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AFCs President congratulates Asian soccer teams who have qualified for participation in the World Football Cup2014 in Brazil
Kuala Lumpur: June 19 -- (BNA)-- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)'s President, Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, congratulated the Asian football teams who qualified for participation in the World Football Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, wishing them success and best of luck in future in order to honor Asian soccer. Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa praised the great ...
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Global warming may cause extreme droughts in India World Bank warns
Global warming could lead to more extreme droughts in large parts of India, resulting in widespread food shortages and hardship in the country, in the next few decades, a ...
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See the world through the eyes of a child
The question was "How do I see the world?" and the answers came through the camera lenses of 547 elementary schoolchildren in Calgary's northwest, the culmination of a year-long art project. Since September, kindergarten to Grade 6 students at Varsity Acres School have been learning the basics of photography and editing with the help of an artist-in-residence and 40 Canon ...
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Nitish Kumar says Narendra Modi wave is created by corporate houses
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed the so-called wave in favour of Narendra Modi, perceived by many BJP workers, as one created by corporate houses."BJP workers are getting excited about wave created by one of their leaders (Narendra Modi)...it is nothing but wave created by corporate houses which will be short lived and cannot do any magic in 2014," Mr Kumar ...
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Deciding The Fate Of The World
Good day. And a Wonderful Wednesday to you! Well. Today's "the day" we've all been waiting for with much anticipation. Anticipation is making me late, Is keeping me waiting. Yes, the fate of the world is in the hands of one man today. OK, maybe I went a little overboard there, with the fate of the world stuff, but. if you count the number of media reports on TV, in the ...
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‘Obroni’ Chinese Illegal Mining
To be honest with you, my dear reader, I have forgotten the exact date, but if my memory serves me right, it was in October 2007. My Pentium One computer, you heard me right! My Pentium one computer was giving me a hell of time, so when my publisher, Nana Kofi Coomson, visited my office in Takoradi, where I was the Regional Correspondent of The Chronicle, I decided to complain to him. ...
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NC State loses 2-1 to UCLA at College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. - Just when it looked like North Carolina State got off its best shot against UCLA pitching, Trea Turner's deep fly died a few feet short of the left-field fence.Nick Vander Tuig and David Berg combined to limit NC State to five hits, and the Wolfpack lost 2-1 on Tuesday night to move within a game of elimination in their first College World Series appearance since 1968.UCLA ...
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Microsoft slashes Surface prices to lure buyers
MSFT ) has seen a run of poor financial results in recent years as a result of bad management choices. That seems to include the company's answer to the iPad, the Surface, which already seems to be sinking in popularity -- so much so ...
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Spanish economy gets boost from drop in trade deficit
MADRID: Spain's trade deficit was halved in April as exports soared, especially to China and other fast-growing emerging markets, the government said Wednesday, a rare glimmer of good news for a nation struggling in a double-dip recession. Spain, with the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy, posted a deficit of 1.642 billion euros ($2.196 billion) in April compared to a deficit of 3.355 ...
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Select copper declines on global cues tin nickel recover
tin and lead prices recovered due to fresh offtake from alloy and consumer industries. The industrial metals were trading lower at the LME as investors looked to ...
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Copper futures fall 0.10 per cent on weak global cues
Multi Commodity Exchange , copper for delivery in August shed 40 paise, or 0.10 per cent, to Rs 409.80 per kg in business turnover of 102 lots. Similarly, the metal for delivery in June traded lower by 70 paise, or 0.07 per cent, to Rs 409.80 per kg in 1,928 lots. Analysts ...
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U.N. World has alarming number of refugees displaced people
The crisis in Syria exacerbated the plight of refugees or displaced persons, pushing displacements to an 18-year high, a U.N. refugee agency said. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights' annual Global Trends report, released Wednesday, showed that, as of the end of 2012, more than 45.2 million people were forcibly displaced compared to 42.5 million at the end of 2011. The information ...
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World Bank sounds climate alarm
The consequences of global warming trends could trap millions of people from Asia to Africa in poverty, a World Bank report published Wednesday said. A report prepared for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics said vulnerable populations face a bleak future because of the prospects for higher average global temperatures. "This new report ...
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Uganda churches make big business of aid
In Uganda, church communities may get access to major development aid funds. A new study shows that many church leaders abuse these funds and start neglecting religious ...
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Improved outlook for Gabon economy
GDP growth in Gabon 2003 to 2013 (blue line) is dependent on non-oil sector growth (red) as oil revenues (green) decline. This pessimistic 2009 forecast has now been adjusted ...
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Japan leads at mens World Gymnastics Cships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Russia's Evgeni Krylov fell on his opening tumbling pass and was injured at the World Gymnastics Championships, putting the perennial powerhouse's medal hopes in question. It wasn't immediately clear what Krylov's injury was or whether he'd be able to continue. He was unable to put any weight on his left foot and had to crawl off the podium. ...
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Notebook American men set lineup for World Championships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The American men finalized their lineup for Sunday's preliminary competition in the World Gymnastics Championships. National champion Paul Hamm, two-time Olympian Blaine Wilson and Jason Gatson will compete in all six events. Raj Bhavsar will only compete on parallel bars -- his favorite event -- because a back injury he sustained in March has flared up. ...
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Shell Oil Presses Supreme Court to Deprive Torture Victims of Justice
Bashe Yousuf, a torture victim from Somalia, was among plaintiffs who won a $21 million lawsuit against his Somali torturer in Federal Court. WASHINGTON-Will victims of distant genocides and crimes against humanity be allowed to continue using U. S. courts to seek justice against their persecutors, as well as the individuals and corporations that helped facilitate human rights violations across ...
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Companies strongly support the European Offshore Wind Declaration
More than 140 company representatives in 38 countries have signed the European Offshore Wind Declaration, calling on national governments and the EU to give the necessary political and legislative support to develop a new multi-billion Euro offshore wind industry, according to statistics from the European Wind Energy Association.Offshore wind energy has the potential to power Europe seven times ...
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Microsoft office goes cloud to join cloud war with Google Docs
The war on cloud intensified as Microsoft Office announced its decision on Tuesday to go cloud in an attempt to compete with its immediate but not last competitor, Google Docs.Microsoft holds a virtual monopoly on office productivity software. Most computer users in the world use the Office software for word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and other purposes. However, Microsoft Office ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS- Shares firm dollar steady before Fed decision
Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:09am EDT * World shares firmer in nervous trade before Fed statement * Dollar steadies against major currencies, weaker vs yen * Oil holds around $106 a barrel; gold, copper little changed * German Bunds rangebound, 10-year auction goes smoothly By Richard Hubbard LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - World shares edged higher while major currencies and commodities stayed within recent ...
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World in Pictures June 19 2013 The Wanted in London and Madonna in New York
TODAY'S World in Pictures features photographs of Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran at the premiere of their reality E! TV series Wanted Life in London and Madonna at the world premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at the Paris Theatre in New ...
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Ryanair CEO says working on Boeing 737 MAX order
Reuters © A model airplane rests on a table during an announcement of the commitment for Ryanair to purchase aircraft from Boeing, in New York March 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas ...
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World War Z scary and sobering
, Gerry travels to South Korea then Israel and Wales in the hope of finding a cure. The director Marc Forster visualises social collapse on a grand scale and it largely pays off. Purists may be offended by the zombies' breakneck speeds, but this detour from the norm allows for some startling scenes - not least when the creatures form a pyramid to scale Jerusalem's walls. Both scary and ...
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Local access prices vary widely – even among major business centres
Local access circuits, which connect a customer's building to its service provider's local network point of presence (PoP), are a key factor in the total cost of enterprise communications networks, often costing more than network ports or international circuits. New data from TeleGeography’s Local Access Pricing Service reveal that the price of local access varies enormously in ...
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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans
Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.
Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over a massive coastline. Read more
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