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Brazil opens an auction of concessions to drill and explore a huge oil field believed to hold up to twelve billion barrels of crude oil. It is the country's first oil field auction in five years.
"I have worked in...
Procter & Gamble Co. chairman, president and chief executive officer Bob McDonald is set to retire after 33 years at the company.
He will be replaced by A.G. Lafley at the helm of the world's largest household produc...
The measure, which has been a divisive topic for both clergy and church members for years, was sought by the previous legislature of the Church of England at t...
Pany Yathotou, the President of Lao National Assembly, leads a delegation on an official visit to China.
Pany visits China at the invitation of Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peop...
The Prince of Wales is expected to tour Armenia on a private visit at the invitation of the Yerevan, My Love charity foundation.
Ahead of their trip, the UN released a statement, saying the directors will see for themse...
The EU foreign ministers are expected to extend the arms embargo on Syria ahead of the upcoming international peace conference on Syria hosted by the US and Russia.
"Allowing the EU arms embargo to end could have d...
British rock band Muse are to play a free gig in London to mark the premiere of upcoming apocalyptic horror film World War Z.
The band, which contributed to the film's soundtrack, will perform at Horse Guards Parade Gr...
Blackburn Rovers footballer Colin Kazim-Richards is set to appear before magistrates in Brighton after he was charged with making a homophobic gesture to Brighton fans during a Championship match.
Sussex Police...
US Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland may become the next assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs following President Barack Obama's nomination on May 23.
If approved by the Sena...
A penalty phase retrail begins in the Jodi Arias lawsuit after a deadlocked jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or receive the death penalty.
After an Ar...
Carlos Samour Jr., the judge in the murder case against Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes, rules on a defense motion challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law in death penalty cases.
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Telecom Italia decides on a proposed spinoff of its fixed-line network which will see the country's biggest phone company gain a new source of funding to battle debt.
The board of directors are to hold another meeti...
Swiss lawyer and head of the international rowing federation Denis Oswald holds a press conference to publicly announce his candidature for the post of president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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NASA may lease its historic launch pad in Florida, which was used for the first Moon missions, to commercial operators.
The pad, Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape C...
AirAsia may order an additional 50 Airbus A320 jets to add to its existing record order for 475 of the Airbus model.
According to its Chief Executive Tony Fernandes, the additional aeroplanes would head mainly to t...
Gibraltar is expected to compete in the European Championship qualification for the first time, after it was accepted as a full member of UEFA in May 2013.
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RTE worked hard on securing the parents' permission to broadcast scenes indicating that children were mishandled and...
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