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LIVE President Peres to honor Clinton
Former US president to receive highest civil distinction at opening session of the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem; Middle East envoy Tony Blair says two-state solution has short window of ...
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Deputy minister Ben-Dahan to stay in IDF corps
Since being elected to the Knesset and appointed deputy minister for religious services, Bayit Yehudi MK Eli Ben-Dahan has had to fight battles on numerous fronts - be it the struggle within his party over which candidate to back for chief rabbi, or the internecine skirmishes that have erupted within the coalition over pieces of contentious legislation.But while clear-cut successes in the ...
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‘We’re here to demand a better Brazil’
';I am here to demand a better Brazil,'; said 21-year-old student Juliana Alves. ';They are spending billions of dollars on the World Cup, but virtually nothing on education. This is ...
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Rafaelle Sollecito forced to abandon Switzerland after his residence permit is revoked
Rafaelle Sollecito served four years in prison for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher, who was found half naked, her throat slit, in the flat she shared with Knox in ...
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Girl Guides no longer have to swear allegiance to God and country
Tradition: Although members have been required to make a pledge to God since its inception in 1910, the phrase 'and my country' has been included only since ...
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US House passes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks
The US House of Representatives approved a Republican measure restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception, one of the most stringent pro-life bills in the past ...
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FBI fugitive arrested in Mexican resort
Walter Lee Williams, a former university professor seen here in a 2011 handout photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has become the 500th person to be named to the Ten Most Wanted list, according to an FBI statement. (REUTERS/FBI/Handout via Reuters) CANCUN – Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the ...
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Obama to call for deep cuts in U.S. Russian nuke arsenals
President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during June 17, 2013 bilateral meeting at G-8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern ...
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Global refugee numbers at 19-year high
The number of people who have been forcibly displaced by war and other crises worldwide has risen to its highest level for almost two decades, hitting 45.2 million, according to the UN's refugee agency. Annual figures released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday showed that 1.1 million fled across international borders in 2012, while a further 6.5 ...
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Ohio captives
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Ohio captives
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Professor on US FBIs most wanted list nabbed in Mexico
This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams. He is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with ...
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Palestinians launch rockets toward South shattering calm
"Code Red" warning sirens sounded in Ashkelon and surrounding areas early Wednesday morning, an IDF spokesperson confirmed.Shortly after the sirens went off, three rockets fell in open areas, landing in Palestinian areas, Israel Radio ...
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Rohani Iran nuclear work never meant to be exposed
UNITED NATIONS - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with them." The comments offer an intriguing window into the past thinking of Rohani, widely seen as a moderate or ...
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Serial rapist Adrian Bayley jailed for life in Melbourne over murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher
A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia's second-largest ...
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Rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli coast
Three grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon this morning, according to media reports, the first time missiles from the Palestinian enclave have hit Israel for nearly two ...
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Analysis French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in ...
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Obama to set new goals to cut nuclear weapons senior official
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, ...
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Taliban kill US troops after peace moves
At least four US soldiers have been killed in an attack on Bagram air base in Afghanistan, hours after Washington said its officials would meet the Afghan armed group for talks. The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the attack.. "Last night two big rockets were launched at Bagram (air base) which hit the target. Four soldiers are dead and six others are wounded. The rockets ...
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Flood death toll in hilly Indian states climb
NDTV has reported.The channel said on Wednesday that thousands of houses in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh had been swept away in the floods and authorities were using helicopters to evacuate people and drop essential food supplies.Northern India has witnessed torrential rains at least three times more than usual over the past week ever since the annual monsoon broke a fortnight ...
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Rohani once spoke approvingly of hiding Iran atomic work
Reuters © Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani gestures to the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fars News/Majid ...
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Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying
Reuters © Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington in this May 22, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Gary ...
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Presidential Conference 2013 ready to kick off Day Two
The most festive aspect of this year's "Facing Tomorrow" conference - the fifth in the Presidential Conference series - was the celebration of President Shimon Peres's 90th birthday on Tuesday night at the Jerusalem International Convention Center. In attendance were past and present world leaders, international scholars, social activists, poets, scientists, artists, ...
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AIPAC urges caution on Rohani
US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win "More fundamentally," the memo continued, "there is no indication that Supreme Leader Khamenei will limit his absolute control over Iran's nuclear policy. Even if Rouhani wished to change the country's policy, he may have no ability to do so."Pointing to a speech Rowhani gave in March 2006, in which he spoke of ...
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Poland Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander in Minneapolis
The June 3, 1944, photo provided by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Heinrich Himmler, centre, SS Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, as he reviews troops of the Galician SS-Volunteer Infantry Division Michael Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women ...
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Honolulu to finally have a family justice centre
The Justice Department of Honolulu has announced to Honolulu news media that most of the funding for a family justice centre has now been secured, and it hoped the centre will act as a comprehensive facility to meet all the needs of victims fleeing the physical and psychological effects of domestic violence.
The plans for a center aimed at family justice was announced by city prosecutor Peter Carlisle who said funds of $400,000 had been secured through federal grants for the planning of the center, the training of staff as well as rent and equipment. Read more
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