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Venezuela imposes two-day workweek as president faces recall bid
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» CARACAS - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro faced rising pressure Wednesday over his latest measures to deal with severe electricity shortages, including a...
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US Fed keeps interest rate unchanged as growth slows
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday citing slower growth in the US economy even as the labour market strengthens....
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School friends say Prince always destined to be great
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» MINNEAPOLIS - Friends who knew Prince in school say he was destined for greatness from an early age, remembering a fiendishly talented teenager who dressed fancy,...
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Russia tops sports doping blacklist
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» MONTREAL - Russia was the top doping offender in 2014 accounting for 148 of the 1,693 failed tests recorded, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Wednesday.
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Fury says he 'hates' boxing, taunts Klitschko
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» LONDON - Tyson Fury said Wladimir Klitschko had let a "fat man beat him" before insisting he hated boxing at a foul-mouthed news conference to promote...
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Mueller on Bayern bench for Atletico clash
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» MADRID - Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola left 31-goal German World Cup winner Thomas Mueller on the bench for his side's Champions League semi-final first leg...
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Trump vows 'America First' foreign policy
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump promised Wednesday a top-to-bottom overhaul of US foreign policy to put "America First" and...
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Ex-US House speaker gets 15 months for sex abuse
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Former US House speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday for paying hush money to a victim who said the former high...
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New Eurogroup Greece meeting within next two weeks: Dijsselbloem
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» PARIS - Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Wednesday said the next meeting of eurozone finance ministers to discuss debt-crippled Greece could take place...
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Kyrgios to face Coric in Estoril quarter-final
AFP, Published on 28/04/2016
» ESTORIL (PORTUGAL) - Last year's finalist Nick Kyrgios got his delayed clay season off to a winning start on Wednesday to set up an ATP showdown with Croatian...