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Aung San Suu Kyi to address British parliament on June 21

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:10
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LONDON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to address parliament on June 21 during her landmark visit to Britain, the speaker of the lower House of Commons announced Wednesday. "At my request and that of the Lords speaker, she has kindly agreed to address members of both houses in Westminster Hall on Thursday, 21st of June at 3:00 pm" (1400 GMT), John Bercow told the chamber. Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012 ...
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Utoeya survivor calls scars 'the price for democracy'

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:07
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OSLO: A girl who at the age of just 14 survived Anders Behring Breivik's shooting massacre on Utoeya island last year showed her large scars to an Oslo court Wednesday, describing them as her dues to democracy. "I am not afraid to show my scars," Ylva Helene Schwenke said, revealing a large red mark at the base of her neck. "I feel like it's a kind of victory. We have paid the price for democracy and we ...

Mario Bros creator Miyamoto wins top Spanish prize

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:54
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MADRID: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and other hit video games, won a top Spanish prize Wednesday for "revolutionizing" the industry. The jury of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize conferred a 50,000 euro ($64,000) award for communications and humanities on the 59-year-old Miyamoto. The jury praised the Japanese game designer for "excluding violence from his creations" and turning video games into "a medium capable of bringing people together regardless of sex, ...

Solar Impulse prepares for first intercontinental flight

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:52
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GENEVA: The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will on Thursday attempt its first intercontinental flight, travelling from Switzerland to Morocco without using a drop of fuel, organisers said. If successful it will be the longest journey to date for the craft after an inaugural flight to Paris and Brussels last year. Organisers announced at the end of March that the 2,500 km (1,550 mile) trip will coincide with the launch of construction on the largest ever solar ...

Drunk Russian bride-to-be kicks man to death

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:50
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MOSCOW: An inebriated 22-year-old woman from the central Russian region of Udmurtiya kicked a man to death on the eve of her wedding because he owed her money, investigators said on Wednesday. The young woman identified only as Yekaterina M. and her fiance were celebrating their upcoming marriage in a small village in Udmurtiya when a 45-year-old acquaintance called on the couple, regional investigators said. "The man owed the girl some money but was in no hurry ...

Italy urged to 'fight without mercy' 20 yrs after Mafia hit

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:42
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PALERMO: Italian premier Mario Monti called for a "fight without mercy against all mafias" Wednesday, as thousands massed in Sicily to mark 20 years since the murder of top judge Giovanni Falcone. "The whole country has to commit to the fight against the mafia, without deluding themselves that they are immune," Monti told crowds of relatives of victims and students gathered in Palermo to mark the anniversary. Falcone's assassination in a bomb attack by the Sicilian Mafia ...

Italians mark anniversary of anti-Mafia attack

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:44
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PALERMO: Thousands of people from across Italy massed in Sicily on Wednesday for demonstrations marking the 20th anniversary of the assassination of leading anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone. His murder in a bomb attack by the Sicilian Mafia shocked the nation and while Cosa Nostra's grip has been weakened in the two decades since, it is still far from a spent force. "We came so we don't forget," said a banner carried by national anti-Mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso ...

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