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By By SHAILA DEWAN, on June 19th, 2013 The biggest mortgage lenders in the United States have not met all of the terms of the $25 billion settlement over abuses, an independent monitor found.
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By By JAMES KANTER, on June 19th, 2013 Antitrust regulators levied a total of $195.5 million in penalties for what they said were companies’ attempts to block a less expensive generic version of a popular antidepressant.
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president: No peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved, violence stops. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone journalist who triggered the 2010 downfall of US Afghanistan commander General Stanley McChrystal, died in a car crash on Tuesday, his employer announced. Hastings, whose profile of McChrystal quoted the four-star general as criticising President Barack Obama and his senior advisers, died in Los Angeles. He was 33, according to his current employer, BuzzFeed. “We are shocked and devastated by the news that Michael Hastings is gone,” said Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of the news website which the late reporter joined in February last year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Tom Sykes, on June 19th, 2013 Outrage in some quarters, amusement in others, greets union leaders remarks
Continue reading Kate "Just Another Young Woman Having Babies to get State Handouts"
By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A joint army and air force operation has evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides in northern India, but nearly 63,000 people remain cut off, a senior official said on Wednesday. The death toll in the affected region totalled 86, according to official statements. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Physician and superstar microblogger Dr Yu Ying announced her resignation from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital last week <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SHANGHAI (AP) — General Motors Co. executives broke ground for a new Cadillac factory in China on Wednesday to target luxury buyers in the world’s biggest auto market, though they said the segment would grow slower than expected this year. Company leaders said they were optimistic about long-term growth in the luxury segment and have aggressive plans to expand Cadillac’s dealer network. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A car crashed into the entrance gate of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s home in Ho Man Tin in the early hours of Wednesday morning. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency said on Wednesday. Officers belonging to the National Force, a branch of the federal police deployed in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the tournament will be played, Agencia Brasil reported, citing the Justice Ministry. The government reaction is notable given that the Confederations Cup is seen as a dry run for the World Cup next year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday broke off crucial security talks with the United States, angry over the name given to a new Taliban office in Qatar that is meant to facilitate peace negotiations. The ongoing Afghan-US talks must reach an agreement if Washington is to maintain soldiers in Afghanistan after a NATO combat mission ends next year. Karzai’s decision to suspend the talks threatens to wreck US efforts to start a dialogue with the Taliban, which President Barack Obama had welcomed as an important step towards ending 12 years of war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali police officer says gunmen are attacking UN compound in Mogadishu. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ROD NORDLAND and SHARIFULLAH SAHAK, on June 19th, 2013 After opening its Qatar office, the Taliban ambushed an American convoy in Afghanistan, and separately, Afghan officials broke off military talks with the United States.
Continue reading Taliban Attack and Afghan Move Cast Pall on Peace Talks
By By ROBERT F. WORTH, on June 19th, 2013 The Alawites are caught between support for their own increasingly brutal leaders and a rebellion that may want to wipe them off the map.
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By By JOHN HARWOOD, on June 19th, 2013 In a country splintered by partisanship and race, President Obama’s near-complete absence from more than 25 percent of states may have consequences.
Continue reading Dissent Festers in States That Obama Forgot
By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippines says UN, US worry of ‘maximum volatility’ in Golan Heights if peacekeepers leave. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s National Television has brought another case of “food forgery” to the spotlight in a country where fake eggs, beef and tofu have become staple items in national news coverage. Police in Chongqing’s Hechuan district have discovered a production site for fake honey and confiscated about 500 kilograms of the fake nectar, the national broadcaster said in a report on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Authorities in central China executed a former Communist Party official for raping 11 underage girls, state media said on Wednesday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power. Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Li appealed against the guilty verdict, but was rejected by the Supreme Court, Xinhua said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Global stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve. Investors were waiting to see if the Fed, which wraps up a two-day policy meeting later in the day in Washington, will make changes to its strategy of super-low interest rates and easy money that is helping to shore up the U.S. economy. Any change is likely to ripple through stock markets. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Michael Tomasky, on June 19th, 2013 On immigration, Republicans face a choice between the present and the future, says Michael Tomasky.
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Afghan president: No peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved, violence stops
<!– google_ad_section_start –> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president: No peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved, violence stops. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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