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READER SUBMITTED: Dalia Lazar Comes To Chester For Third Music And More Concert
Middletown/ShorelineClassical pianist Dalia Lazar comes to Chester for the third Music and More concert on Sunday, May 19, at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek. Born in Croatia, Ms. Lazar began studying piano at an early age. Her first piano teacher recognized her...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Croatia, Moscow (Russia)
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Outlook dim as Syria diplomacy gathers force
Reuters* "Friends of Syria" to hear Kerry peace talks plan on Wednesday * Arab League, Syrian opposition to meet on Thursday * EU summit to consider lifting arms ban for rebels By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Peter Graff AMMAN/LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - The...Tags: International Organizations, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, David Cameron
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Hot as heck last year, says feds.
Planet Florida - Orlando SentinelNOAA: 2010 Tied For Warmest Year on Record According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global... -
S.Africa's Barloworld boosts H1 profit, Russia unit robust
Reuters* Headline EPS at 321 cents vs 245 cents * Revenue up 11 percent at 31.3 billion rand JOHANNESBURG, May 20 (Reuters) - South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd boosted first-half profit by a third on Thursday, as a solid results in its Russian...Tags: Mining, Africa, Barloworld Limited, Earnings, South Africa
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Kerry heads to Mideast to advance Syria plan that depends in large part on Russia
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is...Tags: Israel, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama, Culture
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'Great Gatsby' Edges 'Iron Man 3,' 'Star Trek Into Darkness' at Overseas Box Office
ReutersMay 19 (TheWrap.com) - "The Great Gatsby" edged "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "Iron Man 3" as the No. 1 movie at the international box office this weekend. Warner Bros. opened Baz Luhrmann's take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel in 50 foreign...Tags: Movies, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Star Trek into Darkness (movie), The Fast and the Furious 6 (movie)
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EU says worried by Russia's human rights record
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - The European Union criticised Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. The 27-nation bloc cited the cases of...Tags: Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Vladimir Putin
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Netanyahu takes aim at weapons leakage in Syria
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Israel, Bashar Assad, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu
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UPDATE 1-Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia classification after stage 15
ReutersMay 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Classification from Giro d'Italia after Stage 15 on Sunday 1. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) 62:02:34" 2. Cadel Evans (Australia / BMC Racing) +1:26" 3. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team Sky) +2:46" 4. Mauro Santambrogio...Tags: Astana (Kazakhstan), Colombia, Tom Danielson, Paolo Tiralongo, Ramunas Navardauskas
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UN chief hopeful that international conference on Syria can take place in early June
MOSCOW (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to bring the...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Syria's Assad: Little chance peace talks would succeed -newspaper
ReutersLIMA, May 18 (Reuters) - Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Terrorism, Bashar Assad, United Nations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
SEOUL — Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too. Even in Japan, a country still traumatized by the legacy of Hiroshima and...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Japan, Politics, Weaponry, South Korea
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