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The purple tomatoes with double the shelf life Compound that helps them stay fresh may also have health benefits
Researchers at The John Innes Centre, Norwich, say one way to improve shelf life is to pick tomatoes early when they are still green and induce them to ripen artificially with ethylene, but that results in a loss of ...
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Woolwich attack Michael Adebolajo was best friend of war hero killed in Iraq at school
Friends said Michael Adebolajo, who was filmed holding a knife in blood-covered hands after Drummer Lee Rigby was brutally killed in Woolwich on Wednesday, had to be consoled at the funeral of Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath in ...
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High Court calls for new system to investigate claims of abuse by British soldiers on Iraqis
Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and ...
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Alexander Lebedev witnesses say they were coerced into testifying
The trial of the businessman Alexander Lebedev has descended into farce as witnesses admitted they had been pressured into attending the court case by ...
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Taliban claim massive bomb attack in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties and details were sketchy. The explosion was followed by a gun battle that was still continuing an hour after the blast in the central ...
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When it comes to vacations the U.S. stinks
(MoneyWatch) The U.S. has a unique tradition when it comes to celebrating holidays: It doesn't. "The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers any paid vacation time and is one of only a few rich countries that does not require employers to offer at least some paid holidays," concludes ...
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Bulls-eye One block 2 tornadoes
>Editor's note: John Sutter, the human rights columnist for CNN Opinion, is from Oklahoma City. Follow him on Twitter -- @jdsutter -- for continued updates about the tornado. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com. Oklahoma City (CNN) -- Nancy ...
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History of Targeting Conservatives
The White House insists President Obama is "outraged" by the "inappropriate" targeting and harassment of conservative groups. If true, it's a remarkable turnaround for a man who helped pioneer those tactics. On Aug. 21, 2008, the conservative American Issues Project ran an ad highlighting ties between candidate Obama and Bill Ayers, formerly of the Weather Underground. ...
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Obama Fails to Salute Marine
Pres Obama boarded Marine One without returning salute of US Marine at the steps. The Pres then came back out to shake the Marine's hand. -- Mark Knoller ...
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Chaos in the Sinai Will International Peacekeepers Be the Next Casualty
Earlier this week, seven Egyptian security officers were released after being held hostage for a week by Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai. The abductions are the latest in a series of now commonplace hostage events and armed attacks in the Sinai that highlight the deterioration of security in this desert expanse. While most of these incidents have been aimed at Egyptians, Sinai peacekeepers--the ...
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Special Report Panel on Obamas Scandals
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2 on Diverted Pakistani Plane Made Threats They Called Jokes
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Russian Consul In Crimea Resigns Over Controversial Remarks
Crimean Tatars picket the building of the Consulate General of Russia in Simferopol, demanding the resignation of Russian Consul General Vladimir Andreyev on May ...
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Georgian PM Says President Can Be Interrogated
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili made a demand for President Mikheil Saakashvili's resignation one of his first major moves after winning elections in October, before backing away from that hard ...
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Russian Priest Who Spoke Out On Pussy Riot Granted Czech Asylum
A Russian Orthodox priest who stood up for jailed members of the all-female punk-rock collective Pussy Riot says he has been granted political asylum in the Czech Republic. Sergei Baranov, who served as a deacon in the city of Tambov, caused a stir in Russia last year when he published an open letter to the Moscow patriarchate voicing outrage at the church's unforgiving stance against ...
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Iraqi Volunteers Join Both Sides Of War In Syria
A poster on the home in Basra, Iraq, of Dhia Mutashar Gatie al-Issawi, an Iraqi who was fighting on behalf of the Syrian government before he was killed in ...
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Top Russian Social Network Blacklisted By Mistake
Russian regulators have lifted a ban on VKontakte, Russia's top social-network website, hours after blacklisting the site by "mistake." Regulating agency Roskomnadzor said one of its employees, instead of blocking a single page deemed inappropriate, had mistakenly barred the entire website from distributing content across the country. VKontakte's founder, Pavel Durov, ...
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Central Asian Youths Found Among Fighters In Syria
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Turkeys Parliament Passes Law Curbing Alcohol Sales Ads
Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban advertising of alcoholic products and tighten restrictions on sales. The measure, adopted on May 24, bans the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits selling alcohol in the vicinity of mosques and schools. The law bars beverage companies from promoting their brands, and forces the blurring of images ...
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Ukrainian Activists Vow To Hold First Gay Pride Parade Despite Ban
What is the state of LGBT rights in the world today? To mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) has released a map charting the rights of homosexuals around the world. The co-secretary general of ILGA, Renato Sabbadini, spoke to RFE/RL's Claire ...
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2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...
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Kerry Israelis Palestinians nearing crunch time
Israeli and Palestinian leaders must decide soon on whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.Ending two days of meetings in the region, Kerry said he had had "very productive" talks. But there were no obvious signs of any breakthrough, with neither side offering the sort of compromises needed to ...
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Revealed Olmerts peace offer to the Palestinians in 2008
Former prime minister Olmert says he blames Livni and Barak for breakdown of negotiations with Palestinians; magazine obtains map sketched by Abbas with offered Israeli territorial ...
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Hamas Israel poisoned Gaza patients with gas
Hamas Health Minister Mofeed al-Mokhalalati accused Israel of poisoning Palestinians patients in Gaza by providing the hospitals in the Strip carbon monoxide gas posing as nitrous gas, the Middle East Monitor reported on Friday.Four Palestinian patients were reportedly poisoned by the carbon monoxide ...
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Rule of Law Israel’s legal headache
Does throwing African migrants in detention centers for three years without standard legal proceedings violate international law? Or is it just enforcement of Israel's sovereign right to maintain border ...
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Asia's largest ever infastructure project
The Trans-Asian Railway has been faltering since it was first proposed in the 1960s by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (ESCAP). Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s the project was hindered by political instability, the wars in Indochina, the reticence of China and a subsequent lack of finance in Asia for mega-projects of this kind.
Now, however, with China emerging as the number two most dominant economy in the world, the project to link two major continents (Asia and Europe) is finding its feet once more and the Chinese are looking into investment opportunities, with some aspects of the project, such as the several thousand kilometers that pass through Thailand, being slated for possible construction in 2013. Read more
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