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Taiwan leader Ma to meet Chinese President Xi
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday, Ma's office said, in what will be the first meeting between leaders from the two rivals since the end of a civil war in 1949.
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Cheers, kisses as Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» ROME - Emerald waters gushed from Rome's Trevi fountain on Tuesday and spotlights lit up its gleaming Baroque facade as the taps were turned back on after a 16-month clean-up to cheers from delighted tourists.
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France's top book prize goes to tale of opium-fuelled dream
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» PARIS - A book about a night of opium-fuelled cross-cultural dreaming won 's most prestigious -- and lucrative -- literary prize Tuesday in a contest dominated by the West's fraught relationship with Islam.
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Cooper gets Australia Olympic deal with Toulon
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» TOULON (FRANCE) - Australia international Quade Cooper will be free to play at next year's inaugural Rio Olympic Sevens tournament after renegotiating his original contract with European champions Toulon, he said on Tuesday.
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Jailed former Bayern boss Hoeness seeks early release
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» BERLIN - Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has applied for early release from prison having served 18 months of his sentence for tax fraud, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
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Vice Media gets TV channel in deal with A&E
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» NEW YORK - Vice Media is getting its own cable television channel in a deal with A&E Networks that brings the youth-focused media group to the mainstream.
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Digital titans fail on privacy, data protection, survey says
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» WASHINGTON - The world's biggest Internet and telecom companies are falling short in protecting privacy and online freedom of expression, a study released Tuesday showed.
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Distilling success: Google turns old Polish vodka factory into tech startup centre
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» WARSAW - Google will open a "campus" for business startups in a renovated vodka distillery in the Polish capital Warsaw later this month, making it one of a handful of these tech hubs the global IT giant has created worldwide.
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Turkey hits Kurd rebels, cracks down on Erdogan rivals
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» ANKARA - Turkey cracked down on rivals of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday and launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels, clearly signalling a return to hardline tactics after an election that cemented his grip on power.
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Astana hold Atletico in dull stalemate
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN) - Kazakh champions Astana claimed just their second ever Champions League point in an uninspiring 0-0 draw against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.
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