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Four Turkish soldiers, 12 rebels killed in clashes

The clashes broke out near the town of Pervari in Siirt province, security sources said on condition of anonymity. Violence has risen in recent …
Reuters

Q+A: Without search service, what would Google do in China?

In a bid to appease Beijing and keep its China license, Google said this week it will stop automatically redirecting China users to its uncensored …
Reuters

Party of Communists to quit Moldova parliament for good

The communist faction demonstratively left before Wednesday’s session in protest against the issue of acting President Mihai Ghimpu’s dismissal not …
Interfax-Ukraine

Oil spill’s toll on birds set to drastically soar

That is expected to change drastically for the worse. Scientists warn that as shifting weather and sea conditions conspire with the dynamics of avian …
Reuters

Hurricane Alex downgraded to Category 1 storm

The hurricane center reported early Thursday that the storm had sustained winds of 85 mph (137 kph). It says Alex is expected to weaken as it moves …
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Swiss team postpones solar plane night flight

Bertrand Piccard, co-founder of the Solar Impulse team, says he cannot say when the next attempt will be made. But he says the test flight has to …
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Electronics workers on strike in northern China

It was the latest in a spate of work stoppages in China, where laborers who have traditionally accepted low-paying assembly line jobs have recently …
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Q+A: What does China’s labour unrest mean for foreign companies?

Here are some questions and answers about what this could mean for foreign companies operating in or sourcing from China. HOW SERIOUS ARE THE …
Reuters

Google says China partially blocks search service

Mainland users were unable to use the search giant’s "suggest" feature, which offers suggestions for possible results as they start to type a word, …
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Factbox: Five facts on new German president Wulff

Here are five facts about Wulff: * Wulff, 51, is a heavyweight in Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and was once mentioned as a possible future …
Reuters

Hurricane Alex hits Mexico, avoids oil rigs

The Category 2 hurricane hampered efforts to control the massive BP Plc oil spill off the Louisiana coast, and its winds of 105 mph (165 kph) uprooted …
Reuters

Oldest U.S. postal worker retires at 95

Chester Reed, a mail handler and forklift operator, is turning in his badge and keys Wednesday at a U.S. Postal Service center in California. Reed …
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Facebook launches ‘permissions’ for apps, websites

Applications already had to ask users for permission to access anything in their profiles that wasn’t public. But these services didn’t have to …
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Rights group warns on travel to U.S. state

American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Arizona, New Mexico and 26 other states put out the alerts Wednesday, in advance of the heavily …
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U.S. officials seize movie piracy websites

Officials also seized assets from 15 bank, investment and advertising accounts, and executed residential search warrants in North Carolina, New …
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Math, reading gap among Native American students

The National Indian Education Study released Wednesday found lags in achievement and persistent gaps among Native American students and their peers. …
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Icelandic leader in milestone gay marriage

But fellow Nordic nations hardly noticed when 67-year-old Johanna Sigurdardottir tied the knot with her longtime partner — a milestone that would …
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Butler’s tapes play role in French heiress trial

But someone slipped a recorder into the room, taping everything. The butler says he did it. His secret recordings, recently leaked to the media, have …
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