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Tobacco Corporation makes changes after child-labor report

The world’s largest nongovernment cigarette seller said Wednesday that it took immediate action following the Human Rights Watch report based on …
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Exxon says growing its algae biofuels program

Researchers from Exxon and its partner Synthetic Genomics Incorporated will use the facility to test whether large-scale quantities of affordable …
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Dutch competition watchdog fines publisher

The competition watchdog says it allowed Wegener to buy rival publisher VNU Dagbladen in 2000, if it kept one of VNU’s newspapers, BN/De Stem, …
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Missing Rwandan opposition leader found dead

The body of Andre Kagwa Rwisereka, the first vice president of the unregistered Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, was found on the banks of river …
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German-Israeli ties at historic low

Earlier this month, all parties in the German parliament passed a resolution demanding an international investigation of the Israeli storming of an …
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European Union suggests ban on new deepwater drilling

The U.S. banned offshore drilling in April in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from a well operated by British Petroleum — and is now trying …
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American envoy says Uganda-type attacks hard to prevent

The deadly explosions in Uganda were claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group. If confirmed, it would be the first time the Somali rebels had …
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Seven killed, one injured in building collapse in Cairo

The official says the victims were laborers who used to sleep on the ground floor on the building after work. He also says that local authorities …
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Russian deported in spy probe worked at Microsoft

A spokesman for the technology company in Redmond, Washington, confirmed Wednesday that Alexey Karetnikov worked for the company for nine …
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United States hands over prisons and prisoners to Iraq

The handover was part of a security pact signed in 2008 under which the U.S. military agreed to stop making arrests, hand over its remaining …
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Egypt Brotherhood may run 200 parliament hopefuls

Essam el-Erian would not say how many seats the group expected to win in the race for the 518-seat assembly, but the Brotherhood has previously said …
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Wall Street Journal: Portugal Feels Austerity’s Bite

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Barack Obama’s policies save millions of jobs

A quarterly White House report estimated Obama’s $862 billion economic stimulus package, which he signed last year, has so far lifted employment by …
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The New York Times: Philip Morris Is Said to Benefit From Child Labor

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BBC: Argentina’s Senate set to vote on gay marriage

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Turkey plans professional army to fight Kurdish rebels

The revived 26-year-old insurgency has fuelled debate about such a move to counter attacks by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas, who …
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Euronews: Italian police in anti-Mafia crackdown

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British Petroleum well test delayed 24 hours

Kent Wells, senior vice president of exploration and production, told reporters that scientists delayed the test, originally slated for Tuesday, to …
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