Afghan-US talks suspended
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:31 GMT
Afghanistan suspends talks on a bilateral security agreement with the US, citing inconsistencies over the peace process.
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Brazil sends troops to quell protest
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:05:04 GMT
Brazil is to send troops to five major cities to help restore order after massive protests calling for better education and transport, the justice ministry says.
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Toxic substance in Fukushima water
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:03:16 GMT
High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope, strontium-90, have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.
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Obama 'to call for nuclear cuts'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:41 GMT
US President Barack Obama is to speak at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he is expected to call for cuts in US and Russian nuclear arsenals.
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N Korea condemns Hitler report
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:04:42 GMT
North Korea denounces a report that leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler's memoir Mein Kampf to officials on his birthday.
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Refugee numbers 'highest since 1994'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:43:40 GMT
The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, the highest number since 1994, with the conflict in Syria a major new factor.
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Saturn probe to acquire Earth image
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:08:23 GMT
The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth.
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Jail reckless bankers, report urges
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:03:38 GMT
A report commissioned by the UK government calls for new measures, including criminal sanctions, to make bankers responsible for their own failings.
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Assange vows to stay in embassy
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:50 GMT
Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange vows to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped.
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Army leads north India flood rescue
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:13:36 GMT
Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.
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Top US journalist dies in car crash
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:25:14 GMT
Journalist Michael Hastings, whose reporting ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a crash in Los Angeles aged 33.
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China's Wanda to buy UK yacht maker
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:17 GMT
Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese property developer, says it will spend £1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and property in London.
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Applause is a 'social contagion'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:04:34 GMT
The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.
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'Hoff' crab's oceanic 'road trip'
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:38:02 GMT
A hairy crab named after US actor David Hasselhoff hitched a ride on an ocean "super-highway" to colonise deep sea vents in the Atlantic tens of millions of years ago.
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VIDEO: Michelle Obama and daughters on tour
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:33 GMT
US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha have lunch with Irish rock star Bono and visit Glendalough.
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