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U.S. civil rights lawyer Ghafoor released from custody in UAE
(Reuters) - U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates this week on money laundering charges, has been released from detention after paying a fi...
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Stabbing of Rushdie thrusts a tranquil literary retreat into mayhem
By Sharon Bernstein and Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at hi...
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Potential hack for some Boeing planes fixed -researchers
By James Pearson LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A digital vulnerability in the computer systems used on some Boeing Co aircraft that could have allowed malicious hackers to modify data and cause pilots to make...
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Colombia’s Grupo SURA posts 30.3% jump in Q2 net profit
(Reuters) - Net profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia's largest investment company, rose 30.3% in the second quarter from the year-earlier period, the company said in a statement on Friday. The firm's net pr...
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Idaho top court allows near-total abortion ban to take effect
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Idaho's top court on Friday refused to stop a Republican-backed state law criminalizing nearly all abortions from taking effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1...
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California governor proposes $1.4 billion loan to keep nuclear plant open
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing to give PG&E Corp a $1.4 billion government loan to extend the life of a nuclear power plant it runs by as much as a decade as the state seeks...
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Southern Baptists say they face U.S. federal probe after sex abuse claims
(Reuters) - The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, said on Friday that several of its entities were being investigated by the Justice Department, after a report fou...
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Salman Rushdie may lose eye, is on ventilator, agent says
(Reuters) - Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was stabbed on Friday, his agent said, adding that Rushdie was on a ven...
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Woman goes to prison for involuntary manslaughter of infant daughter
PEKIN, Ill. – A Pekin woman will go to prison for nine years after pleading guilty to the involuntary manslaughter of her young daughter. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Angel Van...
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YouTube plans to launch streaming video service – WSJ
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube is planning to launch an online store for streaming video services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company has renewed talks with entertainment comp...
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