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Banker admits Libor fraud conspiracy
A senior banker from a UK bank has admitted conspiring to defraud over manipulating the Libor lending rate. The banker, who can not be named for legal reasons, is the first person in the UK […]
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U.S. troops set up at first Ebola field hospital in Liberia and start with a barbed wire perimeter
Is that fence to keep people out or the patients in? American troops have arrived at Ebola’s ground zero in Liberia in a bid to battle the outbreak in the country hardest hit by the […]
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UN intentionally omits mentioning mass graves in Ukraine in report — Russia Civic Chamber
Facts about mass graves found outside Donetsk in the embattled eastern Ukraine were intentionally omitted in UN’s latest report on the situation in Ukraine, members of the Russian Civic Chamber said on Wednesday. According to […]
Sci/Environment
Cosmic Big Brother? UK academics start world’s first space detective agency
As parties to various conflicts increasingly resort to satellite and drone images as court evidence, two British experts have decided to become founding fathers of a one-of-a-kind specialist agency – claiming to be unique “space […]
Middle East
US fabricated new terror threat to satisfy UN Charter: Analyst
The United States has concocted a new terror threat, known as the Khorasan Group, to satisfy the UN Charter which allows the use of force without authorization in case of an “imminent threat,” says an […]
Middle East
Iran will take action on Kobani if asked: Afkham
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran is ready to take practical measures in dealing with the ongoing chaotic situation in the northern Syrian city of Kobani if it receives an official request from Damascus. “Kobani is […]
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Cardiff University installs ‘anti-homeless cages’ by warm air vents on campus
Cardiff university has installed metal cages by warm air vents on campus saying it is due to health and safety measure. The students beg to differ saying the vents are there to stop homeless people […]
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First person diagnosed with Ebola in U.S. dies in Texas hospital
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, died on Wednesday morning at a Dallas hospital, a hospital spokesman said. “It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we […]
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FBI whistleblower: Florida Governor Scott ‘was the father’ of fraud at his former company
Report by Raw Story (Link):- “An accountant who became an FBI whistleblower in a Medicare fraud investigation against a hospital chain spoke out on Monday, saying the company’s former chief executive, Florida Governor Rick Scott, […]
Sci/Environment
Pesticides linked to bee deaths pose ‘massive’ ecological threat, watchdog warns
The widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides by Ontario farmers, which has been linked to the deaths of bees, could have a “massive impact” on our ecological system, the province’s environment watchdog warned Tuesday. “All the […]