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Factbox: Developments in G8, G20 summits in Canada

TOP DEVELOPMENTS * A historic overhaul of U.S. financial regulations put banking rules high on a crowded agenda as world leaders gathered for …
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Cyprus releases Sudan-bound ship as cargo cleared

The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged vessel, the Santiago, had been prevented from leaving Cypriot waters since June 11, when it anchored off the island …
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Germany: Assisted suicide OK if patient consents

The ruling came as the court overturned the conviction of a lawyer who had counseled his client in 2007 to stop tube feeding her mother, who had been …
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Polish coalition partner stays neutral in election

The small Peasants’ Party (PSL) said it had decided against endorsing either Bronislaw Komorowski of the ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO) or …
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United Nations: Granting Palestinian rights will reduce militancy

Salvatore Lombardo, the director of UNRWA in Lebanon, also said the legislation was only about granting Palestinians human rights, not promoting …
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Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery

But Obama was still facing major obstacles in convincing a balky Congress to provide more money to fight high unemployment and many countries were …
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Pakistan watches Google, other sites for blasphemy

The moves follow a temporary ban imposed on Facebook in May that drew both praise and condemnation in a country that has long struggled to figure out …
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Vatican protests to Belgium over police raids

In a statement, the Vatican expressed "shock" at the way the raids were carried out and "indignation" at what it said was the violation of two …
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Several thousand Egyptians protest police abuse

The death of Khaled Said has become a rallying point for pro-reform activists and rights workers who say police abuse is rampant, made possible by a …
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European Court: same-sex marriage is not universal right

The court said the rights of Horst Michael Schalk and Johann Franz Kopf had not been violated by their inability to get married. In Austria, same-sex …
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Frenchman who ate cellmate’s lung gets 30 years jail ROUEN, France (Reuters) – A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was …
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U.S. doctor sentenced to 6 months for faking studies

Scott Reuben, the former chief of the acute pain clinic at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, was also sentenced on Thursday to …
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Yemen police, militants clash during raid in Aden

The Interior Ministry called for a security alert in the southern port city to prevent militants from entering or smuggling in arms to threaten the …
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Philippines has to punish corrupt-campaigner

Incoming president Benigno Aquino III should set up an independent anti-corruption body, and public attitudes to those convicted of crimes had to …
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Italians strike over Berlusconi’s austerity budget

The left-leaning CGIL, which has six million members, called rallies in nearly every major Italian city in a bid to force the government to rewrite …
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Czech president accepts cabinet resignation

Klaus asked Fischer to stay on in office until a new government is in place. Three centre-right parties are in talks to build a ruling coalition and …
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China seeks political win with Taiwan trade pact

But with both sides having very different expectations of what the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) will achieve, coupled with …
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Government program boosts Brazil housing market

A half hour later, she stepped out of the meeting in the city of Recife with a letter of credit that allowed her to become the first in her family …
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