Magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattles Crete
Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately reported in the quake, which was the third in three days in the area.
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattles Crete
Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos (Reuters)
Reuters – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday the country’s largest rebel group was increasingly selling its cattle to finance South America’s longest-running insurgency as income from trafficking cocaine drops.
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Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers (Reuters)
Reuters – Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday.
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Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Professor working at key nuclear facility dead following series of attacks Iranian regime links to Israel and US An Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility has been killed in a bomb explosion, the latest in a series of assassinations and attempted killings linked by the country's authorities to a secret war by Israel and the US to stop the development of what Tehran …
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Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran bomb explosion
Maldives lifts ban on luxury resort spas (Reuters)
Reuters – A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlors in the Maldives was lifted on Wednesday under pressure from the country’s key tourism industry a week after it was imposed as part of an effort to curb perceived vice.
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Maldives lifts ban on luxury resort spas (Reuters)
Reuters – A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlors in the Maldives was lifted on Wednesday under pressure from the country’s key tourism industry a week after it was imposed as part of an effort to curb perceived vice.
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Top Gear presenter in hot water over "silly" remarks (Reuters)
Reuters – British Prime Minister David Cameron has criticized comments made by “Top Gear” television show presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he said the country’s striking public sector strikers be “shot in front of their families.”
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Mayor ends hunger strike over cuts (Reuters)
Reuters – Romanian mayor Florin Cazacu Saturday ended a six-day hunger strike over cuts in heating subsidies after the government handed his town extra funds for fuel oil.
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No word from the sponsors for China’s drama watchers (Reuters)
Reuters – In a dose of reality television, Beijing-style, China has ordered a ban on advertisements during broadcasts of TV dramas in a bid “to unify thinking,” the country’s top broadcasting regulator said on Monday.
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Video: People Escape from Collapsing Buildings During Latest Turkey Earthquake
Closed circuit video captured during Turkey’s earthquake on Wednesday shows people fleeing from hotels seconds before the multi-story buildings collapsed around them. At least 19 died in this latest 5.7 quake, which came just weeks after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake leveled cities in the eastern part of the country.Related: Video: 13-Year-Old Boy in Turkey Is Rescued After Five Days in Earthquake …
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