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Bedford County's internet task force teams up with INTERPOL
Officers with Bedford County's Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force have joined with the International Criminal Police Organization's Human Trafficking and Child Protection Division. Sheriff Mike Brown says that investigators...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bedford County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Washington, DC, Pinellas County (Florida)
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EU's Barnier wants big companies to reveal national tax bills
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday. Michel Barnier, the European...Tags: European Parliament, U.S. Senate, Politics
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IMF chief Lagarde appears in court in French fraud probe over arbitration deal
PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister. The 2008 arbitrage deal handed about 400 million...Tags: Adidas AG, Arbitration, Economy, Business and Finance, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics
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EU decision on Lufthansa, United tie-up on Thursday -source
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - EU regulators will announce on Thursday their acceptance of proposals by Lufthansa, United Airlines, Continental and Air Canada to free up airport slots to end an antitrust case, a source familiar with the matter said. The...Tags: United Air Lines, Air Transportation Industry, Politics
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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity, capacity unclear
Reuters* Iran installing advanced centrifuges - IAEA * New machines could enrich uranium faster * Launch date, efficiency unclear, experts say By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N....Tags: Iran, Israel, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Nuclear Power
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IMF's Lagarde in court for French arbitration case
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde...Tags: Arbitration, International Monetary Fund, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Christine Lagarde
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Yen firms as China PMI sparks flight to debt; Aussie languishes
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The yen gained across the board on Thursday, bouncing sharply off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar and notching up a two-week high against the euro after a whiplash move in stocks prompted investors to scramble for safety in...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Non Ferrous Metal, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Government Debt, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013)
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Bernanke and growth fears send shares lower, yen up
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Concerns over the future of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data sent shares sharply lower and safe haven currencies like the yen higher on Thursday. The shift from riskier assets to safer...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Companies and Corporations, Cyprus, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Christopher Johnson
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M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief's Congo visit
ReutersGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President...Tags: Economic Organization, Wars and Interventions, World Bank Group, Rwanda, Rebellions
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea: aid groups
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Economy, Business and Finance, Pyongyang (North Korea), European Union
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: Defense Equipment, Iran's Nuclear Program, Emergency Incidents, Weaponry, Israel
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Germany takes bilateral paths to tackle EU jobs crisis
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Portugal'...Tags: Anti Trust Crime, Economy, Business and Finance, Spain, Portugal, Unemployment
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