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Pay your taxes, Europe warns multinationals
LONDON — European leaders fired a warning shot in the battle against multinational companies that exploit loopholes or set up complicated schemes to minimize their tax bills, calling for collective action to thwart such practices. Britain,...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Business, E-Commerce Industry, Germany, European Union
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European leaders take on corporate tax avoidance
LONDON -- European leaders gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to clamp down on multinational companies that exploit loopholes or set up complex accounting schemes to lower their tax bills. Taking on an issue that has also become...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., David Cameron, European Union, Starbucks Corp., France
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U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Human Rights Watch, U.S. Embassy, Sports
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Five women detained in Israel over prayer shawls at Western Wall
Israeli police detained five women for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall on Thursday, days after a new proposal emerged to set aside part of the holy site for men and women to pray together. Female worshippers at the sacred site are barred...
Tags: Christianity, Rituals, Religious Events, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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In Seoul, Kerry stresses 'possibilities of peace' for Koreas
BEIJING -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry hinted at the possibility of dialogue with North Korea on the first leg of a sprint through East Asia that has been shadowed by threats from Pyongyang. At a Friday news conference in Seoul with South Korean...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Kim Jong Un, Weaponry, Pyongyang (North Korea), George W. Bush
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North Korean motives, strategy remain mysteries
Contrary to the adage, what we don’t know about North Korea could hurt us. It’s not known whether the intermediate-range Musudan missiles poised for imminent firing could reach U.S. bases on Guam or Japan, though at least the latter is...
Tags: Barack Obama, Kim Il Sung, China, Kim Jong Un, Weaponry
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Ranking Democrat, Republican press Obama administration on Syria
WASHINGTON – The ranking Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee both urged the Obama administration Thursday to exert more pressure on behalf of the rebels in the Syrian civil war. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-...
Tags: Politics, Bob Corker, Bob Menendez, White House, U.S. Senate
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Palestinian prime minister's political future uncertain
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The political future of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad appeared shaky Thursday amid reports that he will resign after growing tired of constant battles with his rivals. Fayyad has come close to stepping...
Tags: Politics, Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah, Hamas, West Bank
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Ministers from Group of 8 nations slam North Korea
LONDON – Foreign ministers from eight of the world’s leading economies denounced North Korea’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric “in the strongest possible terms” Thursday and warned the isolated Asian nation that they would...
Tags: North Korea, Bashar Assad, Russia
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North Korea poised to launch up to five missiles, South Korea says
BEIJING -- North Korea is poised to launch as many as five missiles from its east coast, South Korean intelligence officials said Thursday. But security analysts said they believed the launches would be part of a military exercise and would not pose an...
Tags: Missile Systems, Kim Il Sung, China, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Kim Jong Un
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A Russian 'frenemy'
The White House is trying to revive the "reset" with Vladimir Putin's Russia. It is likely to be a wasted effort. The reset is dead not because of someone's ill will or mistakes. It is because Washington and Moscow have reached the limit of...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Military, Diplomacy, Crime, Law and Justice, Hillary Clinton
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Chevrolet to debut 415-horsepower SS sedan ahead of Daytona 500
The Pontiac G8 is dead. Long live the Chevrolet SS. Chevrolet is set to reveal the 415-horsepower V-8 sedan at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, one day before the NASCAR version of the car is scheduled to begin qualifying for the Daytona...
Tags: Daytona International Speedway, Passenger Cars, Chevrolet, NASCAR, Daytona 500
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