Saturday, June 15, 2013

The New York Times: Nicaragua canal approved by Nicaragua's president, Chinese businessman

Nicaragua canal approved by Nicaragua's president, Chinese businessman

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A Hong Kong-based development company has signed an agreement with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to build a channel across Nicaragua, similar to the Panama Canal. 
    

Strategies: Suddenly, Retiree Nest Eggs Look More Fragile

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The world of low interest rates has caused many readers to worry about their financial futures. And a big-picture look at the underlying issues is especially troubling.
    


For Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting

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From Edward J. Snowden’s friends and his own voluminous Web postings emerges a portrait of a talented young man who did not finish high school but bragged online that employers “fight over me.”
    

Reformist Rohani on verge of Iran presidency, shocking country and Khamenei

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Many Iranians assumed that a hard-line candidate favored by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But moderate cleric Hassan Rohani is on the verge of a stunning upset.
    

Russia Faults Proof of Use of Chemicals in Syrian War

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The Russian foreign minister says that evidence of chemical weapons use cited by the Americans is unreliable because the samples were not taken by experts or properly monitored until they reached a laboratory.
    


In a striking repudiation of the ultraconservatives who wield power in Iran, Ira... 

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In a striking repudiation of the ultraconservatives who wield power in Iran, Iranian voters overwhelmingly elected Hasan Rowhani as their next president.


Iranian Moderate Appears to Have Won Presidential Election
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The cleric Hassan Rowhani, the field’s most moderate candidate, held a decisive edge in preliminary results, followed by Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, Tehran’s popular mayor.
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