A lot of interesting facts in this NYT article. The western backed losing candidate continues to fight the election results and there is a quiet warning in here that multi ethnic Malaya could be facing racial riots.
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State Department whistle-blowers testifying Wednesday before the House Oversight panel are also expected to say the then-secretary of State was personally involved in the decision to depict the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans as something other than terrorism.
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Any fair minded reading of the Bundesbank’s latest Constitutional Court deposition must lead to one of two conclusions: Either the Bundesbank has failed to recognise the existentialist threat to the Eurozone (that was placed in suspended animation during the past eight months or so), or the Bundesbank has intentionally opted for a strategy that will, sooner or later, see the disbanding of the current Eurozone
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The European Parliament’s environment committee yesterday (24 April) voted through a firm carbon emissions target for Europe’s passenger cars to reach by 2020, and a ballpark figure for 2025.
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A doctor says people can be revived several hours after they have seemingly died. Should this change the way we think about death?
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A large majority of the Dutch think prince Willem-Alexander should earn less than his mother when he becomes king at the end of this month, according to a survey by RTL news.
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Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is threatening to back an election challenge against Sen. Jeff Flake if the Arizona Republican votes against legislation to expand background checks.
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All of the meatballs removed from sale in the UK and most other counties have been disposed of with some going to be used to create energy from biogas.
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The carbon market is collapsing in Europe and the cash strapped EU nations might not want to prop up this expensive scheme.
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A prominent economist said about the 2008 financial crisis: “At the root of the crisis we find the largest financial swindle in world history”, where “counterfeit” mortgages were “laundered” by the banks. The Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems — MERS — was one of the main ways the swindle was done, and the main way in which counterfeit mortgages were laundered by the banks.
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