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Government considers options to help Syrian opposition, Kerry says
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is debating what more it might do to help the Syrian opposition in its civil war against the government, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday without giving any details. "We are determined to do...Tags: Government, White House, National Government, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad
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British music festivals in tune with older, cashed-up fans
ReutersBy Belinda Goldsmith LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Britain's summer music festival season kicks off this week with a line-up ranging from the Rolling Stones to Beyonce to exiled Tibetan monks designed to attract the modern festival-goer - a 36-year-old...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Festive Events, Mumford & Sons (music group), Beyonce, Music
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Oil tycoon's ex-wife wins landmark UK divorce ruling
ReutersBy Paul Casciato LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - The ex-wife of a Nigerian oil tycoon won a landmark divorce settlement battle in the UK's Supreme Court on Wednesday in a closely watched case that had raised concerns about the accessibility of corporate...Tags: Family, Yasmin (drug), Justice System, Business Enterprises, Divorce
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RBS boss Hester to step down this year
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester will step down later this year, after the bank's board decided it wanted new leadership to oversee the sale of Britain's majority stake in the bank, which could take years. Hester said on...Tags: Government, Finance, Corporate Officers, Privatization, Company Privatization
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WPP shareholders acquiesce in Sorrell pay row
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The majority of investors in the world's biggest advertising agency, WPP, on Wednesday backed a 17.6 million pound ($27.6 million) pay package for Chief Executive Martin Sorrell which had drawn fire from critics of lavish boardroom pay....Tags: CEO Pay, Awards and Prizes, WPP Group Plc, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Jordan removes last hurdle to cleric's extradition from UK
Reuters* Treaty removes blocks to deportation - officials * Jordan says guarantees fair re-trial back home AMMAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Jordan has removed the last hurdle preventing Britain from sending radical cleric Abu Qatada back home for trial by...Tags: Justice System, Deportation, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Literature
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Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi, We All Cry: the End Is Nigh
ReutersJun 12 (TheWrap.com) - Last month I noted here at TheWrap how two stories at NPR and the Christian Science Monitor catapulted the emerging literary and movie marketing term "cli-fi" (a term I coined in this very blog as short for climate-change fiction)...Tags: Authors, Conservation, Global Change, Genres, JG Ballard
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UK'S HAGUE SAYS UK, OTHERS MAY WELL HAVE TO
ReutersUK'S HAGUE SAYS UK, OTHERS MAY WELL HAVE TO 'INTENSIFY' EFFORTS TO HELP SYRIAN OPPOSITION, BUT GIVES NO DETAILS -
UK regulator looks into report of foreign exchange rate manipulation
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog is looking into a report that traders manipulated benchmark foreign exchange rates that are widely used by companies and funds. The discussions come at a time of increased global scrutiny of financial...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Bloomberg L.P., Money and Monetary Policy, State Street Corporation, Globalization
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Britain to regulate e-cigarettes as medicine from 2016
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to regulate electronic cigarettes as non-prescription medicines from 2016 in an attempt to improve quality, though the country's drugs watchdog said they would still be sold in convenience stores. Healthcare authorities...Tags: Electronics, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Tobacco Products, Imperial Tobacco Group Plc, Science and Technology
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Snowden says he will stay in Hong Kong and fight extradition
ReutersBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The National Security Agency contractor who revealed the government's top-secret monitoring of phone and Internet data says he intends to stay in Hong Kong and fight any effort to bring him back to the...Tags: National Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Newspapers, Edward Snowden, National Security Agency
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Golf-European Tour Austrian Open scores
ReutersJune 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour Austrian Open at the par-72 course on Saturday in Atzenbrugg 200 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 65 68 67 203 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 70 67 66 Eduardo De La Riva (Spain) 69 65 69 205 Thomas Bjorn...Tags: Austria, France, South Africa, Spain, Republic of Ireland
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