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EU slips up with olive oil ban, reverses course
The European Commission has torn up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them, following widespread ridicule and accusations of unwanted interference. Last week, the Commission said restaurants would be banned from serving oil to diners in refillable glass jugs or dipping bowls from next year. Instead, to...
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Money has to serve, not to rule - Pope
Pope Francis issued a strong call for world financial reform on Thursday, condemning a heartless "dictatorship of the economy" and saying the economic crisis had made life worse for millions in rich and poor countries. "Money has to serve, not to...
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Car bombers kill 12 in Baghdad
Two car bombs have exploded in sprawling Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 30, officials said. The first blast struck a bus and taxi stop around rush hour in the eastern Sadr City. Among the nine...
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1 million evacuated in Bangladesh storm
The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh today, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds and forcing the evacuation of more than a million people. The eye of the storm is expected to reach...
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Six killed by Texas tornadoes
A tornado outbreak has devastated parts of Texas, killing at least six people, injuring dozens more and destroying or damaging scores of homes. The worst-hit area was Granbury, where authorities say a storm tore through two neighbourhoods. Sheriff...
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Nuclear talks with Iran fail
The United Nations’ nuclear agency failed to persuade Iran yesterday to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research, leaving the high-stakes diplomacy in deadlock. With Iran focused on a presidential election next month,...
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UN urges support for Syria opposition
The UN General Assembly yesterday condemned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and praised the opposition, but a decline in support for the Gulf Arab-drafted resolution suggested growing uneasiness about Syria’s fractious rebels. While the...
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Nigerian troops on new offensive against Islamists
Nigeria launched a military campaign yesterday to flush Islamist militants out of their bases in remote border areas, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast. Nigerian troops deployed in large numbers, part...
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Disgraced Cardinal is to leave Scotland for prayers, penance
Disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of “prayer and penance”, the Vatican said yesterday. A brief Vatican statement...
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N. Korea’s nuclear arms work delayed
Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a UN panel...
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DiCaprio goes green
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Christie’s auction house raised €30 million through a charity art auction and donations, Christie’s said, with proceeds to benefit environmental and conservation causes. The 33 works in The 11th Hour Auction, organised by...
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Jolie is ‘heroic’, says partner Pitt
Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a preventative double mastectomy was “absolutely heroic”, according to her partner Brad Pitt. The 37-year-old Hollywood star took the decision to have the procedure because she carries the “faulty” gene BRCA1,...
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HMS Edinburgh’s farewell to its namesake
Largest type-42 warship in British navy arrives in Scotland’s capital for the last time and will open to the public before being decommissioned next month HMS Edinburgh made an “emotional” final return to its namesake city yesterday. The...
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Fossil deepens dinosaur mystery
A fossil from Iraq has deepened the mystery surrounding the fate of ichthyosaurs, dolphin-like reptiles that swam the oceans millions of years ago. The partial skeleton belongs to a creature that lived alongside the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous age.
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World briefs
A 1980s edition of The Beano comic spotted in an episode of Dr Who has been reprinted for its fans, allowing them “to travel back in time”. Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, was seen reading a Beano summer special from 1981 in an episode aired on...
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Dad was unaware of Jolie op
Angelina Jolie's dad Jon Voight has told how he only found out that his daughter had undergone a double mastectomy when he read the news - despite having just seen the actress. The actor told the New York Daily News that he "absolutely" respected...
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HSBC Holdings to cull up to 14,000 more jobs in war on costs
HSBC will redouble cost-cutting efforts, including axing up to 14,000 more jobs globally, as Europe's largest bank seeks to drive earnings and dividend growth in the face of muted revenue. London-headquartered HSBC is seeking up to $3 billion in...
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Lion Air pilots criticised over Bali crash
Indonesia's largest low-cost carrier Lion Air has been criticised after a preliminary investigation into last month's Boeing 737 crash off Bali found a young, second-in-command pilot was at the controls at a "critical time". The National...
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Goodluck declares state of emergency
Nigerian President declares state of emergency in latest effort to stem Islamist insurgency. Julie Noce reports.
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Workers killed in building collapse
A four-storey building under construction in Rwanda has collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, police said. Authorities are searching for survivors after the building collapsed in the eastern district of Nyagatare,...
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UN set to approve Syria resolution
The UN General Assembly is poised to approve an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning president Bashar Assad's regime for its escalating use of heavy weapons, UN diplomats said. The 193-member...
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