BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed.
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Miners union threatens strike at South Africa’s Amplats
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Miners at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company’s shares lower and the rand to a four-year low.
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Syrian rebels launch offensive in south to reverse losses
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AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they attacked an important military base in the south and checkpoints in the city of Deraa on Thursday, trying to regain ground lost to President Bashar al-Assad’s forces near the Jordanian border.
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Soldier who killed fellow U.S. troops in Iraq gets life sentence
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TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree in Iraq, one of the worst cases of violence by an American soldier against other U.S. troops.
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Video shows Islamist rebels executing 11 Syrian soldiers
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
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Penney CEO says company needs time to climb out of ‘abyss’
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(Reuters) – J.C. Penney Co Inc Chief Executive Myron Ullman told Wall Street on Thursday that the department store chain is emerging from what he called an abyss but warned he needs time to fix the issues of the retailer.
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Top U.S. general warns of sexual assault ‘crisis,’ meets Obama
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top general in the U.S. Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc, the subject of a takeover battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and the company’s billionaire founder, reported a 79 percent slide in profit as personal computer sales continued to shrink.
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Overtaking Apple Inc as the world’s leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co’s in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival’s main parts suppliers.
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Turkey’s Erdogan says sees opportunity for Cyprus deal
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he saw a good opportunity for progress towards ending the division of Cyprus, a move that could further the exploitation of natural gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean.








