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Netanyahu urges no let-up in world pressure on Iran after vote
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for no relaxation of international pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear efforts after the election of a new president widely hailed as a moderate. Netanyahu said it was...Tags: Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Elections, Iran's Nuclear Program, Politics
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Jailed China dissident's wife decries injustice in letter to Xi
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, protesting against her house arrest and her brother's jailing, which activists have called official retribution on the...Tags: European Union, China, Awards and Prizes, Human Rights Watch, Political Corruption
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Drew Sharp: Tigers have time for a closing discovery
Detroit Free PressDETROIT The curtain should come down on the Jose Valverde Reunion Tour. The Tigers can't trust him. It was a worthwhile experiment. If it worked and he stabilized the bullpen, fine. If it didn't, it cost the Tigers little. And considering that the...Tags: Baseball, Prince Fielder, Dave Dombrowski, National Football League, Comerica Park
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Robert Fogel dies at 86; economic historian won Nobel Prize
Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86. Fogel died Tuesday at Manor Care Health Services...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, Awards and Prizes, Productivity, University of Chicago
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Tibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says
ReutersBy Thuy Ong SYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters) - Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing's policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while urging China to look harder...Tags: Dalai Lama, China, U.S. Department of State, Entertainment Events, Beijing (China)
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Robert W. Fogel 1926-2013
Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago professor who in 1993 joined the Hyde Park school's line of Nobel Prize winners in economics, created a body of work that challenged widely held assumptions about American history. Early in his career, Mr....
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The orgy of literary treasures bought at Sotheby's auction
Hold on to your hats: Things are about to get hot around here. Hot, that is, for people who love books, who covet literary rarities and whose pulses race at the thought of holding a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" in their very...
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California scientist still reinventing the wheel at 94
San Jose Mercury NewsLIVERMORE, Calif. At 94, Dick Post is the oldest scientist Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has ever had. And he may be the most fascinating. Post has visited the Swiss Alps nearly 50 times, regularly flies remote-controlled helicopters with his two sons,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, University of California, Berkeley, Science, Apple iPad
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Searching for a long-lost Pearl Buck manuscript? Try a storage locker
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON In the unlikeliest of finds, a literary treasure by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck was discovered late last year in Fort Worth, Texas, and in, of all places, a storage locker up for auction. The shocking find by the buyer of the...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts and Culture, China, Awards and Prizes, Rentals
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Nelson Mandela, 94, hospitalized in 'serious' condition
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition on Saturday after being taken to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said. The 94-year-old, who became...Tags: National Government, Africa, Johannesburg (South Africa), Hospitals and Clinics, Robert Mugabe
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For the record
Dole Food Co.: In the June 10 Section A, a Monday Business stock spotlight article about Dole Food Co. said that Chief Executive David A. DeLorenzo stepped down to run Itochu Corp. He joined Itochu Corp. to run the newly acquired Dole Asia Holdings. Also,...Tags: Baseball, College Baseball, Major League Baseball Draft, Entertainment Events, IBM
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INTERVIEW-Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority
Reuters* Enforcement of two-child limit by local govt announced in May * Junta-era restriction applies to Rohingya Muslims in northwest * Minister is most senior official to publicly support policy * Two-child limit denounced by democracy icon Suu Kyi and U....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Abortion Issue, International Law, Fines
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