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Ford closes plant in Australia

Ford Australia today announced it will cease producing vehicles in Australia from October 2016 and will close it's Broadmeadows and Geelong plants, costing 1,200 jobs. The company reported a $141 million after-tax loss last financial year. Ford will maintain ... [Published Arabian Business - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Australia, Layoffs, Ford Motor Company of Australia, Geelong (Australia)

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 14 reports

Syrian Opposition Meets to Weigh Proposed Peace Talks

The main Syrian opposition coalition is meeting in Istanbul for three days of talks that will include its potential involvement in proposed peace talks with the Syrian government.The United States and Russia have been trying to organize such a conference ... [Published VOA News - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Peace Talks, Friends of Syria, Geneva

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 41 reports

British security chiefs meet over Islamist soldier slaying

Britain's national security chiefs were meeting on Thursday as counter-terrorism police investigated the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected Islamic extremists.The suspects were shot by police after the gruesome ... [Published Masress.com - 14 mins ago]

Entities: Homicide, Security, Woolwich (United Kingdom), Domestic Intelligence, Royal Artillery

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 13 reports

Malaysian authorities crack down on opposition activists

After controversial re-election by National Front coalition, three anti-government figures arrested and activist student charged Malaysian authorities have detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Malaysia, Sedition, Anwar Ibrahim, Anti-Government

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 30 mins ago - 16 reports

Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe president signs new constitution into law

[JURIST] Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday signed the country’s new constitution [text] into law, clearing the path to pivotal elections later this year. The new constitution limits future presidents to two ... [Published ACQ Magazine - 30 mins ago]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Elections, Morgan Tsvangirai, Human Rights

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 30 mins ago - 16 reports

John McCain

Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform bill

[JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] on Tuesday approved S. 744 [text], an immigration reform bill. The bill, entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, is intended to help create a 13-year ... [Published ACQ Magazine - 30 mins ago]

Entities: Immigration, John McCain, Security, Dick Durbin, Robert Menendez

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 16 reports

Christine Lagarde

IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal

) : French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister.Lagarde has downplayed the investigation, but ... [Published The Sun Daily - 59 mins ago]

Entities: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, Bernard Tapie

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 22 reports

Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity, capacity unclear (Reuters)

By Fredrik DahlVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machine... ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 43 mins ago]

Entities: Nuclear, Iran, Uranium, Enrichment

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 20 reports

Amnesty International Report

UTCThe annual report drawn up by the organization every year is out . It says that the administrations anxious to protect their borders totally ignore the rights of millions of refugees.The Amnesty International report places emphasis on the devastating ... [Published Turkish Radio and Television - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Amnesty International, Refugees, Annual Report, Syria, Eritrea

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 16 reports

France is ready to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list

France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations, an official said on Thursday, confirming comments by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.Paris has traditionally been ... [Published Turkish Weekly - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Hizballah, European Union, France, Laurent Fabius

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 36 reports

09:37Riots continue in Swedish capital

Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police officers in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital. At least 30 cars were set ablaze across western and southern Stockholm, police spokesman ... [Published Irish Independent - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Kjell Lindgren, Police, Rioting

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 18 reports

Delay austerity and increase investment, IMF warns UK

BRUSSELS - The UK should delay plans to push through further austerity measures worth £10 billion (€12 billion), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday.Speaking on Wednesday (22 May) following the completion of a two week mission in ... [Published EUobserver - 1 hour ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, United Kingdom, Taxes, Economic Growth, David Lipton

Quotes

...more prisons not enough' (ANSA) - Palermo, May 23 - The justice minister on Thursday said Italy's prisons were "unworthy of a civilized country". "In order to solve the problem, it's not enough to build new prisons, but instead to rethink the sentencing process, and evaluate whether there is room for alternatives" said Anna Maria Cancellieri, speaking at a commemoration ceremony for anti-Mafia magistrate Giovannin Falcone, slain 21 years ago on this day...

Italy's jails 'unworthy of civilization' chides Cancellieri [Published ansa.it - 9 mins ago]

She added: "Look at us now. We have grown in so many ways, and as ADEC's motto states: 'education for all.' ADEC is doing all it can to ensure accessibility to quality education. We look forward to witnessing continued growth during the 2013 competition and to develop the capacity of UAE students in order for them to participate effectively."

The 2013 WRO UAE national robotics challenge is now open announces ADEC [Published AME Info - 9 mins ago]

In response, "necessary measures were taken to reinforce the security force patrols with members of an anti-terrorism unit ... to uncover the source of the gunfire" , Major-General Tariq Al-Hassan told the state news agency BNA

Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks [Published World Bulletin - 10 mins ago]

"It's a very challenging time at the moment. We know we're not suddenly going to be able to turn the airport around and make a large profit, but it does support lots of jobs in Cornwall."

Airport numbers fall for fifth year [Published BBC - 10 mins ago]

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Woolwich soldier murder must not lead army to r... [Published Batley News - 13 mins ago]
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Ford closes plant in Australia [Published Arabian Business - 13 mins ago]
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Blogs

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Bravo, Apple! Now show me a politician who does... [Published Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in B ... - 43 mins ago] Here is my op-ed piece from Thursday's Irish Daily Mail --Can we just get this straight? Apple has broken no tax laws, not in Ireland, not in America, not, as far as anyone can tell, anywhere. It is one of the most successful companies in the history ...
News story: G8 transparency: UK and France join... [Published Inside government - Department for Internationa ... - 1 hour ago] On Wednesday 22 May the Prime Minister and French President, François Hollande, announced that both countries will be signing up to the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI was set up to help tackle corruption, to improve the ...
Thoughts on education and the burgeoning trophy... [Published Seth's Blog - 1 hour ago] It's graduation season, so a few relevant links about school, students and our future: Here's the audio of an interview I did with PlayBuffet My TEDx talk about education And a reminder about Stop Stealing Dreams , a free manifesto that asks, ...
Monks protest in Shan capital after officials d... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - 1 hour ago] Monks marched through the streets of Shan state’s capital Taunggyi on Wednesday to protest a decision by the authorities to demolish a Buddhist monastery that had allegedly been built on government land. After about 40 local monks demonstrated in the ...
Military Sexual Harrassment Pic of the Day: The... [Published BAGnewsNotes - 2 hours ago] Talking about the military’s latest sexual harassment black eye, I was wondering what you thought of the photo accompanying yesterday’s NYT story about female cadets at West Point being taped surreptitiously in the shower? I guess someone could ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Lack of district nurses 'adds stress' [Published BBC News Video - UK - 3 hours ago]
Jail House Rock: Ai Weiwei After Detention [Published WSJ.com Video - News - 5 hours ago]
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College Students and Their Parents Deserve Better [Published Rep. Eric Cantor - YouTube Channel - 9 hours ago]

Press Releases

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