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Ikea issues safety warning for millions of chests and dressers after deaths of two boys …
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US novelist EL Doctorow dies at 84
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‘Oldest’ Koran fragments found in Birmingham University
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Godfather actor Alex Rocco dies at 79
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Amid spat with ICC, Habre trial raises hope for African justice
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Dempsey: More U.S. troops not needed in Iraq
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Grim future for Athens’ free-falling homeless
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Dempsey: More U.S. troops not needed in Iraq
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One man’s search for harmony on the West Bank
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Kishenji ‘killed’ by Mamata Banerjee govt: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee
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Rathyatra celebrated with joy and peace in Surat
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Greece debt crisis news: Yanis Varoufakis says ‘disastrous’ bailout reforms ‘will fail’
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Tsipras reshuffles Greek cabinet
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How did a Samsung shareholder battle descend into anti-Semitic slurs and cartoons?
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Wave Of Suicide Bombings In Nigeria Leaves Over 60 Dead
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British Pilots Have Been Conducting Airstrikes in Syria, Defense Ministry Confirms
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Typhoon Nangka kills at least two, wreaks havoc as crosses Japan
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Obama becomes first US president to visit prison
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Deal reached on development financing
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Europe moves to restore funding to Greece
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Burkina transitional council indicts former president for high treason
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WikiLeaks Cables Show a Saudi Obsession With Iran
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RAUL CASTRO: Cuba is ready to peacefully coexist with the United States
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Greek lawmakers pass austerity bill despite dissent
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Yellen: First Fed rate hike likely later this year
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Greece crisis: IMF attacks EU over proposed third bailout
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China has arrested over 100 lawyers and activists in an effort to wipe out dissent
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Historic Iran Nuclear Agreement Reached
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HIV: UN meets goal to treat 15 million
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Go Set A Watchman: Fans queue around the world for release of Harper Lee’s new novel
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Go Set A Watchman: Fans queue around the world for release of Harper Lee’s new novel
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$5.9m settlement over death of Eric Garner
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Negotiators get another day to conclude Iran nuclear deal
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Israel detains former Palestinian hunger-striker
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Mexico hunts for drug lord after prison tunnel escape
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Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children
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Iran nuclear talks ‘near the summit’
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This league table of Greek debt explains why Merkel will show Greece no mercy (GREK)
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European refiners to buy Iran oil once nuclear deal achieved
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Attack on Serbian PM mars Srebrenica commemoration
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Greek MPs back bailout reform plan
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US Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Sanctions on North Korea
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Many critics of Army cuts ignored Pentagon warnings, supported sequestration
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EU’s Tusk urges debt relief for Greece
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledges reform to European Parliament
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Army To Cut 40K Troops As ISIS Ranks Swell
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Tom Selleck Is Apparently an Illegal Water Hog
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China stock market plunges despite government measures
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Burundi ruling party wins majority in parliament
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Russian police issue instructions for safe selfies
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Vote on Srebrenica resolution delayed by Russian veto threat
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Stripped Of Title From Manny Pacquiao Fight
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Deadly Boko Haram Bombing Hits Nigeria University Town Zaria
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Iran talks deadline extended, again — this time to July 10
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Obama says US intensifying anti-ISIL campaign in Syria
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Obama at Pentagon for meetings on Islamic State
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Sakari Momoi, the world’s oldest man, dies in Japan aged 112
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Greece Defiantly Rejects Europe’s Bailout Terms
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Pope Francis on home turf urges defense of poor and planet
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Suicide bomber kills six in church in Nigeria
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Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum ‘No’
By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday, throwing the future of the country’s euro zone membership into further…
Greece Defiantly Rejects Europe’s Bailout Terms
Greek voters have overwhelmingly rejected a demand by the country’s lenders to impose more austerity measures on them in exchange for new bailout loans for the…
Pope Francis on home turf urges defense of poor and planet
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Burt Shavitz, the Burt behind Burt’s Bees, dies at 80
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France and Germany intervened over World Cup votes, says Sepp Blatter
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Russian rocket filled with crew supplies to dock at space station
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BREAKING: Greek interior ministry projection says ‘no’ camp will get more than 61 percent of vote.
It would seem that the Troika’s fearmongering campaign backfired
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Dubious Kill Lists Started Long Before Drones and Included States
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State of emergency declared in Tunisia
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Russian rocket filled with crew supplies to dock at space station
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Colombia threatens to end peace talks with FARC rebels
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Migrants disrupt Channel Tunnel traffic in Calais: officials
Traffic along the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France was disrupted late Friday night when dozens of migrants attempted to enter restricted areas of…
Campaigns halt as Greeks face tough referendum choice
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America Celebrates Independence Day
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Vietnamese leader to make US visit
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It’s what goes unsaid that matters…
Eurozone crisis: Confusion reigns in Greece on last day before referendum
Greece‘s highest administrative court ruled Friday that a referendum planned for Sunday is constitutional, clearing the last serious hurdle before Greeks go to the polls for a vote that could set the country’s direction for decades. From the moment…
Syrian military, rebel groups locked in battle for Aleppo
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Migrants disrupt Channel Tunnel traffic in Calais: officials
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Palestinian Unity, Respect for Human Rights, End to Settlements Vital to Restart Peace Talks, Realize Two-State Solution, Experts tell Moscow Meeting (ECOSOC – United Nations Economic and Social Council)
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Oceans face ‘acidification crisis’
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Pilot breaks records as Solar Impulse nears Hawaii for a sunrise landing on Friday
The Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered aircraft began its flight over theHawaiian Islands Thursday as pilot passed 100 hours in the air, breaking all distance and…
Sale of Boston Store buildings indicates their value
By of the Journal Sentinel An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured Thursday evening when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver onMilwaukee‘s south…
Government Trolls Are Using ‘Psychology-Based Influence Techniques’ On YouTube, Facebook And Twitter
By Michael Snyder, End of the American Dream.
Have you ever come across someone on the Internet that you suspected was a paid government troll? Well, there is a very good chance that you were not imagining things. Thanks to Edward Snowden, we now have solid proof that paid government trolls are using “psychology-based influence techniques” on social media websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Documents leaked by Snowden also reveal that government agents have been conducting denial-of-service attacks, flooding social media websites with thinly veiled propaganda and have been purposely attempting to warp public discourse online. If we do not stand up and object to this kind of Orwellian behavior, it is only going to get worse and worse.
Yanis Varoufakis: I’d rather cut off my arm than accept bad deal
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30% of Great Wall has disappeared
Full ArticleThe Times of India
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Greece Will Default To IMF Tomorrow, Government Official Says
Submitted 06/29/2015 – 12:21
Earlier today, as the exchange between Greece and its creditors got increasingly belligerent, Estonian Prime Minister Taavi said that “Greece’s debt would still remain outstanding and creditors would expect this money back.” So did this latest antagonism change the Greek mind? According to a flash headline by the WSJ released moments ago, not all. In fact, Greece just made it official that it would default to the IMF in just over 24 hours: “Greece won’t pay IMF tranche due Tuesday, government official says”
France, Kuwait, Tunisia: Where next?
I woke up last Friday morning with every intention of catching up with my paperwork. But the pile remained untouched as I became increasingly drawn into the unfurling events of a day that became stained by terror across three continents. Sad is the day when we wake up with news of a brutal attack on a factory in France only to hear later of another…
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French terror suspect took selfie with beheaded victim
Full ArticleThe Times of India
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Submitted on 06/26/2015 – 23:26
Greece’s Tsipras calls referendum to break bailout deadlock
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![Swedish Prince Carl Philip, right and his fiancee Sofia Hellqvist pose for photographers, standing by M/S Stockholm, in Stockholm, Friday, June 12, 2015, for a pre-wedding party, ahead of their nuptials on Saturday.\](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/2f/04408f333fa4ff.jpg "Swedish Prince Carl Philip, right and his fiancee Sofia Hellqvist pose for photographers, standing by M/S Stockholm, in Stockholm, Friday, June 12, 2015, for a pre-wedding party, ahead of their nuptials on Saturday.\")
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WikiLeaks on Wednesday released 17 different documents related to the Trade in Services Agreement (Tisa), a controversial pact currently being hashed out between the US and 23 other countries – most of them in Europe and South America.
The document dump comes at a tense moment in the negotiations over a series of trade deals. President Barack Obama has clashed with his own party over the deals as critics have worried about the impact on jobs and civil liberties.
On Tuesday, WikiLeaks put a $100,000 bounty on documents relating to the alphabet soup of trade treaties currently being negotiated between the US and the rest of the world, particularly the controversial Trans-Pacific trade agreement (TPP). The offer, announced yesterday, has already raised more than $33,000.
Evan Greer, campaign director for Fight for the Future, said: “Internet users have become increasingly aware that seemingly obscure and complex policies that impact technology can have profound impacts on our most basic rights to communicate and express ourselves freely. Based on the latest leaks, it’s clear that Tisa is not only unacceptably secretive, it contains provisions that could threaten internet freedom, privacy, and even global net neutrality.”
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Greece Abandons “Red Lines” As Troika Meets In Berlin To Craft “Deal”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/01/2015 – 16:48
We have long argued that the most likely endgame for Greece is that PM Tsipras caves to the troika, compromises on the government’s ‘red lines’ and risks a government reshuffle on the way to a third program, thus averting a euro exit and keeping Greece from descending into a drachma death spiral, even as the “solution” effectively strips the Greek people of their right to choose how they want to be governed — a tragically absurd outcome in what is the birthplace of democracy. It now appears that scenario is set to unfold.
Surveillance powers lapse with no deal in Senate
Full ArticleColorado Springs Gazette
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