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Argentina, hedge funds fail to strike debt deal
AFP, Published on 25/07/2014
» NEW YORK - Argentina failed to reach a deal with hedge funds demanding full payment on its defaulted bonds, veering closer to what the IMF warned could be a painful new default.
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Clooney to wed in Venice in 'couple of weeks'
AFP, Published on 09/09/2014
» LOS ANGELES - Heartthrob actor George Clooney is to marry his British lawyer fiancee Amal Alamuddin in Venice in a "couple of weeks", according to news reports confirmed in part by his spokesman.
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US jobless claims plunge 14%
AFP, Published on 29/01/2015
» WASHINGTON - New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits plunged to the lowest level in nearly 15 years last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
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NZ govt to boost Kiwi bird numbers
Published on 04/06/2015
» SYDNEY — The New Zealand government will boost the number of native Kiwi birds through implementing new measures and expanding existing initiatives to save them from extinction, Conservation Minister Maggie Barry said Thursday.
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12 dead after two trains derail in India: official
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» NEW DELHI - Twelve people have been killed after two packed trains derailed while crossing a bridge hit by floods in central India overnight Wednesday, authorities said, highlighting again safety problems with the nation's crumbling railway network.
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Tech world waits for iPhone news and hopes for magic
AFP, Published on 09/09/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - The tech world on Wednesday will have its eyes on Apple, expecting new versions of the company's coveted iPhone but hoping for magic in the form of unexpected innovation.
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9/11 concert held in US
Kyodo News, Published on 12/09/2015
» A charity concert was given in New York on Friday night to remember the victims of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the March 11, 2011 quake and tsunami in Japan.
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100 nations to join new regime to fight tax avoidance
Published on 30/06/2016
» KYOTO - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday around 100 countries are likely to join global efforts to fight corporate tax avoidance amid growing public concern following revelations contained in the so-called Panama Papers.
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Toxins found at new Tokyo fish market site
Kyodo News, Published on 14/01/2017
» TOKYO: An amount of benzene 79 times the minimum allowed by the government was detected among other toxic chemicals in groundwater samples from Tokyo's Toyosu area where the famous Tsukiji fish market is planned to be relocated, officials in the Tokyo metropolitan government said Saturday.
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High-tech Japanese toilets to be more foreigner friendly
Published on 19/01/2017
» TOKYO - As more foreigners choose Japan as a holiday destination, the country's toilet manufacturers have joined forces to simplify the sometimes complicated business of washing and drying Japanese style.
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