Turkish opposition October 1 threw a shoe at the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn during his speech in Istanbul. It is reported by AFP. The name of opposition leader has not been named. According to the Agency, the opposition was probably a student. He shouted: "The IMF, get out of Turkey!» (IMF, Get out of Turkey!), Then threw a shoe, which is not reached the Strauss-Kahn. After this service of opposition leader withdrew from the hall. As the Turkish agency Anadolu Ajansi, the incident occurred at a time when Strauss-Kahn answered questions of students. 1 October the IMF presented the report, which states that the global economy emerges from the crisis more quickly than previously planned. Strauss-Kahn said in this connection that the recovery of the global economy "really started. Throwing shoes became popular among the opposi
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According to the results of an autopsy, the health of Michael Jackson was quite normal, and little consistent pattern which drew media. The body was found the presence of any drugs other than prescribed personal physician musician Conrad Therefore, according to the autopsy of the body of Michael Jackson, pop singer was in good health. According to the Associated Press, referring to the available a copy of the autopsy of Jackson, state of health of the musician was quite normal, and little consistent pattern which drew media. According to the autopsy, with the growth of 1,75 m Jackson weighed 62 kg. The body was discovered traces of alcohol or any illicit drug use. Died on 25 June this year, Jackson suffered from arthritis and chronic inflammation of the lungs, but, as noted in the report, it was not sufficiently serious to be a direct cause of death, or be
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Russia could lose one of the major fields, which should have been awarded under the joint venture of OAO RZD and Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar intends Oct. 6 to sign a new agreement for the exploitation of copper-gold-Oyuu Tolgoya with the Canadian Ivanhoe Mines Russia could lose one of the major fields, which should have been awarded under the joint venture of OAO RZD and Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar intends Oct. 6 to sign a new agreement for the exploitation of copper-gold-Oyuu Tolgoya with the Canadian Ivanhoe Mines, which represents the interests of China, wrote Kommersant. On Thursday, the Mongolian state news agency MONTSAME quoting the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs Bayarsayhana reported that the authorities intend to enter into an agreement for the exploitation of copper and gold deposits Oyuu-Tolgoi with the Canadian Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. According
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The votes, in the Senate Finance Committee, underscored divisions among Democrats and were a setback for President Obama, who has endorsed the public plan as a way to “keep insurance companies honest.” The first proposal, by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV
of West Virginia, was rejected 15 to 8, as five Democrats joined all
Republicans on the panel in voting no. The second proposal, by Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, was defeated 13 to 10, with three Democrats voting no. The
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The contest pits two major companies, Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic.
Analysts estimate a market for the product that could exceed $1.5
billion within six years. But if the valves catch on, their benefits
for the nation’s aging population could be substantial — even if the
impact on the nation’s health care bill may be hard to calculate. The
new valves — which make it possible to repair the heart without the
rigors of chest-opening surgery — have been available in Europe for
about 18 months, with sales of about $100 million split about evenly
last year between the two companies. While doctors say that the early
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The annual survey
of state Medicaid directors, conducted for the Kaiser Family
Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, found that the
program had been spared the worst effects of massive state budget
shortfalls because of federal aid in the stimulus package. But it also revealed grave concerns about what will happen when that relief dries up at the close of 2010. As
unemployment surged, enrollment in state Medicaid programs grew by an
average of 5.4 percent in the previous fiscal year, the highest rate in
six years, according to the Kaiser survey. In eight states, the growth
exceeded 10 percent. Last year’s average growth was well above
the 3.6 percent that had been forecast by the
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The 13-to-10 vote followed party lines, with two exceptions. Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, voted for the restrictions. Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, voted against them. The
showdown over abortion came as the committee toiled for a sixth day on
the legislation that is intended to provide coverage for millions of
Americans while slowing the growth of health care costs. Under the
bill, the government would help low- and middle-income people buy
insurance by providing subsidies in the form of tax credits. The bill, written by the chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator
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For starters, there are the Bosnians, riven into two barely
functioning administrative entities, a Bosnian Serb Republic and a
Muslim-Croat Federation. If they have dreams left 14 years after war
killed 100,000 people and reduced millions to refugees, those dreams
center on Europe. But, while Sarajevo is a mere hour's flight
from Vienna, or Rome, the distance is hard to cover. With little
progress on reforms, Bosnians were left out of a recent plan to free up
visas for Balkan visitors to the European Union. Standing outside
the Austrian Embassy, Nedeljko Maric, a 42-year-old engineer, pondered
the visa he finally secured to travel in Europe. It took two long
visits, and a week for his papers to be processed. He feels "a second
class citizen," with Bosnian membership of the E.U. "more a dream than
a reality." Whether his plight, and the vacuum of Bosnia's sour
politics, eases depends in part on the outcome of the vote Friday in
Ireland - another place that knows the
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JERUSALEM — Israel
said Wednesday that it would release 20 Palestinian women from its
jails in exchange for a videotape of a captured Israeli soldier that
would prove that he was alive.Skip to next paragraphEnlarge This Image Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Israel said Wednesday that for video of a captive soldier, Gilad
Shalit, it would release 20 Palestinian women, including Fatima Yunis
Zaq, above, a terrorism suspect. Related Times Topics: Gilad Shalit Enlarge This Image Associated Press
Sergeant Gilad Schalit.
The soldier, Gilad Shalit, was seized by the Islamic group Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in 2006 in a cross-border raid and taken into Gaza. The prisoner release offer, announced Wednesday by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was the first significant sign of progress in negotiations about him since Mr. Netanyahu took office in March. Israeli and Palestinian officials said t
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SARAJEVO — In Bosnia and Herzegovina - scene of Europe's bloodiest
recent war, and an alternately wild, entrancing, and deeply divided
place - the need for sharper, more focused European foreign policy
could hardly be clearer.
For starters, there are the
Bosnians, riven into two barely functioning administrative entities, a
Bosnian Serb Republic and a Muslim-Croat Federation. If they have
dreams left 14 years after war killed 100,000 people and reduced
millions to refugees, those dreams center on Europe. But, while
Sarajevo is a mere hour's flight from Vienna, or Rome, the distance is
hard to cover. With little progress on reforms, Bosnians were left out
of a recent plan to free up visas for Balkan visitors to the European
Union. Standing outside the Austrian Embassy, Nedeljko Maric, a
42-year-old engineer, pondered the visa he finally secured to travel in
Europe. It took two long visits, and a week for his papers to be
processed.
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HONG KONG — Companies that import solar panels to the United States are facing up to $70 million in unexpected tariffs.
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KATMANDU,
Nepal — Police in Nepal say a church has collapsed in the eastern
part of the country, killing at least 24 people and injuring an
additional 62.
Police
official Arjun Khadka says several people were gathered in the eastern
town of Dharan for a Christian conference and most of them were
sleeping in the building when it collapsed early Wednesday.
The area is about 240 miles southeast of the capital, Katmandu.
Among those killed were 17 women and four children.
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WASHINGTON —
Georgia claims that an EU-commissioned report concludes that Russian
troops were responsible for ethnic cleansing during last year's war
with Georgia.
A
Georgian official briefed by a European Union investigator on the
report's findings, said Tuesday that the report also concludes that
some Russian combat troops crossed into Georgian territory in South
Ossetia before the start of hostilities on the night of Aug. 7, 2008.
The
official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the briefing ahead of the report's expected release Wednesday. Both
sides want to use the report's findings to bolster their claims about
the war.
Georgia has claimed— and Russia
has denied— that Georgia launched an offensive to repel Russian forces
that had crossed into its territory.
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MADRID — Spanish police say
narcotics investigators have found $6.3 million in cash buried in a
shanty town on the island of Mallorca.
The
National Police say authorities trying to break up a drug ring used
heavy construction equipment to rip up the concrete floor of a shack in
the city of Palma and found seven boxes with the euros, plus 17 pounds
of jewelry and gems and $8,000.
A police statement issued Tuesday said one of the boxes was buried under a dog house in a patio of the home.
The money and other valuables were unearthed during a series of raids that began Sept. 18 in a shanty town called Son Banya.
Police also seized undisclosed amounts of heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
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Iran has
notified the Swiss government that it can have access to three
Americans who have been detained in Iran since being arrested for
illegal entry in late July, FOX News confirmed.
"Our
goal is to ensure the safe return of all our missing and unjustly
detained American citizens to the United States as quickly as possible
so that they can be reunited with their families," a U.S. official told
FOX News.
"We would welcome a decision by
the Iranian government to grant consular access to Josh Fattal, Shane
Bauer and Sarah Shourd, following our repeated requests."
The
move could be seen as a conciliatory gesture on Iran's part, coming
ahead of a meeting between Iran and five world powers seeking to
persuade Tehran to abandon any effort to build nuclear weapons. The
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ROME — Italy's foreign
minister says his government isn't preparing an exit strategy for
Italian troops in Afghanistan but that more money must be spent to help
win the trust of the people.
Earlier
this month some politicians, including a fellow minister in Premier
Silvio Berlusconi's government, called for Italy's soldiers to come
home soon after six troops were killed in a Kabul bomb blast.
Foreign
Minister Franco Frattini also told parliament's foreign affairs
commission Tuesday that there can be dialogue with Taliban who renounce
violence and don't have any ties with Al Qaeda.
Italy
sent 2,800 troops to help with Afghan reconstruction. Frattini says
more reconstruction funds are vital to "conquer the hearts and trust"
of Afghanistan's people.
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CONAKRY, Guinea — Soldiers
reeking of alcohol menaced Guinea's capital Tuesday, a day after the
military's presidential guard shot at pro-democracy demonstrators in
the West African country, leaving at least 157 people dead, a human
rights group said.
The
soldiers fired into the air as they roamed the deserted streets of the
normally bustling capital. Guinea's military leader, who rose to power
in a December coup, said Monday's violence was beyond his control.
Dr.
Chierno Maadjou with the Guinean Organization for Defense of Human
Rights said 157 people had been killed and more than 1,200 wounded on
Monday.
An Associated Press reporter said
he saw halls full of wounded patients at the city's large Donka
Hospital, some with bullet wounds, others who appeared to have been
beaten.
Opposition politician Mutarr
Diallo said he witnessed soldiers raping women with rifle butts d
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MANILA, Philippines — Two
U.S. Navy construction troops and a Philippines marine were killed
Tuesday in a roadside blast in the southern Philippines that officials
said was likely an attack by suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants.
It
was believed to be just the second time U.S. soldiers have been killed
in the southern Philippines in violence blamed on the Abu Sayyaf group
since American counterterrorism troops were deployed to the region in
2002, and the first fatalities in seven years.
One
Philippine marine also was killed and two others were wounded in the
blast on Jolo island, a poor, predominantly Muslim region where the
Americans have been providing combat training and weapons to Filipino
troops battling the Abu Sayyaf.
Philippine
officials described the blast as being caused by a land mine, a
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A 24th France Telecom employee has killed himself in what the company says is a "suicide spiral."
The
51-year-old father-of-two hurled himself to his death from a bridge
onto a busy road in the Haute-Savoie region of the country.
In a letter to his wife, he blamed the unbearable "atmosphere" at his workplace.
France Telecomhas been dogged by a series of suicides in the last 18 months.
The
deaths include a woman who jumped from her office window in the summer,
while another man survived stabbing himself in the stomach during a
work meeting.
Unions say a drive to restructure the company in the face of the global recession is behind the deaths.
The
company laid off 22,000 workers between 2006 and 2008 while staff say
changing working practices and poor management have placed intolerable
pressure on workers.
Labour minister Xavier Darcos this m
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