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  • Council of Europe Concerned About Russias Human-Rights Record

    MOSCOW Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, has told President Vladimir Putin that the human rights body is concerned about Russia's law requiring non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. Jagland said Europe will watch how the Kremlin implements the law that went in effect last November, a measure requiring non-governmental organizations ...

  • U.S. dollar slips against euro after Fed official remarks

    Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost ...

  • Russia develops advanced target simulation system

    Russia is developing an advanced target simulation system for its air defence units based on the short-range Pantsyr system, the defence ministry has said. The new system "can launch up to 12 targets in one salvo simulating cruise missiles or multiple rocket launcher rounds," the ministry said. A prototype of the new simulator has been tested jointly with the Air Force's anti-aircraft units at ...

  • Amnesty Report Highlights Refugee Plight

    annual report by Amnesty International cites the increasing number of refugees around the world, and the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. The London-based group also calls the Internet an important tool in fighting human rights abuses, and calls on governments to increase access to it. Amnesty International reports that the number of refugees ...

  • Addiction to sweet foods like cocaine

    Professor Leri studied the response of rats to foods containing unnaturally high concentrations of sugar, fats and taste enhancers, such as HFCS and foods like ...

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Eight Below

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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  • Anti-Islamist protests flare following London attack

    British police on Wednesday arrested two people as they tried to quell anti-Islamist disorder following the brutal murder in London of a man, believed to be a ...

  • Soldier butchered in UK terror attack

    The British government's emergency response committee has been activated after a man, believed to be a soldier, was butchered in a terror attack in ...

  • Witnesses describe crazy attack in London

    Witnesses to the killing in London of a man reported to be a British soldier say the attack was "crazy" and have described the men suspected of the attack as "animals". Two men are believed to have attacked the man in the street in the London suburb of Woolwich with machetes, knives and a gun. Eyewitnesses say the two men attacked the man in broad dayligh, then remained ...

  • Obama at meeting with Patrushev calls for strengthening US-Russia relations

    WASHINGTON, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the intention to strengthen U.S.-Russian relations, including economic relations, as he talked with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. The White House press service reported on Wednesday that Obama had joined Patrushev's meeting with Thomas Donilon, the national security advisor to the U.S. ...

  • Strong indications Southeast London attack by terrorists

    Police forensic officers investigate a crime scene in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013. A man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital in London neighbourhood of Woolwich on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yin Gang) Related:Strong indications SE London attack by terrorists: British PMLONDON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said there are strong ...

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