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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
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SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry.
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Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore everywhere - including to the crowded bathrooms.
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Agonizing family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival
Agonizing family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival
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CANNES (Reuters) - A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture premiered at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, joining an Iranian challenger as contenders for the top prize.
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Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza border
Enraged by kidnapping, Egyptian police block Gaza border
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travelers, witnesses said.

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Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali
Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali
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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Fighting has broken out in northern Mali between Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days after the African country won a $4.2 billion aid pledge to help it recover from a conflict with Islamists affiliated to al Qaeda.
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Alpine in talks with FCC on financing: CEO
Alpine in talks with FCC on financing: CEO
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Alpine, the Austrian unit of Spanish construction group FCC , will hold talks with its owners on how to meet its financing needs and has many options open, Chief Executive Arnold Schiefer said.
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Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets.
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Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland
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RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred.
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Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.
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Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta
Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta
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ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession.

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Dane Hoyer Larsen elected BWF president
Dane Hoyer Larsen elected BWF president
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Badminton's world governing body (BWF) will create a separate commission to deal with match-fixing problems, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen said after being elected president on Saturday.
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France's Hollande signs gay marriage law
France's Hollande signs gay marriage law
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.
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Polish conservative opposition leads opinion poll
Polish conservative opposition leads opinion poll
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has overtaken the ruling Civic Platform in an opinion poll released on Saturday, showing the government may be increasingly vulnerable to the economic downturn.
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France's Hollande signs gay marriage bill into law
France's Hollande signs gay marriage bill into law
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.
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Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel
Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel
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ADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked militants, a local security official said.
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China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic expansion.
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Correction talk gets old as rally sails along
Wall Street Week Ahead: Correction talk gets old as rally sails along
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the broad S&P 500 Index gliding once again into uncharted territory and posting four straight weeks of gains, the talk of Wall Street's rally inevitably hitting a ceiling is starting to get old.
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France's Hollande's signs gay marriage bill into law
France's Hollande's signs gay marriage bill into law
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.
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North Korea fires three short-range missiles
North Korea fires three short-range missiles
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown.

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Kuroda inspires Yankees, Detroit edge Rangers
Kuroda inspires Yankees, Detroit edge Rangers
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(Reuters) - Japanese ace Hiroki Kuroda pulled out his best performance of the season as the New York Yankees cruised to a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

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