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Nissan to recall 841,000 vehicles due to steering wheel glitch
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said. Nissan is recalling certain models of the Micra compact...
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Russia arrests and expels US diplomat
Russia expelled a US diplomat yesterday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. The announcement, a throwback to the Cold...
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Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she was likely to develop breast cancer. Writing in the New York Times, the actress said she finished three months of medical procedures on April 27 and her...
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Syrian rebels unite to retake strategic town
Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel sources...
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Deadly Benghazi blast caused by fishing explosives
A blast that killed three people in Libya’s second city Benghazi on Monday night was caused by fishing explosives that detonated accidentally, not a car bomb as originally thought, a local government official said yesterday. But rights activists...
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Distinctive black aluminium finger signs which have directed Londoners and tourists to world famous landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park are to be auctioned. Estimates range from £20 to more than £1,000 for each of the 362 signs,...
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Jolie is heroic, says Brad 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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Shell, BP offices searched as EU probes oil price manipulation
European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. Authorities have sharpened scrutiny of...
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US Defence Department civilians to go on unpaid leave for 11 days
U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce later today that most of the Defence Department's 800,000 civilian employees will be placed on unpaid leave for 11 days, as the military scrambles to comply with budget cutting targets by the end of...
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Abortion doctor killed babies who were delivered alive
A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty today of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a case that became a...
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Russia summons US envoy over spy recruitment accusations
Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul today after a US embassy employee was detained on accusations of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer to work for the CIA. A ministry spokeswoman said McFaul, a former...
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'Starman' falls to Earth after five-month space odyssey
The Canadian astronaut who became a music sensation when his zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" went viral on the web returned to Earth along with two crewmates today after a five-month stint on the International Space...
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Prayers for factory collapse dead
Thousands of mourners gathered at the wreckage of a Bangladesh garment factory today to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died when the building collapsed last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global clothing...
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Angelina reveals double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she was likely to develop breast cancer. Writing in the New York Times, the actress said she finished three months of medical procedures on April 27 and her...
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Syria blames ‘murderer’ Erdogan for Turkey’s deadly car bombings
Syria’s Information Minister has blamed Turkey’s government for deadly car bombings near the Syrian border and branded Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a “murderer”, state-run Russian TV company RT reported yesterday. The bombings took place as...
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Prosecutor seeks six-year jail term for Berlusconi
Italian prosecutors yesterday called for a six-year jail sentence and a lifetime ban on holding public office for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, charged with abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor. The 76-year-old billionaire...
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Car bomb kills 10 in Benghazi
At least 10 people have died after a car bomb exploded near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday in one of the biggest attacks since the end of the civil war that ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Attackers used a remote...
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Sharif seeks to ease mistrust with India
Nawaz Sharif, poised to become Prime Minister for a third time after a decisive victory in Pakistan’s election, said yesterday the mistrust that has long dogged relations with India must be tackled. Sharif said he had a “long chat” with Indian...
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Obama tells Cameron to fix Britain’s relationship with EU
US President Barack Obama intervened in Britain’s emotive debate about its membership of the European Union yesterday, saying Prime Minister David Cameron should “fix” his country’s relationship with the bloc before taking any steps to...
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Bulgaria still facing stalemate
The centre-right Gerb yesterday emerged from Bulgaria’s election as the largest party but it is short of coalition options, and any new government will almost certainly need backing from a nationalist party, which alarms the European Union. Gerb,...
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Mubarak ‘sad’ about Egypt’s plight
In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he was dismayed at the country’s state of affairs and, particularly, the plight of the poor. In remarks published by Al-Watan...
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