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COLUMN-Busting the carbon budget: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Budgets are made to be broken - especially when they are written by politicians. Unfortunately it seems the world is on course to break the...Tags: Environmental Issues, International Energy, Budgets and Budgeting, Weather, Mining
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BRIEF: Low-flying helicopters are coming
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.Don't worry: the low-flying helicopters buzzing through northern Michigan are not from the United Nations or some secret government agency. The choppers are instead from electricity transmission company ITC Michigan, which is inspecting high-voltage... -
Fighting homophobia by tracking down its source
As a journalist, I'm a big believer in free speech, but also in the idea that bigotry and wrongdoing are fair game for scrutiny. Regardless of your political leanings, it's fair to say that publicly ridiculing others in a confrontational and...
Tags: Social Media, Health Organizations, Human Rights, Media Industry, Politics
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WRAPUP 3-France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend
Reuters* U.N. chief wants peace talks soon * Planned conference faces growing obstacles * Refugee numbers top 1.5 million. says U.N. By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference...Tags: Russia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama
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U.N. chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country. Ban said...Tags: Côte d'Ivoire, Ban Ki-moon, Western Africa, Africa
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U.N., EU stress need for new Cabinet in Lebanon
The Lebanon Daily StarEnvoys from both the European Union and the United Nations stressed Friday the need for a new Cabinet to be formed in Lebanon. U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said various political parties needed to support Prime Minister-designate...Tags: Arts and Culture, Social Sciences, Government, International Organizations, Najib Mikati
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US lauds Philippines' apology over Taiwan incident
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The United States is optimistic that the Philippines and Taiwan will eventually thresh out their current spat over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman within the Philippine territorial waters last week, an...Tags: International Relations, Manila (Philippines), International Law, Travel, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Saul wants to make United Nations Agenda 21 movie
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaCEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Judd Saul has made a habit of bringing up the United Nations Agenda 21 in Cedar Falls. Now he wants to bring his fear of the global sustainability program to a bigger stage, or make that theater, across the nation. Saul saw the...Tags: National Government, 2016: Obama's America (movie), Entertainment, Government, Barack Obama
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FACTBOX-UN experts recommend new North Korea sanctions
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - A confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts has recommended that 15 new North Korean entities and individuals be sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council. It will be up to the 15-member council whether or not it...Tags: Energy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Weapons, Exports
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Film Reviews: Opening This Week (May 13-17, 2013)
VarietyA critical digest of the week's latest U.S. theatrical releases. Where applicable, links to longer reviews have been provided. Frances Ha Distributor: IFC Films You gotta love Greta Gerwig: Even as the radiant mumblecore star's Hollywood stock...Tags: Entertainment, IFC (tv network), Guy Pearce, Noah Baumbach, Tribeca
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Benghazi's smoking guns
President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...Tags: Benghazi, Univision (tv network), Barack Obama, The Washington Post, David Letterman
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Golan peacekeepers briefly held by Syria armed group - UN
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - Several U.N. military observers were briefly taken hostage by an unknown armed group in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just three days after Syrian rebels released four U.N. peacekeepers, a U.N. official said on...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Austria, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Israel, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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