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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT July 3
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ANALYSIS-Soccer-Technology debate unlikely to stop on the line
Reuters
ZURICH, July 6 (Reuters) - Soccer's rulemakers are adamantthat the use of technology will go no further than thegoal-line, yet there is an uncomfortable feeling another ThierryHenry-style handball controversy. ... But they had said exactly the same ...
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Travellers want to fly more, but greener
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Over 60 percent of people worldwide want to fly more by 2050, but almost all - 96 percent - believe aircraft need to be more environmentally efficient, according to a study from aircraft-maker.
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AIRSHOW-Travellers want to fly more, but greener
Reuters
LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Over 60 percent of people worldwide want to fly more by 2050, but almost all - 96 percent - believe aircraft need to be more environmentally efficient, according to a study from aircraft-maker Airbus. With findings drawn from ...
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Netflix shares rise after usage spikes in June
Reuters
July 5 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc shares rose 12percent on Thursday after its top executive disclosed a massivesurge in customer usage, but analysts questioned themovie-rental company's. ... Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
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Syria's paramilitary gangs a law unto themselves
msnbc.com (blog)
HOMS, Syria (Reuters) - When rifle-toting members of Syria's shabbiha pro-government paramilitary gangs strut into a shop, cowed residents of Homs know to clear out of their way.
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Actor Andy Griffith dies in North Carolina at 86 |
Reuters
(Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, whose portrayal of a small-town sheriff made The Andy Griffith Show one of television's most enduring programs, died on Tuesday at his North Carolina home at age 86.Griffith.
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Google sees advantage in making new gadget in USA. Full Article
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about. ... China has become the world's factory floor ...
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RPT-Google sees advantage in making new gadget in USA
Reuters
By Noel Randewich and Alexei OreskovicSAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device inSilicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting. ... China has become the world's factory floor ...
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Annan urges world to unite on Syria peace plan
Reuters India
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. mediator Kofi Annan warned on Saturday that the conflict in Syria would enflame the Middle East and beyond unless world powers agreed on a peace plan but the United States said.
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Analysis - Technology debate unlikely to stop on the line
Reuters UK
Find all the latest latest Football news, scores, pictures and more on Reuters Sport. ... Henry's infamous handball in the run-up to the goal which sent France to the 2010 World Cup at Ireland's expense would not have been avoided with goal line ...
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Advancing radical Islamists lay waste to religious heritage
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - The grim sacking of Sufi shrines in Timbuktu is the latest chapter in an assault on prized religious heritage across the Muslim world that has picked up over the past decade with the.
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US must arm Syria rebels despite Islamists: opposition
Reuters
ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Syria's opposition says the United States must overcome its fear of Islamists among the rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, and start arming the resistance.
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Syria pummels rebels as battered city collects bodies
Reuters
YAYLADAGI, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian artillery pounded a northwestern town on Wednesday and areas near the ghost city of Douma, where residents recovered mutilated corpses after a rampage by militiamen. ... once a friend of Assad, now demands he step ...
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The Flaming Lips break record for most shows in 24 hours
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma rockers The Flaming Lips broke the Guinness world record for most shows performed in 24 hours this week, taking the title from previous record holder Jay-Z.The band performed.
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Game-changer? General, close friend of Assad deserts Syria for France
msnbc.com
He wants to come to France to join his family," the friend told Reuters by telephone from the French capital. He declined to give details of Tlas's flight from Syria, where witnesses said security officials had ransacked his home in Damascus on Thursday.
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Earth: Scientists reveal findings on 'God particle' - World News From Europe
San Francisco Luxury News
REUTERS - Scientists hunting the elusive subatomic “Higgs” particle will unveil findings on Wednesday that take them nearer to understanding how the B. ... The world of science now awaits a mass of evidence big enough to be deemed a formal discovery ...
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Activision takes free "Call of Duty" online to China
Reuters
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. video game publisher by market capitalization, plans to offer its popular 'Call of Duty' title as a free-to-play online game in China in a bid to expand. ... The company has explored the Chinese market ...
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Kitsch hopes third film's a charm
CANOE
On Friday, the 31-year-old actor returns to movie screens in Oliver Stone's “Savages,” based on author Don Winslow's book of the same name set in southern California's world of drug dealers, marijuana growers and crime gangs. If all goes well, ... “To ...
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Seth Rogen waltzes to a dramatic beat in new movie
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He's better known for big studio comedies like Superbad and Pineapple Express, but Seth Rogen strays from his beaten path when he stars in the low-budget comedy-drama Take This. ... Music Awards · Beyonce Knowles accepts the ...
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Fashion, fast cars: show eyes Bond film style legacy
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Suave, sophisticated, sexist - James Bond has meant many things to many people since he first hit the screen 50 years ago. A new exhibition marking the big anniversary looks at another.
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Syria pummels rebels near Douma
Independent Online
... Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL, News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, Motoring, Travel, Property, Classifieds & more. ... Picture taken July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout ...
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Scientists to unveil milestone in Higgs boson hunt
Reuters India
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists hunting the elusive subatomic Higgs particle will unveil findings on Wednesday that take them nearer to understanding how the Big Bang at the dawn of time gave rise to stars, ... one part of the CERN research organization ...
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Left, right criticize Humala over deadly Peru clashes
Reuters
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers on Thursday harshly criticized President Ollanta Humala's crackdown on protests against Newmont's $5 billion Conga mine, as deadly violence prompted calls for him to. ... Peru, which has vast mineral resources, is ...
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Activision takes free 'Call of Duty' online to China
Reuters
First free-to-play version of 'Call of Duty' title for China * Stock price up 4 percent * Opportunity to grow business in China - executive By Malathi Nayak July 3 (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S.video game publisher by market ...
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Cancellara hails Tour prologue win as his best
Reuters
LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - Fabian Cancellara won his fifth Tour de France prologue on Saturday in one of the most emotional victories of the time-trial maestro's career.The Swiss has not had the ideal.
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Federer restores order after epic fightback
Reuters India
LONDON (Reuters) - For all the titles and records Roger Federer owns it was his warrior heart that rescued him from the brink of defeat against Julien Benneteau and put the tennis world back on its axis.
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Yahoo CEO search down to Levinsohn, Hulu's Kilar
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The race to become Yahoo Inc's next chief executive appears to have come down to two candidates: current interim CEO Ross Levinsohn and Hulu CEO Jason Kilar.According to two sources.
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Newsmaker: Egypt army chief may have more sway than president
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - A picture popular with protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square captures how many view the military man who has ruled Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year.Half the face is of.
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New "Spider-Man" spotlights brooding Peter Parker
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - He's been in comics, cartoons, on TV and in movies, but when Spider-Man swings into theaters next week for new film The Amazing Spider-Man, its makers bring out a more brooding and. ... Spider-Man's famous blue-and-red suit doesn't ...
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'Savages' star Kitsch hopes third film's a charm
Reuters
Taylor Kitsch starred in John Carter, Battleship* New Savages, directed by Oliver Stone, debuts July 6By Zorianna KitLOS ANGELES, July 3 (Reuters) - He is the face ofHollywood's two costliest U.S..
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Syria pummels rebels as residents collect bodies
GMA News
By KHALED YACOUB OWEIS, Reuters July 5, 2012 8:03am. YAYLADAGI, Turkey ... The Syrian leader, isolated in the West and the Arab world, can still count on diplomatic support from Russia and China, as well as his longtime Shi'ite ally Iran. Divided world ...
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Pop singer Katy Perry fearless in 'warts and all' film portrayal. Full Article
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It started as just another concert film, but as Katy Perry's marriage to comedian Russell Brand unraveled, her new documentary transformed into what she called a warts and all depiction. ... On its face, the movie chronicles the ...
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Tom Cruise turns 50 as world's highest earning actor
The Nation, Pakistan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Cruise led Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest paid actors released on Tuesday, earning nearly twice that of second place Leonardo DiCaprio and recapturing his spot among Hollywood's top-earning performers after his recent ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
Reuters World News Highlights - Stabroek News - Guyana
By Stabroek staff
TOKYO – After years of policy paralysis in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has pushed a much-needed but unpopular sales tax rise through the lower house of parliament, but the chances of further reform in the world's third-largest ...
Stabroek News
Reuters World News Highlights - Stabroek News - Guyana
By Stabroek staff
BEIJING/FRANKFURT – China, the euro zone and Britain loosened monetary policy in the space of less than an hour yesterday, signalling a growing level of alarm about the world economy, although suggestions of coordinated action were ...
Stabroek News
Mexico's president-elect shrugs off claims of vast vote ... - World News
By Reuters
By Reuters. MEXICO CITY - Mexico's next president denied that his party had been involved in any form of coercion during his party's campaign, in the wake of allegations by at least one observer that Sunday's elections were "perhaps the biggest operation of vote-buying and coercion in the country's history." "I am totally totally certain that the party acted within the law,” ... Watch World News videos on msnbc.com. Humberto Fayad, a spokesman for the Soriana chain, denied the ...
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Witnesses: Islamists destroy ancient sites in Timbuktu - World News
By Reuters
By Reuters. DAKAR -- Armed fighters of Mail's al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine Islamist group on Saturday destroyed mausoleums in the ancient trading city of Timbuktu, classified as a UNESCO WorldHeritage site, witnesses said. The attack came ...
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Chinese IP awareness, sown by West, bruises Apple - Reuters Blogs
By Wei Gu
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her ... Already, Apple is facing another suit from Jiangsu Snow Leopard Everyday Chemicals over the use of part of its name for Apple's operating system, according to China Business News. The Chinese firm is only asking for... of the United States. The country saw the fastest growth in the number of international patent filings last year, up by 33 percent, according to World Intellectual Property Organisation.
Breakingviews
Japan to go broke by October? Standoff threatens to ... - World News
By Reuters
By Reuters. TOKYO - Japan's government could run out of money by the end of October, halting all state spending including salaries, pensions and unemployment benefits, because of a standoff in parliament that has blocked a bill to finance ...
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Strong currents stop grandmother swimming Cuba-US ... - World News
By NBC News and Reuters
Stringer / Reuters. Penny Palfrey, an Australian-British swimmer starts her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana on Friday. By NBC News and Reuters. Strong currents early on Sunday defeated marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey in her ...
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Mongolia's task: avoid Nigerian resource curse - Reuters Blogs
By Martin Hutchinson
By Martin Hutchinson. The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. ... Nigeria ranks 133rd on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index and 143rd on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. True, high oil prices reversed 40 years of decline in living ... The Democratic Party's slim lead is good news for foreign resource companies, but development problems remain. Once Oyu Tolgoi comes on stream, state revenue will ...
Breakingviews
Assad's fate unclear in world powers' Syria plan | Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE85D0IS20120630
China hails space mission's success as crew returns to Earth | Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou 9 spacecraft returned to Earth on Friday, ... Pressure mounts on Barclays' Diamond over Libor scandal | Video ... Aspiring Kung Fu martial artists from all over theworld train at a family-run school in Beijing. ... The official Xinhua news agency reported the astronauts as saying: " We have ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-china-space-shenzhou-idUSBRE85S08...
U.N. publishes report on North Korea sanctions violations | Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investingnews, world news, business news, technology news, headline ...
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