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Congress votes on stem cell research
Jun. 7 - Congress defied President Bush and approved a bill to roll back his restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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20/05/2012:
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BSkyB could get reprieve from UK regulator - paper
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Competition Commission is to publish a preliminary report next week suggesting that BSkyB's dominance in the pay-tv movie market has been weakened by new entrants, reducing the need to impose restrictions, The Mail On Sunday said.
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20/05/2012:
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Sudan releases four detained foreigners - officials
KHARTOUM, May 20 (Reuters) - Sudan has released four
foreigners who were detained last month near the border with
South Sudan shortly after clashes between the two African
neighbours, officials said on Sunday.
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20/05/2012:
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UPDATE 1-Sudan releases four detained foreigners - officials
KHARTOUM, May 20 (Reuters) - Sudan has released four
foreigners detained near the border with South Sudan following
weeks of heavy clashes between the two African neighbours,
officials said on Sunday.
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20/05/2012:
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UPDATE 7-Italy quake kills four,damages historic buildings
* Castle, churches, other cultural sites damaged
(Adds pope comments, mayor quote, details of buildings damage)
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20/05/2012:
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Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya-brother
TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - The former Libyan intelligence
officer convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270
people has died, his brother said on Sunday. He was 59.
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20/05/2012:
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Lockerbie bomber too sick to speak on deathbed-brother
TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - Former Libyan intelligence
officer Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who died on Sunday, was too
weak to talk at the end after his health deteriorated suddenly,
his brother said.
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20/05/2012:
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FACTBOX-Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies
May 20 (Reuters) - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the former
Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a
Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died, his brother
said.
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20/05/2012:
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UPDATE 1-Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya-brother
TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - The former Libyan intelligence
officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over
Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people has died, his
brother said on Sunday. He was 59.
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20/05/2012:
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Sri Lanka to release former hero general
May 20 - Sarath Fonseka, lauded as a hero by supporters for crushing a bloody insurgency in Sri Lanka, is to be released from prison after spending two years behind bars on disputed charges. Andrew Raven reports.
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20/05/2012:
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Guatemala's famed Fuego volcano erupts
May 20 - Guatemalan authorities on standby as the Fuego volcano spews lava and ash. Travis Brecher reports.
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20/05/2012:
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Danish child abuse film shocks Cannes crowds
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Danish director Thomas Vinterberg burst on to the scene in Cannes in 1998 with the acclaimed "Festen", and critics say he is close to his best again this year with "The Hunt", a shocking take on child abuse and its impact on a small community.
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20/05/2012:
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Cannes director Haneke faces death in moving "Love"
CANNES, France (Reuters) - It is a subject rarely tackled in cinema, but Austria's Michael Haneke forces us to confront the reality that will befall us all - the end of life - in "Love", his beautiful and devastating film at Cannes.
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20/05/2012:
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PRESS DIGEST - Sunday British Business - May 20
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - The following business stories
were reported in British newspapers on Sunday:
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20/05/2012:
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Weaker euro zone nations need more support from core: UK
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone can protect its currency if its stronger countries provide more support for the weaker to help them deal with their problems, British finance minister George Osborne said in a newspaper on Sunday.
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20/05/2012:
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Egypt's would-be "president of the poor" touts past
QALYUB, Egypt (Reuters) - The motorcade of Hamdeen Sabahy, a dark horse in Egypt's presidential race, inched over the bumpy roads of this Egyptian town led by a car booming 1960s nationalist music in homage to his hero, Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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20/05/2012:
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Italy bomb attack was probably isolated act: investigator
BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) - The bomb attack which killed a teenaged girl and wounded 10 others in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual with no links to the mafia, a senior official said on Sunday.
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20/05/2012:
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Sudan releases four detained foreigners: officials
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has released four foreigners detained near the border with South Sudan following weeks of heavy clashes between the two African neighbors, officials said on Sunday.
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20/05/2012:
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French Le Pen to lose to leftist in assembly vote: poll
PARIS (Reuters) - An opinion poll published on Sunday showed that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen would lose to far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon in her home district in parliamentary elections next month.
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20/05/2012:
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Italy quake kills four, damages historic buildings
SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed four people, injured dozens and damaged churches, towers and a mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens across northern Italy and sending thousands running into the streets.
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