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Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance; BOJ stands pat
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei reaching a fresh 5-1/2 year high and clinging to its gains as the Bank of Japan stood pat after unleashing massive stimulus last month....Tags: Moody's Corporation, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sri Lanka, Google Inc.
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Soccer-Thai sports authority sets mid-July deadline for FA polls
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - Thailand's sports authority has threatened to intervene if the country's football association fails to hold its presidential elections by the middle of July, local media reported on Tuesday. Last week, the Football Association of...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Elections, Clubs and Associations
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China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for poaching
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an...Tags: World Wildlife Fund, Endangered Species, Conservation, Auction Service, Environmental Issues
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Golf-European Tour Race to Dubai money list
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 European Tour Race to Dubai on Monday: 1. Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) 1,029,186 euros 2. Brett Rumford (Australia) 863,632 3. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 774,010 4. Richard Sterne (South Africa)...Tags: Africa, South Africa, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Travel, International Travel
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FACTBOX-Key facts on global rubber trading
ReutersMay 20(Reuters) - Tokyo rubber futures, which set the tone for physical prices, plunged in April to their lowest in five months, hit by worries about global economic growth which could hurt demand. High inventory in main consumer China also weighs on the...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Bridgestone Corp., Consumers, Inventories, Michelin Group
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Yen edges up from lows, Asian shares rise
Reuters* Dollar slips from Friday's 4-1/2 year high vs yen * Asian shares firmer after Friday's Wall Street rally * MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan rises 1.1 percent By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The yen edged higher on Monday after Japan's...Tags: Japan, Federal Reserve, Stock Market, Foreign Exchange Market, Nikkei
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Yen edges up on Amari comments, Asian shares rise
Reuters* Dollar slips from Friday's 4-1/2 year high vs yen * Asian shares firmer after Friday's Wall Street rally * MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan rises 0.9 percent By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The yen edged higher on Monday after Japan's...Tags: Auto Trends, DAX, Japan, Federal Reserve, Germany
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: Asia, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museums, The Getty, Arts
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Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Politics, Civil Rights, Human Rights Watch, European Union
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Soccer-German Schaefer ousted as Thailand coach - reports
ReutersMay 18 (Reuters) - German Winfried Schaefer is on his way out as Thailand's head coach after a trio of key defeats, local media reported on Saturday. The 63-year-old, who has also coached Cameroon, has failed to arrest a recent dip in form since Thailand...Tags: Southeast Asia
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Golf-European Tour World Match Play Championship group stage scores
ReutersMay 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour World Match Play Championship Group stage on Friday in Kavarna Chris Wood (Britain) beat Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 2 and 1 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) beat Thomas Aiken (South Africa) by 1...Tags: Africa, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bruce Dern, Greenwich Village, Sundance Film Festival, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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