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The HHS has hired more than 1,600 new employees in the aftermath of Obamacare's passage

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) has hired more than 1,600 new employees in the aftermath of Obamacare's passage. The new employees...

Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a seventh term in office as Zimbabwe's president

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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a seventh term in office as the country's president. Thursday has been declared a public holiday to...

Bo Xilai has gone on trial on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power

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Chinese politician Bo Xilai has gone on trial on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power. The former Chongqing Communist Party leader once tipped...

Minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting revealed few clues about the central bank's timeline for unwinding its extraordinary efforts to support the US economy

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Minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting revealed few clues about the central bank's timeline for unwinding its extraordinary efforts to support the US...

The Indian rupee has hit a new all-time record low against the US dollar, amid concerns the Fed will soon scale back its stimulus measures

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The Indian rupee has hit a new all-time record low against the US dollar, amid concerns the Federal Reserve will soon scale back its...

Caroline Kennedy has revealed her financial information in order to be considered as the next American ambassador to Japan

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Caroline Kennedy has revealed her financial information in order to be considered as the next American ambassador to Japan, and it is believed she...

Bo Xilai will go on trial on August 22 being charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power

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Chinese politician Bo Xilai will go on trial on Thursday, August 22, being charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power, according to state...

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Horacio Cartes has been sworn in as the president of Paraguay in a ceremony in the capital, Asuncion. In his inaugural speech, multi-millionaire businessman Horacio...

Eurozone has emerged from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction

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Eurozone has emerged from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction. According to the Eurostat agency, eurozone’s GDP grew by 0.3% in the...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round

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Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round. Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he...

Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won Zimbabwe’s presidential election

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Zimbabwe’s presidential election winner Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won the...

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo

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Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed. Jens Stoltenberg said he had wanted...

Australia's Labor PM Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott are due to meet in the first televised debate of the election campaign

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Australia's Labor PM Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott are due to meet in the first televised debate of the election campaign. The candidates...

Mali presidential candidates Soumaila Cissé and Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

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Mali is set to begin voting in a presidential election run-off. Many expect Former PM Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who won 40% of the vote in...

Matt Damon no longer has a crush on President Barack Obama

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Movie star Matt Damon says he no longer has a crush on President Barack Obama. “He broke up with me,” Matt Damon said in an...

Stephanie Banister, who was widely mocked after she mistook Islam for a country in a TV interview, has withdrawn her candidacy

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Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister, who was widely mocked after she mistook Islam for a country in a TV interview, has withdrawn her candidacy. Stephanie...

Stephanie Banister has made the wrong kind of headlines after a gaffe-strewn interview in which she mistook Islam for a country

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Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister has made the wrong kind of headlines after a gaffe-strewn interview in which she mistook Islam for a country. Stephanie...

Barack Obama has vowed appropriate reforms to guarantee greater oversight of controversial US surveillance programmes

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President Barack Obama has vowed "appropriate reforms" to guarantee greater oversight of controversial US surveillance programmes. At a White House news conference, Barack Obama proposed...

Morgan Tsvangirai has filed court challenge against Robert Mugabe poll win

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Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe has filed a legal challenge to Robert Mugabe's victory in last week's presidential elections. The electoral...

The IRS has faced angry opposition from conservatives since it admitted in May that it subjected tea party groups to more intense screening than it applied to other applicants for tax-exempt status

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A current Internal Revenue Service employee revealed during a closed-door interview with congressional staffers that the agency is still subjecting Tea Party groups with...

Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections

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Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections, which the opposition has said were rigged. These are the first such official figures...

Venezuela's Supreme Court has rejected Henrique Capriles’ appeal against April's contested presidential election result

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Venezuela's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader Henrique Capriles against April's contested presidential election result. The Supreme Court of Justice described the...

President Barack Obama giving Jay Leno a replica of his limo The Beast on The Tonight Show

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Barack Obama made his first comments about Edward Snowden since Russia granted him a temporary asylum last week during an interview with NBC's The...

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut its key rate to 2.5 percent from 2.75 percent

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The central bank of Australia has cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low, in an attempt to spur a fresh wave...

The US and UK have expressed concerns after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won a seventh term in office

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The US and UK have expressed concerns after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won a seventh term in office amid claims of electoral fraud. US Secretary...