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Farnborough Airshow orders top $25 billion

EADS-owned Airbus took the limelight early Wednesday, booking orders from Germania, an airline based in Berlin, and Indonesian national carrier …
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Morgan Stanley profit jumps, tops forecasts

Morgan Stanley joined other banks in reporting that its trading revenue fell from the first quarter, the result of the stock market’s spring plunge. …
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President of Israel to visit Ukraine by the year-end

The meeting took place during Hryschenko’s visit to Israel, press-service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reported. Special attention during the …
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Cyprus president: Peace talks need fresh push

Dimitris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, said on Wednesday that this shift "completely contradicts" a wish voiced by both Turkey and Turkish Cypriot …
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The New York Times: Adventures in very recent evolution

The variant gene rapidly degrades alcohol to a chemical that is not intoxicating but makes people flush, leaving many people of Asian descent a …
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The Wall Street Journal: Czech lawmakers strike a pose

The Public Affairs party is selling a 2011 calendar featuring photos of some of its leading female members, including four newly sworn-in …
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China flooding kills 701, worst toll in a decade

This year’s floods, which have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage already, have exacted the highest death toll since 1998, when the …
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Clintons in tears over Chelsea? You can bet on it

The only child of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will marry longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky this month in a …
Reuters

Teen intern at Foxconn affiliate dead after fall

The death adds to a string of worker suicides at factories in south China run by or linked to Foxconn, a supplier to Apple Inc. Chinese state media …
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NATO says 4 dead at training range in Afghanistan

An Afghan soldier who trained others at the base outside Mazar-e-Sharif started shooting during a weapons exercise Tuesday, the international …
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Foreign Policy: Top 10 worst Iraq war memoirs

1. Tommy R. Franks: American Soldier 2. L. Paul Bremer III: My Year in Iraq 3. Ricardo Sanchez: Wiser in Battle 4. Janis Karpinksi: One Woman’s …
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Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil’s beaches

About 500 of the black-and-white birds have been found just in the last 10 days on Peruibe, Praia Grande and Itanhaem beaches in Sao Paulo state, …
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Confessional can’t become sauna, church rules

Bidding on a confessional described on eBay as ideal for conversion into a one-person sauna, a small bar or a children’s playhouse was ended when …
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Alarm grows over drought-stricken Niger

With 7.1 million people or 47.7 percent of its population facing food shortages, Niger lies at the centre of a food and malnutrition crisis that is …
Reuters

Former Castro friend faces corruption charges

According to a decree published on Tuesday in the island’s Official Gazette, Marambio must appear on July 29 or face action that lawyers say could …
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Young Dutch sailor may be moored for another year

Dekker, 14, had intended to start a two-year solo voyage round the world in September 2009 financed by sponsors, but a court blocked her departure …
Reuters

Britain invites Obama to visit Queen on state visit

Cameron passed on the request from the Queen during a meeting with Obama in the White House — his first trip to Washington as prime …
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Bond hearing set for ex-media mogul Conrad Black

Monday’s ruling by an appeals court panel ordered the lower court judge, Amy St. Eve, to release Black from a Florida prison pending his appeal of …
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