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Sweden hosts Eurovision extravaganza

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

MALMO, Sweden - Fans from around the world have descended on the Swedish city of Malmoe for Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest, with ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus ...

Nadal into Rome Masters final after Berdych win

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

ROMERafael Nadal set up a potential Rome Masters final with Swiss rival Roger Federer after dominating Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Saturday. Berdych had caused the first major upset ...

Atletico stun Real to lift Cup

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

    MADRID   Atletico Madrid won their 10th Spanish Cup on Friday when they beat bitter city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra-time in a match which saw both Jose Mourinho and Cristiano ...

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million IDs stolen

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

TOKYO : Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal. “We ...

Burglar left fingerprints on Jaffa Cakes

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

BIRMINGHAM: A burglar has been caught after helping himself to a box of Jaffa Cakes during a robbery. Reece O’Callaghan had denied breaking into the house of an elderly couple inBirminghamin ...

ECB to help businesses, says top central banker

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

ORLEANS, France - The ECB is exploring ways to directly help small companies as a way to boost the recession-hit eurozone economy directly, said Benoit Coeure, A member of the bank’s executive ...

World states unite against tax fraud at Moscow forum

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

MOSCO 0 Tax administrators from 45 countries urged their govts to combat tax fraud and avoidance by boosting coordination and transparency, vowing to find tax evaders anywhere they might hide. ...

S&P warns India could face junk status

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

NEW DELHI - India faces at least “a one-in-three” chance of losing its prized sovereign grade rating, S&P’s has warned, amid new threats to economic growth and reforms. The ...

US ends freeze on new natural gas exports

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

washington - The Obama administration opened the door to a new era of U.S. energy exports on Friday, approving the first liquefied natural gas project since the start of a heated debate over how best ...

China ‘will not accept’ carbon tax on EU flights

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

BEIJING - China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face ...

US stocks blaze to new record highs

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

NEW YORK -  US stocks closed out another week of new record highs Friday as investors focused on the positive side of mixed economic news and corporate earnings.Retail sales barely budged higher ...

IMF sees Cyprus growth in 2015, warns of pitfalls

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

washington - Cyprus should return to growth in 2015 after three years of deep recession, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, but will need to ensure that its sweeping austerity programme ...

18000 tons oil, 150MMCFT gas required to overcome shortfall

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Federal Minister for Water and Power Dr Mussadiq Malik on Saturday said caretaker government was taking urgent measures to overcome electricity loadshedding across the ...

Falling US deficit renews austerity or growth debate

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

washington - Austerity or growth? Europe’s struggling economies have faced the question without fully answering it in recent years, but the United States is on track to do both.Projections ...

Iraq violence kills 11, police kidnapped

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

BAGHDAD - Violence in Iraq killed 11 people on Saturday including a police officer, his wife and two children, while gunmen kidnapped up to 10 people, among them police, officials said.The attacks ...

All issues on the table during Li’s visit: India

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

NEW DELHI - India says all issues will be “on the table”, including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the South ...

Bomb explodes near 3 embassies in Tripoli

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

TRIPOLI - A bomb exploded Saturday in a Tripoli street housing the Algerian, Greek and Saudi embassies, lightly damaging a car, hours after a soldier was wounded in a bombing in Libya's second city ...

Anger as Afghan MPs halt women's bill debate

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

KABUL  -  The Afghan parliament on Saturday cut short a debate on a bill to protect women from violence after complaints from some traditionalist MPs that it was against Islamic ...

Russian security services name CIA Moscow chief

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

MOSCOW - Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working ...

N Korea fires missiles

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

SEOUL - North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said.US and South Korean forces had ...

Yemen general denounces ‘sabotage’ of air force

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

SANAA  - Yemen’s air force has been the target of “sabotage”, the country’s military aviation chief said in a televised interview, days after a fighter jet crashed in the ...

British woman faces death in Indonesia for drugs

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

JAKARTA  - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said ...

Dozens injured in US train accident

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

NEW YORK  - A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously.A spokesman for the Metro North commuter ...

New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

RIYADH  - A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet ...

Chinese held in AJK over Quran desecration

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

MUZAFFARABAD - A Chinese man working on an energy project in Azad Kashmir was being held Saturday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of Holy Quran, ...

Korda seizes lead at Mobile Bay LPGA

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

    MOBILE   Jessica Korda had seven birdies in her seven-under par 65 on Friday to seize a one-shot second-round lead over surging Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in the Mobile Bay LPGA ...

Azarenka to face Serena inRomefinal

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

  ROME   World number one Serena Williams said she hoped to improve her game for the French Open after easing into the Rome Open final with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Simona Halep which ended the ...

Clashes at Cairo demo calling on Mursi to resign

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

CAIRO  - Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo late Friday.Hundreds of people had marched ...

Southee gives NZ late boost

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

  LONDON   Tim Southee bowledNew Zealandback into contention in the first Test againstEnglandwith a dramatic burst late on the third day at Lord's on Saturday. At stumps,Englandwere 180 for ...

Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban

By: AFP | May 19, 2013

TUNIS  - Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a ...

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