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| Wed, 22 May 2013 07:11:09 -0400 Artillery lands in east Congo city, humanitarian camp |
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighbourhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a human rights group said. From early morning, government troops and M23 rebels exchanged heavy weapons fire for a third straight day outside the city, the largest in Democratic Republic of Congo's turbulent and mineral-rich east. "A shell landed in Goma's Ndosho neighbourhood around 9 a.m. ...
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:18 -0400 Mais non! French universities may teach in English |
PARIS (AP) — France's National Assembly is taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists and the political far-right alike.
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:57 -0400 Gosling misses Cannes premiere, sends his regrets |
CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling.
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:12 -0400 IMF softens views on UK government's policies |
LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has softened its assessment of the British government's economic policies, saying in a report Wednesday that it did well to ease its pace of austerity cuts, but stressing more was needed to support the recovery.
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:13 -0400 Investors edgy ahead of Bernanke testimony |
 LONDON (AP) — Investors were edgy Wednesday ahead of the appearance of U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke before lawmakers in Congress.
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 06:53:34 -0400 Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai |
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. Security sources said the men were freed following talks mediated by Bedouin tribal leaders. They were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, a town straddling the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip. ...
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:04:29 GMT Bloomberg Took Secret Path to a New Schools Chief |
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:28:20 GMT Tentative Deal in Iraq Keeps Maliki in Power |
Iraq’s leaders reached a tentative agreement to end an eight-month political impasse and return Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to power.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:14:21 GMT Wal-Mart Says ‘Try This On’: Free Shipping |
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:28:20 GMT Life in Shadows for Mentally Ill in China, With Violent Flares |
Psychiatry has been revived in China, but mental health remains a medical backwater, desperately short of financing, practitioners and esteem.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:15:16 GMT Music Review: For Nashville’s Royalty, the Shake-Up Goes On |
Victories for Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the Country Music Awards were only some of the signs that Nashville is coming to terms with a new establishment.
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| Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:17:49 GMT Obama Warns North Korea in Speech |
President Obama said North Korea faces further isolation unless it gives up nuclear weapons.
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:06 GMT Syria opposition calls for reinforcements in embattled Qusair |
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement. 
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 11:03:54 GMT Iran, Hezbollah increasing support for Assad: Britain |
AMMAN (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support. 
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:45 GMT Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai |
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. 
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 10:33:46 GMT Afghanistan's Karzai gives India military equipment 'wish list' |
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan army is in its interests.
  
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 10:07:47 GMT Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law |
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year. 
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| Wed, 22 May 2013 10:06:52 GMT Rescuers seek Oklahoma tornado survivors as area eyes recovery |
MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescue efforts in the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore continued through the night into Wednesday morning, with officials increasingly confident that everyone caught in the disaster had been accounted for. 
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