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Assange prepared to stay in embassy for five years as deadlock continues |
| Published on June 17, 2013 |
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| WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is prepared to stay in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for another five years after the UK failed to break the deadlock over his future. |
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US Builder investigated in alleged campaign money-laundering for Noguez |
| Published on June 17, 2013 |
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| Eskandar Bolour is suspected of asking two company executives to contribute $500 each to the L.A. County assessor's campaign and having his daughters reimburse them. |
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Canada: Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum, two others arrested by anti-corruption unit |
| Published on June 17, 2013 |
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| Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and two others, Jean Yves Bisson and Saulie Zajdel, were arrested this morning by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit. |
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Czech PM resigns amid spying and corruption scandal |
| Published on June 17, 2013 |
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| Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has announced he will step down, amid a massive corruption scandal in which his top aide was charged with bribery. |
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G8: Britain and Japan to fight terrorism together, David Cameron says |
| Published on June 17, 2013 |
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| Britain and Japan will work closely together to fight terrorism, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. |
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U.K. 'Guardian' newspaper in spotlight on NSA leaks |
| Published on June 10, 2013 |
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| "Why are we in America?" the editor of Britain's Guardian News and Media group, which publishes the Guardian across its print and digital platforms, was asked in an interview with New York magazine last year. |
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China jails Liu Xiaobo's brother-in-law on fraud charges |
| Published on June 10, 2013 |
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| Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been jailed for 11 years on charges of fraud. Lawyers for the real estate company manager called the sentence disproportionate. |
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Octomom's financial documents to be seized in welfare fraud probe |
| Published on June 10, 2013 |
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| Nadya Doud-Suleman, or Octomom's bank records and employment records may be seized by Welfare fraud investigators to prove that she is stealing taxpayers' money. |
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David Cameron faces battle at G8 over anti-corruption deal for firms |
| Published on June 10, 2013 |
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| The prime minister believes new rules to make company ownership transparent are crucial, and has made it a key goal of UK diplomacy as he prepares to chair the gathering of world leaders which begins a week tomorrow. However, the Observer understands that goal is now in jeopardy, opening up the possibility that there will be no deal endorsed by all parties, a potentially embarrassing result for the UK as summit chair. |
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Free-Market Money, Courtesy of the Web |
| Published on June 10, 2013 |
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| The digital currency called Bitcoin may or may not survive long-term, but it has already succeeded on one front: making people think seriously about alternative forms of money. More such alternatives to traditional currency will likely emerge. |
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