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4 min ago | GretaWire

What do you think about the death tax? keep? get rid of it? something in between?

G8 LEADERS SAY TAX AUTHORITIES SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY SHARE INFORMATION "TO FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF TAX EVASION" AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO "SHIFT THEIR PROFITS ACROSS BORDERS TO AVOID TAXES" * HEAD OF THE NATL SECURITY AGENCY TELLS CONGRESS THAT THE GOVT'S SWEEPING SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS HAVE THWARTED SOME 50 TERRORIST PLOTS AROUND THE WORLD, ... (more)

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Asian Correspondent

China, NKorea begin strategic talks in Beijing

A top North Korean negotiator has arrived at China's Foreign Ministry for strategic talks following a rough patch in relations between the communist allies and Pyongyang's surprise weekend call for dialogue with the U.S. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan was expected to discuss bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean ... (more)

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CBS News

Video: Officials say NSA programs stopped over 50 potential terror attacks

General Keith Alexander said the NSA's surveillance programs have helped stop more than 50 potential strikes since the 9/11 attacks.

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The Marion Star

Judge sets Fort Hood suspect trial for July 9

Nearly four years after the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage, the Army psychiatrist charged in the case will finally go on trial after a judge Tuesday refused his request for a three-month delay.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, World News, Afghanistan

CBS News

Suicide bomber kills 27 at Pakistani funeral

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people.

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Related Topix: Imran Khan, World News, Pakistan, Explosion, Afghanistan

KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Kim Jong Un gives 'Mein Kampf' as birthday present

On his birthday this year, Kim Jong Un reportedly gave every child in North Korea candy, according to CNBC.

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WLTX-TV Columbia

U.S., Afghans, Taliban to Begin Peace Talks

Afghanistan officials will open a U.S.-backed office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as early as Tuesday to facilitate direct peace talks with the Taliban, according to three senior administration officials.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, Qatar, Middle East, Hamid Karzai, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Military, US Army

Oxford Times

Afghan army handover 'a milestone'

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond during a visit to the main British base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion in Helmand province /MOD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire) The handover of security in Afghanistan to its own armed forces is a "hard-fought milestone", Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said.

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Anchorage Daily News

Deadly year for encephalitis feared in India

Encephalitis has already killed at least 118 children this year, and authorities fear the death toll could reach about 1,000, said Dr. R.N. Singh of the Encephalitis Eradication Movement, an Indian nonprofit.

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Nanaimo Daily News

Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security around the country from the U.S.-led NATO coalition.

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CBS News

Blast rocks Afghan capital during security transition

Afghan security forces stand guard at site of blast near Independent Human Commission Rights office in Kabul on June 18, 2013.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

MSNBC

Samsung's new Galaxy S4 offers twice the speed of 4G

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

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Seattle Times

Transcript: Obama and Putin at G-8 summit

Remarks by President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, at the summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations, as transcribed by the White House.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Vladimir Putin, US News, US Politics, Fermanagh County, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Barack Obama, North Korea,

WETM-TV Elmira

Airport to Mount Everest presents a risky flight

As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause.

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KRNV-TV Reno

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest

The semiannual TOP500 official listing of the world's fastest supercomputers says the Tianhe-2 developed by the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha city in central China is capable of sustained computing of 33.86 petaflops per second.

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Seattle Times

Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village - two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick.

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Kypost.Com

North Korea to US government: Let's talk

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No.

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WOI-TV West Des Moines

Afghan police chief survives car bomb attack

Prosecutors and George Zimmerman's defense attorneys are returning for a second week of jury selection in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

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Seattle Times

Afghan police chief survives car bomb attack

An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early Monday, officials said.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Peninsula Clarion

UAF sets up engineering school in Mongolia

Seven professors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are helping establish an engineering school at the new American University of Mongolia.

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Related Topix: Mongolia, World News, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, American University