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Sochi Games projects will lose billions, top Russian bank official says

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June 18, 2013
Sochi Games projects will lose billions, top Russian bank official says

Russia’s state development bank says it stands to lose billions of dollars from financing unprofitable construction projects for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. VEB chairman Vladimir Dmitriev said in a recent interview with the Gazeta.ru news portal that of the 19 projects the bank is funding, at least eight would fail to turn a profit....
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Experts search Lake Michigan for 17th century shipwreck

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June 18, 2013
Experts search Lake Michigan for 17th century shipwreck

French and U.S. experts are searching for a 17th century ship they believe sank in Lake Michigan in 1679. Three French underwater archaeologists are diving at a site near Poverty Island, where expedition leader Steve Libert believes the Griffin sank. He discovered a wooden beam jutting from the lake bottom in 2001. Scientists say...
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Google asks secret court to lift gag on surveillance

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June 18, 2013
Google asks secret court to lift gag on surveillance

Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the U.S. government’s gag order on its internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a constitutional free speech right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security. The move came in a legal motion filed...
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‘Excessive’ use of face-down restraint

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June 18, 2013
‘Excessive’ use of face-down restraint

18 June 2013 Last updated at 17:04 ET Article written by Mark Easton Home editor More from Mark Follow Mark on Twitter Medical director Tim Kendall in a demonstration of the technique The government is considering a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental hospitals. The move follows figuresLa suite... Lien...
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Attack follows news of Afghan talks

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June 18, 2013
Attack follows news of Afghan talks

18 June 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET Four US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, hours after the US announced direct talks with the Taliban, reports say. The soldiers were killed by “indirect fire” from insurgents at Bagram air base, US officials said. Bagram, near the Afghan capital Kabul, is the largest military...
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Jail reckless bankers, report urges

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June 18, 2013
Jail reckless bankers, report urges

18 June 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET The commission was highly critical of the Treasury’s officially arms-length ownership of RBS and Lloyds, dubbing it a “fig leaf” for government intervention Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended. The Parliamentary Commission...
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TV chef Nigella Lawson’s husband cautioned by police for assault

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June 18, 2013
TV chef Nigella Lawson’s husband cautioned by police for assault

Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. In Tuesday’s editions, The London Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying that he had approached police to discuss the incident after seeking legal advice....
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