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Apr 23, 2012

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Kimberly-Clark Named Among Top 20 Of World's Best Corporate Citizens For ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) was recently recognized as one of the top 20 "BestCorporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
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Granny knows best: Olay named top beauty brand in the world... as 'legacy ...
Daily Mail
By Hannah Rand The sixty-year-old company beat the likes of Avon, Nivea and L'Oreal - and hundreds of newer, trendier products, to the top spot. The report highlights the astonishing staying power of 'legacy brands'. Of the top 50 brands named, ...
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ACTIONAID News, Apr 23, 2012

Children in school is not enough – they must learn something there
The Guardian (blog)
A set of 12 core international benchmarks developed by ActionAid and the Global Campaign for Education have been widely agreed. Until we see new energy being invested in female literacy, we cannot be surprised that children struggle to learn.
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Snatching opportunity out of the jaws of crisis? | ActionAid
Snatching opportunity out of the jaws of crisis? ... Last month I went to Haiti to meet ActionAid staff, our partners, political leaders and to get a sense of our ...
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SPORTS, Athletics News, Apr 23, 2012

Island Trees Freshman Alexa Dolgos Shines in Athletics: a Fan's View
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network – 11 minutes ago Island Trees freshman Alexa Dolgos accomplished more in her first year of high school than most student-athletesdo in their entire careers. Despite playing against girls two to three years her elder on the soccer ...
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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, April 23
Reuters
April 23 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday (times GMT): - - - - OLYMPICS PRETORIA - Foreign-born athletes who have taken UK citizenship ahead of the London Games have been dubbed "Plastic Brits" by critics but the most famous ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Apr 23, 2012

Health Buzz: Brides Try Feeding Tube Diet
U.S. News & World Report
Also known as the KE method, it's the latest wedding crash diet, and it's raising eyebrows among health experts. The 10-day plan requires brides-to-be to live with a nasogastric tube inserted through their nose and threaded into their stomach.
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DIED, Apr 23, 2012

Baseball bat beating victim dies; death ruled homicide
News Sentinel
Susan Lombardi, 42, the victim of a baseball bat beating April 13, diedSaturday, the coroner said in a release Monday morning. Her death has been ruled a homicide. According to initial police reports, the Fort Wayne Police Department was called at ...
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London Marathon 2012 death: Claire Squires, 30, collapses and dies in final mile
Daily Mail
By David Baker and Graham Smith A 30-year-old woman diedwhile running the final stretch of the London Marathon, organisers confirmed last night. Claire Squires collapsed at Birdcage Walk, near St James's Park, on the last mile of the 26.2mile course.
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EUROZONE Crisis News, Apr 23, 2012

Euro-Zone Crisis Funds Face a Market Test
Wall Street Journal
The world's finance ministers, who concluded meetings in Washington on Sunday, hope their new funds will convince investors that governments have the financial firepower to combat the crisis. The war chests could be used to provide emergency loans to ...
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SYDNEY (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Australia PPI inflation bolsters rate-cut odds
MarketWatch
By James Glynn SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian wholesale prices recorded their biggest quarterly fall since late 2009 in the first quarter of 2012, increasing bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates next week.
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Deans names new Wallabies assistant coaches
SI.com
SYDNEY (AP) -Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans has made three new appointments to his coaching staff ahead of mid year tests against Scotland and after the cleanout that followed last year's World Cup failure. Tony McGahan, who succeeded Ireland coach ...
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FRANCE Election News, Apr 23, 2012


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Sarkozy faces runoff in France elections
Fox News
April 23: French President and UMP party candidate for the elections Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at his campaign headquarters the morning after the first round of voting in Paris.AP PARIS – Francois Hollande charged back into campaign mode Monday with ...
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NARUPAI ISLAND (Hom Island, Australia) Info, Apr 23, 2012


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DARWIN (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Crocodile-fighting Australian town hits gas-fueled economic fast lane
Chicago Daily Herald
This is the new face of Darwin, a transformation from the capital of Australia'shardest-drinking region, where a crocodile is caught almost every day, into a boomtown enriched by gas and bolstered by its location between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ...
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Josh Waters Wins Both Australian Superbike Races At Hidden Valley
RoadracingWorld.com
The QBE Australian Superbike Championship returns to the track in a fortnight alongside the V8 Supercars at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway. AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE C'SHIP at Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin. Rd 2. Race 1: Superbike: J Waters (Suzuki) 1, ...
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ADELAIDE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Apollo confirms new iron mineralisation at Australian prospect
Energy Business Review
Apollo Minerals has discovered iron mineralization at the Sequoia East anomaly in South Australia following assay results from Amdel Adelaide's mineral laboratory. The assays confirm significant proportion of higher grade intersections at Sequoia East ...
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Australian Market Trades Weak
NASDAQ
Among bank stocks, ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac are up marginally, while National Australia Bank is down 0.3 percent from its previous closing price. Bendigo & Adelaide Bank is up 0.3 percent, while Bank of Queensland is trading ...
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BRISBANE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Deal of the week: Hines sees opportunities Down Under
Houston Chronicle
By Katherine Feser Hines Global REIT has acquired 144 Montague inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia. Real estate page 04/23/2012 -- deal of the week -- / HC Houston-based Hines has expanded into Australia with the purchase of its first office building ...
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Roar win consecutive finals on late disputed goal
SI.com
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -Albanian striker Besart Berisha's second goal of the match on a heavily disputed penalty after seven minutes of added time gave the Brisbane Roar their second straight A-League football title on Sunday, a 2-1 win over the ...
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PERTH (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Roar win consecutive finals on late disputed goal
SI.com
... Australia (AP) -Albanian striker Besart Berisha's second goal of the match on a heavily disputed penalty after seven minutes of added time gave the Brisbane Roar their second straight A-League football title on Sunday, a 2-1 win over the Perth ...
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MELBOURNE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Australia's Biota, Nabi to merge, to list on Nasda
MarketWatch
MELBOURNE -(MarketWatch)- Australian drug development company Biota Holdings Ltd. BTA.AU said Monday it plans to merge with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals NABI to form a combined company to be listed on Nasdaq. Biota said in a statement the move to the US was ...
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Australia's Biota to take over US drug maker Nabi
Reuters
| MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings (BTA.AX) has agreed to take over US firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI.O) to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors value biotech research more highly ...
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CANBERRA (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012


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Struck by Canberra's mining curveballs
Business Spectator
One of the risks Australia faces is that in Canberra, those who make decisions do not always read such books. Mining unions are not interested. The prices of Australia's major minerals, such as iron ore, coal, gas etc. have risen well above the ...
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Much for Pocock to like in Canberra
The Australian
Whether that means Pocock is serious about joining them is unclear, but he did consider making the move to Canberra when he was last out of contract. All indications suggest Pocock will remain at the Western Force, particularly after the departure of ...
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Apr 22, 2012

LATEST World News, Apr 22, 2012


Dockwise Ltd : Q1 2012: Progress on strategic targets, record backlog extended ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Breda, Norway, Apr 22, 2012 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Breda, the Netherlands, 22 April 2012, DOCKWISE Ltd. today publishes results for the three month period ended 31 March 2012. - Cash flow generated from operating activities of USD 35 ...
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FASHION Models News, Apr 22, 2012


Earth Day 2012: Fashion's Most Eco-Friendly Models & Designers (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
So of course we turned to fashion, where there's no shortage of eco-loving designers and models to go around. From Gisele and Angela to Calvin and Stella, these sustainable style icons constantly remind us that being green is one of the most stylish ...
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Thunder Brunch & Fashion Show scholarship drive benefits NAACP
Indianapolis Star
8:47 pm A model shows off her beach style during the Thunder Brunch &Fashion Show on Saturday in Clarksville, Ind. About 150 attended. / Jenna Esarey/Special to The Courier-Journal Models strutted their stuff on the catwalk at the first Thunder Brunch ...
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SYRIA News, Apr 22, 2012

In this Saturday, April 21, 2012 photo, Syrians carry the bodies of an infant, Adam al Najjar, and Free Syrian Army fighter, Mowaffaq al Nablsi, 42, during their funeral in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, Syria.
Syrian Troops Reportedly Attack Damascus Suburb
Voice of America
April 22, 2012 Syrian Troops Reportedly Attack Damascus Suburb VOA NewsSyrian activists say government soldiers backed by tanks have killed three people near Damascus, even as international envoy Kofi Annan called the UN Security Council's decision to ...
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Violence persists in Syria as Annan urges truce compliance
Reuters
By Dominic Evans | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers stormed a town east of Damascus on Sunday and rebels bombed a military convoy in the north of the country as international mediator Kofi Annan urged both sides to work with an expanded team of UN ...
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NETHERLANDS Train Crash News, Apr 22, 2012

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Netherlands Train Crash: Woman Dies Of Injuries After Dutch Train Accident
Huffington Post
(FRANK VAN BEEK/AFP/Getty Images) AMSTERDAM -- A woman died Sunday of injuries a day after two trains collided head-on in Amsterdam – acrash a top rail official described as one of the worst train disasters in theNetherlands' recent history.
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Amsterdam Train Crash Under Investigation
Wall Street Journal
Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan says 16 other people seriously injured in the crash remain hospitalized. A top rail official has described the collision as one of the worst train crashes in the Netherlands' recent history.
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FRANCE Election News, Apr 22, 2012


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French election rivals in final race for workers
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande appealed to French voters to throw out conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and shun the far right in a final push for working-class votes before Sunday's first round of the election.
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France's Sarkozy fights to keep job as voters go to polls
CNN
Paris (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy cast his ballot Sunday in the country's presidential elections as he fought to keep his job in the face of challenges from nine other candidates. Sarkozy voted with his wife Carla Bruni in Paris.
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UNITED KINGDOM News, Apr 22, 2012

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Murdoch to be quizzed on his UK political sway
San Francisco Chronicle
(04-22) 05:36 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- He was long considered one of the most important power brokers in British politics. Now, with his influence shriveled by Britain's phone hacking scandal, media mogul Rupert Murdoch is returning to the UK ...
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TECHNOLOGY News, Apr 22, 2012

Groupware Technology Wins Cisco West Area Breakaway Partner of the Year Award...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Cisco awards Groupware Technology the West Area Breakaway Partner of the Year award at the 2012 Cisco Partner Summit. Cisco unveiled the winners April 17th at its annual channel partner conference in San Diego, Calif. Groupware Technology, Inc.
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PaR Systems Acquires Marine Systems Technology Ltd. in the United Kingdom
Seattle Post Intelligencer
PaR Systems, Inc. announces the purchase of Marine Systems TechnologyLtd., a leading expert in lightweight composites, fire protection and composite engineering, and affiliated company MST Engineering Ltd., designers and manufacturers of marine doors, ...
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