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Turkey's Erdogan says U.N. must decide on any Syria no-fly zone
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it would be up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether to establish a no-fly zone inside Syria and said he backed the involvement of Russia and China in planned peace...Tags: China, Iran, United Nations General Assembly, NATO, Government
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Turkish PM says no decision yet on further Iran oil import cuts
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of Western sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy needs....Tags: Iran, Iran's Nuclear Program, Ankara (Turkey), Turkey, Tehran (Iran)
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Misleading portrayal of China in Africa
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkWASHINGTON (China Daily/ANN) -- For years, many in the West have accused China of grabbing land, extracting resources and neocolonialism in Africa. Hillary Clinton, then-US Secretary of State, made a veiled attack on China during her visit to Africa...Tags: World Bank Group, Media Industry, China, Conservation, Hillary Clinton
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Major Warner Center office park sold to tenant for $80 million
A vast office park in Warner Center — the white-collar business hub of the San Fernando Valley — has sold for an estimated $80 million to investors who see it as central to an evolving and increasingly dense commercial and residential...
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Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records. U.S. Attorney General Eric...Tags: Zoe Lofgren, Security, Iran, Stuxnet Virus, Prosecution
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The Kansas City Star Dave Helling column
The Kansas City StarI'm a Watergate buff. I've read most of the books and watched the TV shows. I had a Deep Throat theory. I thought Dustin Hoffman was way cooler than Robert Redford in "All the President's Men." I was married seven years to the day after Nixon...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Television Industry, Barack Obama
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INSIGHT-Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility
ReutersBy Steven C. Johnson and Margaret Chadbourn NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Real Estate Sellers, Moving and Storage, Rentals, Beverage Industry
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Insight: Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility
ReutersNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he would be able to sell his home quickly. It took just...Tags: United States Census Bureau, Rentals, Moving and Storage, Real Estate Sellers, Beverage Industry
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Opportunities still best for engineering grads, but job market is solid for Oklahoma students
Tulsa WorldLong before University of Tulsa petroleum engineering student Oliver Wilson approached graduation this year, he had five offers to choose from for his first full-time professional job. The Houston native was something of a hot property as he even...Tags: Oklahoma State University-Stillwater , Employment, Chevron Corportion, Medical Specialization, Graduation
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Letters: College? Yes!
Re "College not always cost-effective," Business, May 9 In reporting on the Brookings Institution study, "Should Everyone go to College?," The Times highlights the statistic that "a surprising 14%" of high school graduates earn more than college...Tags: High Schools, Colleges and Universities, Schools
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'Job Sprawl' Leaves The Cities Behind
When Hartford's suburbs began to flourish in the years after World War II, it was often courtesy of businesses that had been in Hartford. That is typical of most metropolitan regions across the country. For decades, companies have been moving from city to...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), East Hartford, West Hartford, Business
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Cyprus foreign minister confirms Russia to extend loan terms
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has agreed to extend the terms of its loan to Cyprus as part of its participation in the bailout of the indebted Mediterranean country, Cyprus's foreign minister said on Thursday. "And you remember, Berlin was asking for...Tags: Cyprus, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Russia
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