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Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 60 | | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year. |
TABLE-Foreign brokers set to sell Japanese stocks | | TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Tuesday. Japanese Stocks SELL 13.7 million shares BUY... |
USDA has paid millions to dead farmers -audit | | WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from 2008 to 2012, congressional auditors said on Monday, calling for stricter rules to prevent improper payments. |
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. |
An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries | | Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq. |
TBR Inside the List | | Keith Richardsx2019;s autobiography, x201C;Life,x201D; hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1, unsurprisingly. |
CNPC's oil, gas production outside China rises in H1 2013 | | BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, said on Monday it had raised its overseas oil and gas equity output by 6.5 percent in the first half of 2013 versus a year ago, with output in Kazakhstan and Iraq exceeding targets. |
Well Farmers Market Chickens Higher in Bacteria | | Up to 52 percent of grocery store chickens tested positive for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. But chickens bought at farmers markets were the most contaminated of all, according to a small study in Pennsylvania. |
Cambodian opposition rejects poll | | The opposition in Cambodia says the election was marred by irregularities. Prime Minister Hun Sen won again after 28 years in office. |
48 hours in Rochester, New York | | ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - Synonymous with film photography, lilacs and classical music, Rochester offers an unusual array of attractions for a mid-sized U.S. city that brought industrial prowess to a scenic river gorge on Lake Ontario's southern shore. |
The 10 worst film and TV bosses | | Every so often I'll see a movie or a TV show where a boss is over-the-top bad, and it's supposed to be hilarious or terrifying. |
NASCAR's 'Bad Brad' | | NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski talks to CNN's Carol Costello about winning and honoring the tradition of the sport. |
Why the Indian protests were not a surprise | | Nov. 14 - Tulsi Tanti, the chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, sits down with Chrystia Freeland to discuss the Anna Hazare movement in India, and why protests like this are not surprising in emerging economies. |
Study raises new concern about earthquakes and fracking fluids | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles (km) away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on Thursday, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. |
Op-ed Netanyahu crying wolf | | Gary Sick says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has been warning about Iran blowing up the world with a nuke for 20 years. It's time to think diplomacy, not saber rattling. |
Back pain treatment often not in line with guidelines | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite guidelines to treat back pain conservatively, the proportion of people prescribed powerful painkillers or referred for surgery and other specialty care has increased in recent years, according to a new study. |
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