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Airbus, Boeing compete for mega deals at Paris Air Show
Paris, June 20 — Two world aviation industry giants, Airbus and Boeing, are engaged in fierce commercial battles for winning big orders for their long-haul airplanes at the 2013 International Paris Air Show. As the...
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'The Sopranos' actor James Gandolfini dead
Rome, June 20 — Actor James Gandolfini, known playing the central character in popular TV series "The Sopranos", is no more. He was 51. Gandolfini, who breathed his last Wednesday, is suspected to have died of a heart...
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Robbers dressed as rabbis hit Argentine bank
Buenos Aires, June 20 (IANS/EFE) Three robbers, two of whom were dressed as Orthodox Jewish rabbis and the third as a security guard, Wednesday held up a Buenos Aires bank and fled with the contents of several safety...
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Jake Gyllenhaal dating model Alyssa Miller
Jake Gyllenhaal is reportedly dating model Alyssa Miller. The 'End of Watch' hunk is thought to have called off his romance with Sports Illustrated model Emily DiDonato and moved on with another Sports Illustrated...
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James Gandolfini died during bonding trip with son
James Gandolfini died during a bonding trip with his teenage son. The 'Sopranos' actor tragically passed away in Italy yesterday (06.19.13) after suffering a massive heart attack and it has now emerged he was joined on...
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China's manufacturing activity at nine-month low
Beijing, June 20 — China's manufacturing activities fell to a nine-month low this month, according to a preliminary survey from HSBC. The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for June fell to 48.3,...
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Puerto Rico hopes to net $100 mn from tax amnesty
San Juan, June 20 (IANS/EFE) The Puerto Rican government expects to net around $100 million from a tax amnesty that expires June 30, Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Wednesday. There are many tax debtors who have...
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Haven't seen any UFOs, says Chinese astronaut
Beijing, June 20 — A female Chinese astronaut Thursday said from space that she and her crewmates haven't seen any UFOs during the trip. Female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10...
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Child's IQ linked to early weight gain
London, June 20 — A new research in Australia has suggested how much weight a baby gains during its first month could determine its intelligence quotient (IQ). After studying 13,800 children born at full-term,...
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An eye for an eye: Pakistani daily after funeral bombing
Islamabad, June 20 — Terrorists need to be answered in the same language they have long employed, "the language of force", said a Pakistani daily following a suicide blast at a funeral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that killed...
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