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2014年7月14日星期一

Morning Digest: Israel says shoots down Gaza drone as calls for truce mount

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07/14/2014

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Israel says shoots down Gaza drone as calls for truce mount

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it shot down a drone from Gaza a week into its offensive on Monday, the first reported deployment of an unmanned aircraft by Palestinian militants whose rocket attacks have been regularly intercepted..

Ukraine forces end rebel airport blockade

KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday its forces had ended a rebel blockade of a strategic airport in the east as it traded charges and threats with Russia over violations of their joint border during a weekend of fierce military combat..

Exclusive: Prosecutors' case against GM focuses on misleading statements

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are developing a criminal fraud case hinged on whether General Motors made misleading statements about a deadly ignition switch flaw, and are examining activity dating back a decade, before GM's 2009 bankruptcy, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation..

Conductor Lorin Maazel dies at 84, led New York Philharmonic

(Reuters) - Conductor Lorin Maazel, a child prodigy who later directed the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic, died on Sunday at the age of 84, according to music festival he founded..

Jubilant Germany becomes world champions again

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany are champions of the world again after snatching victory against Argentina in the soccer showpiece with a superb extra-time goal from baby-faced Mario Goetze to lift the trophy for the first time since 1990..

U.S. web companies press demands for net neutrality with FCC

(Reuters) - Major U.S. web companies on Monday urged regulators to restrict the ability of Internet providers including mobile carriers to strike deals for faster delivery of some web traffic and planned a publicity campaign about the government's proposal..

Debut summer 'supermoon' hangs in the summer sky

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A "supermoon" rose above cities from Los Angeles to London on Saturday night, the first of three times this year the full moon will orbit nearer the earth and appear unusually large and bright..

Updated Singapore anti-gambling ad mum on where dad will bet next

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore tried its best to save an own goal on Monday by updating an anti-gambling ad that starred a despairing boy named Andy telling friends his dad had bet his life savings on Germany winning the World Cup..