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City Bank ‘Cheats’ Europe In €600m Tax Avoidance Trading Scheme

  Some of the city of London’s biggest banks are behind a huge tax avoidance trade ‘cheating’ European countries of hundreds of millions of euros a year in a development that sheds fresh light on David Cameron’s decision to wield Britain’s EU veto to protect the Square Mile. A two-month study by the Bureau has […]

Nick Mathiason
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  Some of the city of London’s biggest banks are behind a huge tax avoidance trade ‘cheating’ European countries of hundreds of millions of euros a year in a development that sheds fresh light on David Cameron’s decision to wield Britain’s EU veto to protect the Square Mile. A two-month study by the Bureau has uncovered a discreet $102bn

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Government Confirms Mad Cow Disease In California

AP Photo/ Gosnia Wozniacka   WASHINGTON (AP) — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation’s food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday. John Clifford, the department’s chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California did not enter the human food […]

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  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday. John Clifford, the department's chief veterinary officer, said the cow from central California did not enter the human food

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While Zimmerman Remains In Hiding, Police Chief On Case Still Under Scrutiny

FILE – In this March 22, 2012 file photo, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee speaks to the the media during a news conference as city manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. listens at left, in Sanford Fla. The Sanford City Commission on Monday, April 23, 2012 rejected by a 3-2 vote the resignation of Lee, who was […]

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  SANFORD, Fla. (AP)- While George Zimmerman is free on bail, the police chief criticized for not charging him after Trayvon Martin's slaying remains under scrutiny, as city commissioners want to wait for the results of a federal investigation to decide if they will accept Chief Bill Lee's resignation. It could take months before

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Government Makes 1st Criminal Charges in BP Oil Spill Case

This April 21, 2010 file photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The Justice Department says the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster have been filed […]

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BP's Deepwater Horizon

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages saying the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. In the first criminal charges related to the

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Nobel Laureates: US Is Too Inclined To Go To War

Barack Obama with Nobel Peace Prize Laureatte Elie Weisel. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster   CHICAGO (AP) — Poverty, a lack of education and arms proliferation present daunting obstacles, yet peace can be achieved if world leaders are more willing to talk and young people are encouraged to get involved, Nobel Peace Prize winners said at their […]

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  CHICAGO (AP) — Poverty, a lack of education and arms proliferation present daunting obstacles, yet peace can be achieved if world leaders are more willing to talk and young people are encouraged to get involved, Nobel Peace Prize winners said at their annual meeting. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and ex-presidents Mikhail

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Obama’s New Human Rights Policy: Selective Sanctions

FILE – This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian anti-riot police officers directing people during an anti-government protest, on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
FILE - This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian anti-riot police officers directing people during an anti-government protest, on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday Nov 14 2009, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of keeping its campaign alive.(AP Photo)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — The Obama administration is imposing new sanctions on seven  government agencies and private companies in Syria and Iran as part of a new campaign to crack down on the use of technology to suppress dissent. The sanctions, including a U.S. visa ban and financial restrictions, come after the President issued a unique

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