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By , on June 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said on Thursday he was “in tears” after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers. LeaseWeb said in a statement it hosted the data for over a year at its own expense without receiving any requests to access it or retain it before deciding the time had come to use the servers for other purposes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By TIM ARANGO, on June 20th, 2013 For an urban elite, including some protesters, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s response to demonstrations has led to a final break that began with his intimidation of the news media.
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By By SCOTT SHANE and CHARLIE SAVAGE, on June 20th, 2013 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said the legal and practical obstacles are under review by Edward J. Snowden’s lawyers and supporters.
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By By SCOTT SAYARE, on June 19th, 2013 Visited by nearly six million Christian pilgrims every year, the site is turning to the faithful for financial relief after storms inundated the celebrated grotto and vast subterranean church.
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of US-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across the dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria. With the recent deployment of Patriot missiles near the Syrian border, and the mock Syrian accents of those playing the enemy, the message was clear: there is fear of spillover from the Syrian war in this US-allied kingdom, and the potential for a Jordanian role in securing Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles should Bashar al-Assad’s regime lose control. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In November 2008, Abid Naseer, a Pakistani student living in Manchester, England, began to e-mail a Yahoo account ultimately traced to his home country. The young man’s e-mails appeared to be about four women – Nadia, Huma, Gulnaz and Fozia – and which one would make a “faithful and loving wife”. Investigating terrorism is not an exact science. It’s like a mosaic SEAN JOYCE, FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR British investigators later determined that the four names were code for types of explosives. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The incongruous appearance of a multimillion-dollar yacht at a North Korean fishery station is being cited as evidence that Kim Jong-un has inherited his late father’s taste for the trappings of wealth, and that he’s found a way to get around UN sanctions to satisfy them. Spotted in the background of photos of Kim published by the state-run KCNA news agency, the vessel was identified by the NK News web site on Tuesday as a 29-metre Princess 95MY. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha yesterday visited key sites of Germany’s troubled Nazi and cold war history, walking through the haunting Holocaust Memorial and laying flowers for those killed at the Berlin Wall. As President Barack Obama attended to matters of state in a 24-hour visit to the German capital, his family went on a whirlwind tour in an armoured limousine on their first visit to the city. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A series of events celebrating Hong Kong’s comics and animation will be held this and next month to mark the opening of the city’s first site dedicated to the popular culture. But while fans will enjoy a feast of exhibitions and film screenings, the reality is not as rosy as it seems. While welcoming the opening of the Comix Home Base at the Green House in Wan Chai next month, local comics and animation veterans say the small domestic market has made their lives difficult. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JACKIE CALMES, on June 19th, 2013 Speaking Wednesday in Berlin, President Obama said that German terrorist threats were among those foiled by American surveillance programs, which the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, seemed to confirm.
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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 –> 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 –> 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 –> 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 , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The leading developed nations have called for the creation of a global system to automatically funnel financial information about individuals and companies using offshore tax havens, but Switzerland does not want to co-operate. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced on Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the European Union and United States. Incoming FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 1.0 per cent to US$47.6 billion (HK$369.4 billion) from January through May, the Commerce Ministry announced. It was also up 0.3 per cent in May to US$9.26 billion (HK$71.9 billion) from the same month last year, the ministry said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world’s most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture. A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France in the 1990s. Europe has now managed to get Paris onside, opening the way to a deal that could boost the EU and US economies by more than US$100 billion (HK$776.0 billion) a year each. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 21,075.01, while South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 0.1 percent to 1,885.77. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By STEPHEN CASTLE and JACKIE CALMES, on June 17th, 2013 As leaders announced the efforts toward a trade pact on Monday, a dispute over whether Europe’s movie industry would be protected highlighted the sensitivity of the negotiations.
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By By DAN BILEFSKY, on June 17th, 2013 The jockeying began after Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned over a scandal involving a close aide.
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Kim Dotcom ‘in tears’ after Megaupload files deleted
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said on Thursday he was “in tears” after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers. LeaseWeb said in a statement it hosted the data for over a year at its own expense without receiving any requests to access it or retain it before deciding the time had come to use the servers for other purposes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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