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  • Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI

    NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

  • On US request Russian arms dealer held in Lithuania

    Lithuanian security services have arrested a Russian national at the request of the US Justice Department, which suspects him of smuggling export-restricted military equipment. Dmitry Ustinov, 46, was detained over a month ago at Vilnius airport in Lithuania, after he arrived from the US to allegedly negotiate a sales deal for night vision equipment used by the US military, the Delfi news ...

  • New oral diarrhea vaccine shows promising results in phase I-study

    A novel oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine has been developed in Sweden and a clinical phase I-study of this vaccine has now been successfully completed. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400 million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300 000 deaths among children ...

  • Home sales fall in Spain

    The 54,512 home sales recorded in Spain in this year's first quarter represent a decline of 21.5 percent from the same period in 2012, the development ministry said. Foreigners were the buyers in 17 percent of the transactions. The decline in the first quarter reflects the impact in the sector of the end of the tax deduction for buying a primary residence and the increase in the levy on new ...

  • European leaders hold summit on tax evasion

    The heads of state and government of the European Union held a summit Wednesday in an effort to make more progress in fighting tax evasion and tax fraud. EU leaders are targeting tax crimes both within the borders of their countries and in foreign tax havens despite the reluctance of Austria and Luxembourg. The leaders of the EU's 27 member states are expected to give the go ahead to the ...

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Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

Franois Ozons much-talked-about Swimming Pool features one of those Huh? endings that people love to discuss in serious tones as they walk out of the theater and drive home, as if theyre deconstructing some great philosophical paradox. Its an ending that calls into question everything that came before, and it will make many want to go back for a repeat viewing to relive the films narrative ... ...

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  • Italy has lowest graduate share in Europe

    Italy has the lowest graduation rates in Europe with just one-fifth of people aged 30-34 holding a university degree, according to a study. A total of 31 percent of Italian families cannot afford to pay for their children's university studies, and must take out loans or have their offspring seek jobs to help fund tuition and living costs, said the report by charity Save the Children. It said ...

  • US tourist stabbed in Italy loses kidney

    A 68-year-old American tourist underwent emergency surgery to remove a kidney after he was stabbed in Italy's Florence city. The tourist, who was not named, was attacked near the famous Duomo cathedral. Doctors at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital said the man suffered knife wounds to a kidney and a lung but was no longer critical, and was conscious and breathing unaided. Police arrested a ...

  • Forcast Above-Average Storm Activity Likely During 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season could be busier and deadlier than average, according to predictions released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. The six-month seasonal outlook for Atlantic storms will be above average says Jerry Bell, lead Atlantic hurricane forecaster with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. "The outlook is calling for 13 ...

  • Wolfsburg planning pays off for Kellermann

    Ralf Kellermann believes "a masterful tactical performance" was the key to VfL Wolfsburg's final success, while Patrice Lair pointed to Olympique Lyonnais' lack of ...

  • Thomis and Henry rue missed Lyon chances

    "We missed too many chances and in a European final you pay the price for that,"lodie Thomis told UEFA.com after Olympique Lyonnais' final defeat, and Amandine Henry ...

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