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UAE Singapore discuss global development
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have held talks over international development. The talks were held between UAE's minister for international cooperation and development, Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid al-Qasimi and visiting Singaporean minister for foreign affairs K. Shanmugam and his delegation. Both sides discussed ways to support efforts in international development, stimulating the ...
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SingTel looking to expand pay-TV reach to international markets
According to ZDNet, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is considering plans to expand the reach of its Mio pay-TV service beyond its domestic market, as part of a wider shift from voice services to data/video. Allen Lew, chief executive of SingTel’s Digital Life unit, said: 'We’ll look at where are the opportunities, how big those markets are going to be, how strong is our ...
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Globe picks Ireland’s Nasctech to optimise enhance network
Filipino operator Globe Telecom, backed by the Ayala Group, has selected Irish firm Nasc Technologies (Nasctech) to optimise and enhance the efficiency of its recently ...
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TeliaSonera International Carrier launches IPX network
TSIC 's global fibre backbone with 200 points of presence (PoPs) worldwide, which it calls one of the largest s launched to date. Available to both TeliaSonera group and external operators, at launch the ...
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World How bad is Americas tornado
Dr Fujita's goal was to come up with a robust, quantitative scale for categorising both the intensity and the area of a given tornado, and deriving an after-the-fact estimate of the wind speeds present within ...
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IMF calls on Britain to do more for growth
In its assessment of the British government's economic policies, the IMF applauded Wednesday the "flexibility" shown by Treasury chief George Osborne but said the government "should capitalize on the nascent signs of momentum to bolster ...
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Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives
GOMA, Congo -; A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group. The explosion comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's distant capital for a two-day visit that is expected to take him to ...
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Japan watchdog Nuclear plant sits on active fault
TOKYO -; Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually ...
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UK to finalize plans for Afghan interpreters
LONDON -; Britain is proposing to let Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal ...
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Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY -; The Vatican has taken another step in trying to show greater financial transparency by publishing a first annual report from its new financial watchdog ...
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Gosling misses Cannes premiere sends his regrets
Cannes festival director Thierry Fremaux, right, reads a letter from actor Ryan Gosling explaining why he could not attend the festival, as director Nicolas Winding Refn, centre, and actress Kristen Scott Thomas listen during a press conference for the film Only God Forgives at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia ...
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Death toll rises to 23 in China factory blast
The blast was so strong that 10 of those killed could only be identified by their DNA. Experts from the State Administration of Work Safety have been sent to the factory and are investigating the cause of the ...
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Investors edgy ahead of Bernanke testimony
LONDON -; Investors were edgy Wednesday ahead of the appearance of U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke before lawmakers in ...
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Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison
BEREZNIKI, Russia -; An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on ...
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IDEA arranged seminar on occasion of “ International Biodiversitity Day”-PHOTOS
IDEA campaign arranged a seminar on the occasion of " International Biodiversity Day" IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action) campaign held a seminar on the occasion of "International Biodiversity Day". The seminar took place in the IDEA Resource Center, which is situated at the Academy of Public Administration under President of the Republic of Azerbaijan ...
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Partners In Power The Worlds Most Influential Couples
The 100 ladies on FORBES' list of the world's most powerful women are politicians, CEOs, activist billionaires and celebrities, and all are at the top of their game. This year, several of our power women have a partner who is as equally influential. These power duos prove that whether they're tackling global crises or ruling the world, sometimes it takes two. Here's a look ...
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The Worlds Most Powerful Female Entrepreneurs 2013
The World's Most Powerful Female Entrepreneurs Of the 100 remarkable women on the 2013 list of the World's Most Powerful Women, you'll find CEOs and heads of state, philanthropists, billionaires and bureaucrats. But while they all have the power to shape-and reshape-our world, within the ranks of the 100 is an even more elite power list: the 17 women who built their power-and ...
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Highest monastery in the world
At an elevation of about 5,000 meters, the Rongbuk Monastery located on Mount Qomolangma is the highest monastery in the world. The monastery was built in 1899 by a Ningmapa lama. The number of lamas reached 600 in the past, but now only about 30 there. Mani stones, carved with sacred syllables and prayers, line the site's paths. Although small, the Rongbuk Monastery holds good influence ...
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Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down
As rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 ...
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Italy approves law on controversial stem cell therapy
Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill ...
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Iraq to assemble Iranian cars IKCO
Samand Soren is a new family saloon created by Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2007. Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro will establish an assembly line with the capacity of 30,000 units per year in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya by the next month.Preliminary agreements were made three years ago, IRNA quoted Iran Khodro deputy director for exports Abdol'azim Sa'dian as saying. Iran Khodro has ...
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Ahmadinejad contests election ban
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , a centrist who revitalised reformist hopes. It approved eight hopefuls, mostly hard-line candidates associated with the clerical establishment.Mr Ahmadinejad had clerical conservative backing until he was perceived to challenge Mr Khamenei's authority in ...
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Harper in Peru for trade talks amid Senate expense scandal
Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives in Lima on Tuesday as part of a four-day trip to South America to talk about trade and bilateral relations. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Pakistan cricketer Khan leaves hospital after election rally plunge
Imran Khan lefta hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at an election event. (Shaukat Khanum ...
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Malaga Have Second Year of Europe Ban Lifted
(Reuters) - Malaga have had a second "suspended" one-year ban from European competition overturned, UEFA said on Wednesday, although the Spanish club still face exclusion from next season's Europa League should they qualify. The Costa del Sol club, who reached the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, are banned from the next European competition they qualify for over the ...
Focus on Palestine
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Palestine is a potential eco-friendly hub
Palestine, occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Territories or the Occupied Territories, call it what you will, this patch of land in the Middle East has many different name according to political opinion, but what many don’t realize about it is the ingenuity that takes place on a daily basis.
Palestine is one of the poorest regions in the world and certainly in the Middle East, the territory which is loosely made up of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is a large refugee camp because none of the inhabitants have sovereignty and therefore do not have a centrally strong government to provide basic services. Much of the areas income is derived through donations and money earned by day laborers within Israel. Read more
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