Spain’s economy may be tatters, but its high-speed rail programme remains on track with the opening of the entire line between Madrid and the coastal city of Alicante on Monday.
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It is the first time that the UN will be in direct control of a fighting force
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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is one of the United States’ least publicly understood and most opaque judicial entities. Established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978, the court’s mandate (among other things) is to approve special surveillance warrants (FISA warrants) against suspected foreign agents to be used by American federal agencies, typically the National Security Agency (NSA) or the FBI.
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MSNBC May 30, 2013
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The average smartphone user tends to spend two hours (119 minutes) a day using their gadget. Yet, the amount of time we spend with our other halves per day is just 97 minutes – a third less – on average.
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France, Spain, Poland and Slovenia have each been given an extra two years to bring their deficits below the 3 percent limit in the bloc’s Stability and Growth Pact, while Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands were given an extra year.
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“That the liberty of the press may be abused by miscreant purveyors of scandal does not make any the less necessary the immunity of the press from previous restraints in dealing with official misconduct.” Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes 1931
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“Let’s be clear,” said Carney. “Benghazi happened a long time ago. We are unaware of any agency blocking an employee who would like to appear before Congress to provide information related to Benghazi.” The question was about reports that Benghazi whistleblowers are being prevented from coming forward.
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The ranks of the unemployed in Spain climbed above six million for the first time ever as the jobless rate hit an unprecedented 27 percent in the first quarter of the year, this despite an easing of the recession in the period.
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China owns Algeria it seems, they are even building a .5bln dollar mosque in Algiers. These building contracts alone are worth a total of billion. The US and the EU will try to put a stop to this.
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