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European Union, China Agree on Solar-Panel Shipment Deal.
European Union and Chinese negotiators reached an agreement to curb EU imports of solar panels from China in exchange for exempting the shipments from punitive tariffs.
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China Labor Watch Shouts Nonsense At Apple Again.
Another day and another report about how terrible living and working conditions are at plants producing for Apple in China. It's China Labor Watch again and their report can be found here. And I'm very sorry to have to say this but essentially it's nonsense.
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'WWIII Queen's speech' text revealed
The Queen was expected to urge Britons to pray and remain united and resolute in the event of the "madness" of nuclear war, papers from 1983 show.
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Finally a good use for US drones
African officials seek U.S. drones to fight elephant poachers. Tanzania’s storied wildlife reserves could soon get a watchful, winged inhabitant: U.S. drones.
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Germany Ends Cold War Spying Pact With US, Britain
BERLIN (AP) — Germany canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain on Friday in response to revelations by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden about those countries' alleged electronic eavesdropping operations.
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Global Terror Alert
Fears that al Qaeda may launch attacks in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond in the coming days prompted the United States to close 22 embassies and consulates for a day Sunday
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Boycotting the 2014 Sochi Olympics Is a Really Bad Idea.
If you are the Obama administration, there are a lot of reasons to hate on Russia right now.
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Gibraltar row will be resolved, says UK Foreign Office.
Differences between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar will be resolved by political means not "disproportionate" measures, the Foreign Office has said.
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NSA secrets kill our trust
Bruce Schneier: Both government agencies and corporations have cloaked themselves in so much secrecy that it's impossible to verify anything they say.
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Swiss authorities draw anger over segregation for asylum seekers.
Asylum seekers have been banned from using a swimming pool, attending churches or reading in the library under a new Swiss policy that authorities say is intended to promote peaceful coexistence with local people.
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Zimbabwe's MDC drops Robert Mugabe election challenge
Zimbabwe's MDC party has dropped its legal challenge to President Robert Mugabe's re-election, saying it could not get a fair hearing.
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Democracy in Egypt Can Wait.
The Egyptian military’s bloody crackdown on supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood is yet another sign of the dark side of the Arab awakening. Across the Middle East, glimmerings of democracy are being snuffed out by political turmoil and violence.
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Cirque du Soleil shocks Beijing audience with Tiananmen 'tank man' image
A Cirque du Soleil performance left a Beijing audience audibly shocked when a banned image of the iconic Tiananmen "tank man" protester was displayed on giant screens in front of 15,000 people.
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Egypt's Ex-Dictator Mubarak 'To Be Freed'
Ousted Hosni Mubarak is to be released from prison within 48 hours, his lawyer claims, as Egypt descends further into chaos.
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Radical Anarchist Groups Take Over Greece
Not far from the Athenian ruins where democracy was born more than 2,500 years ago, young anarchists intent on toppling Greece's political system run a cafe where the beer is cheap and the artwork features police cars set on fire.
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Thailand begins monitoring of Facebook, YouTube and LINE
Thailand will monitor its citizens on popular social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and Japanese messaging app LINE.
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Chemical weapons attacks kill hundreds in Syria, rebels and activists allege
Activists and rebel fighters accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces of killing hundreds of civilians - including many women and children - in chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday.
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Why the U.S. has failed in the Mideast
The Obama administration had a grand strategy in the Middle East. It was well intentioned, carefully crafted and consistently pursued.
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New Zealand appears to have used NSA spy network to target Kim Dotcom
A new examination of previously published affidavits from the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)—the New Zealand equivalent of the National Security Agency (NSA)—appears to suggest that the GCSB used the “Five Eyes” international surveillance network to capture the communications of Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload.
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Syria warns U.S. not to intervene militarily
The Syrian government accused rebels of using chemical weapons Saturday and warned the United States not to launch any military action against Damascus over an alleged chemical attack last week, saying such a move would set the Middle East ablaze.
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