Slovenia has been widely tipped as the next country to require a bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, and the ratings downgrade could substantially raise the cost of borrowing for Ljubljana.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently warned that sequestration would cause “suspension of important activities, curtailed training, and could result in furloughs of civilian personnel” but the spending cuts haven’t killed the green fuels program, as the Pentagon has continued purchasing renewable fuel at per gallon.
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Officials now claim that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was unarmed as he hid in boat in Watertown
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The decent economic data do not reflect what is happening in real life, the Icelanders feel, and they will likely boot the current government which is viewed as obsessed with serving the financial interests of big money.
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There is a coordinated effort going on in the MSM to clear Aung San Suu Kyi from blame for the bloodbath that her followers inflicted on the minority Rohinya. The BBC follows suit.
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A national database containing the postcodes of everyone in Britain is to be privatised along with Royal Mail, despite direct “very forceful” protests to David Cameron from Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the world wide web.
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In a press release last Tuesday, DynCorp International announced that the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) had awarded the company with a .6 million contract. The purpose of the contract is to “recruit and support up to 100 UNPOL and 10 U.N. Corrections Advisors.
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White House advisers warned they’d recommend president veto legislation in face of increased privacy concerns
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Aquabounty salmon set to granted approval in the U.S.
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The US Department of Defense said Thursday it plans to sidestep a Congressional ban to purchase 30 helicopters from Russian state-owned defense firm Rosoboronexport, despite objections from US lawmakers who allege that the firm has equipped the Syrian government to commit brutal crimes against civilians.
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