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US Navy officer charged with handing secrets to foreign nations
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - A decorated US Navy officer faces espionage and other charges after allegedly passing defense secrets to foreign nations -- possibly including Taiwan or China -- a US official said Monday.
Greece blasts Macedonia over migrant border violence
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» IDOMENI (GREECE) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused neighbouring Macedonia on Monday of "shaming" Europe by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at migrants desperately trying to break through a border fence.
'Milk' director shoots gay history series for US TV
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» PARIS - American filmmaker Gus Van Sant said Monday he was "very excited" about what he hopes will be a landmark history of the gay rights movement he has just finished shooting for US television giant ABC.
Smokers have harder time getting work: study
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» MIAMI - People who smoke may find it harder to get work, and make less money than non-smokers, according to a US study out Monday.
Chinese leaders big fans of 'House of Cards' says Spacey
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» PARIS - "House of Cards" star Kevin Spacey said Monday that the Netflix series has made him a star in China -- including with its Communist leaders -- even though the service is not available there.
Burj Khalifa builder plans taller tower
Business, Published on 12/04/2016
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai is reaching for the sky once again, with the developer of the world's tallest building vowing on Sunday to build an even taller tower bedecked with rotating balconies and elevated landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of Babylon.
Manila urged to drop rice import quotas
Business, Published on 12/04/2016
» MANILA — The Philippines should scrap rice import quotas and instead charge tariffs on shipments of the grain, the World Bank said on Monday, as it urged the Southeast Asian country to open up its economy to more competition.
Women seen as effective suicide bombers
News, Tobin Harshaw, Published on 12/04/2016
» On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist -- who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in May 1991 -- has perhaps had the largest lasting influence.
Brazil impeachment committee votes on president's fate
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» BRASíLIA - An impeachment committee was due to vote Monday on the fate of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ahead of a decisive vote in the lower house of Congress on whether she will face trial.
US experts urge aspirin against heart disease, colon cancer
AFP, Published on 12/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - A panel of US experts on Monday recommended taking a daily aspirin as a strategy for preventing heart disease and colorectal cancer in certain people in their 50s and 60s.