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Dozing prince a cult hero for disenchanted Czechs
Reuters* Foreign Minister nodded off at climax of corruption row * His slogan: "When they talk rubbish, I sleep." * Rebellious style appeals to Czechs fed up with politics * Many other politicians tainted by suspicions of graft By Christian Lowe and Jana...Tags: Petr Necas, Parliament, European Union, Politics, Elections
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China completes Internet, phone monitoring scheme for Tibet
ReutersBEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - China has completed a monitoring scheme in restive Tibet that requires all telephone and internet users to register under their real names, state media said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to crack down on what officials...Tags: National Security Agency, Freedom of the Press, Computer Networking and Internet, Dalai Lama, Hong Kong
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Special Report: Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither
ReutersALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they came to number 2,000 men, he said,...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Arbitration, Saudi Arabia
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada-June 19
ReutersJune 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Amid questions about the Prime Minister's Office, Senate...Tags: Verizon Communications, Parliament, Barack Obama, Poetry, Travel
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Supreme Court quashes British sanctions on Iranian bank
ReutersBy Clare Hutchison LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - The UK's highest court has ruled that the British government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank in 2009 over alleged links to Iran's nuclear programme. The Supreme Court decision on...Tags: European Union, Politics, Justice System, Iran, Crime, Law and Justice
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UK's Supreme Court quashes British sanctions on Iranian bank
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The UK's highest court has ruled that the British government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank in 2009 over alleged links to Iran's nuclear program. The Supreme Court decision on Wednesday mirrored a January ruling...Tags: European Union, Politics, Justice System, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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Obama says reports US ready for war in Syria are exaggerated
ReutersBERLIN, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday reports that the United States was ready to go to war in Syria were exaggerated and he also reiterated his view that the Damascus government had used chemical weapons and could...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Rowhani victory in Iran: Cause for hope, not expectations
With the election of congenial pragmatist Hassan Rowhani as the next president, Iran has caught the world off-guard. Emigres, opposition figures and diplomats had written off Friday’s vote as a preordained elevation of another anti-Western hard-...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Science and Technology, Hasan Rowhani, Saeed Jalili, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Bulgaria removes state security boss after protests
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament dismissed a powerful media figure from his post as head of national security on Wednesday, hoping the move will put an end to protest rallies against the country's fragile three-week-old government. Thousands of...Tags: Organized Crime, Bulgaria, Sofia (Bulgaria), Newspaper and Magazine, European Union
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Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption
McClatchy Foreign StaffVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico One day this year, citizen activist Jose Manuel Arias Rodriguez was told by the state of Tabasco that his request under the state's sunshine-in-government law had been granted. Sprawled before him were 14 boxes of receipts and...Tags: Regional Authority, Newspaper and Magazine, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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WRAPUP 2-Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
Reuters* Angry Karzai says to stay out of talks * Afghans suspend talks on U.S. troop presence * Obama says Afghans must talk to Afghan on peace * Four American soldiers killed in attack on Bagram base (Updates with comment from Obama, U.S. delegation...Tags: Berlin (Germany), Hamid Karzai, International Organizations, Angela Merkel, International Military Interventions
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Column: Snowden versus the dragons
Reuters(Reuters) - One measure of our culture's disdain for whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden can be culled from the pages of a thesaurus. Beyond "source" and "leaker," few neutral antonyms exist to describe people who divulge alleged wrongdoing by the...Tags: National Security Agency, Literature, Gaming, Periodicals, Barack Obama
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