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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldActor Johnny Depp is told he broke import laws by bringing his two dogs into Australia and they will be put down if he does not remove them.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldChancellor George Osborne sets out plans to give cities powers over housing, transport and policing, as part of a devolution "revolution" for England.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldIn a wild session of trading, shares of cosmetics firm Avon whipsaw after mysterious reports of a takeover offer.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Channel 4 News - UK News feedDespite a commitment to women's rights from the outset, the Labour party has yet to have a female leader. Could that be about to change?
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Typically SpanishIt means the current number granted asylum of 1,583 will be increased by some 5,000 according to approximate calculation which lack the final details.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFrantic efforts to avoid adverse status for reef which could foil government plans to open up vast region in Queensland for new coal mines Read more: The financial case against Australia’s largest coal mine Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA man whose wife has given birth to their 13th consecutive son says "medically, it's just not possible" for them to have a daughter.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from In English Section | EL PAÍSPlan Pive seeks to boost car sales, while Family Support Plan includes new tax deductions. Working mothers will also see their pensions boosted according to how many kids they have
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFormer detainee who was freed last week on bail was just 15 when he was captured and became Guantánamo’s youngest prisoner Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Daily Record - News - Scottish NewsTHE popular live stage show starring Jack and Victor was overlooked for a Scottish theatre nomination because it wasn't produced in this country.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comStudy shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operate on egalitarian basis, suggesting that inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from mirror - World newsAt least nine foreigners died when gunmen opened fire at the Park Palace Hotel in Afghanistan yesterday evening
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldIranian gunboats fire warning shots at a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf, the second incident of its kind in recent weeks.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedTHIS is the shocking video that shows a cruel carer pouring a partially-sighted dementia patient's soup down a sink - before eating the rest of their meal.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedTHE BBC has come under fire after one of its chief reporters shockingly compared extremism preacher Anjem Choudary to civil rights heroes Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudTurin, May 14 - Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said Thursday that this season, including Wednesday's win over Real Madrid, is a story "to tell our children when we are old". "I arrived thinking of a fantastic season, but I never tho...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesCanada’s top finance official has added fuel to the hot debate over free trade agreements currently roiling Congress. Speaking at a securities conference in New York Wednesday, Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver said that the North Ame...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldGreece rules out taking legal action against the UK to reclaim the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum after decades of dispute.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudPalermo, May 14 - A little girl asked her parents to get her a birthday cake with her favourite cartoon character, Little Pony, on top but instead got a pastry Little Tony, the popular post-Elvis crooner from the 60s and 70s. The nine-ye...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsBritain's Foreign Secretary confirms a dual British-Afghan national is one of the dead after gunmen take dozens hostage.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comBarack Obama decides to help bolster defensive capabilities of Gulf Cooperation Council countries amid escalating tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comTape calls on Muslims to ‘go to war everywhere’ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reportedly incapacitated in bombing last month Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldFollowing the fatal crash of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia, the spotlight is once again on the Positive Train Control (PTC) system. Here's how it works.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Typically SpanishThe total for the beaches is 577, four more than last year and regarding the ports a drop of seven gives 101.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesThe Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS, uses passports stolen from Westerners to help recruits travel to join the group in Iraq and Syria, a report by Dubai's Al Aan TV said. Stolen passports were found at an ISIS site in S...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFinance minister continues war of words with eurozone policymakers, saying he wished Greece still had the drachma and had not entered monetary union Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedA GAY couple are demanding that a new road name in their village be changed after saying that Bangays Way is homophobic.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.com• Emanuel Ortega died from injury sustained playing for San Martín de Burzaco • Argentinian FA president on postponements: ‘Everyone agreed to it’ Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldBurundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza says he has returned to the country and his troops say they are in control of key sites, a day after an attempted coup.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comExpected presidential candidate shares fourth opinion in as many days on the wisdom of his brother’s extremely unpopular decision to invade country in 2003 Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldIslamic State releases an audio message it says is from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which would be the first in months.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
The UK parliament has 32 openly LGBT members, beating Sweden with 12 and the Netherlands with ten. -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from GazzettaDelSudGenoa, May 14 - Italian police on Thursday found 40 kilogrammes of very pure heroin in tins of corn and peas shipped from Pakistan and in transit at the Genoa customs area. The more than 800,000 doses had a street value of more than 22 m...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldRace leader Alberto Contador dislocates his shoulder in a crash in the Giro d'Italia as Andre Greipel wins stage six.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldA journalist leaves Chechnya amid fears for her safety, after writing that a teenaged girl was being forced to marry a police commander 29 years older.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from www.efe.com - English edition
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldVit Jedlicka has claimed a remote parcel of land between Croatia and Serbia and named it Liberland. No countries have recognized the "state," but that hasn't stopped the founding father pushing ahead with his vision.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe Indonesian army should stop imposing "virginity tests" on female recruits, rights groups say ahead of a medical conference in Bali.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from International Business TimesPro-Russian rebels have removed grad rockets and artillery banned under the eastern Ukraine ceasefire agreement from storage units in the contested region of Donbas, claims a report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldAs forces loyal to Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza battle forces loyal to former spy chief Godefroid Niyombare, divisions in the military have raised fears that the country may once again be torn apart by violence.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comDocumentary highlights plight of musicians, including one who fled Iran after being labelled a ‘devil worshipper’ and flogged Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Metro » UK | Metro UK
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldTerrorist militants from "Islamic State" have begun to attack Palmyra, a city whose history dates back to 2,000 BC. Their offensive has raised fears that the city will be destroyed like several historical sites in Iraq.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldNigel Farage says he enjoys a "phenomenal" level of support as UKIP leader and will not resign, despite a bitter row over his future.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPenelope Johnson, whose husband Alan Neve was crushed to death by Barry Meyer’s truck, says her life went from ‘vivid colour to black and white’ Continue reading...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedAN ADORABLE Shih Tzu has been blinded in one eye after a gang of youths catapulted a stone at him while he looked out of a car window.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BBC News - WorldThe Royal Navy flagship the HMS Bulwark has arrived in Sicily, after rescuing about 600 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily Express :: UK FeedFED up of her Facebook page being inundated with photos of angelic children, mum Emma Conway was determined to lay bare the realities of parenting, tantrums and all.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA teenager has gone missing from their home in Dublin.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA planned strike by SIPTU and NBRU members at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann has been called off.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeOne professor has come up with an entirely new way of giving concrete a longer life.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA 17-year-old boy has been injured in a shooting incident in Limerick city.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsCork coroner hears Kenneth Beazley suffered from a complex medical history
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsPHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sketchy portrait of the man at the helm of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia began to emerge on Thursday as his lawyer said the engineer could not remember the crash and rescuers pulled an...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandPublic sector union delegates were given a briefing on the fiscal situation of the country ahead of the commencement of face to face pay negotiations next week.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe PSNI are hunting for an escaped prisoner who went missing while out on bail at the weekend.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsFergus Finlay says quality of parenting the ‘single most important thing for a child’
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > EuropeAt a time when the country faces challenges in its relationship with Scotland and Europe, its leaders have only the narrowest of majorities in Parliament to impose their writ.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsSeamore, the firm aiming to replace spaghetti with seaweed, has reached its 15 thousand euro target on crowdfunding site Oneplanetcrowd. Almost 400 people think that replacing carb-filled pasta with the healthier alternative of seaweed i...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary over the c...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > EuropeA group of NATO foreign ministers and European officials performed a rousing, after-dinner version of “We Are the World.”
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandRetired solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia O'Donnell are personally liable for the legal costs of their failed bid to have their bankruptcy annulled, the High Court has ruled.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - EuropeThe European Court of Human Rights is being asked to decide a case that's raised questions about whether sex is important for women over the age of 50, re-igniting a Portuguese house cleaner's 20-year battle to win what she sees as an ap...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsBurden of hardship has fallen on those least able to bear it, says human rights chief
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on a popular guesthouse in Kabul that killed at least 14 people, including foreigners attending a dinner and arriving for a concert.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Inter Press Service
For 32 years, Joel Poyer, a forest technician, has been tending to the forest of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. His job allows him a unique view of what is taking place in the interior of this volcanic east Caribbean nation, where the l... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Inter Press ServiceThe days of African presidents rewriting the constitution to crown themselves Presidents for Life may be coming to a close but Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza appears to have missed the signs of this historical shift. Opposition to h...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Europe - Voice of AmericaGreece's finance minister insisted Thursday that he will reject any deal with international bailout creditors that does not help the country exit its economic crisis. The radical left-led government in Athens is locked in very slow-movin...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandDublin City Council has applied to the High Court to have an unknown number of people, including a mother and her four children aged under six, evacuated from flats in a building in the north inner city due to "serious" fire safety conce...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandThe number of people with health insurance has increased by 80,000 since the start of this year.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsTánaiste supports Oireachtas members who refuse to remove emblems promoting Yes
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsMinister for Children defends Tusla over reduction in money for Catholic agency
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsEDINBURGH/ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) - David Cameron travels to Scotland on Friday to face his new adversary, the Scottish secessionist leader whose triumph at last week's election put Britain's unity in jeopardy just nine months after...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandTaoiseach Enda Kenny has said he is confident that the same-sex marriage referendum will be passed, but said this will only happen if people turn out and vote.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Inter Press Service
Chris W. Williams is the Executive Director of the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council, the UN’s only body devoted to the sanitation and hygiene needs of vulnerable and marginalised people worldwide, and Kersti Strandqvi... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News14/5/15 - A torch run signalled the start of the Special Olympics in Brussels. Until Saturday athletes with a mental disability will be competing for Olympic gold.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsLouise Bruton continues to review cafés, bars, venues, festivals in Ireland and abroad
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NL Times » NetherlandsCafe de Sok in Schijndel uploaded a picture of their new regular, Stan the Beer Drinker, on Facebook on Monday and was quickly discovered by media outlets worldwide. Stan only went out for one beer, he said, which he finished as if it wa...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Europe - Voice of AmericaBaltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will seek a permanent presence of NATO troops on their territory to counter increased Russian air and naval activity, the Lithuanian army said on Thursday. The states, all with ethnic Russian m...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - News‘I would like to say to the mother that our main concern is her welfare’
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > EuropeNATO foreign ministers joined a Turkish band for a rendition of “We Are the World” after a dinner in Antalya, Turkey on Wednesday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandMaria Lynskey, a niece of Joe Lynskey, one of the so-called Disappeared, has visited the site in Co Meath where he is thought to have been buried.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandMinister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has said she is confident with the security measures being put in place ahead of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla's visit next week.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Europe - Voice of AmericaMore than 500 children die in traffic accidents each day and tens of thousands are injured with lifelong disabilities, according to officials from the recently UN-sponsored “Global Road Safety Week.” “That’s an alarming statistic, and it...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsWith Lifetime Community Rating, over-34s have to pay more if taking out new policies
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieA judicial review into the British Government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane will have a big impact regardless of the outcome, the solicitor’s son has said.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NYT > EuropeMs. Caballé, 82, had been summoned by a judge to finalize a deal after she claimed residency in Andorra to avoid paying Spanish income taxes.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from CNN.com - Europe
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Reuters: Top NewsLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's surging anti-EU party fell into a post-election power struggle on Thursday after its campaign chief accused advisers of creating a "personality cult" around charismatic leader Nigel Farage, and a big donor ca...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsNotice prohibiting use of Kelly’s Row flats in effect since March, High Court hears
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThe minister responsible for Túsla says its decision to cut funding for the Catholic marriage agency Accord has nothing to do with the referendum on same-sex marriage.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsNo campaign meeting hears about wealthy organisations, freemasonry and feminism
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandLawyers for RTÉ have told the High Court it should ignore a threat from businessman Denis O'Brien to review all his arrangements with Irish banks if information about his private banking affairs is disclosed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandMost local authorities are failing to comply with legislation to safeguard the rights of Irish language speakers.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from RTÉ News - IrelandA round-up of national and international news stories.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsEnda Kenny reveals ‘very extended’ family member called to say he was gay
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Ireland: BreakingNews.ieThe trade union UNITE, has criticised the Department of Finance for its submission against an increase in the minimum wage, to the Low Wage Commission.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Irish Times - NewsFive tenders, turntable ladder and two senior officers called to scene in north Co Dublin
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalWestern sanctions imposed on Russia over its alleged role in the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict only served as an impetus for Moscow to take more efficient steps to develop its own economy, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matv...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News Agency UNIANNon-partisan Member of Parliament, Right Sector Party leader Dmytro Yarosh has registered a bill on the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps at the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.
- New investment is at a standstill in Ukraine for plenty of good reasons - war, recession and lingering uncertainty about whether the nation’s political leaders are truly committed to fighting corruption.
- C rimea's prosecutors are seeking more than four years in prison for a man accused of attacking a Ukrainian security officer in Kyiv during the February 2014 protests in Kyiv against pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News RSSChinese search company Baidu says it has created a 'supercomputer' which raises the bar for artificial intelligence. The machine identified all but 4.58 percent of pictures in a set of one million images, beating Microsoft software, Goog...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThe chairman of the International Advisory Council on Reforms stresses that the world and the public of Ukraine demand radical changes.
- RAF fighter jets have been launched from a base in Lossiemouth to intercept Russian bombers heading towards the UK. The two Typhoons were scrambled after the Russian Bear aircrafts were spotted flying north of Scotland towards the UK, in...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News RSSA couple who tried to elope together have been beaten to death and cremated by relatives in an apparent ‘honor killing’ in India’s eastern state of Bihar. Police said they have arrested one person and are searching for others. Read Full ...
- The findings of Boris Nemtsov's posthumous "Putin. War" won’t be news to most Ukrainians.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsThe Security Service of Ukraine officers discovered cache of ammunition near the village of Kalynivka in Novoazovsk district of the Donetsk region which the militants planned to use for carrying out attacks in Mariupol.
- Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has called on the UN, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the OSCE Parliamentary assembly, and the world leaders to condemn the violations of the rights and freedoms of C...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsRoyal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled after two Russian military aircrafts were seen flying towards UK airspace.
- DZERZHYNSK, Ukraine -- Teresa Fillmon, an American from Tallahassee, Florida, may be the only Westerner living in Dzerzhynsk, a Ukrainian-controlled coal mining city just west of Russian-controlled Horlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Censor.NET - NewsPresident of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed gratitude to Europe for its solidarity and unity with Ukraine.
- Secretary of State John Kerry visited Russia on May 12 and had meetings with President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov gave Kerry two baskets of local vegetables as a welcome present.
- US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter inherited a raft of tough strategic defense challenges when he took over as Pentagon chief after his predecessor Chuck Hagel resigned with a nudge from President Barack Obama - with an aggressive Rus...
- Artem Sytnyk's unenviable task is to stop the nation's biggest internal national security threat: public-sector corruption.
- DZERZHYNSK, Ukraine -- By painting street lampposts in Dzerzhynsk blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's national flag, local activists may be re-shaping the future of the war-front city.
- TBILISI - Russia's economic contraction will curb the growth prospects this year for ex-Soviet republics in central Asia and the Caucasus, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on May 14.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News RSSAl-Qaeda-linked forces are gaining greater control in eastern Yemen and are taking over policing control with a vigilante group of armed tribesmen issuing a decree banning qat, a popular mildly narcotic leaf enjoyed by locals. Read Full ...
- One assumption since Russia started war against Ukraine last year is that Europe will be softer against the Kremlin than America, which claims to stand tough in defense of Ukraine’s freedom.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from News Agency UNIANThe Ukrainian military have had special training sessions on the Yavoriv military range in Lviv region as part of the Ukrainian-U.S. Fearless Guardian drills.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NationalA new parliamentary poll released on Wednesday reveals that if Paweł Kukiz, who came third in last Sunday’s presidential poll, stood for the general election this autumn, his party would gain one fifth of the ballot.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NationalA 28-year-old man has been arrested in Krakow on suspicion of murder after allegedly setting his mother on fire and attacking her with an axe.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest, May 14 (MTI) – The State Audit Office (ASZ) has been asked by the government to investigate local councils implicated in recent brokerage scandals, the head of ASZ said in an interview to weekly Heti Valasz. ASZ will also...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NationalThe camps of the two enduring candidates in Poland's presidential race fought a mud-slinging match on Thursday over tactics at street level.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesCzech President Miloš Zeman has backed a proposal by the Czech Industry and Trade Ministry to renew gold mining in the Jeseníky mountain range. During his visit of the town of Zlaté Hory on Thursday, Mr Zeman said the renewed activity co...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily News HungaryTeSzedd! (Let’s Do It!) national garbage collecting action will be held from 15th to 17th of May in Hungary. The number of registered volunteers has already reached 115 thousands in more than 1590 meeting locations. With the campai...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Politics.huThe State Audit Office (ÁSZ) has been asked by the government to investigate local councils implicated in recent brokerage scandals, the head of ÁSZ said in an interview to weekly Heti Válasz. The office will also investigate the banking...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE RECENTLY passed bill seeking to do away with fees for priority appointment at a doctor’s office, effective as of April 30, is already being bypassed and the Bratislava regional administration is checking the ProCare policlinics, belo...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Arnošt Lustig award, founded in honour of the late Czech writer by the Czech-Israeli chamber of commerce, will go to Petr Sýkora, philanthropist and co-founder of the Good Angel foundation, which is providing help to people with seri...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Czech Republic has strongly rejected freshly announced European Union plans for a quota system for accepting refugees. The EU wants the country to take in over 500 refugees permanently and to process the asylum requests of thousands ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily News Hungary
The Hungarian Football Federation has denied the licence of Gyõri ETO, Lombard Pápa, Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC, and Kecskeméti TE for the next season, meaning that they could not compete in Hungary’s first-division football champion... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Politics.huHungary could introduce an extraordinary levy on “multinational internet-based companies”, commonly referred to as the “Google tax”, Tamás Deutsch (pictured), the governmentʼs commissioner for online national consultation on digital deve...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Daily News HungaryBudapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party said under the 2016 budget bill submitted on Wednesday the government continues to cut taxes and invest economic output into helping families and workers, but opposition parties disagreed. T...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorPRIVATE railway operator RegioJet, a.s. will add a new pair of night trains on its long-distance routes from Bratislava and Prague to Košice.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Czech HappeningsPrague - Czech legendary gymnast Vera Caslavska, 73, the seven times Olympic champion and current Czech Olympic Committee honorary chairwoman (COV), suffers from pancreas cancer and will undergo a...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe Ministry of Finance is making concessions to the lobbying from betting companies, the global corruption watchdog Transparency International and Občané proti hazardu public association announced on Thursday. The ministry has reportedl...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesToday we have yet again a very healthy serving of Expats Events and also we are warning of the upcoming Fringe Festival, which we’ll be monitoring more closely next week. Among the many events we have lined up today is the Czech Beer Fes...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Politics.huThe Socialist party said economic growth should be used towards helping the poorest and SMEs. Sándor Burány, head of Parliament’s budget committee, said a lack of sufficient growth in consumption and “the spiral effects of payroll costs”...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe biggest Czech telecoms companies are now witnessing an improvement in their fortunes as cost cutting efforts of recent years start to outpace the slide in earnings from mobile and other telecom services.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHIS Saturday May 16th is the International Museum Day International Museum Day and all museums galleries will become available at a fraction of their regular cost.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe 21st international book fair and literary festival Svět knihy or Book World got underway in Prague on Thursday. The event brings together writers and publishers from around the world. Among this year’s guests will be German author Th...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Slovak SpectatorTHE POTENTIALLY botched administration of theVáhostav construction firm's restructuring has the company facing the threat of bankruptcy once again.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from NationalA 57-year-old man had a healthy kidney removed after surgeons at a hospital in Wrocław, western Poland, make a mistake.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio Prague - Latest articlesThe English Premier League club Arsenal is reportedly moving closer to a deal to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech, the daily idnes.cz reported on Thursday. According to the website, Čech’s manager Viktor Kolář was recently in London to ...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Politics.huHungary should achieve a fiscal adjustment of 0.5% of GDP this year and of 0.6% in 2016 to ensure reaching the medium-term objective of a structural deficit of 1.7% of GDP by 2017, the European Commission said. The EC recommended that Hu...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Skopje, 14 May 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Naser Pajaziti Leaders of the main four political parties met today in Skopje. After three hours of negotiations, they approved a joint declaration through which they engage to contin... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – The Belgrade audience will have an opportunity to “hear” and see the Untold Stories of the Night of the Museums
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Two Bulgarian ministers will unveil the new stand at the Ludogorets Arena stadium in Razgrad on Friday. Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova had been invited to attend the opening ceremony, daily Dnevn...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsEurobank reported on Thursday a drop in its first-quarter losses to 94 million euros – against losses of 524 million euros in October-December – and a 7.2 percent quarterly increase in profits before provisions.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsNegotiations between Greece and its creditors resumed at the technical level via teleconference on Thursday. Meanwhile, with pressure for a deal growing as cash reserves dwindle, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis proposed that Greece pus...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsEuropean club basketball heavyweight Real Madrid will be hard pressed to win its first Euroleague title since 1995 when it hosts the competition's Final Four this weekend.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsForeign Minister Nikos Kotzias and the European Union’s top foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, on Thursday discussed rising tensions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which have led to FYROM resurrecting demands for...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsReserved trade saw turnover dip to less than 75 million euros at the Greek bourse on Thursday and although the banks index posted a marginal drop the benchmark managed to recover its morning losses to end up well in the green.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Skopje, 14 May 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency By Naser Pajaziti Representatives from civil society in FYROM have called for massive protests on May 17 against the current government. The so called “Citizens for Macedonia” coalition,... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsA new bill foreseeing the granting of Greek citizenship to tens of thousands of second-generation immigrants was put up for public consultation on Thursday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsCampaigners advocating the return of the Parthenon Marbles expressed disappointment on Thursday at a statement by Alternate Minister for Culture Nikos Xydakis suggesting that Athens would opt for political and diplomatic routes over a le...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsThe Greek government, which has riled lenders recently with the reversal of some reforms in the public sector, said that it will introduce a new assessment scheme for civil servants within a month.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Balkans: Latest HeadlinesPristina said that top-level Kosovo-Serbia dialogue in Brussels will not continue until the agreements already reached during the normalisation talks have been fulfilled.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from World Bulletin / BalkansCroatia has cancelled a play by Michel Houellebecq who has been known for his controversial view on Islam.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Belgrade, May 14, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Milos Mitrovic The court in Belgrade annulled today the 1946 sentence against general Dragoljub Mihailovic; Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland – widely known as Chetniks –... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Radio BulgariaThe Defense Committee in the Bulgarian Parliament discussed at its meeting today the political situation in the Republic of Macedonia and its military and political dimensions. After the meeting, chairman of the commission general Miho M...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from B92 News in EnglishThursday's decision by the Higher Court in Belgrade to rehabilitate Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic has been hailed by some and condemned by others. Mihailovic was the leader of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, known also as the Chetniks, a...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from InSerbia NewsNEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the resumption of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the agreement on the judiciary,
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from protothemanews.com » World
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsThe Canadian Embassy in Athens will be closed until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, because it is moving to new premises.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from English - AGERPRESIndications were determined in 2014 of fraud affecting the financial interests of the EU with an estimated 53 million euros, advisor with Romania's Fight Against Fraud Department (DLAF) Alina Neagoe said on Thursday.
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from InSerbia NewsBELGRADE – National Bank of Serbia Vice Governor Diana Dragutinovic said on Thursday that the share of non-collectible loans in Serbia before
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from English - AGERPRESAGERPRES correspondent Carmen Marinescu reports: Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova estimates that a memorandum initialled with the Romanian Government might increase the number of Asian tourists, especially Chinese, to this p...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Independent Balkan News Agency
Sarajevo, May 14, 2015/ Independent Balkan News Agency By Mladen Dragojlovic All relevant BiH institutions are hard working to reach short deadlines to prepare for Pope Francis’ visit, scheduled for June 6. Some doubts regarding th... -
Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Latest NewsGreece will remain among the countries with the highest pensions in Europe over the next four decades if reforms concerning the level of pensions and the age of retirement are implemented, according to a European Commission report.
