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Referees learning English swear words

Carlos Simon will referee Saturday’s match in Rustenburg, assisted by Roberto Braatz and Altemir Hausmann, and wants to ensure players can’t get away …
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Endangered crocodiles hatched in Cambodia

Thirteen baby Siamese crocodiles crawled out of their shells over the weekend in a remote part of the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia, …
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Timeline: Euro zone debt crisis

June 10 – Negotiations to overhaul Spain’s rigid labour market, collapse, leaving the government to impose looser hire-and-fire laws without trade …
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Suicide attack kills 40 at Afghan wedding party

The Taliban denied carrying out the attack, but strong suspicion fell on the insurgent group because it has previously attacked allies of the …
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Banks say reform plan to hit global gross domestic product growth

The Institute of International Finance (IIF), a bank lobby group representing over 400 firms, said a need to hold more capital, pay more taxes and …
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Bus crash kills 2 in South Africa ahead of World Cup

Police say the truck was traveling between Swaziland and the northern city of Nelspruit when it left the road and crashed at about midday Thursday. …
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Two Bosnian Serbs get life for Srebrenica genocide

A third Bosnian Serb officer was given a 35-year prison sentence for aiding and abetting genocide. Two others were acquitted of genocide charges but …
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In security, Baghdad tackles 1 million stray dogs

Their prey: the estimated 1 million stray dogs that multiplied in the Iraqi capital as violence paralysed public services following the 2003 …
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Italy agrees higher public sector pension age for women

The cabinet will present an amendment to its austerity budget to make the change, which raises the female retirement age by five years to bring it …
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Korea rocket crashes 2 minutes into flight

Mission control lost signal of the rocket at 137 seconds into the flight, the country’s spy agency chief told a briefing. YTN said the rocket …
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South Korea loses contact with rocket after liftoff

The rocket was launched after a one-day delay due to malfunctioning firefighting equipment near the launchpad at the coastal Naro space center in …
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ITAR-TASS: New Japanese government to develop political, economic ties with Russia

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U.S. House taps Wall Street bill conferees

With banks deeply unpopular among voters, and politicians keenly focused on November’s congressional elections, the House of Representatives named its …
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Suicide bomber kills dozens at Afghan wedding party

"A suicide bomber went inside the party where hundreds of people were sitting and blew himself up," the official said of Wednesday night’s blast in …
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Le Monde’s Italian suitor is out, Spanish in

Le Monde, one of France’s most respected newspapers, is set to lose its prized independence as mounting losses force it to seek up to 100 million …
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Egypt’s ruling party wins upper house election

Of 88 seats on the Shura Council up for election on June 1, the ruling National Democratic Party won 80. Four opposition parties got each one seat and …
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United Nations draft: New cash urged to curb poverty by 2015

A 14-page U.N. text, distributed to governments last week and obtained by Reuters, outlines a new drive to meet goals set in 2000 including halving …
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Belgian racer gets gold medal, 62 years later

Eugene Van Roosbroeck, now 82, was given the medal at a special ceremony at the Belgian Olympic Committee offices last week. After racing in the 1948 …
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