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UN Tobacco Control: Countries Near Treaty on Cigarette Smuggling
Channel 2 NewsThe World Health Organization says a majority of its member states are nearing agreement on a deal to crack down on cigarette smuggling. The global body says diplomats from 174 countries are expected to vote on a draft treaty as early as a Nov. 12-17...Tags: Health Organizations, Politics, Treaties, Health, South Korea
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Trudy Rubin: Russia gives John Kerry very little on Syria
Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war. They shouldn't be. Secretary of State John Kerry's...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bashar Assad, Politics, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Did God create the God particle?
Contributing WriterThe smokehad barely settled from the conclave of cardinals’ announcement that Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio had been elected as Pope Francis, when the scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, made their own...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Francis I, Higgs Boson Search, Swiss Confederation, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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Ai Weiwei at work on a heavy-metal rock album and movie project
Ai Weiwei isn't able to leave Beijing because of his ongoing legal battles with the Chinese government, but the world comes to him. The artist is keeping busy with projects that include a planned heavy-metal album and a new movie. Ai's debut album...
Tags: Chen Guangcheng, Politics, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Artists
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible: First Photos
KickingTiresUpdate: We've added three more photos to the gallery below. The redesigned Chevy Corvette was one of the big stars of the Detroit Auto Show in January. Now the automaker is staking its claim to wooing folks in Switzerland and......Tags: General Motors Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Swiss Confederation, Chevrolet
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Bentley reveals all-new Flying Spur sedan ahead of Geneva debut
Though the Geneva Motor Show is still weeks away, Bentley got a head start on the world debuts expected in Switzerland by unveiling its all-new Flying Spur sedan Tuesday. Whereas the previous Flying Spur was based largely on the Continental GT coupe,...
Tags: SUVs and Crossovers, Passenger Cars, Luxury Vehicles, Bentley, Ferrari
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Bentley teases all-new Flying Spur ahead of Geneva debut
We knew it was coming. Now we know when. Bentley will use the Feb. 20 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland to unveil its all-new Flying Spur sedan, the company announced Monday. Until then, we have a short teaser video to whet our appetite. Based largely on...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Luxury Vehicles, Lexus, Bentley, Ferrari
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Big deal, little fanfare over global pact on mercury controls
It’s a highly toxic element that travels the world in mysterious ways, respects neither manmade nor natural boundaries and rapidly accumulates in people and the food they eat. Mercury’s risks for human and environmental health have slowly...
Tags: Iran, Environmental Pollution, International Organizations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics
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10 things you might not know about doomsday
Either the world will end on Dec. 21, or it won't. Your view depends on whether you believe in a much-publicized but debunked interpretation of the Mayan calendar, or you don't. Here are 10 facts so amazing they may crack the time-space continuum: 1 One...
Tags: The New York Times, Leonard Bernstein, Radio Industry, Newspapers, Lenny Bruce
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Parsing Republican paranoia on the disability treaty
Paranoia strikes deep. That’s the bottom-line explanation for the failure of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But it was more than a generic fear of black helicopters (or black wheelchairs) that...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Politics, Greenland, U.S. Senate, Treaties
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Senate Republicans block U.N. disabilities treaty
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Senate rejected a United Nations treaty aimed at banning discrimination against individuals with disabilities Tuesday, falling five votes short of the two-thirds needed in a 61-38 vote. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With...Tags: John McCain, Rick Santorum, Voting, Politics, Treaties
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Homicides down after tougher gun laws adopted abroad
Twelve days after the worst mass murder in Australian history, when 35 people were shot to death at Tasmania state’s Port Arthur tourist mecca in 1996, the government issued sweeping reforms of the country’s gun laws. There hasn’t...Tags: Organized Crime, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Parliament, Australia
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