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The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) said that despite some ‘beneficial improvements’ made to the final draft, it is still in ‘general opposition’ to the so-called Rotterdam Rules.
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Rotterdam city council has decided to make a bid for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, rivalling Amsterdam, the Telegraaf reported Tuesday. Peter Lamers, who is
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The European Shippers’ Council reaffirmed its opposition to the Rotterdam Rules and fired back at supporters of a new international cargo-liability convention.
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Los Angeles Times

TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida homeGreeley TribuneTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. Tampa police said Mays' wife found him unresponsive Sunday …Informercial king Billy [...]

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The Southern Ledger

Chicago gay pride parade glows in its growing acceptanceChicago TribuneGay pride marched Sunday in Chicago, noisy and joyous. It was the crash of marching band cymbals, the megaphoned whoops of celebration, the sirens, the car horns and the ground-shaking roar of Harleys straddled by …Gay Pride Parade marks 40 years after NYC uprisingWashington [...]

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Brisbane Times

Lawyer Denies Doc Drugged Jackson With DemerolABC NewsDr. Conrad Murray's Lawyer Says Doctor Did Not Inject Jackson With Drug Before He Died; Family Says Death Has Left Them 'Speechless and Devastated' By HUMA KHAN As law enforcement officials continue to probe how Michael Jackson died, the attorney for …Michael Jackson weighed 112 pounds at [...]

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FOXNews

Rare Hemisphere Unity in Assailing Honduran CoupNew York TimesBOGOTÁ, Colombia — With their condemnation on Sunday of the coup ousting President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, governments in the Western Hemisphere from across the ideological spectrum found a rare issue around which they could swiftly …World leaders condemn Honduran coupAljazeera.netOAS condemns Honduran coupXinhuaNew Honduran leader sworn [...]

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Reuters

Obama Praises Climate Bill's Progress but Opposes Its TariffsWashington PostPresident Obama yesterday said that the House took an "extraordinary first step" by passing a climate bill on Friday, adding that he hoped it will "prod" action by the Senate and predicting that the legislation could make renewable …Obama champions energy bill but not its tariffsLos [...]

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New York Times

Iran Arrests Iranian Employees of British Embassy as Protests ReturnNew York TimesProtesters in Tehran showed a "V" for victory in support of Mir Hussein Moussavi on Sunday. By MICHAEL SLACKMAN CAIRO — Iran's government said Sunday that it had arrested Iranian employees of the British Embassy, while the police in Tehran beat and [...]

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Boston Globe

Woman Linked to Sanford Denies E-Mail SourceNew York TimesBUENOS AIRES — The Argentine woman linked to Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina said Sunday that she had a “firm suspicion” of who broke into one of her e-mail accounts that discussed her relationship with the governor, …Sanford's mistress mum on affairCNNSanford lover admits affair, [...]

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