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Ethnic street signs raise old tensions over identity in Lithuania
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Lithuanian language sign in Vilnius's former Jewish quarter reads "Jewish Street" and below hangs a Hebrew version, with Star of David. Not far away, in Cyrillic letters, is the plaque announcing Russia Street, and then there is Warsaw Street.
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Turkey to fight 'unfair rise' in food inflation, PM Yildirim says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has reformed its food committee and it will work to prevent an "unfair rise" in food inflation, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday, announcing a number of measures aimed at easing strain on consumers.
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Indonesia launches new campaign to end female genital mutilation: minister
JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia is embarking on a renewed campaign to end female genital mutilation (FGM), according to its women's minister Yohana Yembise, despite opposition from religious leaders who have stymied past efforts to combat a practice that is common.
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Heat rises on Wells Fargo CEO after lawmaker grilling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive John Stumpf prides himself on being a banker who understands the little guy's financial problems. He has spoken publicly about growing up poor on a Minnesota farm, starting his career as a low-level repo man and being underwater on his own mortgage years ago.
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Cuba's Communist Party paper publishes U.S. election info notice
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Communist Party newspaper Granma published on Wednesday a U.S. embassy notice advising Americans living on the island on how to register for the Nov. 8 presidential election, another sign of thawing relations between the former Cold War foes.
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UPDATE 1-Protest erupts after police kill black man in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 21 (Reuters) - Protesters blocked a highway and clashed with police in Charlotte, North Carolina, early on Wednesday morning after officers fatally shot a black man they said had a gun when they approached him in a parking lot.
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UPDATE 2-Two hurt in S.Africa protest, students say rubber bullets fired
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - At least two students were injured on Wednesday when South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protests over the cost of education, university and student representatives said.
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Canada police says schools closed in province after bomb threat
TORONTO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Canadian police said they closed all schools in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island after getting a threat that a bomb would detonate in a school there on Wednesday.
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SPECIAL REPORT-New SAT was designed in way that may hurt neediest students
NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - In the days after the redesigned SAT college entrance exam was given for the first time in March, some test-takers headed to the popular website reddit to share a frustration.
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Syrian teenager who swam at Rio Olympics honored for aiding women and girls' rights
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Syrian teenager who saved fellow refugees from drowning and then swam for the refugee team at the Rio Olympics was among those honored at the inaugural Global Goals Awards in New York.
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