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Indian Journalists Protest Killing of Crime Reporter

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Hundreds of Indian journalists demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai Monday to protest the killing of a prominent crime reporter working for the Mumbai daily Midday. Reporters and editors led the march to the office of the chief minister of Maharashtra state, Prithviraj Chavan, demanding that federal authorities investigate the death of Jyotirmoy Dey, who […]

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Clinton: Africa Should Cut Gadhafi Ties, Trip Curtailed

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on African nations to cut ties with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and demand his removal. Clinton made the call in a speech Monday at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, before cutting short her African tour over concerns about an ash cloud from an erupting volcano […]

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Carstens Questions European Leading the IMF

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
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Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens says the next leader of the International Monetary Fund should not be a European because those nations are borrowing heavily from the lending institution. Carstens, who is a candidate for the IMF’s top job, made the comment Monday during a speech at a research institution in Washington. Carstens also […]

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Oil Prices Fall to 4-Week Low

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Monday: Crude oil prices fell $1.99 to $97.30 a barrel — the lowest level since May 17. Coffee futures rose two and a half cents to $2.67 a pound. Copper prices fell two cents to $4.03 a pound. Cocoa futures rose four […]

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Asian Leaders Urged to Do More to Reduce Poverty

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
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The World Economic Forum on East Asia ended Monday with a call on Asian countries to lead the world in reducing poverty. More than 500 leaders of government, business and civil society attended the two-day event, held for the first time in Indonesia. Rajat Nag, managing director general of the Asian Development Bank, noted that […]

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Lebanon Forms New Government, One Member Abruptly Resigns

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Lebanon has formed a new Cabinet five months after the militant group Hezbollah and its allies forced the country’s coalition government to collapse. A government official announced the new Cabinet led by Hezbollah-backed Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday. The Hezbollah-led bloc holds the majority of seats in the 30-member Cabinet. But within hours, the […]

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Obama Says Private Sector, Govt. to Train 10,000 American Engineers a Year

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama says his administration will work with private companies to train 10,000 new American engineers a year to create more high-skilled jobs in a weak economy where unemployment tops 9 percent. Mr. Obama announced the job training initiative Monday in a speech to workers at a high-tech manufacturing facility that he toured […]

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Heavy Fighting Reported in Northern Burma

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Heavy fighting continued Monday between government forces and an ethnic minority rebel group in northern Burma, with reports of casualties on both sides. The fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and government forces broke out last week in Kachin State not far from the Chinese border. VOA’s Burmese Service reports that the rebels have lost […]

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International Donors Pledge $4 Billion for Child Vaccines

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
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International donors have pledged more than $4 billion to vaccinate children against life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia and measles. At a one-day conference in London Monday, Britain led the donations with a contribution of $1.3 billion. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation declared it would donate more than $1 billion to the cause over the […]

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Yemen Opposition in Talks About Power Transition

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Yemen’s political opposition has held talks with the country’s acting leader, seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is in Saudi Arabia recovering from wounds suffered in an attack more than a week ago. The Associated Press says Vice President Abd al-Rab Mansur Hadi and opposition leaders met Monday and worked out a framework […]

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