Nobody immune from probe: Cyprus president

THE Cypriot president has pledged that not even his own family will be immune from a commission of inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing in the run-up to a crippling eurozone bailout. President Nicos Anastasiades was responding to allegations...

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Pioneering rock writer Paul Williams dies

PAUL Williams, a pioneering rock music journalist whose Crawdaddy! magazine is considered the first US publication to write seriously about rock 'n roll, has died in California aged 64. The Union-Tribune of San Diego says Williams died in an...

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Six dead in new blast at China mine

A NEW explosion in a Chinese coal mine has killed six people and left 11 missing, three days after a blast killed 28 workers at the same mine, state media says. The blasts occurred at the Babao mine operated by the state group Tonghua Mining...

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US stocks lower after last week's records

US stocks have opened mostly lower after the record-setting sprint by leading indices before the Easter long weekend. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which closed on Thursday at a new all-time high, dropped...

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US manufacturing growth slows in March

US manufacturing activity slowed in March but remained in expansion territory for the fourth month in a row, the ISM report shows. The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index fell to 51.3 in March from 54.2 in February,...

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Iraq executes four including al-Qaeda boss

IRAQ has executed al-Qaeda's former Baghdad chief and three other men convicted of terror-related offences, despite calls for a moratorium in its use of the death penalty. The executions brought to 22 the number of times Iraq has carried out...

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Sifting starts for September 11 remains

THE New York City medical examiner says it has started sifting construction debris from the World Trade Center site in an effort to find any human remains from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The work began on Monday and is expected to continue...

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