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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT June 17
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- ENNISKILLEN - Western leaders rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting Syria's Bashar al-Assad's attempt to crush a two-year-old uprising, setting the stage for a tense G8 summit of the world's most powerful...Tags: Washington, DC, Petr Necas, Barack Obama, Summits, Bashar Assad
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Indian stocks to watch - June 18
ReutersJune 18 (Reuters) - GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange are 0.08 percent down and the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding Japan is 0.54 percent lower. * Asian shares slid on Tuesday as investors waited on tenterhooks for...Tags: India, Ford Motor Co., Maldives, Federal Reserve, Mukesh Ambani
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Singapore pressures Indonesia to identify firms behind haze
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as the city-state urged Indonesia to provide data on company names and concession maps to enable it to act against plantation firms that allow slash-...Tags: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, UNESCO, Malaysia, Conservation
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Former Kosovo deputy PM cleared of corruption
ReutersPRISTINA, June 18 (Reuters) - A former deputy prime minister of Kosovo was acquitted of corruption on Tuesday, in a blow to EU prosecutors who had charged him as part of a drive to root out graft in the young Balkan country. Three government officials on...Tags: Politics, Hashim Thaci, Justice System, Prosecution, Government
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Bulgaria proposes electoral changes to soothe public anger
Reuters* Three weeks in, new government has already lost credibility * After reversal of security appointment, new concessions are promised * Street protests that flared on Friday set to continue * Analysts say Socialist-led government likely to be short-...Tags: Politics, National Government, Elections, Sofia (Bulgaria), European Union
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Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil
ReutersSAO PAULO (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The...Tags: Activism, Dilma Rousseff, Prada, Productivity, Soccer
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, Jun 17
ReutersLONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- ENNISKILLEN - U.S. President Barack Obama sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria on Monday during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict...Tags: Washington, DC, Petr Necas, Barack Obama, Summits, Bashar Assad
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Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads
Reuters* Sparked by cost of public transport, complaints grow * Protests unfold as Brazil hosts Confederations Cup By Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's...Tags: Dilma Rousseff, Soccer, Politics, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports
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State Legislative Leaders Enabled Corruption
State legislative leaders should have taken their cue from U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton. In sentencing the first of eight defendants to two years in prison, she decried the scheme to kill legislation in exchange for illegal political...
Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, Politics, Punishment, Ethics
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Jury gets fraud case against former Chicago alderman
An attorney for former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano came up with a colorful closing argument to a federal jury Friday, likening a government investigation of his client to cooking live frogs in a pot of water and purposely bringing it to boil slowly so...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, FBI, Corporate Crime, Bribery
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Bulgarians protests over media magnate as security chief
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied on Friday to protest against the appointment of a media magnate as Bulgaria's new security chief in a show of discontent after disputed elections. Chanting "Mafia" and "resign", about 10,000 people rallied in...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, European Union, Bulgaria, Parliament, Politics
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Court keeps Czech PM's aide in custody in scandal
ReutersOSTRAVA, Czech Republic, June 15 (Reuters) - A Czech court ruled on Saturday that a close aide to Prime Minister Petr Necas must stay in custody pending an investigation into charges against her of corruption and abuse of power, her defence lawyer said....Tags: Politics, Petr Necas, Government, Czech Republic
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