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Pakistan to hold new elections

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ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s ruling party announces early parliament elections will be held later this year.

World Papers Front Pages – June 21, 2012

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ABC ‘El TC se rinde a los proetarras’ China Daily ‘Hu sets out vision for US ties’ Daily Mail ‘Return Of The O-Level’ The Daily Telegraph ‘Two thirds of doctors in retreat from strike’ Le Figaro ‘Le plan secret du gouvernement’ Der Tagesspiegel ‘Kein Geld für Airport-Geschädigte’ The Washington Post ‘Committee calls for contempt vote on [...]

World Papers Front Pages – June 14, 2012

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ABC ‘Así será la ayuda a la banca’ Daily Express ‘80MPH Storm Chaos On Way’ Daily Star ‘You’re Next’ Le Figaro ‘Trouble au sommet de l’État’ Der Tagesspiegel ‘Hamburg offnet seine Akten-Berlin auch’ USA Today ‘Bullies as Criminials?’ The Wall Street Jounral ‘Crédit Agricole Mulls Greek Exit’   

London Olympics to cost less than expected

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LONDON – UK sports minister says the London Olympic games will cost less than expected. Hugh Robertson told the BBC on Wednesday that the London 2012 games will not exceed its 9.3 billion ($14.5 billion) budget. He said he expects around 500 million ($778 million) pounds can be handed back to the British treasury. The [...]

VIDEO: Thunder take Game 1 of NBA Finals

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Thanks to Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook’s strong second half the Oklahoma City Thunder took game 1 of the NBA finals on Tuesday.  Westbrook turned around a poor shooting start to finish with 27 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the Thunder, which surged late in the third period to take [...]

Forecast of Europe airline losses doubles

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BEIJING – The global aviation trade group nearly doubled its forecast of European airlines’ losses this year to $1.1 billion and said Monday the worldwide industry will scrape by with wafer thin profit margins due to high fuel prices. U.S. and Asian carriers should make money this year, but more airlines in Europe might follow [...]

World Papers Front Pages – June 11, 2012

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ABC ‘España reacciona’ Daily Express ‘Britain Wants Charles As King’ Le Figaro ‘La droite met en garde contre un État PS’ New York Post ‘Stars & Swipes: School nixes patriotic song as ‘offensive’ Der Tagesspiegel ‘Spaniens Premier: Das Jahr wird schlecht’ USA Today ‘Health advocates go sour on sugar’ The Wall Street Journal ‘Spain Banks on a [...]

Germany raises 2012 economic growth forecast

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BERLIN – Germany’s central bank is raising its 2012 economic growth forecast for the country to 1 percent, citing global growth and a boost to domestic demand from a healthy labor market and favorable financing conditions. The Bundesbank’s prediction Friday compared with its forecast last December of 0.6 percent growth in gross domestic product this [...]

International Papers Front Pages – June 8, 2012

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ABC ‘Tenemos suerte de ser españoles’ Daily Express ‘We Must Stop Germany Now’ Le Figaro ‘Merkel-Hollande: la défiance s’installe’ New York Post ‘Love’s Gift: Anguish of man whose sis died donating kidney’ Der Tagesspiegel ‘Jetzt wollen alle eine Börsensteuer’ USA Today ‘Can Iraq Go It Alone?’ The Wall Street Journal ‘Chinese Fund Sours on Euro Zone’ [...]

Romney beats Obama in fundraising in May

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WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney and the Republican Party surged ahead of President Barack Obama in fundraising for the first time, a key development at a time when many liberals among the Democrats have become frustrated with the president. Romney and his party raised more than $76 million in May, the campaign said Thursday, while Obama’s [...]

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