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Tiananmen leader: US didn't care about crackdown
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» An exiled leader of the Tiananmen Square protests deplored Friday the US stance 25 years ago, saying the ambassador confided to her that Washington didn't "care" about the crackdown.
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McIroy endures tough day at Memorial
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Former world number one Rory McIlroy came back to earth with a thud on Friday with a six-over par 78 in the second round of the Memorial.
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N. Korea sentences S. Korean 'spy' to hard labour for life
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» North Korea convicted a South Korean man of espionage and sentenced him to hard labour for life, saying he had confessed to attempting to set up an underground church, according to state media Saturday.
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US Veterans Affairs secretary resigns amid scandal
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» President Barack Obama's under-fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday, paying the price for an expanding scandal over failures in health care for America's retired warriors.
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Los Angeles sues JPMorgan over 'predatory loans'
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Los Angeles filed suit Friday against JP Morgan Chase, saying the US bank pushed minorities into higher risk loans they couldn't afford, helping trigger the foreclosure crisis.
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Casey grabs Memorial lead as McIlroy slides
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Paul Casey fired a six-under par 66 on Friday to seize the halfway lead at the US PGA Tour's Memorial tournament as overnight leader Rory McIlroy endured a nightmare day.
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London 'more polluted' than Beijing
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2014
» Levels of the harmful air pollutant nitrogen dioxide at a city-centre monitoring station are the highest in Europe. Concentrations are greater even than in Beijing, where expatriates have dubbed the city's smog the "airpocalypse."
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US accuses China of 'destabilising' acts in South China Sea
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned China Saturday against "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea, and backed Japan's plans to take on a more muscular military role as a counterweight to Beijing.
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Johnson ties course record with 62 for LPGA lead
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Jennifer Johnson equalled the course record with a nine-under 62 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour's ShopRite Classic on Friday.
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China house prices post first fall in 23 months
AFP, Published on 31/05/2014
» Home prices in major Chinese cities posted their first monthly decline in nearly two years in May, an independent survey showed Saturday, providing new evidence the once red-hot market is losing steam.
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