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Sunday, 29 June 2014

French minister decries planned tourist tax hike

PARIS (AP) — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has blasted plans to raise by more than five times hotel taxes paid by tourists, saying the move would be dangerous for tourism and France's stumbling economy.



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Ukrainian soldiers call for lifting of ceasefire

People shout slogans during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 29, 2014. Hundreds of people have come on Sunday morning to the presidential administration to demand a stop to the cease fire on the eastern part of Ukraine. According to soldiers of the Donbass battalion, the other side hasn't stopped attacks and around 20 soldiers were killed during the last week that suppose to be a pause in active fighting. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Several hundred Ukrainian soldiers and activists have gathered outside the presidential administration in Kiev to call for an end to the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.








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Drake, Beyonce, Jay Z lead at BET Awards

FILE - In a Wednesday, April 9, 2014 file photo, rapper Drake attends the NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Last year the rapper Drake won video of the year and two more awards at the BET Awards, and he could do the same Sunday, June 29, 2014, where is nominated for five honors. The 27-year-old will perform at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, where he is the top nominee, along with Beyonce and Jay Z. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File) Could this year be a repeat for Drake at the BET Awards?








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Beverly Hills Cop sequel being shot in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has approved $13.5 million in incentives for the fourth installment of Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop franchise, which will be filmed in and around Detroit, officials announced Thursday.



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'Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies at 67

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 1989 file photo, actor Meshach Taylor poses during an interview in Los Angeles, Calif. Taylor's agent says the actor, who appeared in the hit sitcoms "Designing Women" and "Dave's World" died of cancer on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 67. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Meshach Taylor's agent says the actor who appeared in the hit sitcoms "Designing Women" and "Dave's World" has died. He was 67.








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5 detained, 22 dead in India building collapses

Rescuers carry an injured woman worker pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Sunday, June 29, 2014. The 12-story apartment structure the workers were building collapsed late Saturday while heavy rains and lightning were pounding. Police said 31 construction workers had been pulled out so far and the search was continuing for more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K) NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India detained five construction company officials Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for dozens of workers believed buried in the rubble of a building that collapsed during monsoon rains. It was one of two weekend building collapses that killed at least 22 people.








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Gay Pride parades set to step off

Men kiss under a rainbow umbrella during a gay pride parade in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Gays, lesbians and transgenders are holding gay pride parades worldwide this month as part of annual demonstrations demanding equal rights and to protest discrimination. (AP Photo/Sebastian Castaneda) NEW YORK (AP) — Gay Pride parades are set to step off around the world, in cities large and small.








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