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| CORRECTED: Callers for dollars: Inside India's scam call centers | | Friday, December 02, 2016 3:38 AM | |
|  (Corrects penultimate paragraph to say two rupees is around three U.S. cents and not a third of a U.S. cent in story released on November 30) By Rajendra Jadhav, Euan Rocha and Rahul Bhatia MUMBAI (Reuters) - In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud". Charges include conspiracy to commit identity theft, impersonation of an officer of the United States, wire fraud and money laundering.
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| Factbox - Trump fills top jobs for his administration | | Friday, December 02, 2016 2:38 AM | |
|  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would name retired Marine Corps General James Mattis as defense secretary. The following is a list of Republican Trump's selections for top jobs in his administration. All the posts but that of national security adviser require Senate confirmation: DEFENSE SECRETARY: JAMES MATTIS Mattis is a retired Marine Corps general known for his tough talk, distrust of Iran and battlefield experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| S.Korea opposition says to vote on Park impeachment on Dec 9 | | Friday, December 02, 2016 2:32 AM | |
|  South Korea's opposition parties said on Friday they will vote on a motion to impeach scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye on Dec. 9, vowing to push ahead with a risky political move while her own party remains undecided whether to force her out. Park has offered to resign and asked parliament on Tuesday to decide how and when she should step down over the influence peddling scandal but the opposition parties have rejected it as a ploy to buy time and avoid impeachment. If Park is impeached or resigns she will be the first democratically elected South Korea president not to serve a full term.
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| Contenders, picks for key jobs in Trump's administration | | Friday, December 02, 2016 2:30 AM | |
|  REUTERS - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate retired Marine Corps General James Mattis for defense secretary, the latest of about a dozen picks he has announced for high-level positions since winning the Nov. 8 presidential election. Below are people mentioned as contenders for senior roles as Trump works to form his administration before taking office on Jan. 20, according to Reuters sources and media reports. See the end of list for posts already filled. ...
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| Approval rating of South Korea's Park remains at record low 4 percent - poll | | Friday, December 02, 2016 1:18 AM | |
|  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating remained at a record low of 4 percent, according to a Gallup Korea opinion poll released on Friday, amid a growing political scandal. Park is under intense pressure to step down over a corruption scandal involving a close friend accused of meddling in state affairs. Gallup Korea, based in Seoul, is not affiliated with U.S.-based Gallup Inc. (Reporting by Jack Kim and Yun Hwan Chae; Editing by Paul Tait)
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| Johnson & Johnson hit with over $1 billion verdict on hip implants | | Friday, December 02, 2016 12:06 AM | |
|  A federal jury in Dallas on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs who said they were injured by Pinnacle hip implants. J&J, which faces more than 8,000 lawsuits over the hip implants, said in a statement it would immediately appeal the verdict and was committed to defending itself and DePuy from further litigation over the Pinnacle devices.
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| Brazil Senate boss Calheiros indicted for embezzlement | |  By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court indicted the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, on Thursday for embezzlement, a ruling that is expected to fan growing tensions between the judiciary and Congress over corruption cases. The top court voted 8-3 to try the senator on charges of misusing public funds in a nine-year-old case involving the payment of child support for a daughter Calheiros had in an extramarital affair. Calheiros was indicted for billing the Senate for car rentals with false contracts.
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| Trump warns of consequences for U.S. firms sending jobs abroad | |  By Emily Stephenson INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump warned on Thursday that U.S. companies would face "consequences" for outsourcing jobs abroad, as he touted his early success in persuading an air conditioner maker to keep about 1,000 jobs in the United States rather than move them to Mexico. "Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, did not say what the consequences would be, but he frequently threatened during the election campaign that his administration would put a 35 percent import tariff on goods made by American manufacturers that moved jobs offshore.
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| Thailand's crown prince becomes country's new king | |  Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand's new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October. King Bhumibol, 88, was widely loved and regarded as a pillar of stability during decades of political turbulence and rapid development in the Southeast Asian nation. Prince Vajiralongkorn, who will be known as King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, according to a statement released by parliament's public relations department, met Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, president of the National Legislative Assembly, at Bangkok's Dusit Palace.
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| National Olympic committees paid Irishman Hickey's bail | |  The umbrella body representing national Olympic committees paid Patrick Hickey's bail to allow him to return home after he was arrested in a probe into an illegal ticket-scalping ring during the Rio de Janeiro Games. The former head of the Olympic Council of Ireland and the European Olympic Committee, who was released from prison in August, has maintained he is innocent of all charges. Irishman Hickey, 71, was allowed to leave Brazil in November on condition he paid 1.5 million reais ($432,201) in bail.
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| Extension of Iran Sanctions Act passes U.S. Congress | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a 10-year extension of sanctions against Iran on Thursday, sending the measure to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law and delaying any potentially tougher actions until next year. It passed the House of Representatives nearly unanimously in November, and congressional aides said they expected Obama would sign it. The ISA will expire on Dec. 31 if not renewed.
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| Shamoon virus returns in Saudi computer attacks after four-year hiatus | | | Shamoon, the destructive computer virus that four years ago crippled tens of thousands of computers at Middle Eastern energy companies, was used two weeks ago to attack computers in Saudi Arabia, according to several U.S. cyber security firms. CrowdStrike, FireEye Inc , Intel Corp's McAfee security unit, Palo Alto Networks Inc and Symantec Corp warned of the attacks, though they did not name any victims. |
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