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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrakirkman/2015/01/12/great-escapes-5-of-the-worlds-best-tropical-villas-for-the-ultimate-winter-getaway/
Truly Great Escapes: 5 of the World's Best Tropical Villas for the Ultimate Winter Getaway
Truly Great Escapes: 5 of the World's Best Tropical Villas for the Ultimate Winter Getaway If you’re looking for a reason to escape to a luxurious tropical paradise in the next few months (or, say…tomorrow), the frigid Arctic vortex presently pummeling much of the U.S. is a compelling one—assuming the promise of warm s...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrakirkman/2015/02/22/three-over-the-top-luxury-vacations-among-gift-bag-swag-for-2015-oscar-nominees/
Three Over-the-Top Luxury Vacations Among Gift Bag Swag for 2015 Oscar Winners
Three Over-the-Top Luxury Vacations Among Gift Bag Swag for 2015 Oscar Winners In another somewhat mystifying example of Hollywood excess, this year’s Oscar winners—including Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, and J.K. Simmons—and the rest of the nominees received a swag bag worth nearly $168,000, almos...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrakirkman/2015/02/23/key-west-americas-hottest-new-luxury-destination-for-2015/
Key West: America's Hottest New Luxury Destination for 2015
Key West: America's Hottest New Luxury Destination for 2015 Arguably no other destination in America exudes the exotic, off-the-grid allure of Key West in the Florida Keys. Since its discovery in 1513 by Ponce de León, who claimed the island, along with the rest of Florida, for Spain, it's been revered for its wildly i...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrakirkman/2021/02/23/miamis-hottest-hotel-opening-of-2021-moxy-miami-south-beach/?sh=7382433f6cf4
Miami’s Hottest Hotel Opening Of 2021: Moxy Miami South Beach
Miami’s Hottest Hotel Opening Of 2021: Moxy Miami South Beach Miami’s storied South Beach—a perennial playground for sun-seekers, snowbirds, and international glitterati alike—welcomed a buzzy newcomer to its bustling hotel scene on February 11 with the debut of Moxy Miami South Beach, the first resort-style property u...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idFRPAE6AJ02W20101120
Athlétisme: Pékin accueillera les mondiaux 2015
Athlétisme: Pékin accueillera les mondiaux 2015 By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MONACO (Reuters) - Pékin organisera les championnats du monde d’athlétisme en 2015, a annoncé la Fédération internationale d’athlétisme (IAAF) samedi. Pékin organisera les championnats du monde d'athlétisme en 2015. Cette discipline fera ainsi s...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idgSmallBusiness/idUS379287805820090925
China clamps down on Internet ahead of 60th anniversary
China clamps down on Internet ahead of 60th anniversary By 6 Min Read Security forces with black masks and machine guns on the streets of China’s capital are just the more visible side of a security clampdown in the country this month: there is also its secretive battle to control the Internet. The heightened security ...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idIN157699227120110919
Murdoch in good times and bad
Murdoch in good times and bad By Sir Harold Evans36 Min Read The views expressed are his own. There is a clear connecting thread between the events I describe in “Good Times, Bad Times” and the dramas that led so many years later to Rupert Murdoch’s “most humble day of my life.” I was seated within a few feet of him in...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idIN197346558320141215
Sony’s big bluff can’t beat First Amendment
Sony’s big bluff can’t beat First Amendment By Alison Frankel7 Min Read Word broke this weekend that Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired celebrated lawyer David Boies of Boies Schiller & Flexner to warn news organizations away from publishing stories based on information hacked from the studio’s servers. Boies’ lette...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idIN68488476220150417?edition-redirect=in
A hashtag’s unintended consequences in Nigeria
A hashtag’s unintended consequences in Nigeria By Emmanuel Akinwotu5 Min Read A girl holds a sign during a march to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram militants, in Abuja April 14, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde Emmanuel Akinw...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idIN71510418720121211?edition-redirect=in
The contemporary-art bubble
The contemporary-art bubble By 10 Min Read Blake Gopnik has an excellent piece on the art bubble in the latest Newsweek (where he was sadly laid off last week), which has been met by a predictable rubbishing from Marion Maneker. Both men agree on the symptoms: prices unrelated to quality, and artists who can go from ho...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINB47611720090913?edition-redirect=in
Protesters arrested at Australian power plant
Protesters arrested at Australian power plant By Reuters Staff1 Min Read MELBOURNE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - An anti-climate change protest at an Australian coal-fired power plant ended with 22 arrests on Sunday, police said. Hundreds of anti-climate change protesters descended on the Hazelwood Power Station near Melbourne,...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINBRE85Q05520120627?edition-redirect=in
Insight: Evidence suggests anti-foreclosure laws may backfire
Insight: Evidence suggests anti-foreclosure laws may backfire By Tim Reid11 Min Read (Reuters) - State and federal laws enacted to protect homeowners from eviction in the wake of the 2008 housing crash may be extending the slump, according to a growing number of economists and industry experts. A foreclosure sale sign ...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINBRE86C0UP20120713?edition-redirect=in
"Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan hospitalized
"Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan hospitalized By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Actor Michael Clarke Duncan arrives at the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “The Green Mile” actor Michael Clarke Duncan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, a spokeswoman for his re...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINBRE8781KZ20120809?edition-redirect=in
Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to earth in meteorites
Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to earth in meteorites By Chris Wickham3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - The only known natural examples of a Nobel prize-winning crystal, now used in everyday objects like razor blades and non-stick frying pans, arrived on earth in meteorites, scientists have found. Israeli scientist Dani...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINBREA3G1XI20140417?edition-redirect=in
Scientists find Earth-sized world in orbit friendly to life
Scientists find Earth-sized world in orbit friendly to life By Irene Klotz3 Min Read CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For the first time, scientists have found an Earth-sized world orbiting in a life-friendly zone around a distant star. Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in th...
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100 mln will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate - report
100 mln will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate - report By Nina Chestney4 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 go...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINDEE99E02Y20131015?edition-redirect=in
Burberry names Bailey CEO as Ahrendts quits for Apple
Burberry names Bailey CEO as Ahrendts quits for Apple By James Davey, Kate Holton5 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Burberry BRBY.L boss Angela Ahrendts, who has overseen a doubling in sales and a 250-percent jump in the shares of the British fashion brand, will leave to take up a job at Apple AAPL.O next year and hand over...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINDEE9BN0AI20131224?edition-redirect=in
In telecom merger mania, skeptical eye from Obama administration
In telecom merger mania, skeptical eye from Obama administration By Alina Selyukh, Sinead Carew6 Min Read WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pair of potentially transformative U.S. telecoms and cable deals could run afoul of Obama administration regulators who worry that mergers among market leaders would hurt consumers...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINDEEA1B0BS20140212?edition-redirect=in
Exodus of French volunteers for Syria jihad growing - judge
Exodus of French volunteers for Syria jihad growing - judge By Nicholas Vinocur, Chine Labbé4 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - Growing numbers of French youths are leaving to fight with Islamist rebel groups in Syria as a first wave of volunteers returns home and steps up a recruitment drive for jihad, a top anti-terror judg...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINFWN18D0PY?edition-redirect=in
BRIEF-Omega Advisors dissolves share stake in Amazon, Citigroup
BRIEF-Omega Advisors dissolves share stake in Amazon, Citigroup By Reuters Staff2 Min Read May 16 (Reuters) - Omega Advisors * Omega Advisors Dissolves Class A Shares Stake In Terraform Global * Omega advisors dissolves share stake in amazon.com inc * Sec filing * Omega advisors dissolves share stake in jp morgan chase...
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BRIEF-Point raises $8.4 mln in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz
BRIEF-Point raises $8.4 mln in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Sept 13 (Reuters) - Point * Raised $8.4 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing total funding to $15.4 million Source text for Eikon: Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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BRIEF-Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Sept-qtr profit rises
BRIEF-Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Sept-qtr profit rises By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Oct 27 (Reuters) - Cholamandalam Investment And Finance Company Ltd * Sept quarter net profit 1.71 billion rupees versus profit 1.20 billion rupees year ago * Sept quarter total income from operations 11.62 billion rupees versus 1...
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BRIEF-Yes Bank partners Gupshup for AI powered chatbots for instant loan offering
BRIEF-Yes Bank partners Gupshup for AI powered chatbots for instant loan offering By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Jan 5 (Reuters) - Yes Bank Ltd * Says Yes Bank partners with Gupshup to introduce AI powered chatbots for instant loan offering Source text: (bit.ly/2hT4LZm) Further company coverage: Our Standards: The Thomson ...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINFWN1EZ09V?edition-redirect=in
BRIEF-Axis Bank ties up with distributed financial technology company Ripple
BRIEF-Axis Bank ties up with distributed financial technology company Ripple By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Jan 9 (Reuters) - Axis Bank Ltd : * says has tied up with distributed financial technology company ripple to offer cross-border payments solution through technology innovation Source text :Axis Bank, India’s third la...
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Equine flu ends Sydney's spring carnival
Equine flu ends Sydney's spring carnival By Michael Perry4 Min Read SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney’s multi-million dollar spring racing carnival was cancelled on Thursday after eight horses at the city’s premier track were diagnosed with equine flu, officials said. A quarantined racehorse looks from its stable at Royal Rand...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-29283820070901
Wives of Saudi militancy suspects want public trial
Wives of Saudi militancy suspects want public trial By Reuters Staff2 Min Read RIYADH (Reuters) - Wives of Saudi men detained as part of a Saudi crackdown on militants fighting to topple the U.S.-allied monarchy held a protest on Saturday demanding the men be tried publicly. The protest was the second this summer, afte...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-29597020070918
India name Dhoni one-day captain
India name Dhoni one-day captain By Krittivas Mukherjee2 Min Read MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian selectors appointed wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as one-day captain on Tuesday after Rahul Dravid abruptly quit the job last week, marking a generation change in the team’s leadership. Mahendra Singh Dhoni dives to catch a ...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-30746520071129?edition-redirect=in
Technology killing India's movie poster art
Technology killing India's movie poster art By Reuters Life!3 Min Read PANAJI, India (Reuters Life!) - Long before graphic design changed the movie industry, the heaving bosoms and rippling muscles of Bollywood’s heroes and heroines drew viewers to the boxoffice from hand-painted, larger-than-life posters. File photo o...
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Antarctic ice riddle keeps sea-level secrets
Antarctic ice riddle keeps sea-level secrets By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent6 Min Read TROLL STATION, Antarctica (Reuters) - A deep freeze holding 90 percent of the world’s ice, Antarctica is one of the biggest puzzles in debate on global warming with risks that any thaw could raise sea levels faster than U...
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Singapore aspires to become Oxbridge of the East
Singapore aspires to become Oxbridge of the East By Reuters Life!2 Min Read SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Singapore plans to build residential colleges at its top university to copy the Oxford and Cambridge system, the city-state’s premier said on Thursday. Six residential colleges, which will combine living quarters wit...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-31751620080204
Scandal gnaws at Buddha's holy tree in Bodh Gaya
Scandal gnaws at Buddha's holy tree in Bodh Gaya By Simon Denyer5 Min Read BODH GAYA (Reuters) - Tales of corruption, looting and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some 2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism’s holiest sites. An idol of L...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-31869420080211?edition-redirect=in
The Beatles' guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi cremated
The Beatles' guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi cremated By Krittivas Mukherjee3 Min Read ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - The embalmed body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles’ guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India’s holiest ri...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-31876920080211?edition-redirect=in
Sanjay Dutt marries Manyata
Sanjay Dutt marries Manyata By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Actor Sanjay Dutt poses with his wife Manyata after their wedding in Mumbai February 11, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer MUMBAI ( Reuters) - Actor Sanjay Dutt married longtime girlfriend Manyata in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai on Monday, two years after they start...
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China's ancestor day leads Confucian revival
China's ancestor day leads Confucian revival By Chris Buckley4 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) - China officially marked the traditional Qingming Festival of ancestor worship on Friday in a revival of Confucian ways that some scholars hope will eventually elevate the traditional doctrine into a “state religion.” A woman cle...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-33027420080414?edition-redirect=in
Bangladesh-India trains resume after 43-year break
Bangladesh-India trains resume after 43-year break By Azad Majumder4 Min Read DHAKA (Reuters) - Passenger trains began rolling between Bangladesh and India on Monday, resuming a service suspended more than four decades ago due to a war between India and Pakistan. A worker carries flowers to decorate the Maitree (Friend...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-33130920080420?edition-redirect=in
Indonesian Muslims rally for ban on Ahmadiyya sect
Indonesian Muslims rally for ban on Ahmadiyya sect By Reuters Staff2 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Indonesian Muslims gathered in front of the presidential palace on Sunday to press the government to ban a Muslim sect that has been branded heretical by most Muslims. An Indonesian government team is draft...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-33194720080423
Indonesian sect leader jailed for "blasphemy"
Indonesian sect leader jailed for "blasphemy" By Reuters Staff3 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamic sect leader to four years in prison for “blasphemy”. Abdul Salam, who founded the Islamic sect al-Qiyadah al-Islamiah in 2000, was arrested last year after the Indonesian Ul...
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Firm handshakes help grab jobs -- study
Firm handshakes help grab jobs -- study By Reuters Life!2 Min Read CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Smartening up and smiling are key tactics for job-seekers, but a simple well-delivered handshake could trump them both, according to a new study. Two retired Australian servicemen shake hands in the town of Braidwood, about 90...
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U.S., Libya near deal to compensate terror victims
U.S., Libya near deal to compensate terror victims By Arshad Mohammed4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Libya would pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate U.S. victims of terrorism under a tentative agreement that hinges on action by the U.S. Congress, sources familiar with the accord said on Wednesday. An en...
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China says it defends Tibetan culture
China says it defends Tibetan culture By Reuters Staff3 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) - China, not the Dalai Lama, is the real guardian of Tibet’s culture, the government said on Thursday, rejecting criticism that its rule in the restive mountain region amounts to cultural annihilation. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama...
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For actor Roger Moore his word is his Bond
For actor Roger Moore his word is his Bond By Steve James, Reuters Life!4 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - After 60 years in the make-believe world of acting, Roger Moore admits to telling the occasional fib or little white lie now and again. Film star Roger Moore is seen with a child at the Abandoned Baby Centre in...
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Bloody Marys at 1933 prices just the tonic for NYC
Bloody Marys at 1933 prices just the tonic for NYC By Reuters Life!3 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A cocktail born of the Great Depression may be just the tonic for New Yorkers worried about the economy. To mark the 75th anniversary of the Bloody Mary U.S. restaurant chain TGI Friday’s is selling the drink at 193...
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Kim Jong-il had stroke, now better - French doctor
Kim Jong-il had stroke, now better - French doctor By Reuters Staff2 Min Read North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits the Central Zoo in Pyongyang in North Korea, in this undated picture released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) December 2, 2008. REUTERS/KCNA PARIS (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il...
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World's biggest refinery poised to start in Jamnagar
World's biggest refinery poised to start in Jamnagar By Nidhi Verma5 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries is set to double its capacity by starting up its new 580,000 barrels per day plant (bpd) this weekend, creating the world’s biggest refinery just as global oil demand collapses. The Reliance Industrie...
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Singapore to toughen protest laws ahead of APEC meet
Singapore to toughen protest laws ahead of APEC meet By Reuters Staff2 Min Read SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will toughen its protest laws ahead of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to reduce the number of civil disobedience acts, state media reported on Saturday. Wong Kan Seng, Singapore’s...
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ANALYSIS - Derivatives dispute divides Islamic finance market
ANALYSIS - Derivatives dispute divides Islamic finance market By Liau Y-Sing6 Min Read KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Islamic banks are struggling to develop hedging tools as religious differences cast doubt on the use of derivatives, exposing the industry to risks of increased volatility as markets deteriorate. A staff of a...
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Karzai says tension with United States ended
Karzai says tension with United States ended By Reuters Staff1 Min Read File photo of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai at Camp David in Maryland, August 6, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files MAHTER LAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that tension with the United States ove...
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In Asia, suicides rise due to financial crisis
In Asia, suicides rise due to financial crisis By Tan Ee Lyn, Kim Junghyun6 Min Read HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Chan Kiu-hung thought about committing suicide when she discovered that her retirement nest egg had been lost with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. “I was in despair. I lost my appetite and couldn’t sleep at...
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U.S. wants Israel, India in anti-nuclear arms treaty
U.S. wants Israel, India in anti-nuclear arms treaty By Louis Charbonneau4 Min Read UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global pact meant to limit the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. Speaking on the se...
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Iran sends warships to Gulf of Aden - navy
Iran sends warships to Gulf of Aden - navy By Reuters Staff3 Min Read TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday. Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, quoted by the ISNA news agency, ma...
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KK Modi Group buys Phillip Morris’s 10.83% stake in GPI
KK Modi Group buys Phillip Morris’s 10.83% stake in GPI By Ruchika Sharma (VCCircle.com)3 Min Read KK Modi IFS will acquire Philip Morris’s 11,22,201 shares in the JV company, which was set up 1979. K K Modi Investment and Financial services (KK Modi IFS), a subsidiary of the KK Modi Group will acquire a 10.83% stake i...
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Australian Brydan Klein given six-month ban for racist abuse
Australian Brydan Klein given six-month ban for racist abuse By Reuters Staff3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Former Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein has been banned for six months for racially abusing an opponent, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said on Thursday. File photo of Australia's Brydan...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-42410320090912?edition-redirect=in
Sharapova's first coach Yudkin dies at 73
Sharapova's first coach Yudkin dies at 73 By Reuters Staff1 Min Read MOSCOW (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova’s first tennis mentor, Yuri Yudkin, has died at the age of 73, the Russian tennis federation said on Saturday. Yudkin coached Sharapova at the Black Sea resort of Sochi between 1992 and 1994 before she moved to the U...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-43043620091009?edition-redirect=in
U.N. experts concerned Colombia fighters in Honduras
U.N. experts concerned Colombia fighters in Honduras By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya hold a giant Honduras flag during a protest outside the hotel where members of the Organization of American States (OAS) mission are staying in Tegucigalpa October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Oswa...
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Flu cases quadruple among Afghans, more deaths
Flu cases quadruple among Afghans, more deaths By Reuters Staff1 Min Read An Afghan girl looks on as she wears a protective mask while standing at a school in Herat November 3, 2009. The number of Afghans infected by the deadly H1N1 virus has more than quadrupled in two days, a health ministry official said on Wednesda...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-45014420091228?edition-redirect=in
Dutch probe claims of Nigerian bomber accomplice
Dutch probe claims of Nigerian bomber accomplice By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Detroit bound Delta Airlines plane on Christmas day, is shown in this undated photograph released to Reuters on December 26, 2009.REUTERS/saharareporters.com/Handout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch mili...
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Dustin Hoffman draws boos in Italy tourism spot
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Thousands protest in Kashmir over villager death
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Prominent Muslim to issue anti-terrorism fatwa
Prominent Muslim to issue anti-terrorism fatwa By Michael Holden4 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - A prominent Islamic scholar is to issue a 600-page religious edict denouncing terrorism in London on Tuesday in what he says is a bid to persuade young Muslims to turn their backs on extremism. The fatwa from Muhammad Tahir ul...
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FACTBOX - Malacca Strait is a strategic 'chokepoint'
FACTBOX - Malacca Strait is a strategic 'chokepoint' By 2 Min Read REUTERS - Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia said on Thursday they are stepping up security in the Strait of Malacca, a key shipping lane for world trade, following warnings of possible attacks on oil tankers in the area. A Police Coast Guard vessel patr...
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French nuclear tests in Algeria leave toxic legacy
French nuclear tests in Algeria leave toxic legacy By Lamine Chikhi5 Min Read IN EKKER, Algeria (Reuters) - Radioactive material is seeping out from this Sahara desert mountain where French scientists conducted nuclear tests in the 1960s, contaminating the soil and poisoning relations between France and Algeria. Racing...
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Bullock wins best actress Oscar for 'Blind Side'
Bullock wins best actress Oscar for 'Blind Side' By Christine Kearney3 Min Read LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar, and her first Academy Award, on Sunday for her role as a suburban mom who takes in a homeless black teen and guides him to a football career in the “The Blind Side.” Sandra ...
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ANALYSIS - 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers
ANALYSIS - 3D TVs new battleground for plasma, LCD display makers By Miyoung Kim, Kiyoshi Takenaka6 Min Read SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Plasma display panel (PDP) technology makers are pinning high hopes on the emerging but uncertain 3D TV market to claw back market share after falling behind popular LCD flat screen backe...
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ANALYSIS - Mexico oil decline to resume, target looks shaky
ANALYSIS - Mexico oil decline to resume, target looks shaky By Robert Campbell4 Min Read MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican crude oil output, which has been stable since September, will soon resume its fall and the medium-term outlook is increasingly cloudy due to doubts surrounding two major projects. Fire boat response ...
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Reuters summit - Smartphones get cheaper for mass appeal
Reuters summit - Smartphones get cheaper for mass appeal By Doug Young, Tarmo Virki4 Min Read HONG KONG/PARIS (Reuters) - A new wave of cheap smartphones could soon do for the mobile industry what years of hype and investing in pricey 3G systems failed to accomplish -- combining must-have chic with affordable prices fo...
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Israel ends highway segregation, pleasing no-one
Israel ends highway segregation, pleasing no-one By Douglas Hamilton5 Min Read ROUTE 443, West Bank (Reuters) - Starting Friday, Israeli troops will guard new checkpoints in the West Bank that nullify the impact of an Israeli court order allowing Palestinian drivers to use route 443. What was hailed as a victory for ju...
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S.Korea vows swift action to stabilise markets
S.Korea vows swift action to stabilise markets By Yoo Choonsik4 Min Read SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean financial policymakers held emergency talks on Wednesday, promising to help banks secure foreign currency if the markets turmoil creates a repeat of the crunch that squeezed them at the height of the global downturn....
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INTERVIEW - First phone with new Symbian due from Asian vendor
INTERVIEW - First phone with new Symbian due from Asian vendor By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - The first cellphone running revamped Symbian 3 software is set to be introduced by an Asian vendor, not Nokia, the main user of the most widely used mobile operating system, Symb...
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Euro zone agrees emergency loan SPV details - sources
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IAEA chief says looking into Myanmar nuclear report
IAEA chief says looking into Myanmar nuclear report By Reuters Staff3 Min Read VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday it was looking into a report that military-ruled Myanmar was aiming to develop nuclear weapons. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano reaches for a...
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Estonia wins ministers' approval to join euro zone
Estonia wins ministers' approval to join euro zone By Marcin Grajewski3 Min Read LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers on Monday approved Estonia’s bid to join the currency area next year as its 17th member, reassuring other candidates that the bloc would remain open despite its debt problems. An European ...
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INTERVIEW - Afghan ex-intel chief says opposed Karzai peace plan
INTERVIEW - Afghan ex-intel chief says opposed Karzai peace plan By Jonathon Burch, Hamid Shalizi5 Min Read KABUL (Reuters) - The former head of Afghanistan’s intelligence service quit after seeing himself as an obstacle to President Hamid Karzai’s plan to reach out to insurgents for talks, he said on Monday, a day aft...
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SEC eyes confluence of events as flash crash cause
SEC eyes confluence of events as flash crash cause By Rachelle Younglai4 Min Read MONTREAL (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will most likely find that a confluence of events caused the unprecedented stock market “flash crash” in early May, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said on Thursday. “I suspec...
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World's richest want better health for Latam poors
World's richest want better health for Latam poors By Reuters Staff3 Min Read MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the world’s richest men with a combined fortune of over $100 billion, announced a joint effort on Monday that will bring basic preventive health care to poor people in southern Mexico and Ce...
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Japan city defends beard ban as "Cool Biz" step
Japan city defends beard ban as "Cool Biz" step By Reuters Staff1 Min Read A man walks past a market index display board outside a securities firm in Tokyo in this February 15, 2007 file photo. A Japanese city in the limelight after forbidding local government employees to grow beards defended its ban saying it fit in ...
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France captain dropped in wake of player strike
France captain dropped in wake of player strike By Mark Gleeson2 Min Read France's national soccer player Patrice Evra (L) sits in the team bus after arriving at the airport in Bloemfontein June 21, 2010. France will play against South Africa on June 22 in Group A of the 2010 World Cup in Bloemfontein. France captain E...
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German RC Church confirms damning report on bishop
German RC Church confirms damning report on bishop By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor3 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - Germany’s Catholic bishops confirmed on Tuesday they had sent a damning confidential report on a disgraced bishop to Pope Benedict to persuade him the man had to be removed from his post in Augsburg. The conf...
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INTERVIEW - Fed's Bullard-Europe, weaker data weigh
INTERVIEW - Fed's Bullard-Europe, weaker data weigh By Mark Felsenthal5 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will assess over the summer whether European government debt worries or faltering jobs or housing markets pose significant risks to the economic recovery, a top official said. St. Louis Feder...
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SnapDeal owners acquire Grabbon; to expand & differentiate
SnapDeal owners acquire Grabbon; to expand & differentiate By Shrija Agrawal (www.VCCircle.com)3 Min Read The Jasper-Grabbon combine would aim to expand to 15 cities in another two months. Jasper Infotech Pvt Ltd, owner of India’s leading group buying site, SnapDeal.com has acquired a leading group buying company in Ba...
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Opposition grows to Indonesia's hardline FPI Islamists
Opposition grows to Indonesia's hardline FPI Islamists By Olivia Rondonuwu, Sunanda Creagh3 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian lawmakers have called on the government to disband a vigilante Islamist group known for smashing bars and attacking transvestites, but the militants on Wednesday said their critics were pa...
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NEWSMAKER - Akula shines light on India microlending in SKS IPO
NEWSMAKER - Akula shines light on India microlending in SKS IPO By Rina Chandran5 Min Read MUMBAI (Reuters) - As a controversial $250-$350 million IPO draws nearer, Vikram Akula, founder of India’s largest microlender, SKS Microfinance, crunches numbers. India’s first microfinance institution (MFI) to tap the capital m...
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INTERVIEW - Allianz plans to boost PIMCO with new hires
INTERVIEW - Allianz plans to boost PIMCO with new hires By Claire Milhench3 Min Read MONACO (Reuters) - Allianz Global Investors, the funds arm of German insurer AllianzALVG.DE, plans to add about 100 staff this year, with bond manager PIMCO the biggest beneficiary as investor appetite for fixed income products continu...
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Doubts grow over fund firms' Asia dash
Doubts grow over fund firms' Asia dash By Claire Milhench5 Min Read MONACO (Reuters) - Asset managers are ramping up their presence in Asia to tap the cash of the growing middle class but some industry managers are warning that the quick bucks these funds are chasing may be elusive. Officials leave a ceremony to debut ...
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Latvian police stop Nazi commemoration procession
Latvian police stop Nazi commemoration procession By Reuters Staff2 Min Read RIGA (Reuters) - Latvian police prevented a procession from going ahead on Thursday to mark the 1941 arrival of Nazi troops in Riga, although some people laid flowers in a commemoration criticised by officials and Jewish groups. The prime mini...
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Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future
Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future By Sayed Salahuddin4 Min Read KABUL (Reuters) - They thrived long before the arrival of Islam in the seventh century and for a long time dominated the country’s economy, but Sikh and Hindu Afghans now find themselves struggling for survival. “We have no shelter, no ...
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Finns win wife-carrying world championship
Finns win wife-carrying world championship By Reuters Life!2 Min Read SONKAJARVI, Finland, July 3 (Reuters Life!) - Finland continued to reign in the world wife-carrying championships on Saturday as Taisto Miettinen sprinted fastest along 253-metres (832-feet) track, carrying Kristiina Haapanen upside-down on his back....
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U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY'09
U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY'09 By Leslie Gevirtz3 Min Read A spectator smokes during second round play in the 2010 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 9, 2010. Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a...
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Russia and Germany pledge closer economic ties
Russia and Germany pledge closer economic ties By Alexei Anishchuk, Andreas Rinke4 Min Read YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and Germany pledged to strengthen economic ties on Thursday as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called Europe’s largest economy Moscow’s “key partner” for the future. Russia's President ...
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Venezuela exhumes hero Bolivar's bones for tests
Venezuela exhumes hero Bolivar's bones for tests By Patricia Rondon3 Min Read CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela exhumed the remains of 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar on Friday and will test them to see if he was poisoned by enemies in Colombia. A soldier walks past a wall with graffiti of South American hero ...
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HP takes on-demand magazine publishing global
HP takes on-demand magazine publishing global By Georgina Prodhan3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Computer maker Hewlett-Packard CoHPQ.N is expanding its fledgling print-on-demand magazine business globally as it sees a multi-billion-dollar opportunity to reinvent magazine publishing. A view of the Hewlett Packard headqua...
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China shows military strength ahead of US drill
China shows military strength ahead of US drill By Ben Blanchard, Emma Graham-Harrison3 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) - China has shown off its growing military strength with naval exercises off its eastern coast, shortly before Washington and Seoul are expected to carry out their own drills which Beijing has criticised. ...
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Music can boost language skills, improve learning
Music can boost language skills, improve learning By Reuters Life!3 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain, with a U.S. review finding music training can lead to improved speech and foreign language skills. Students practice with musical instruments on the Univer...
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Turkey offers citizenship to Orthodox archbishops
Turkey offers citizenship to Orthodox archbishops By Ayla Jean Yackley4 Min Read ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has offered citizenship to foreign archbishops to help the next election of the ecumenical patriarch, spiritual leader of the world’s 250 million Orthodox faithful, officials said. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ...
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Queen's photos go online at Flickr
Queen's photos go online at Flickr By Reuters Staff2 Min Read File photo of Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles as she walks to her car after attending a Thistle service at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 15, 2010. Buckingham Palace said on Sunday it has launched an account with online photo management si...
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France Tel, Vivendi may merge cinema channels - report
France Tel, Vivendi may merge cinema channels - report By Reuters Staff2 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom’s Orange and Vivendi’s Canal Plus are in talks over a merger of their cinema pay-TV channels, two French newspapers said on Monday. Canal Plus would bring its TPS Star movie channel and Orange at least one...
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Bangladesh university battles to save tree from extinction
Bangladesh university battles to save tree from extinction By Azad Majumder, Reuters Life!3 Min Read DHAKA (Reuters Life!) - A unique tree at Dhaka University in Bangladesh has united students across the campus who are battling to save it from extinction and hold out hopes that its seeds may prove to have medicinal qua...
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ANALYSIS - Data start to show grounds for optimism on Greece
ANALYSIS - Data start to show grounds for optimism on Greece By Brian Love, European Economics Correspondent5 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - Three months after Greece obtained the first tranche of an international bailout, economic data are starting to show grounds for cautious optimism that Athens can halt the rise of its...
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INTERVIEW - Angry Birds game creators set sights on Hollywood
INTERVIEW - Angry Birds game creators set sights on Hollywood By Georgina Prodhan, Reuters Life!4 Min Read HELSINKI (Reuters Life!) - Rovio, the Finnish developer behind the Angry Birds game that has hooked millions of iPhone users worldwide, has held talks with Hollywood studios and is being courted by potential buyer...
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Ericsson invests in NEA-backed Novatium Solutions
Ericsson invests in NEA-backed Novatium Solutions By Team VCC (www.VCCircle.com)2 Min Read Novatium already has partnerships with Indian telcos like Bharti, BSNL, MTNL and Tata. Affordable computing services firm Novatium Solutions Private Limited has raised a strategic investment for a minority stake from Swedish tele...
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FACTBOX - Austerity measures around the euro zone
FACTBOX - Austerity measures around the euro zone By 7 Min Read REUTERS - Following is a country-by-country summary of austerity measures planned by governments in the euro zone: People wait to enter a government job centre in Madrid August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Susana Vera * GREECE: -- EU/IMF bailout beneficiary Greece pla...