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Remote-control machine gun repairs just got quicker
What does the IDF do when its remote-control machine guns breaks down? The Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, the Katlanit, produced by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, is increasingly appearing on a range of IDF Ground Forces platforms, such as the Namer armored personnel carrier.It can be fitted with a variety of powerful and accurate machine guns, allowing soldiers to ...
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Silvio Berlusconi committed fraud in the highest possible positions while serving as Prime Minister of Italy judge rules
He conducted it ‘in the highest possible positions’, an explanation published today for a judgement upholding Berlusconi’s conviction for tax fraud ...
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Stockholm riots Police fear losing control after fourth night of riots leaves restaurants gutted and ruins smoking
Huge swathes of Stockholm were in ruins today after a fourth night of rioting left hundreds of cars ablaze and saw mobs attacking police with ...
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Seven-year-old killed by suicide jumper who plunged on top of her from tenth floor apartment in South Korea
Double tragedy: The seven-year-old died after a man committing suicide by jumping from the tenth floor of a building in Busan, pictured, landed on ...
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More than half of Americans have NEVER traveled outside the country - and a third do not even own a passport
And when asked if they would be more likely to travel to other countries if they could afford to do so, 49per cent said that they would - while more than a quarter, 26per cent, said they would still stick to local vacationing ...
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South Koreans burn Japanese flag in protest at mayors defence of using their women as sex slaves for army during WWII
South Korean war veterans were burning Japanese flags and images of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today, after a top Japanese politician defended the use of Korean women as sex slaves during World War ...
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Fancy a sparrow sundae a parakeet split or a cockatiel Cornetto BIRD flavoured ice-cream hits stores in Japan
If successful these ice creams would be sold at their shop in Kobe and through delivery. initially announced: 'Once in your mouth, the aroma of a parakeet would spread ...
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Mideast peace a priority Hague
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is a "priority," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on a visit to the region on Thursday, warning that time was running out for a two-state ...
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Cleveland hero given McDonalds for life
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed. Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighbourhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said Heidi Barker, a spokeswoman for Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. Ramsey was called a hero after ...
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Parents sue Pittsburgh Zoo over toddlers mauling death
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous ...
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Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert ...
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Analysis Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to get bumpier in coming ...
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I.R.S. Official Who Refused to Testify Is Suspended
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IRS official who took the 5th placed on leave
Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...
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Cops Utah teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers
istockphoto (AP) WEST POINT, Utah -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said. Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds. It appears the 15-year-old boy acted alone, he said. "As result of the emerging ...
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IMF chief faces more questioning over payout
IMF chief Christine Lagarde faces another day of questioning after being grilled for hours by French prosecutors who are deciding if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister. Lagarde has ...
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Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members
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Osmaniye Governor said the pilot was killed in plane crash in Amanoslar region…
OSMANIYE - Governor Celalettin Cerrah of southern Osmaniye province said pilot of F-16/C military plane, which crashed in Amanoslar region, died.Cerrah told AA that search and rescue teams have found the body of the pilot after his plane crashed near Caksir plateau.Pilot's body was brought in Osmaniye, said Cerrah.Earlier in the day, General Staff said radio contact was lost with an F-16 ...
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Senators Call for Lois Lerner to Be Fired
We are writing to urge you to suspend immediately Lois Lerner from her office as Director of the Office of Exempt Organizations at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We believe that Ms. Lerner failed to disclose crucial information concerning the IRS's inappropriate targeting of some conservative 501(c)(4) organizations during the course of a Subcommittee investigation into how the IRS ...
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Benghazi Investigation Deepens Lawmakers Seek Interviews of 13 Officials Involved
As the investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi intensifies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to conduct transcribed interviews with thirteen top State Department officials in the coming weeks in order to learn more. Those named in the letter include a wide range of current and former State Department personnel, from senior ...
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Former Goldman banker settles SEC pay-to-play charges
investment banker has agreed to a five-year securities industry ban and a record fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he broke rules against influence peddling to win bond underwriting business in Massachusetts.Without admitting or denying wrongdoing, Neil Morrison, 38, accepted what the SEC said was the first industry ban for violating "pay-to-play" ...
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Asif Ali Zardari likely will lose Pakistan’s presidency – and immunity from prosecution
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, will certainly lose his job in September – and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he’s likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Zardari has lived with the virtual inevitability of facing charges of corruption since 2009, when Pakistan’s ...
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PM IAEA reports shows Iran’s expanding its nuclear program
Following release of IAEA report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells British Foreign Minister William Hague economic, diplomatic pressure has failed to stop Iran, presenting the "biggest challenge of our ...
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Obama tackles drones Guantanamo in reset of war on terror
President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be ...
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Police make 2 new arrests in London soldier killing
British police investigating the brutal murder of a soldier by suspected Islamists in London said on Thursday they had arrested two alleged ...
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Memphis needs to become metro city government
The politics involved in discussions on whether or not the city of Memphis and Shelby County should be consolidated into a metropolitan government are often heated and always divisive. The issue is a controversial one with many opinions; one advocacy group believes that the failure to consolidate may hamper the development of city and wider county area.
Memphis and Shelby County are among 31 other pairs of cities and counties in the United States considering consolidation into a metropolitan government, as well as 6 taking steps towards consolidation and a further 43 that have either merged fully or partially. As the county seat of Shelby County, Memphis is the economic, transport and communications hub of the county, the land area of the city alone takes up almost of the entire county. Read more
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