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At least 140 people have been killed in rioting in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang
URUMQI, China (Reuters) - At least 140 people have been killed in rioting in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, with the government blaming exiled Muslim separatists for the area's worst case of ethnic unrest in years.
European Commission proposals to regulate alternative investment funds discriminate against private equity and favour direct competitors like sovereign wealth funds or maverick businessmen, Javier Echarri, secretary-general of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), told EurActiv in an interview.
In today's inter-connected world, economic penalties designed to hit one country can quickly spread beyond their original target. Andrew Heavens reports.
MANATEE — For years, local parents who wanted their elementary age children enrolled in a virtual school had to use a private company.
Niall Ferguson is one of those rare characters: a respected scholar who's also a successful popularizer. Ferguson, a Brit, has taught at Oxford and New York University and is now at Harvard. He has written about World War I, the British Empire and the Rothschilds (Europe's most powerful banking family). He has turned four of his projects into TV documentaries, the latest of which -- "The Ascent ...
Vampire mania is taking the fashion scene by storm, writes RUTH LA FERLA.
Helen Chandler and Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Dracula. Vampire mania is taking the fashion scene by storm, writes RUTH LA FERLA. THE symptoms are unnerving: a taste for fresh meat — rare, if you please; an aversion to sunlight; and a passion for spectral-looking, fine-boned rakes.
A deadly accident has confirmed the fears many drivers have had about what they consider a dangerous new intersection in Putnam County.
Three people accused of trafficking prescription pills are off the streets and behind bars.
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