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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The cause of a fire that triggered a massive explosion at a West, Texas fertiliser plant has been ruled undetermined, and investigators have not eliminated the possibility that the fire was set intentionally, state and federal officials said on Thursday. Robert Champion, a special agent in charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said that while authorities could not rule out arson, they also could not eliminate the plant’s electrical system or a golf cart at the plant as potential causes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Google has introduced a music service for smartphones and tablets powered by its free Android software, in a challenge to streaming radio firms such as Pandora and Spotify. The launch of Google Play All Access on Wednesday came at the start of a packed Google developers conference, which features a range of improvements to the internet giant’s products and saw a surprise appearance by chief executive Larry Page. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were muted Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. Losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in recession, including France. The combined economy of the 17 countries shrank by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2013 compared to the prior quarter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A woman whose trial riveted viewers with details of sex and violence returns to court on Thursday, as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week in the death of her boyfriend now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors on Wednesday took less than three hours to determine that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover after prosecutors proved the murder was especially cruel and heinous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By REUTERS, on May 15th, 2013 The man charged with holding three women captive and raping them during a decade in his Cleveland home plans to plead not guilty to criminal charges, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Consumer Council warned Hongkongers on Wednesday to beware of the deceptive tactics used by some salespeople trying to entice them into buying or renewing hotel or dining club memberships. The consumer watchdog said that it had received 124 complaints dealing with club memberships last year, down from 132 in 2011. And despite fewer complaints, the watchdog said, the nature of the sales practices had worsened from merely misleading to bordering on deceptive. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. But lower-than-expected German economic growth disappointed investors elsewhere. The German economy narrowly avoided recession in the first quarter of 2013, with 0.1 percent growth for the quarter. However, analysts were expecting a 0.3 percent quarterly rise. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Wednesday met officials at the foreign ministry after being summoned to explain the presence of an alleged CIA agent working undercover at the embassy who was detained this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Communications Authority can release details of a report on ATV majority investor Wong Ching’s role in the operations of the free-to-air television station, the Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Critical report on Chinese tycoon’s role in ATV to be released, court rules
By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The death toll from an accident at a US-owned mine in remote eastern Indonesia rose to four on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled to reach 23 workers still trapped underground in a collapsed tunnel. Ten people have been rescued alive following the accident early on Tuesday at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines that is high in the mountains of rugged Papua province. It was the latest problem for the mine, which was hit by a major strike in 2011 that crippled production. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Five Shenzhen-bound flights -three from Shenzhen Airlines, two from Juneyao Airlines and China Eastern Airlines- have taken emergency measures on Wednesday morning after receiving separate threats between 8am and 9.33am, according to the airlines. It was not clear what specific threats were made. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BEN SISARIO, on May 14th, 2013 The service is expected to be announced on Wednesday, and reflects agreements the company has made with the three major music labels.
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An 83-year-old nun and two fellow protesters were convicted of interfering with national security when they broke into the primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium in the US It took the jury about 2 1/2 hours to find the three protesters guilty on Wednesday on a charge of interfering with national security and a second charge of damaging federal property. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim called a protest tour over elections he says the ruling regime stole, as the White House urged authorities to “address concerns” about voter fraud. Anwar late on Wednesday addressed a rally of supporters dressed in black, to protest Sunday’s polls, who filled a stadium and spilled out into surrounding areas, swamping a corner of the capital Kuala Lumpur in hours-long gridlock. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain does not support a Tibetan state independent of China, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday amid reports of Chinese anger at his meeting with the Dalai Lama last year. Cameron told parliament that Britain respected China’s sovereignty and ministers recognised Tibet as part of China. Britain officials deny that Chinese anger at the meeting between Cameron and the Tibetan spiritual leader in May last year could scupper the prime minister’s plans to visit China by the end of this year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JEREMY W. PETERS and ERIC SCHMITT, on May 8th, 2013 Before a House hearing Wednesday on last year’s attacks in Benghazi, Libya, a State Department official described a frantic series of phone calls and unfulfilled requests for military aid.
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Wednesday, where the two witnessed the signing of a series of trade and cultural deals. Netanyahu’s arrival on a five-day trip to China overlapped with a journey by Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, but the two Middle Eastern visitors did not meet each other. The Israeli leader was greeted with full military honours including a 19-gun salute outside the Great Hall of the People in the capital, and called for closer trade ties between the two nations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s top newspaper on Wednesday published a call for a “reconsideration” of Japan’s sovereignty over the island of Okinawa – home to major US bases – with the Asian powers already embroiled in a territorial row. The lengthy article in the People’s Daily, China’s most-circulated newspaper and the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party, argued that China may have rights to the Ryukyu island chain, which includes Okinawa. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Indonesian court jailed an Australian and a Pakistani for six years each after the men were caught organising an asylum-seeker boat to Australia, their lawyer said on Wednesday. Ali Qaseem, a 57-year-old from Sydney described by prosecutors as part of an “international people-smuggling network”, and Pakistani Sadaat Ali were also fined 500 million rupiah (HK$400,000) each. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Malaysia’s opposition appeared headed for a clash with authorities on Wednesday, saying it would defy a police threat to stop a protest rally by its leader Anwar Ibrahim over disputed election results. Malaysia’s police chief has said the opposition did not follow proper procedures for staging the Wednesday night rally and that participants would be arrested. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Arson not ruled out in fire that caused West, Texas, blast
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The cause of a fire that triggered a massive explosion at a West, Texas fertiliser plant has been ruled undetermined, and investigators have not eliminated the possibility that the fire was set intentionally, state and federal officials said on Thursday. Robert Champion, a special agent in charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said that while authorities could not rule out arson, they also could not eliminate the plant’s electrical system or a golf cart at the plant as potential causes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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