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Factbox: Ships held by Somali pirates

The 35,244-dwt Maltese-flagged ship was hijacked on March 23 off the Indian coast with a crew of 21 — 19 Turks and two Ukrainians, all of whom are …
Reuters

British Petroleum’s waning Britishness causes few ripples in United Kingdom

BP PLC’s appointment of Managing Director Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO has drawn a muted reaction in Britain, however. …
Interns

United States keeps pressure on Iraq to form new government

Despite the deadlock in Baghdad, the U.S. military has kept its withdrawal timetable on track. It is due to reduce the size of its forces in Iraq to …
Reuters

China to finance $2.6 billion Bahamian resort

Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said in a statement on Tuesday that Beijing had given approval for the agencies to enter into a joint venture …
Reuters

United Nations assembly asserts water rights

Some 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water, more than 2.6 million have no basic sanitation and around 1.5 million children under age 5 …
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Judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law

The law had been due to go into effect on Thursday and, while drawing wide popular support, was opposed by President Barack Obama as well as …
Reuters

Bosnia lawmakers drop veil ban bill from discussion

The Muslim and Croat deputies were unlikely to support the bill proposed by the Bosnian Serb largest party after their delegates in a parliamentary …
Reuters

Ohio marriage scam paired immigrants, poor brides

The brides typically were young, poor women desperate for cash. Dmitry Pani, who is fromEstonia, and fellow ringleader Hasan Salohutdinov, who is …
Interns

UPDATE: Pakistan plane crashes, all 152 on board dead

The Airblue jet’s crash Wednesday was the deadliest ever in Pakistan, and just the latest tragedy to jolt a country that has suffered numerous …
Reuters

Hungary’s Prime Minister sees rating downgrades after IMF standoff

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who confounded financial investors less than two weeks ago by halting talks with Hungary’s international lenders, made it …
Reuters

Serbia starts drive to contest Kosovo independence

The move follows a World Court ruling last week that Kosovo’s 2008 secession from Serbia did not violate international law. In a draft resolution the …
Reuters

German banker probed for “stupid” immigrant slur

Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin, 65, nicknamed "Rambo" by the German press, was reported as saying in June that Germany was "becoming on …
Reuters

Europe stocks halt brisk one-week rally

The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares unofficially closed 0.3 percent lower at 1,050.67 points, after rising by as much as 0.7 percent in …
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Procter & Gamble is latest global Olympic sponsor

P&G becomes the 11th worldwide sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, matching the number from the 2008 Beijing Games and giving the IOC another …
Interns

Guinea election leader secures backing for run-off

Toure became a possible king-maker after he secured 13.62 percent of the vote in the first round in June behind Diallo, who won 43.69 percent, and …
Reuters

Georgian leader calls for military reforms

He ordered the Georgian Defense Ministry to prepare for the "total defense" of the country at a meeting with senior officials from the Defense …
Interfax-Ukraine

Researchers use Twitter tweets to measure moods

Using millions of Twitter messages, or tweets, from the popular social networking site, researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have …
Reuters

Poll shows Merkel’s conservatives plumbing new low

A survey by pollster Forsa for magazine Stern and RTL television showed that 29 percent of voters would support her conservatives if a national …
Reuters
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