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| Zimbabwe Vote Tests Long Rule of Mugabe | | | President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled since the end of white domination in 1980, does not seem ready to give up power, but he said he would respect the election outcome. |
| Insight Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es |
| Zombie airports Back from the dead | | | The global economic crises caused some airports to sit unused and gather moss. Lately, though, these abandoned hubs are finding new life as race tracks, schools and new homes. |
| Breakingviews SECs Fab bind | | | July 30 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists explain why regardless of the outcome, the SECs case against Fab Tourre can only end with the Wall Street watchdog looking foolish. |
| U.S. to go ahead with joint military exercise in Egypt | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still plans to hold a major military exercise called Bright Star in Egypt in mid-September, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, even after the Egyptian military's toppling of the president and the violence that has ensued. |
| A fair World Cup deal ? | | | After Apple and Google come under pressure over aggressive tax avoidance strategies, now its FIFA's turn to defend its lucrative financial arrangements with World Cup hosts Brazil. |
| Scientists find how 'obesity gene' makes people fat | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem. |
| UPDATE 1-Canada minister defiant in pursuing wireless competition | | | OTTAWA, July 31 (Reuters) - Industry Minister James Moore, under pressure from Canada's big phone companies to curb the ability of Verizon Communications Inc to set up a wireless operation in Canada, pledged on Wednesday to stay the course in pursuing competition in the industry. |
| Court says some of RWE's gas price increases were void | | | FRANKFURT, July 31 (Reuters) - Price revision clauses in some of RWE's old gas contracts were not transparent enough, a German court has ruled, rendering them legally void and potentially enabling thousands of gas clients to claim back money. |
| Growth 'survivors' now define emerging markets | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Headline growth numbers are no longer enough to attract foreign capital to emerging markets as discriminating investors home in on countries with the most sustainable economic... |
| The hot albums and festivals this summer | | | Summer is the best time for outdoor musical festivals and blasting music with all the windows open. We've done the legwork for you, and compiled what should be some of the best albums of the season, and the most tent-worthy festivals, organized by region. |
| U.S. NSA chief defends surveillance programs at hacking conference | | | LAS VEGAS, July 31 (Reuters) - National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander jousted with a few hecklers as he defended the U.S. spy agency's surveillance programs at the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, but largely kept the crowd of cybersecurity experts and hackers on his side. |
| George Michael sends his piano to US | | | Nov. 11 - The singer bought John Lennon's old piano in 2000 for two million dollars, now he's sending it to the USA to be part of an anti-war exhibition. |
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