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Monsoon floods kill 69 in India strand pilgrims
A view of the Hindu holy town of Kedarnath from a helicopter after a flood, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Monsoon torrential rains have cause havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides as the death toll continues to climb and more than 1,000 pilgrims bound for Himalayan shrines remain stranded. (AP ...
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Vietnam hunger strike tests official intimidation
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Cu Huy Ha Vu's books come with pages torn out by prison guards. Only some of his letters reach home. He is not allowed to access evidence from his trial or to see his wife ...
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American predator professor suspected to have abused Filipino children roamed Asia
Mexican authorities have arrested an American professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, 64, (pictured) a former university professor, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling to Philippines for child sex. Garcia said Williams was ...
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Plot against Wall Street foiled NSA chiefThe director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the US governments sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide including one directed at the New York Stock Exchang
Keith Alexander said the two recently disclosed programmes, one that gathers US phone records and another that is designed to track the use of US-based Internet servers by foreigners with possible links to terrorism, are critical in the terrorism fight. Alexander, seated side by side with top officials from ...
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Mexico arrests man on FBIs top 10 Most Wanted list
Walter Lee Williams , an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on ...
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Business Briefs June 19
* Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company (VIDIFI) has withdrawn from a project to construct four main roads in Thu Thiem new urban area in HCM City’s District 2 to focus its resources on the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway project, according to Trang Bao Son, deputy head of Thu Thiem Investment and Construction Authority. Dai Quang Minh Real Estate ...
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Toxic radiation in groundwater at Fukushima operator
Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said ...
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US House passes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks
The US House of Representatives approved a Republican measure restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception, one of the most stringent pro-life bills in the past ...
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US cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant caught on tape
MCLEAN, Virginia: For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape. In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Virginia, woman unleashed a string of expletives and called the police emergency dispatcher to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her ...
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President Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
Obama will make his case during a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes nearly 50 years after John F Kennedy's famous 'Cold War' speech in this once-divided ...
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Samoan airline introduces XL class for super-sized passengers
WELLINGTON: A tiny Samoan airline says it will introduce an "XL" class for super-sized passengers, featuring extra-wide rows and special ramps to help them reach their seats. Samoa Air has already pioneered a world first when late last year it began charging passengers fares based on how much they weigh, rather than a set price for each seat. Chief executive Chris Langton said the ...
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Asia-Pacific Remains the Fastest Growing Region for Contact Center Services Finds Frost Sullivan
SINGAPORE, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The year 2012 was a good one for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) contact center market with contact center seats growing by 8.4 percent - relatively higher than in other regions. A strongly performing domestic contact center outsourcing industry represents the next stage of growth in the region and is poised to keep the market buoyant. New analysis from Frost ...
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Tension anger as Asian giants reach World Cup
South Korea defender Kim Chang-Soo (L) and Iran midfielder Masoud Shojaei during their World Cup qualifier on June 18, 2013. Iran booked their ticket with a 1-0 smash-and-grab win in Ulsan, following a tetchy build-up between the two ...
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Oil prices turn higher in Asian trade
With the Aadhaar unique identity number at its core, the scheme is heavily dependent on banks, which in turn are relying on technology firms to implement the ...
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Asian mkts tense before Fed meet Nikkei gains
European stocks were expected to open steady ahead of the conclusion of the Fed's June 18-19 meeting. A policy statement is due at 1800 GMT and Fed ...
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Professor on US FBIs most wanted list nabbed in Mexico
This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams. He is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with ...
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Protesters out again in Brazils biggest city
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ...
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Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements
TOKYO -; Japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima ...
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US hopes Spore will import American beef again
Cuts of beef are displayed at Woodlands Meats in Kentfield, California. The United States beef industry is hoping that countries in Asia will soon lift restrictions on the import of American beef. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
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Experts predict conflicting policies over Asian trade pacts
/enpproperty--> Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent request that US President Barack Obama keep him updated on progress in talks over the Trans-Pacific Partnership was ambiguous - not necessarily a sign of China's willingness to join the huge proposed free-trade accord but not an expression of skepticism either. Since the two leaders met in California nearly two weeks ago, ...
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Asia Rubber-China buys local stocks prices at multi-year lows
* SIR20 done at 104.25-104.75 cents/lb * SMR20 sold at $2.35-$2.40/kg * China turns to own inventory By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE, June 19 (Reuters) - Tyre makers in China have turned to the country's mounting inventory to get cheaper rubber, causing anxiety among sellers in Southeast Asia as physical prices stayed at multi-year lows, dealers said on Wednesday. Even though tyre ...
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Refugee numbers at 20-year high UN
GENEVA: War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012, the UN's refugee agency said on Wednesday, pushing the number of people forcibly displaced to a two-decade high of 45.2 million. All told, the UNCHR's annual figures showed 1.1 million people fled across international borders in 2012, while 6.5 million were displaced within their homelands. ...
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US Immigration overhaul would cut federal deficit
federal deficit over the next 20 years if it gets through Congress, congressional budget analysts said. Tuesday's assessment cheered supporters of an issue that ...
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Taliban claim deadly US attack hours after peace moves
Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an overnight attack in Afghanistan that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would meet the insurgents for talks. US ...
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UN chief warns of new peacekeeping threats
BEIJING (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world body's peacekeeping efforts face growing dangers from non-traditional threats such as suicide bombers and improvised explosive ...
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Nepal reaches out for help to save tiger population
Nepal’s tigers, along with tigers across the Asian region, are being killed off by poachers and human encroachment on their habitats, with an extinction crisis mounting, the government has appealed to the international community for help.
The tiger, there is arguably no land animal so beautiful and majestic as this magnificent member of the Felidae family. These creatures have invaded the human imagination for centuries and are the national animals of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, as well as North and South Korea. Read more
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