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Obama picks Petraeus to replace McChrystal

McChrystal was relieved of his command after making disparaging comments about Obama officials in a magazine article.
Reuters

Factbox: Eleven plots against New York disrupted since Sept. 11

Here is a list of those plots: * 2003 – Five Bahraini men were arrested on the border between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. An investigation uncovered a …
Reuters

We are not amused: French radio cans dawn jesters

France’s main public radio station said on Tuesday it was dumping two humorists whose breakfast-time commentaries on the news irked President …
Reuters

Internet authorities adopt new .org security

.Org, which is monitored by the Washington-based Public Interest Registry, is the first generic domain name system (DNS) to adopt the extra …
Reuters

One dead, one missing in Romanian floods

Emergency situations spokeswoman Alina Balas says a 78-year-old woman was found dead after flooding destroyed her house in a village in Alba …
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Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt

The 88 nations of the International Whaling Commission held two days of intense closed-door talks on a proposal to ease the 25-year-old ban on …
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New documents surface on Hitler’s jail time

Werner Behringer said Wednesday that the 500 documents will start at a price of €25,000 when put up for sale July 2 at his auction house in the …
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European Union poverty survey shows deep East-West divide

Despite the union of 27 countries being one of the wealthiest regions in the world, there are vast income and poverty disparities within the bloc, …
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Tropical Storm Darby forms in the Pacific

According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Darby has maximum sustained winds near 40 mph (65 kph) and is expected to get stronger. The storm …
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Legal deal for sick 9/11 workers back in New York court

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein earlier this month gave his preliminary approval to a deal that would resolve lawsuits filed by nearly 10,000 …
Reuters

Fiat workers back plan to save plant near Naples

Just under two-thirds of the 4,642 workers who voted on Tuesday at the Pomigliano plant backed Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne’s proposal to raise …
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Americans to pay more at the plate for shrimp

Combined with an already tight global shrimp market, the spill is likely to mean much higher prices. "For the consumer, it’s going to be harder and …
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U.S. village uses ‘Sour Power’ to attract visitors

It was the 1990s and village fathers had little hope of reversing the trend by finding a way to attract people to this community, which until then had …
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Vietnam plans 8 nuclear power plants by 2030

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved eight nuclear facilities, each with at least four reactors, to be built in central Vietnam with the total …
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Climate determines the pecking order of birds

Scientists from the University of Melbourne in Australia and Canada’s Brock University, examined bill sizes of birds from around the world and found …
Reuters

Paraguay, New Zealand look for World Cup history

Paraguay leads with four points and wants a win to be certain of topping the group and a gaining a smoother path to its first ever quarterfinal. …
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Report: Over 115 million widows live in poverty

The most dire consequences are faced by 2 million Afghan widows and at least 740,000 Iraqi widows who lost their husbands as a result of the ongoing …
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European Parliament president says gas supplies to Europe cut

‘There is no security of Russian gas supplies. The volumes that are being supplied now are lower than we expected," Buzek said at a meeting with …
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