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G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine

(Reuters) – Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West andRussia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit in Brisbane early as U.S. President Barack Obama accused Russia of invading Ukraine and Britain warned of a possible “frozen conflict” in Europe. Several Western nations warned Russia of further sanctions if it did not […]

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U.S., Japan and Australia vow to oppose Russian action in Crimea

(Reuters) – The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia lined up together against Russia on Sunday, vowing to oppose Russian incursions into Crimea during a rare trilateral meeting held at the G20 summit in Brisbane. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said they would oppose “Russia’s purported annexation of Crimea and its actions to destabilize eastern Ukraine,” and were committed to “bringing to justice those responsible for the downing of Flight MH17.” […]

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Comet lander shuts down after sending data

BY IRENE KLOTZ (Reuters) – A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said. Batteries aboard the European Space Agency’s Philae comet lander drained, shutting down the washing machine-sized probe after an adventurous and largely unscripted 57-hour mission. Carried aboard the orbiting Rosetta mothership, Philae floated to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Thursday, but […]

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Malacanang reduces taxes, penalties for independent power producers

MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III has signed an Executive Order that grants the reduction and condonation of real property taxes and interest/penalties for independent power producers (IPP), Malacanang said Sunday. The new EO 173 signed on October 31, 2014 covers real property taxes and interest/penalties assessed on the power generation facilities of IPPs under build-operate-transfer contracts with government-owned and/or -controlled corporations. Because of this. real property taxes imposed by local government units for all years […]

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Eartquake triggers panic but little damage in Indonesia’s Sulawesi

(Reuters) A magnitude 7.3 earthquake on Saturday (November 15) sent people scurrying in panic in Indonesia, but caused little damage. A tsunami warning was issued after the tremour hit off Moluccas in Indonesia but was later lifted. In northern Sulawesi’s Gorontalo city, college students ran out of their university building after feeling the strong jolt which was measured at a depth of 47 km (34 miles), with epicenter 134 km (83 miles) northwest of Ternate, an island in eastern Indonesia‘s Moluccas. Another […]

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INC Unity Games championship in Visayas set on Nov. 17-18

Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members from all over the Visayas are set to converge in Cebu on November 17-18, 2014 for the inter-regional championships of INC’s multi-sports league known as the “Unity Games.” Competing in 11 sports events ranging from ball games to track and field events are four teams representing regions 6A (Northwestern Visayas), 6B (Southwestern Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas) and 8 (Eastern Visayas). The upcoming Unity Games in the Visayas is the last […]

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Philippines to host ASEAN Public-Private Partnership Networking Forum in December

  The Philippines will host the ASEAN Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Networking Forum in Manila in December 2014.President Benigno Aquino III made the announcement to fellow ASEAN leaders and top business officials during the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) dialogue, which was part of the recently-concluded 25th ASEAN Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.“The forum will take stock of the outcomes of recent PPP initiatives in ASEAN and will serve as an avenue for exploring the […]

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Russian TV channel says photos show MH17 shot down by fighter jet

(Reuters) – Russian state-controlled TV has broadcast what it called “sensational” photographs, which it said supported Moscow’s theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. Several commentators who have examined the photographs have described them as forgeries, however. The photographs, said to be taken by a Western satellite, appear to show a fighter jet firing a missile at a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine where the Malaysian airliner was shot down on July […]

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Hong Kong student leaders blocked from taking democracy fight to Beijing

(Reuters) – Three Hong Kong student leaders were stopped from boarding a flight to Beijing on Saturday to take their fight for greater democracy directly to the Chinese government after airline authorities said their travel permits were invalid. The students, led by Hong Kong Federation of Students’ leader Alex Chow, had planned to go to Beijing with the intention of meeting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as efforts to reach agreement with officials in Hong Kong […]

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Putin plans to leave G20 early after West blasts Russia over Ukraine

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to leave the G20 summit early, a member of his delegation said, after Western leaders blasted Moscow on Saturday for the crisis in Ukraine and threatened more sanctions. The Russian official told Reuters that Putin planned to skip a working session on Sunday at the two-day summit in Brisbane and bring forward his departure because he needed to attend meetings in Moscow. Russia denied it was involved in a recent escalation of military […]

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Indonesia quake sparks tsunami warning, no major damage

(Reuters) – A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 was recorded off the Moluccas in Indonesia on Saturday, the national disaster mitigation agency said, causing residents near the quake to flee their homes after a tsunami warning was issued. The earthquake was felt strongly on the Sitaro islands, where authorities also warned people to stay away from beaches and riverbanks, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman at Indonesian agency, said in a statement. There were no reports […]

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Family: doctor diagnosed with Ebola will be brought back to US this weekend

A Sierra Leonean doctor sick with Ebola is expected to depart the West African country on Friday night (November 14) to fly to theUnited States for treatment and be reunited with his American wife, according to the doctor’s church and employer. Dr. Martin Salia, 44, contracted the virus last week while working as the chief medical officer and surgeon at the United Methodist Church’s Kissy Hospital in Freetown in Sierra Leone, one of the three West African countries hardest hit […]

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