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US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons
BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...
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Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban
KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...
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Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...
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Eight UN aid workers among 15 dead in Somalia militant attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 15 people, including some United Nations workers, were killed Wednesday when a UN compound in the Somali capital came under a bomb and gun attack by Islamist militants of an Al Qaeda-linked group, a minister said. Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled in a hurriedly called press conference said that the eight slain UN workers included four foreigners working ...
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Obama wife and daughters take walk in Wicklow Mountains National Park
US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha Tuesday wrapped up their brief visit to Ireland with a private guided tour of Wicklow Mountains National Park. Michelle Obama and the girls have been taking in the sights as President Barack Obama meets with other world leaders at the G8 summit in neighbouring Northern Ireland. Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, listened attentively Tuesday ...
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Eight Below
Perhaps you have to be a dog owner to be reduced to the blubbering mess that I found myself in by the end of Disney's Eight Below, but there you have it. Even with my sharpened critical faculties turned on high alert to detect every ounce of contrived tear duct manipulation, I was ... ...
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Surveillance stopped at least 50 terror attacks, says NSA director
WASHINGTON - The controversial US snooping of foreign emails and telephone calls has prevented more than 50 potential terrorist attacks in at least 20 countries, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) has said in defending the surveillance programme. The targets include the New York Stock Exchange and other important installations across the world, General Keith Alexander said ...
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Dumb and Dumber sequel gets green signal
The sequel to 1994 film "Dumb and Dumber" is back on track and it will be filmed this summer. Actors Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels will be seen in their roles as hapless heroes Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the sequel after the project was passed on to Universal Studios, reports contactmusic.com. "Dumb and Dumber" directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly have also been confirmed to direct the ...
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Narine holds on to number one spot in ODI rankings
West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine has maintained his number one position in the ODI bowling rankings. After taking five wickets in three games (Ave: 26.0, Econ: 4.81) at the Champions Trophy, Narine remained on 764 points. But distance was created between himself and the man whose number one position he had earlier dislodged, Pakistani Saeed Ajmal, who dropped 27 points to 729 to join ...
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Dynamo Kiev signs Dutch international Lens
Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kiev has signed Dutch international striker Jeremain Lens from PSV Eindhoven. "The transfer to Dynamo is a step forward in my career," Lens was quoted by Dynamo's press-service as saying, reports Xinhua. The 25-year-old will play for Dynamo on a four-year deal, the press-service said, without disclosing details regarding the transfer fee. The local and Dutch ...
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400 Nepalis stranded in Uttarakhand
At least 400 Nepalis, on pilgrimage to the Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines, are stranded in the Indian state of Uttarakhand due to torrential rains and landslides, Nepal's leading English daily the Kathmandu Post reported Thursday. Quoting Padam Prasad Subedi, who is based in the state's Haridwar town, the newspaper said there has been no contact with the Nepali pilgrims. "Those who were in ...