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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The inquest into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko could be replaced by a form of public inquiry to allow evidence about Russia’s alleged role in the killing to be heard in secret.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> That Rubber Duck is at it again – after stealing the hearts of Hongkongers since sailing into the harbour, it is stealing the show at Cheung Chau’s Bun Festival. The 16.5-metre-tall artwork has got everyone duck crazy. And while the traditional buns stamped with the iconic “peace” logo continued to be a big hit, rubber ducks could be seen in the parade and on various products on sale. One stand was selling T-shirts featuring a rubber duck with a swimming cap stamped with the peace sign. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> People who struggle with maths fare better after a course of gentle electric shocks to the brain, British scientists have claimed. Psychologists at Oxford University found that students scored higher on mental arithmetic tasks after a five-day course of brain stimulation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The driver of a speedboat which crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing the safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 
The HS2 rail project has an estimated £3.3bn funding gap and the benefits for the economy are “unclear”, the National Audit Office says.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The regional airliner was climbing past 2,700 metres when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several kilometres off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in the ninth row to switch off an iPhone. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia yesterday accused the US of “crude and clumsy” spying on its territory after a suspected CIA agent was caught in Moscow seeking to recruit an agent while disguised in a blonde wig. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 
UK unemployment rose by 15,000 to 2.52 million in the January to March period, the Office for National Statistics says
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Free Syrian Army pledged on Wednesday to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video showing the mutilation of a corpse, as the regime ruled out discussing President Bashar al-Assad’s departure in negotiations. The mainstream rebel group made the statement after a gruesome video of an alleged rebel fighter cutting out and apparently eating the organs of a regime soldier emerged online. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear arms programme, according to a confidential report by a UN panel of experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> There has been no official comment from the Japanese government about the decision by Park Geun-hye, the new South Korean president, to make China her first diplomatic port of call in Asia. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two men who assaulted a South China Morning Post photographer were given community-service sentences in Fan Ling Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Cheng Shing-wing, 52, and Li Hak, 51, had each earlier pleaded guilty to one count of common assault. In sentencing the pair, Fan Ling Magistrate Wong Sze-lai described their actions as “inglorious” and “violent”. “The court shall deliver a clear message, that is, violence is never tolerated,” Wong said. “It must be subject to punishment.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The marathon debate on the budget bill finally ended after Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing cut off a filibuster on Tuesday afternoon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> When a Chengdu blogger created a White House petition last week against a controversial petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, the young woman wasn’t expecting a response from security agents back at home. She was contacted days after the city of Chengdu mobilised thousands of police officers and security agents to quell a protest against the 40 billion yuan (HK$50 billion) plant – now in its final construction phase – that eventually fizzled out on May 4. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 
Eurozone finance minsters are due to meet in Brussels later to agree bailout payments for Cyprus and Greece, amid worries over Slovenia.
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a violent dispute in a bar, Mexican authorities said on Friday. He was 28. City prosecutors are investigating the attack that sent Shabazz to a nearby hospital where he died Thursday of blunt-force trauma injuries. United States officials confirmed that Shabazz was killed in Mexico City. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By RON NIXON, on May 10th, 2013 The agency said it continued to suffer because of declining mail volume and a Congressional mandate requiring it to pay into a health fund for future retirees.
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Real gross domestic product rose only 0.2 per cent on a seasonally adjusted quarter-to-quarter basis, down from 1.4 per cent in the last three months of 2012. Year on year, output in the first quarter rose 2.8 per cent, beating market estimates. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy grew slightly in the first quarter as the trade-dependent Asian financial center was held back by an unsteady global demand. While conditions have improved since last year, the outlook was still clouded by problems in debt-mired Europe and an uncertain recovery in the United States, government economists said Friday. Economic output in the southern Chinese city grew a meager 0.2 percent in the first three months of the year compared with the previous quarter. It was the slowest growth in three quarters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The mysterious death of a 22-year-old Anhui woman in Beijing continued to draw sympathy and criticism on China’s social media on Thursday, while local newspapers avoided the story apparently because of censorship. The case came under national spotlight after hundreds of disgruntled migrant workers staged a mass protest in the capital on Wednesday to protest the handling of the case by police. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Litvinenko inquest future in doubt
The inquest into the death of ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko could be replaced by a form of public inquiry to allow evidence about Russia’s alleged role in the killing to be heard in secret.
Continue reading Litvinenko inquest future in doubt
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