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Cub Scout leader tried to reason with London attackers
LONDON -- Minutes after a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent terrorist attack on a London street, a former teacher and Cub Scout leader stepped off a passing bus to offer assistance at what she thought was the scene of an accident....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, David Cameron
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Japan's Yuichiro Miura becomes oldest person to climb Mt. Everest
NEW DELHI – Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura broke the record for the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest when the 80-year-old reached the summit Thursday at 9 a.m., according to his website. But the octogenarian may not be able to bask in the...
Tags: Japan, Nepal
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Book, Political Systems, Science and Technology, Thomson Corporation, Unions
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Political Systems, Book, Thomson Corporation, Science and Technology, Unions
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Kerry pursues Mideast peace a bite at a time
RAMALLAH, West Bank –- Secretary of State John Kerry nibbled away at a Mideast peace plan Thursday, taking time off from a busy political schedule to drop in to a West Bank restaurant for some regional specialties. After meeting with Palestinian...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry, Palestinian National Authority, Israel, West Bank
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Violence in Russia's North Caucasus kills four
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax reported. Both incidents...Tags: Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Heart Attack, 2014 Winter Olympic Games
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Film Movement Takes U.S. on '2 Autumns'
VarietyCANNES -- Striking fast at Cannes, Film Movement has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Sebastien Betbeder's "2 Autumns, 3 Winters," a film in France's long tradition of contemporary relationship dramas. Sold by Alpha Violet, and unspooling over two...Tags: Uruguay, Germany, France, Brazil, Japan
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Other Angle Racks Up Cannes Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
VarietyParis-based sales agent Other Angle is celebrating its fifth birthday at Cannes with a flurry of deals across its slate, and a pickup. "The Big Bad Wolf," a French comedy starring Benoit Poelvoorde ("Coco Before Chanel"), Kad Merad ("Welcome to the...Tags: Swiss Confederation, Germany, Bérénice Bejo , France, Kad Merad
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UPDATE 1-Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia classification after stage 18
ReutersMay 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Giro d'Italia after Stage 18 on Thursday 1. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) 73:55:58" 2. Cadel Evans (Australia / BMC Racing) +4:02" 3. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team Sky) +4:12" 4. Michele Scarponi...Tags: Francisco Ventoso, Ramunas Navardauskas, Italy, Matthew Goss, Vladimir Gusev
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Pussy Riot member refused parole by Russian court
ReutersBEREZNIKI, Russia, May 23 (Reuters) - A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. The...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Religion and Belief
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Prominent Chechen advocate shot dead in Turkish capital
ReutersANKARA, May 23 (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathisers in the...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Career and Workplace, Wars and Interventions, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Israelis, Palestinians say chances low for Kerry's peace effort
JERUSALEM -- Wrapping up his fourth Holy Land trip in three months, Secretary of State John F. Kerry voiced optimism Thursday that his low-profile campaign to relaunch U.S.-brokered peace talks is making headway. But while the top American diplomat...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kerry, Palestinian National Authority, Politics, Israel
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