230 million from an offshore bank account linked to a Connecticut-based financier who's accused of running a massive investment fraud, authorities said Tuesday.


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Argentine president cancels trip on health grounds (Reuters)

Reuters - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez canceled a trip to Paraguay on Tuesday on doctors' advice she should not fly following a minor fall last week in which she hit her head.


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Lactalis takes Parmalat to create world's top dairy (AFP)

Parmalat products at a supermarket in Rome. France's Lactalis took control of Italy's Parmalat at a shareholder meeting in a move to create the world's biggest dairy company following a months-long corporate battle.(AFP/Andreas Solaro)AFP - French cheese maker Lactalis took control of Italy's Parmalat at a shareholder meeting on Tuesday in a move aimed at creating the world's biggest dairy company after a corporate battle.



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U.N. says peacekeeping chief Le Roy to leave post (Reuters)

United Nations Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy of France, briefs reporters on the current situation after the earthquake in Haiti at U.N. headquarters in New York, January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - The head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, Alain Le Roy of France, will step down from his post after his term expires in August, the United Nations said on Monday.



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Nissan leads recovery in Japan auto production (AP)

FILE - In this May 18, 2011 photo, brand new cars and others, destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are piled up at a motor pool of Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japanese automakers' global vehicle production was weaker overall in May, 2011, due to the lingering impact of the March 11 earthquake but there was signs of recovery. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)AP - Japanese automakers' global vehicle production was weaker overall in May due to the lingering impact from the March 11 earthquake, but Nissan showed resilience with an increase in output.



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Monday 27 June 2011

Afghan MPs appeal to UN over poll row (AFP)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony for newly-elected Members of Parliament in Kabul in January 2011. Afghan lawmakers Sunday urged the United Nations to support their resistance to moves by a special election tribunal to throw over 60 of them out of parliament over alleged vote fraud.(AFP/POOL/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan lawmakers Sunday urged the United Nations to support their resistance to moves by a special election tribunal to throw over 60 of them out of parliament over alleged vote fraud.



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Khamenei urges media to tone down arrest reports (AFP)

Iranian media should refrain from naming those arrested by the judiciary, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seen here on June 4, has said. His comments come amid the recent arrests of members of President Mahmoud Ahmdinejad's entourage.(AFP/File/-)AFP - Iranian media should refrain from naming those arrested by the judiciary, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday, amid recent arrests of members of President Mahmoud Ahmdinejad's entourage.



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India growth to overtake China

Labourers fasten iron rods together at the construction site of a commercial complex in the western Ahmedabad June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's growth rate is poised to overtake China's within two to three years, despite a near-term slowdown, India's chief economic adviser said on Monday.



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Aussie mining magnate's rare Ferrari burnt out (AFP)

A Ferrari California is seen on display at an auto show in Geneva. Thieves have stolen a one of the rare vehicles from the home of one of Australia's richest men, mining magnate Nathan Tinkler, reports have said.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - Thieves stole a rare Aus$500,000 Ferrari California from the home of one of Australia's richest men, mining magnate Nathan Tinkler, with police Monday finding it burnt out in bushland.



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Philip Morris fights Australian packaging rules (AP)

FILE - This artist's impression provided by the the Minister from the Department of Health and Ageing shows a proposed cigarette packaging stripped of all logos and replaced with graphic images that tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to use. Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action Monday, June 27, 2011, against the Australian government over the country's plans to strip all logos from cigarette packages. (AP Photo/Minister for Health and Ageing, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action on Monday against the Australian government over the country's plans to strip company logos from cigarette packages and replace them with grisly images of cancerous mouths, sickly children and bulging, blinded eyes.



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Australian teen knocked out by whale (AFP)

An Australian teenager was recovering Monday after being swiped by the tail of a whale that surfaced near his boat during a fishing trip off the coast which knocked him out.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - A teenager was recovering Monday after being swiped by the tail of a whale that surfaced near his boat during a fishing trip off the Australian coast and knocked him out.



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