Monday, July 15, 2013

Voice of America: Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer

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Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer
Jul 15th 2013, 23:34, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Attorneys representing accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday asked the U.S. District Court in Boston to add death-penalty specialist David Bruck to their team, part of an effort to spare the life of their 19-year-old client.   Tsarnaev, who is accused of killing four people and wounding more than 260 in the April 15 bombings and a later gun battle with police, faces the possibility of execution if convicted.   The ethnic Chechen and naturalized U.S. citizen last ...

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Voice of America: Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End

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Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End
Jul 16th 2013, 00:22

Burmese President Thein Sein is promising to release all political prisoners in his country by the end of this year. Mr. Thein Sein made the pledge Monday during a speech in London as he visited Britain for the first time. He was given a warm welcome by British Prime Minister David Cameron. The two leaders discussed increasing trade links and military cooperation. Mr. Cameron also urged the Burmese president to defend human rights. President Thein Sein said thousands of prisoners already ...

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Voice of America: Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer

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Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer
Jul 15th 2013, 23:34, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Attorneys representing accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday asked the U.S. District Court in Boston to add death-penalty specialist David Bruck to their team, part of an effort to spare the life of their 19-year-old client.   Tsarnaev, who is accused of killing four people and wounding more than 260 in the April 15 bombings and a later gun battle with police, faces the possibility of execution if convicted.   The ethnic Chechen and naturalized U.S. citizen last ...

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Voice of America: Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune

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Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune
Jul 15th 2013, 22:59, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday.   Estimated to be about 12 miles (20 km) in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles (105,251 km) from Neptune.   Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a ...

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Voice of America: Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End

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Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End
Jul 16th 2013, 00:22

Burmese President Thein Sein is promising to release all political prisoners in his country by the end of this year. Mr. Thein Sein made the pledge Monday during a speech in London as he visited Britain for the first time. He was given a warm welcome by British Prime Minister David Cameron. The two leaders discussed increasing trade links and military cooperation. Mr. Cameron also urged the Burmese president to defend human rights. President Thein Sein said thousands of prisoners already ...

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Voice of America: Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune

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Astronomer Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune
Jul 15th 2013, 22:59, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday.   Estimated to be about 12 miles (20 km) in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles (105,251 km) from Neptune.   Astronomer Mark Showalter, with the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, was searching Hubble images for moons inside faint ring fragments circling Neptune when he decided to run his analysis program on a ...

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Voice of America: Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer

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Accused Boston Bomber's Defense Team Seeks Additional Lawyer
Jul 15th 2013, 23:34, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Attorneys representing accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday asked the U.S. District Court in Boston to add death-penalty specialist David Bruck to their team, part of an effort to spare the life of their 19-year-old client.   Tsarnaev, who is accused of killing four people and wounding more than 260 in the April 15 bombings and a later gun battle with police, faces the possibility of execution if convicted.   The ethnic Chechen and naturalized U.S. citizen last ...

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Voice of America: Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End

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Burma Promises To Free All Political Prisoners By Year's End
Jul 16th 2013, 00:22

Burmese President Thein Sein is promising to release all political prisoners in his country by the end of this year. Mr. Thein Sein made the pledge Monday during a speech in London as he visited Britain for the first time. He was given a warm welcome by British Prime Minister David Cameron. The two leaders discussed increasing trade links and military cooperation. Mr. Cameron also urged the Burmese president to defend human rights. President Thein Sein said thousands of prisoners already ...

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Voice of America: Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces

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Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces
Jul 15th 2013, 22:45, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsis clashed Monday night with security forces in Cairo while demanding his return to power.   Police fired tear gas at the Morsi loyalists, who retaliated by throwing rocks.  In an attempt to stop traffic, pro-Morsi demonstrators set up barriers and tried to cut off a bridge in Cairo, before security forces fired tear gas to drive them back.  The Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters have been maintaining ...

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Voice of America: Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces

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Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces
Jul 15th 2013, 22:45, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsis clashed Monday night with security forces in Cairo while demanding his return to power.   Police fired tear gas at the Morsi loyalists, who retaliated by throwing rocks.  In an attempt to stop traffic, pro-Morsi demonstrators set up barriers and tried to cut off a bridge in Cairo, before security forces fired tear gas to drive them back.  The Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters have been maintaining ...

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Voice of America: Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide

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Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide
Jul 15th 2013, 22:06, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Turkey's central bank signaled on Monday that it is set to raise interest rates to stabilize a plunging lira, after intervening heavily last week to shore up the currency as it sank to record lows.   In a rare written statement ahead of a monetary policy committee meeting, Governor Erdem Basci said global policy uncertainty and volatility would not be allowed to damage financial and price stability in Turkey.   "A measured step to widen the interest rate corridor will be on the ...

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Voice of America: Typhoon Soulik Downgraded

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Typhoon Soulik Downgraded
Jul 15th 2013, 22:13

Chinese forecasters have downgraded a powerful typhoon to a tropical depression after it made landfall in the heavily populated Chinese coastal province of Fujian Saturday Typhoon Soulik forced the evacuation of 300,000 people when it hit southeast China, with winds of nearly 120 kilometers per hour. The National Meteorological Center downgraded the storm to a tropical depression Sunday as it weakened overland, but warned that it would still dump heavy amounts of rain on the eastern parts of ...

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Voice of America: Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces

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Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces
Jul 15th 2013, 22:45, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsis clashed Monday night with security forces in Cairo while demanding his return to power.   Police fired tear gas at the Morsi loyalists, who retaliated by throwing rocks.  In an attempt to stop traffic, pro-Morsi demonstrators set up barriers and tried to cut off a bridge in Cairo, before security forces fired tear gas to drive them back.  The Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters have been maintaining ...

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Voice of America: Typhoon Soulik Downgraded

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Typhoon Soulik Downgraded
Jul 15th 2013, 22:13

Chinese forecasters have downgraded a powerful typhoon to a tropical depression after it made landfall in the heavily populated Chinese coastal province of Fujian Saturday Typhoon Soulik forced the evacuation of 300,000 people when it hit southeast China, with winds of nearly 120 kilometers per hour. The National Meteorological Center downgraded the storm to a tropical depression Sunday as it weakened overland, but warned that it would still dump heavy amounts of rain on the eastern parts of ...

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Voice of America: Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide

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Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide
Jul 15th 2013, 22:06, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Turkey's central bank signaled on Monday that it is set to raise interest rates to stabilize a plunging lira, after intervening heavily last week to shore up the currency as it sank to record lows.   In a rare written statement ahead of a monetary policy committee meeting, Governor Erdem Basci said global policy uncertainty and volatility would not be allowed to damage financial and price stability in Turkey.   "A measured step to widen the interest rate corridor will be on the ...

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Voice of America: Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces

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Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces
Jul 15th 2013, 22:45, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsis clashed Monday night with security forces in Cairo while demanding his return to power.   Police fired tear gas at the Morsi loyalists, who retaliated by throwing rocks.  In an attempt to stop traffic, pro-Morsi demonstrators set up barriers and tried to cut off a bridge in Cairo, before security forces fired tear gas to drive them back.  The Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters have been maintaining ...

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Voice of America: Typhoon Soulik Downgraded

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Typhoon Soulik Downgraded
Jul 15th 2013, 22:13

Chinese forecasters have downgraded a powerful typhoon to a tropical depression after it made landfall in the heavily populated Chinese coastal province of Fujian Saturday Typhoon Soulik forced the evacuation of 300,000 people when it hit southeast China, with winds of nearly 120 kilometers per hour. The National Meteorological Center downgraded the storm to a tropical depression Sunday as it weakened overland, but warned that it would still dump heavy amounts of rain on the eastern parts of ...

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Voice of America: Obama, Bush Highlight Importance of Volunteerism

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Obama, Bush Highlight Importance of Volunteerism
Jul 15th 2013, 21:47, by webdesk@voanews.com (Dan Robinson)

Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush was back at the White House Monday for an event recognizing the work of a volunteer service organization he founded in 1989. "Bush 41," as he is known, and President Barack Obama honored a couple for their volunteer work tackling global hunger.   George Herbert Walker Bush visited the Obama White House last year, and in 2011 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to recognize "Bush 41's" commitment to ...

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Voice of America: Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide

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Turkish Central Bank Paves Way for Rate Hike After Lira Slide
Jul 15th 2013, 22:06, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Turkey's central bank signaled on Monday that it is set to raise interest rates to stabilize a plunging lira, after intervening heavily last week to shore up the currency as it sank to record lows.   In a rare written statement ahead of a monetary policy committee meeting, Governor Erdem Basci said global policy uncertainty and volatility would not be allowed to damage financial and price stability in Turkey.   "A measured step to widen the interest rate corridor will be on the ...

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Voice of America: Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces

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Morsi Supporters Clash With Egyptian Security Forces
Jul 15th 2013, 22:45, by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)

Hundreds of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsis clashed Monday night with security forces in Cairo while demanding his return to power.   Police fired tear gas at the Morsi loyalists, who retaliated by throwing rocks.  In an attempt to stop traffic, pro-Morsi demonstrators set up barriers and tried to cut off a bridge in Cairo, before security forces fired tear gas to drive them back.  The Muslim Brotherhood and other Morsi supporters have been maintaining ...

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