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Meretz chair Lapid not worthy of being finance minister
Meretz leader MK Zahava Gal-On told "Globes TV" that Yair Lapid is not keeping the promises that he made to the public but is implementing the policies of the finance ministry ...
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Hema Zeeman dont sign Bangladesh textile industry safety deal
Dutch high street brands Hema, Zeeman, Prenatal and Coolcat have not signed an agreement to improve safety and working conditions for textile workers in Bangladesh, according to the final list of signatories published online. C&A, V&D, G-Star and WE have signed up to ...
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US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever
World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...
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Ford should directly address allegations of drug use in video scandal expert
TORONTO - A public relations expert suggests Rob Ford's decision not to host his weekly radio show on Sunday may indicate the Toronto mayor has yet to fully figure out how to respond to allegations he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. Queen's University Professor Monica LaBarge said Ford should come out and directly say whether the alleged drug use the video ...
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Former French finance minister Cahuzac withdraws candidacy
Disgraced ex-finance minister Jrme Cahuzac has bowed out from by-elections in France. Contesting his own constituency after a scandal involving secret Swiss bank accounts forced him to resign, his decision was welcome by socialists as it would spare his party further ...
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Study Global warming took decade-long pause outlook still dire
PARIS - A global warming "pause" over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions for the next 50 to 100 years, a study said Sunday - though levels remain in the danger zone. Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, an international team of climate scientists said a slower rate of warming increase observed from 2000 to 2009 suggested a "lower range of ...
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South Korea The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world
South Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous - so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the ...
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Scientists unravel secret world of mammoths from clues in ivory tusks
The first time I met palaeontologist Dan Fisher was in a hotel in the Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia. I was there to film an expedition to recover a new mammoth specimen with a BBC crew. We were keen to head north into the tundra of the Yamal Peninsula, where we'd heard new mammoth carcasses had been discovered. After sharing a large Mi-8 helicopter with a load of ...
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Shell applies squeeze in gas hunt
Shell says its campaign to squeeze untapped gas from the Maui field is meeting expectations as it casts it net to far flung parts of New Zealand's exclusive economic zone. Shell New Zealand chairman Rob Jager said the company was two months into a $75 million to $100 million campaign off the Taranaki coast which could last into early next year. The first well had hit its target depth and results ...
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Li wins world title completes grand slam
PARIS, France (AFP) - China's Li Xiaoxia claimed her maiden world championship title in Paris on Sunday to complete a career grand slam after defeating compatriot Liu Shiwen in an enthralling final.Runner-up to Ding Ning in 2011 and four years earlier to Guo Yue, Li went one step further in the French capital with an 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11 victory at the Bercy Arena.Liu ...
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Economy wide spending up in April
The prospects for Australian businesses are looking healthier, with spending across the economy rising for the eighth consecutive month.Commonwealth Bank's Business Sales Indicator (BSI) found that spending rose 0.5 per cent in trend terms in April.It was the eight month-on-month increase in a row, with spending up 4.9 per cent in April compared to a year earlier.CommSec chief economist ...
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Palmetto couples beloved barbecue sauce becomes a business
Palmetto couple Jan and Elmer Hiker were accustomed to getting compliments on their homemade barbecue sauce. A year ago, on the advice of friends, they began bottling and selling their ...
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U.S. stocks on a roll Yahoo Microsoft stoke appetite
) is holding an event in New York City on Monday evening, at which many are speculating the company could announce a deal with the social blogging platform Tumblr. Reports surfaced last week that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to ...
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Reddit’s Secret Plan For World Domination
, it’s the highest time to open your ears (and eyes). This week Reddit’s new sales and strategy boss, Mike Cole sent an amazing advertising deck to Simon Dumenco from AdAge. And the deck is nothing you’d probably seen before from a media ...
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Video The strange inventive world of wallpaper
Some historians believe wallpaper had ancient origins, but despite its popularity among past generations it had fallen out of favor. Now some entrepreneurial wallpaper designers are stirring a renaissance of wall coverings with styles that surprise and amuse. Rita Braver reports. Photo ...
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Small business Big power savings with new tool
More than 2,500 businesses have used the Electricity Authority';s What';s My Number business tool to make savings on their electricity bills with one business finding the difference between the cheapest and most expensive pricing option was $28,000 a year. Harcourts Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd, an Auckland based real estate company with 12 branches servicing the North Shore and Waiheke ...
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Gun safety a serious business for Civil War re-enactors
Many re-enactors use authentic firearms when they hit the battlefield, as they will this summer in Gettysburg. (Evening Sun -- File) YORK, Pa. - The document is 39 pages long. And this year it is going to contain some of the most important words read in Gettysburg - maybe not timeless, Gettysburg Address important. But important nonetheless. It is the Safety Standard Operating Procedures for ...
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Beyond the Rob Ford embarrassment is a broken Toronto
Long the epitome of a humane, prosperous, diverse, caring city, Toronto has at long last captured the world's attention - but not in the way that anyone would want. Mayor Rob Ford's latest scandal has drawn headlines in ...
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Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; Circumstances surrounding the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island will be explored in a public hearing in ...
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Nominations made for ITF World wheelchair tennis Team Cup
May 19- The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced the nominations for the 2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event at the Club Ali Bey Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey, which starts tomorrow. The Netherlands will defend their crown in the women's and junior events as France, led by world singles number two and doubles number one Stephane Houdet, look to retain their ...
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North Korea make history with mixed doubles title win over arch rivals at World Table Tennis Championships
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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Tesco clothing brand to expand
The clothing brand sold by Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said on Sunday it planned to open more than 50 new franchise stores worldwide over the next five years.F&F, which opened its first franchise store in Saudi Arabia last year, said it would open shops across the Middle East and in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.Up to six stores will be opened this year, with the ...
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China’s expanding house presses rest of global village
It's true that we cannot predict the future. Yet when we know how much snow has fallen on the Himalaya Mountains, we can predict flood levels six months later as the snow creates the floods. Similarly, a lot of snow has fallen on the global order, and we can see some of the flood of challenges to come.One prediction in my new book, The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One ...
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Worlds Richest Oil Countries
Not every oil rich country is able to pass along that wealth to the locals. Here is a look at the top 10 richest oil nations per-capita. While the smaller countries with low populations will often be made to look the wealthiest at first glance, a deeper look at actual real per capita income, unemployment and national poverty will give viewers a better sense of whether that oil wealth is ...
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McDowell Tames Thongchai to Win First World Match Play
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Latin American unity plagued by tensions
Division and suspicion seem the order of the day in Latin America at present, negating any optimism that the countries of the region may one day move toward a regional integration model based on that of the EU.
Latin America has seen itself become heavily divided over the issue of whether to readmit Honduras to the Organization of American States (OAS) after the 2009 coup, with all the Central American states accepting the new government while big regional players like Brazil and Mexico insist that more must be done before they’ll recognize it. Meanwhile, President Alan Garcia of Peru has told Latin America news providers that there is a quiet arms race occurring in the region. In all, it seems that regional integration along the same lines as the EU remains a long way off at present. Read more
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