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Charles Manson granted license to marry 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton

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Charles Manson granted license to marry 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton

Mass murderer Charles Manson has reportedly been granted a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who has been visiting him in prison.

The marriage license was issued 10 days ago for Charles Manson, 80, and Afton Elaine Burton, the Associated Press reports.

Charles Manson is serving a life sentence for the murders of seven people and one unborn child in Los Angeles in 1969.

Their victims included pregnant actress Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski.

Afton Elaine Burton, who calls herself Star, told AP that she and Charles Manson would marry next month. The license is reportedly valid for 90 days.

The cult leader and his followers, known as the Manson Family, stabbed and shot seven people in Los Angeles over two nights in August 1969 in an attempt to start a race war.

Charles Manson and three women accomplices were sentenced to death for the killings, but that was commuted in 1972 when California temporarily outlawed the death penalty.

In 2012, Charles Manson was refused parole by a Californian prison panel – it was the 12th time he had made a bid for freedom.

Charles Manson is not eligible to apply for parole again until 2027.

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Indonesia increases subsidized fuel prices by 30% to save economy

Clyde K. Valle
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Indonesia increases subsidized fuel prices by 30% to save economy

Indonesia has decided to increase fuel prices by more than 30% in an attempt to save the economy more than $8 billion in 2015.

Prices were raised by 2,000 rupiah ($0.16) per litre, with gasoline now costing 8,500 rupiah and diesel 7,500 rupiah.

The subsidized fuel prices in Indonesia are among the cheapest in the world.

The unpopular move sparked small protests and long queues at petrol stations in the capital, Jakarta.

Previous price increases have sparked violent protests and reports said young people had clashed with police at a demonstration hotspot before the announcement on November 17.

New President Joko Widodo, who took office in October, said the increase would bolster government finances and help with the nation’s trade imbalance.

“The country has needed a budget for infrastructure, healthcare and education but instead spent it on subsidizing fuel,” Joko Widodo told reporters on November 17.

Indonesia’s $23 billion fuel subsidy bill is the main reason behind its budget deficit. It is also behind the nation’s trade imbalance as Indonesia imports much of its fuel.

The economy also grew at the slowest pace in five years in the third quarter at 5.01%, compared to a year ago.

The rise in fuel prices could push up inflation to 7.3% this year and the impact would last until next year, the government said.

Inflation jumped to nearly 10% in mid-2013 after fuel prices were increased.

Economists said the country’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, might need to increase interest rates this month to cope with the rising inflation.

Bank Indonesia has not changed the benchmark rate since November 2013.

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Bono injured in Central Park cycling accident

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Bono injured in Central Park cycling accident

Bono got an arm injury after falling off a bike in Central Park, New York.

U2 revealed on its website that Bono will require surgery on his arm.

The band was due to start a week-long residency on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, which they have postponed.

“We’re sure he’ll make a full recovery soon, so we’ll be back!” said the statement from Edge, Adam and Larry.

“Much thanks to Jimmy Fallon and everyone at the show for their understanding.”

The U2 frontman flew back to the US after taking part in the Band Aid 30 charity single recording in London on November 15.

The recording, which comes 30 years after the original, is raising money for the fight against Ebola.

The week-long residency on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon is part of the band’s promotional tour for their album Songs of Innocence.

U2 came in for criticism after the album was automatically added to the libraries of all iTunes users around the world.

Czech President Milos Zeman pelted with eggs on Velvet Revolution anniversary

Diane A. Wade
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Czech President Milos Zeman pelted with eggs on Velvet Revolution anniversary

Czech President Milos Zeman has been pelted with eggs by angry protesters on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which ended communist rule.

Thousands of people carried football-style red cards as a warning to Milos Zeman, while others threw eggs. One accidentally hit the German president.

Many are angry with Milos Zeman, who they see as too sympathetic to Russia.

The Velvet Revolution began on November 17, 1989, when police attacked a student protest.

A wave of demonstrations followed across the now Czech Republic, toppling the communist government and replacing it with one led by dissident playwright Vaclav Havel.

Some Czechs feel that certain aims of the revolution, such as the promotion of human rights, have been sidelined by Milos Zeman.

They also worry that the president, a former communist, is too close to both Russia and China.

On November 17, demonstrators carried banners reading “down with Zeman” and “we do not want to be a Russian colony”.

As the president unveiled a plaque to the students involved in the 1989 protest, he was booed, jeered and pelted with eggs.

Czech President Milos Zeman has been pelted with eggs by angry protesters on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
Czech President Milos Zeman has been pelted with eggs by angry protesters on the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution

Though Milos Zeman appears not to have been hit, German President Joachim Gauck was struck during the attack.

Milos Zeman angered many Czech citizens when he defended Russia’s stance on Ukraine, declaring the conflict there “a civil war between two groups of Ukrainian citizens”.

Though Moscow has long denied any direct involvement in the Ukraine crisis, the EU, of which the Czech Republic is a member, has imposed sanctions on Russia, saying it has supplied separatist rebels there with weapons and Russian fighters.

The Czech president also used derogatory language when discussing Russian protest group Pussy Riot in an interview earlier this month.

In October Milos Zeman shocked some when he said he wished to learned how China “stabilized” its society.

In the run-up to Monday’s celebrations, Milos Zeman said the 1989 student protest had not triggered the Velvet Revolution.

Despite his participation in it, Milos Zeman said the historic protest had been just one of “any number of rallies” and he played down police brutality.

Milos Zeman still has the backing of many voters and his supporters were scheduled to hold a rally on November 17.

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Michael Brown case: Missouri governor declares emergency ahead of grand jury decision

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Michael Brown case: Missouri governor declares emergency ahead of grand jury decision

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has activated the state’s National Guard in anticipation of a grand jury decision over the killing of Michael Brown.

In a statement, Jay Nixon said the guard will “support law enforcement’s efforts to maintain peace”.

A panel is deciding whether to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the August death of black teenager Michael Brown.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has activated the state's National Guard in anticipation of a grand jury decision over the killing of Michael Brown
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has activated the state’s National Guard in anticipation of a grand jury decision over the killing of Michael Brown

No specific date for the jury’s decision has been given.

Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson in August after a confrontation in Ferguson, a majority-black suburb of St Louis.

His death set off protests, sometimes violent, in the area. Ferguson police and other law enforcement were criticized for being heavily armed and using excessive force during protests.

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HSBC accused of tax fraud in Belgium

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HSBC accused of tax fraud in Belgium

HSBC Private Bank’s Brussels branch is being accused of helping wealthy Belgians to avoid taxes.

Belgian prosecutors allege that hundreds of clients – including diamond dealers in Antwerp – moved money to offshore tax havens with the help of the bank.

They said it resulted in hundreds of millions of euros in lost tax revenue.

In August, HSBC warned that the penalties in relation to such allegations “could be significant”.

In a statement, Belgian authorities accused HSBC of “having knowingly eased and promoted fiscal fraud by making offshore companies available to certain privileged clients”.

These companies, which are based in Panama and the Virgin Islands, exist for the sole purpose of tax evasion, they added.

Over 1,000 taxpayers are alleged to have been involved in the fraud, which saw funds amounting to several billion dollars transferred out of Belgium since 2003.

Responding to the announcement by Belgian authorities, HSBC said it had been notified of the investigation, and of a similar investigation by French authorities, and that the bank would “continue to cooperate to the fullest extent possible”.

Banks operating in Switzerland are bound by the European Union Savings Directive to counter cross-border tax evasion, by collecting information on the savings income foreign residents receive outside their resident state.

Belgian authorities also published emails and other correspondence between HSBC and Belgian clients, which appear to show the bank offering tax evasion services.

Prosecutor Michel Claise accused HSBC of “fraud, money laundering, criminal association and illegal exercise of the profession of financial intermediary”.

In October, Belgian police raided the homes of approximately 20 people with private bank accounts at HSBC’s Swiss subsidiary, to gather evidence against the lender.

HSBC has been subject to a series of fines for misconduct in recent years, most recently in relation the manipulation of foreign currency exchange rates.

Bird flu discovered at poultry farm in the Netherlands

Kathryn R. Bown
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Bird flu discovered at poultry farm in the Netherlands

The European Commission is set to announce protective measures to contain a “highly contagious” strain of bird flu discovered at a poultry farm in the Netherlands.

The measures will include killing all contaminated animals and the cleaning of their holding areas.

The Dutch government said the strain, H5N8, could potentially affect humans.

Authorities have already begun destroying 150,000 hens at the infected farm, in the village of Hekendorp.

“This highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza is very dangerous for bird life,” the Dutch government said in a statement.

“The disease can be transmitted from animals to humans.”

The Dutch economics ministry says humans can only be infected through very close contact with infected birds.

The authorities have imposed a three-day nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry and eggs.

The farm reportedly sold eggs rather than poultry. Its produce was sold primarily in the Netherlands, with some also exported to Germany.

Earlier this month, a farm in Germany detected cases of H5N8, which had previously not been reported in Europe.

The strain has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea meant millions of farm birds had to be slaughtered to contain it.

Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, has several different strains.

Most forms do not infect humans, but the H5N1 and H7N9 strains have caused serious infections in people, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

The majority of those infected had come into close contact with live or dead poultry.

There is no evidence to suggest the H5N1 and H7N9 viruses can be passed to humans through properly prepared poultry or eggs, the WHO says.

The H5N1 strain has a mortality rate of about 60% in humans, and led to 384 deaths between 2003 and December 2013, according to WHO figures.

Common symptoms for bird flu include a high fever and coughing.

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Glen Larson dies from esophageal cancer aged 77

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Glen Larson dies from esophageal cancer aged 77

Knight Rider creator Glen Larson has died at the age of 77.

The prolific TV writer and producer was also responsible for a string of action-packed hits, including Magnum PI, Quincy ME and Battlestar Galactica.

Knight Rider‘s David Hasselhoff paid tribute on Twitter, saying: “[He] had seven TV series at one time! Without him there’d be no KITT & Michael.”

Glen Larson died of esophageal cancer at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center on November 14.

Also an accomplished singer and composer, Glen Larson co-wrote the theme songs for many of his shows, including the frequently sampled tune from Knight Rider and the orchestral score for Battlestar Galactica.

He was nominated three times for an Emmy, once for a Grammy (for Battlestar Galactica), and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.

Glen Larson was born on January3 1937, to a Swedish immigrant mother and a Swedish-American father in Long Beach, California.

His entertainment career started in the 1950s, when he was a member of the all-male quartet the Four Preps.

Where he would make a lasting mark, however, was in television in the 1960s, working on The Fugitive, Alias Smith and Jones and The Six Million Dollar Man.

By 1968, Glen Larson had worked his way up to an associate producer on the series It Takes A Thief and quickly rose through the ranks to produce some of the biggest TV shows of the time.

At one point, Glen Larson had five shows airing at once, his son said.

Glen Larson leaves behind his wife, Jeannie Pledger, his brother, and nine children from two different marriages.

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Dumb and Dumber To tops US box office with $38 million

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Dumb and Dumber To tops US box office with $38 million

Dumb and Dumber To has topped the US box office chart on its first weekend in cinemas.

The intentionally misspelt sequel to Jim Carrey’s 1994 comedy made an estimated $38.1 million over the weekend.

The film, which sees Jim Carrey’s Lloyd Christmas reunited with Jeff Daniels’ Harry Dunne, edged out Disney animation Big Hero 6, which made $36 million in its second weekend in the US and Canada.

Space exploration epic Interstellar fell one place to three.

Directed by film-making siblings Peter and Bobby Farrelly, Dumb and Dumber To arrived in cinemas almost 20 years on from its hit predecessor.

Neither Jim Carrey nor Jeff Daniels appeared in a prequel, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd that was released in 2003 without Farrelly brothers’ involvement.

The sequel, which took years to get off the ground, helped Jim Carrey achieve his most successful debut in a live-action film since that year’s Bruce Almighty.

Big Hero 6‘s performance has helped Disney surpass $4 billion in global sales for only the second year in its history.

The milestone was reached thanks to the success of such titles as Frozen, Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: Winter Soldier.

Interstellar, about astronauts seeking a new planet for mankind to inhabit, made an estimated $29.2 million in the US and Canada on its third weekend on release.

An ongoing international roll-out saw Christopher Nolan’s film make an additional $106 million outside those territories, thanks in part to a strong opening in China.

Romantic drama Beyond the Lights made a modest debut in this week’s US and Canada chart, opening at four with weekend takings of $6.5 million.

Beyond the Lights, about a troubled R&B singer who finds solace in a policeman on her security detail, stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, seen earlier this year in Belle.

Thriller Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, completes this week’s top five.

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Global Slavery Index 2014: Nearly 36 million people worldwide live as slaves

Diane A. Wade
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Global Slavery Index 2014: Nearly 36 million people worldwide live as slaves

According to a recent survey by anti-slavery campaign group Walk Free, nearly 36 million people worldwide, or 0.5% of the world’s population, live as slaves.

The Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index says India has the most slaves overall and Mauritania has the highest percentage.

The total is 20% higher than for 2013 because of better methodology.

The report defines slaves as people subject to forced labor, debt bondage, trafficking, s**ual exploitation for money and forced or servile marriage.

It uses slavery in a modern sense of the term, rather than as a reference to the broadly outlawed traditional practice where people were held in bondage and treated as another person’s property.

The Global Slavery Index’s estimate is higher than other attempts to quantify modern slavery.

In 2012, the International Labor Organization estimated that almost 21 million people were victims of forced labor.

Walk Free says it found evidence of slavery in all 167 countries it surveyed.

The report says Africa and Asia face the biggest challenges in eradicating slavery, while the practice is least prevalent in Europe.

According to the report, more than 14 million people live as slaves in India. Next in the index comes China, with more than 3 million slaves, followed by Pakistan, Uzbekistan.

Russia is ranked fifth. The country’s economy is said to rely on enslaved migrant workers in the construction and agricultural sectors.

Mauritania meanwhile has the highest number of slaves as a proportion of the population, at 4%. Many people in the African country inherit their slave status from their ancestors.

The report calls for much wider international cooperation on slavery. It wants governments to increase penalties for trafficking and to put pressure on businesses to clamp down on the use of slaves in their supply chains.

The Global Slavery Index was first published in 2013. The rise in the overall figure from 2013 was attributed by the report’s authors to better data and methodology, rather than to an exponential rise in the numbers enslaved.

Top 5 countries with the highest proportion of slaves:

  1. Mauritania – 4%
  2. Uzbekistan – 3.97%
  3. Haiti – 2.3%
  4. Qatar – 1.36%
  5. India – 1.14%

Source: Global Slavery Index, 2014

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Mediterranean diet may be a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting

Kathryn R. Bown
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Mediterranean diet may be a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting

According to British experts, a Mediterranean diet may be a better way of tackling obesity than calorie counting.

Writing in the Postgraduate Medical Journal (PMJ), the doctors said a Mediterranean diet quickly reduced the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

And they said it may be better than low-fat diets for sustained weight loss.

The PMJ editorial argues a focus on food intake is the best approach, but it warns crash dieting is harmful.

Signatories of the piece included the chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Prof. Terence Stephenson, and Dr. Mahiben Maruthappu.

They criticize the weight-loss industry for focusing on calorie restriction rather than “good nutrition”.

And they make the case for a Mediterranean diet, including fruit and vegetables, nuts and olive oil, citing research suggesting it quickly reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and may be better than low-fat diets for sustained weight loss.

The lead author, cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra, says the scientific evidence is overwhelming.

Inspired by traditional cuisine of countries such as Greece, Spain and Italy, the Mediterranean diet has long been associated with good health and fit hearts.

Typically, it consists of an abundance of vegetables, fresh fruit, wholegrain cereals, olive oil and nuts, as well as poultry and fish, rather than lots of red meat and butter or animal fats.

The article also says adopting a Mediterranean diet after a heart attack is almost three times as effective at reducing deaths as taking cholesterol-lowering statin medication.

Switzerland and Italy hit by deadly landslides

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Switzerland and Italy hit by deadly landslides

Southern Switzerland and northern Italy have been hit by deadly landslides following days of torrential rain.

Two women died when a wall of mud destroyed a house near the Swiss town of Lugano on November 16.

Over the border, a pensioner and his granddaughter were killed when a mudslide engulfed their home.

The heavy rain is expected to continue across the region, and both countries have issued major flood alerts.

The levels of lakes Lugano and Maggiore are already dangerously high.

Homes and businesses near Italy’s Lake Maggiore have been cut off by rising waters.

The region has had more rain in a few days than it would normally expect in a year.

The Ticino river burst its banks near Vigevano in northern Italy.

Further north, in the Ticino region of Switzerland, rescue workers were searching for survivors on Sunday after mud swept down a hillside and destroyed an apartment building.

Swiss authorities said two women, aged 34 and 38, had died when the mudslide hit the building in the village of Davesco-Soragno.

A third person, a 44-year-old Italian, was rescued from the rubble and taken to hospital.

Relatives were also mourning the deaths of a 70-year old man and his 16-year-old girl in Cerro di Laveno in Italy.

Their house, near Lake Maggiore, was hit by a landslide late on Saturday night.

The weekend’s landslides are the latest of many to have hit northern Italy and southern Switzerland amid incessant rainfall over recent weeks.

High volumes of water gushed down the Ticino river, seen here in the town of Giornico in southern Switzerland, last week.

At least 11 people have been in killed Italy because of extreme weather over the last month.

Bob Geldof: “Band Aid 30 sales manic since its unveiling”

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Bob Geldof: “Band Aid 30 sales manic since its unveiling”

Bob Geldof has revealed that pre-orders of the new Band Aid single have been “manic” since its unveiling.

The Band Aid 30 organizer admitted he had been “a bit nervous” but said the response had been “extraordinary”.

One Direction and Ed Sheeran are among the performers on Do They Know It’s Christmas? to tackle the Ebola outbreak.

A video for the song, re-recorded to raise money to tackle the crisis in West Africa, was shown on ITV’s The X Factor on November 16.

The track is now available to download at a cost of 99p ($1.5). A CD version, costing £4 ($6), will be released in three weeks.

The current Ebola outbreak of the deadly virus was first reported in March and has killed more than 5,000 people, almost all in West Africa.

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s first version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? raised £8 million ($12.5 million) for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith and Coldplay’s Chris Martin also attended the recording of the song on Saturday.

According to reports, though, Adele did not respond to a request to take part.

Charity singles are also set to be recorded in the US, France and Germany, with Daft Punk and Carla Bruni among those said to be involved.

Bob Geldof, however, was critical of Germany’s response to the crisis, saying its leaders were not “doing enough” to tackle the epidemic.

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Bigg Boss: Kim Kardashian to join Big Brother India

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Bigg Boss: Kim Kardashian to join Big Brother India

Kim Kardashian will make an appearance on Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother, a spokesperson for the channel airing the show has announced.

Kim Kardashian, 34, will join the remaining 12 participants on Bigg Boss in Mumbai on November 22.

Pamela Anderson and late reality TV star Jade Goody have also appeared on Bigg Boss.

Kim Kardashian will make an appearance on Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother
Kim Kardashian will make an appearance on Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother

Kim Kardashian, who is visiting India this week for the first time, will appear in Bigg Boss as a “guest to interact with the contestants”, a statement by the Colors channel said.

“Namaste India… main Kim Kardashian aa rahi hoon India… Bigg Boss ke ghar mein [Hello India, I am Kim Kardashian and I am coming to the Bigg Boss house],” the statement quoted Kim Kardashian as saying.

Bigg Boss Season 8 started in October.

Among the Indian participants in the house this year are a number of models and TV actors. The show is hosted by Bollywood star Salman Khan.

Angela Merkel apologizes to Campino for using his song at re-election party

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Angela Merkel apologizes to Campino for using his song at re-election party

German Chancellor Angela Merkel apologized to rock star Campino for playing one of his songs at her re-election party in 2013.

In his autobiography, extracts of which were published in Der Spiegel, the frontman of Die Toten Hosen said he was touched by the call.

Campino added that he was horrified Angela Merkel “didn’t have anything else to do”.

He had previously said he did want politicians to use the song, Days Like These.

Angela Merkel apologized to Campino for playing one of his songs at her re-election party in 2013
Angela Merkel apologized to Campino for playing one of his songs at her re-election party in 2013

Angela Merkel called Campino, whose real name is Andreas Frege, four days after her re-election, and said her Christian Democrat Party (CDU) had “trampled all over [his] song on election night”.

The chancellor supposedly promised that Days Like These was “not going to be the next CDU anthem”.

Fans had reacted angrily to Angela Merkel’s use of the song.

However, Angela Merkel said that while Campino had asked for it not to be used at political rallies, he had never objected to the song being played at “victory celebrations”.

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Japan’s economy slips into recession

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Japan’s economy slips into recession

Japan’s economy, the world’s third largest, unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive quarter in Q3 2014, leaving the country in technical recession.

Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at an annualized 1.6% from July to September, compared with forecasts of a 2.1% rise.

That followed a revised 7.3% contraction in Q2, which was the biggest fall since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Economists said the weak economic data could delay a sales tax rise.

PM Shinzo Abe is widely expected to call a snap election to seek a mandate to delay an increase in the sales tax to 10%, scheduled for 2015.

The tax increase was legislated by the previous government in 2012 to curb Japan’s huge public debt, which is the highest among developed nations.

April saw the first phase of the sales tax increase, from 5% to 8%, which hit growth in the second quarter and still appears to be having an impact on the economy.

The economy shrank 0.4% in the third quarter from the quarter previous.

The data also showed that growth in private consumption, which accounts for about 60% of the economy, was much weaker than expected.

The next tax rise had already been put in question by already weak economic indicators.

Speculation had been growing that the Japanese prime minister would call an election next month to gain support just two years after his election.

Local media are now reporting that Shinzo Abe could announce the next election as early as Tuesday to be held on December 14.

The Japanese government’s chief spokesperson Yoshihide Suga said on November 17 that Shinzo Abe was expected to decide on various steps to take amid the “severe economic situation”.

While Shinzo Abe’s popularity has fallen since he took office in 2012, he is expected to win if an election were called, because the opposition remains divided.

In reaction to the negative economic data, the dollar went above 117 Japanese yen before settling back at 115.69.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, meanwhile, closed down almost 3% to 16,973.80, marking its biggest one-day drop since August.

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Peter Kassig’s death: ISIS killed US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig

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Peter Kassig’s death: ISIS killed US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig

The death of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, whose killing was shown in a video posted by Islamic State (ISIS), President Barack Obama has confirmed.

Barack Obama called the act “pure evil” and offered his condolences to the family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, 26.

Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter Kassig, was abducted in Syria last year.

The video, authenticated by the White House, shows a masked man standing over Abdul-Rahman Kassig’s severed head.

It also shows a beheading of 18 Syrians identified as army officers and pilots.

The president praised Peter Kassig as a humanitarian and said he was “taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity”.

“Today we offer our prayers and condolences to the parents and family of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known to us as Peter,” he added.

Barack Obama’s comments came as he flew back to the US from Australia where he was attending the G20 summit.

Peter Kassig was a former US Army Ranger who served in Iraq.

He later trained as an emergency medical technician and founded the Special Emergency Response and Assistance (SERA) organization, helping to supply camps on both sides of the Syrian border.

Peter Kassig was undertaking a project for SERA when he was captured in October 2013 while travelling to eastern Syria.

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MH17 wreckage removal starts in rebel-held east Ukraine

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MH17 wreckage removal starts in rebel-held east Ukraine

The removal of MH17 flight wreckage has begun at the crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Dutch officials say.

The Malaysian Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine in July. All 298 people on board were killed.

Debris will be transported to the Netherlands for investigation, the Dutch Safety Board said.

Access to the site has previously been limited by the rebels, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The recovery operation was expected to take several days, the Dutch Safety Board said.

MH17 wreckage would assist “the investigation into the cause of the crash”, it said in a statement, adding that it intended to reconstruct a section of the aircraft.

G20 Brisbane Summit: World leaders agree to grow their economies by 2%

Diane A. Wade
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G20 Brisbane Summit: World leaders agree to grow their economies by 2%

The G20 summit in Brisbane has been closed by Australia’s PM Tony Abbott who detailed economic pledges agreed by world leaders.

The leaders agreed to boost their economies by at least 2.1% by 2018, adding $2 trillion to global economies.

Much of the summit focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position on the crisis in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin faced fierce criticism and left the meeting before it ended, but said the summit was “constructive”.

He said he was leaving before the release of the official communiqué, citing the long flight to home to Russia and the need for sleep.

Australia, as host of the meeting, had sought to keep the focus on economic issues, but the issues of climate change and the conflict in Ukraine attracted significant attention.

President Barack Obama met European leaders on November 16 to discuss a co-ordinated response to what they see as Russia’s destabilization of Ukraine.

Barack Obama told reporters Vladimir Putin was “violating international law, providing heavy arms to the separatists in Ukraine” and violating the Minsk agreement.

He said the “economic isolation” of Russia would continue unless Vladimir Putin changed course.

In a television interview on November 15, Vladimir Putin called for an end to sanctions against Russia, saying they harmed the world economy as well as Russia.

The Kremlin denies sending military forces or heavy weapons to pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine.

During the summit, Canadian PM Stephen Harper and British PM David Cameron also sharply criticized Vladimir Putin.

World leaders agreed to plans drawn up by finance ministers from G20 countries in February, known as the Brisbane Action Plan, to boost their collective GDP growth by at least 2%.

The statement also agreed to take strong, effective action on climate change, following pressure from the US and European leaders.

G20 leaders also released a statement in which they vowed to do all they could to “extinguish” the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Band Aid 30 charity single recorded in London

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Band Aid 30 charity single recorded in London

A new version of the Band Aid charity single has been recorded by stars including One Direction, Emeli Sande, Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran in a studio in London.

Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, Chris Martin and Bono also sang on the reworked Do They Know It’s Christmas?.

The recording, which comes 30 years after the original Band Aid, will raise money for the fight against Ebola.

The UK government has agreed to waive VAT on the single.

Organizer Bob Geldof, who also masterminded the original in 1984, said he addressed the participants “like the headmaster” before they sang the chorus.

The song’s first lines have been recorded by One Direction. It will get its first play on ITV’s X Factor results show on November 16.

Other artists taking part included Elbow, Seal, Jessie Ware, Fuse ODG, Sinead O’Connor, Angelique Kidjo, Olly Murs, Paloma Faith, Queen drummer Roger Taylor, Clean Bandit and Foals.

Rita Ora was the first to record her lines and left early.

Ed Sheeran flew in from his tour in Germany, while Bastille cancelled two US arena gigs to be involved. Disclosure and Underworld were also in the studio to do remixes.

Saturday’s recording session took place at the Sarm studios in west London, the venue where stars such as Wham!, Duran Duran, Sting and Status Quo recorded the original.

That single raised £8 million ($13 million) for famine relief in 1984. This time, the lyrics have been rewritten.

Instead of the line “Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears”, the new version has the line “Where a kiss of love can kill you and there’s death in every tear”.

Bono’s famous line “Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you” has been changed to “Well tonight we’re reaching out and touching you”.

The music video will be edited in “record time” so it can be shown on The X Factor at 20:00 GMT on November 16.

The song will be made available to download at 08:00 GMT on November 17, priced 99p ($1.5). A CD version costing £4 ($6) will be released three weeks later with a cover designed by artist Tracey Emin.

The track will not be made available on Spotify and other music streaming services until January.

Bob Geldof told fans: “Come Monday at 08:00 when every station plays this track across the nation, buy this thing. Don’t go looking for it free. Buy it.”

The original version sold 3.7 million copies. Five years later, another version was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, largely featuring their artists such as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Sonia.

In 2004, Band Aid 20 was recorded by the likes of Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal, Ms Dynamite, Will Young and Robbie Williams.

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Martin Salia: Sierra Leone surgeon with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

Kathryn R. Bown
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Martin Salia: Sierra Leone surgeon with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

Martin Salia, surgeon from Sierra Leone, who is critically ill with Ebola, has arrived in the US for treatment.

Dr. Martin Salia, who has US residency and is married to an American citizen, has been taken to a hospital in Nebraska.

Meanwhile France has advised its citizens not to travel to parts of Mali, following the deaths of three people there from the disease.

More than 5,000 people have been killed in the current Ebola outbreak – almost all of them in West Africa.

Sierra Leone is one of the three worst affected countries, along with Liberia and Guinea.

Dr. Martin Salia, 44, had been working as a general surgeon at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown.

It is not clear whether he was involved in the care of Ebola patients.

The doctor, a Sierra Leone citizen who lives in the US state of Maryland, tested positive for the virus on November 10.

After being deemed stable enough to fly, he arrived in Omaha on Saturday afternoon, November 15, and was transferred to an isolation unit at the Nebraska Medical Center.

“Information coming from the team caring for him in Sierra Leone indicates he is critically ill – possibly sicker than the first patients successfully treated in the United States,” the Nebraska hospital said in a statement.

Dr. Martin Salia is the 10th person treated for Ebola in the US. All but one – a Liberian man named Thomas Eric Duncan – have recovered.

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Romania to elect new president in run-off vote

Diane A. Wade
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Romania to elect new president in run-off vote

Romanian voters are set to elect a new president in a run-off vote which pits social democrat PM Victor Ponta against centre-right candidate Klaus Iohannis.

PM Victor Ponta led in the first round with 40% to 30% for Klaus Iohannis, an ethnic German mayor.

The social democrat has promised both to reduce the budget deficit and increase pensions and the minimum wage.

President Traian Basescu, Victor Ponta’s long-time political foe, cannot stand for re-election after serving two terms.

Since taking office as prime minister two years ago, Victor Ponta, 42, has overseen economic growth and political stability in Romania.

Klaus Iohannis, 55, has promised to crack down on wrongdoing and strengthen the independence of the judicial system.

However, critics accuse the mayor of Sibiu, a town of around 155,000 people in Transylvania, of seeking to avoid confrontation with the outspoken Victor Ponta, who has maintained his lead in opinion polls.

As prime minister, Victor Ponta often feuded with President Traian Basescu and their poor relations delayed much-needed reforms in the public sector.

Dementia study: Vitamin B12 and folic acid may not cut Alzheimer’s disease risk

Kathryn R. Bown
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Dementia study: Vitamin B12 and folic acid may not cut Alzheimer’s disease risk

According to Dutch researchers, taking vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements does not seem to cut the risk of developing dementia in healthy people.

In one of the largest studies to date, there was no difference in memory test scores between those who had taken the supplements for two years and those who were given a placebo.

The new research was published in the Neurology journal.

However, other researchers say longer trials were needed to be sure.

B vitamins have been linked to Alzheimer’s for some years, and scientists know that higher levels of a body chemical called homocysteine can raise the risk of both strokes and dementia.

Vitamin B12 and folic acid are both known to lower levels of homocysteine.

That, along with studies linking low vitamin B12 and folic acid intake with poor memory,has prompted scientists to view the supplements as a way to ward off dementia.

Yet in the study of almost 3,000 people – with an average age of 74 – who took 400 micrograms of folic acid and 500 micrograms of vitamin B12 or a placebo every day, researchers found no evidence of a protective effect.

All those taking part in the trial had high blood levels of homocysteine, which did drop more in those taking the supplements.

On four different tests of memory and thinking skills taken at the start and end of the study, there was no beneficial effect of the supplements on performance.

The researchers did note that the supplements might slightly slow the rate of decline but concluded the small difference they detected could just have been down to chance.

Study leader Dr. Rosalie Dhonukshe-Rutten, from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, said: “Since homocysteine levels can be lowered with folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements, the hope has been that taking these vitamins could also reduce the risk of memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease.

“While the homocysteine levels decreased by more in the group taking the B vitamins than in the group taking the placebo, unfortunately there was no difference between the two groups in the scores on the thinking and memory tests.”

The researchers stressed the research cannot be extrapolated to people who already had cognitive problems and earlier research had suggested they may benefit.

Black Friday 2014: Walmart employees plan protests over wages

Clyde K. Valle
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Black Friday 2014: Walmart employees plan protests over wages

Walmart employees pushing for higher wages announced on November 14 they were planning protests at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday.

Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States.

The labor group, Our Walmart, said it had protested 1,200 to 1,400 Walmart stores last year on Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, owner of Walmart brand stores, and the largest private employer in the United States, has been a target for activists in the contentious national debate over proposals to raise the minimum wage.

The announcement comes a day after police arrested 23 people outside a Los Angeles-area Walmart protesting what they say are the company’s low wages and its retaliation against employees who pushed for better working conditions.

The arrests on November 13 followed several hours of protest by a number of Walmart workers in California, according to Our Walmart and The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, or UFCW.

About 30 workers entered a Walmart store in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday morning and held a sit-down protest for two hours, UFCW spokesman Marc Goumbri said.

The workers then protested at a Walmart store in Pico Rivera in eastern Los Angeles where the arrests eventually took place.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Douglas McMillon last month said the company would work to phase out minimum wage jobs “over time”, a move seen as largely symbolic as just 6,000 of its 1.3 million U.S. workers make minimum wage.

The average full-time hourly wage at Walmart stores is $12.92, compared with the federal minimum wage of $7.25, according to the company.

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