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| European Court to hear new CIA jail case against Poland | | | WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to consider a second case against Poland over allegations it allowed the CIA to run a secret jail on its soil, intensifying pressure on Warsaw to reveal how closely it was involved in the U.S. "war on terror". |
| Fears of new crackdown in Egypt | | | Egypt edges towards confrontation between security forces and supporters of the country's deposed president as they are warned to end their protest. |
| Bruins Sign Gritty Bergeron to Eight-Year Extension | | | Patrice Bergeron, who led the Boston Bruins in post-season goals and played the Stanley Cup Finals with a punctured lung, was rewarded with an eight-year $52 million contract extension, the NHL team said on Friday. |
| Olympic-size 'North Pole Lake' once again turns to ice | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images of a scientific observation buoy floating in what appeared to be an Arctic lake near the North Pole lit up the online world in the past week, sparking questions about whether this was a sign of global warming. |
| Football Dortmund spoil Pep's debut | | | Pep Guardiola's first competitive game in charge of Bayern Munich ended in defeat on Saturday as Borussia Dortmund ran out 4-2 winners in the German Super Cup. |
| Ramadan as 'Super Bowl' for ads | | | For those that live and work in the Middle East, Ramadan is a period of considerable downtime. In many countries, special laws require the working day is reduced to accommodate those fasting (observers are meant to abstain from food, water, cigarettes -- even gossip -- during the daylight hours of the month-long holiday). |
| Red Bull fined after cameraman hit by tire | | | Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned of the dangers of working in a Formula One pit lane after a wheel from one of the team's cars came loose and struck a cameraman. |
| Chipping Away at the Smartphone Leaders | | | The competition in high-end cellphones is stirring, and consumers are giving a new look to brands they once ignored, a factor Samsung acknowledged in its latest earnings report. |
| Russian web search firm Yandex's co-founder dies | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia's market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has died after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Sunday. |
| Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile... |
| Lockheed, Pentagon reach deal on 71 more F-35s source | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp and the Pentagon have reached agreement on orders for the next two batches of F-35 fighter jets, a deal worth over $7 billion, a person briefed on the discussions told Reuters on Monday. |
| Astronomer finds new moon orbiting Neptune | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. |
| Marvel at the world's biggest ship | | | When the first Triple E Class cargo vessel sails out of the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in Okpo, South Korea, on July 2, an intriguing new age of container shipping will commence. |
| Massa cleared over Monaco crash | | | Ferrari have absolved driver Felipe Massa from any blame after he crashed out of the Monaco Grand Prix, saying the collision was caused by car failure. |
| EPL's globalization drive | | | Business is booming for English Premier League clubs touring Asia, but is it the best way for their players to prepare for the new season? |
| Transplants may benefit obese kidney patients | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After kidney transplants, the risk of death over the next year falls just as much among obese kidney failure patients as it does for thinner people, says a new study. |
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