Air Force boss on murder charge


OTTAWA - The commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.

Ontario Provincial Police Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas said today that Col. Russell Williams, 46, was arrested yesterday in Ottawa. He was also charged in the sexual assaults […]

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Top 10 News Stories of '00s

The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.)
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World's Worst Wildfires

Whether sparked by Mother Nature or by the carelessness or maliciousness of man, these fires have ripped across the Earth with alarming ferocity and deadly consequences.
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The Facebook Fatwa

A top Egyptian cleric has decreed that Farmville is bad, Super Poking is so anti-Sharia, status updates are for sinners, and, well, the land of all these apps and more, Facebook, is fatwa-worthy. More:



“Statistics show that divorce rates have risen since the advent of Facebook and it has sharply increased marital infidelity, Sheikh Abdel Hamid […]

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Running mate ideas for Pat Quinn

1. Rep. Art Turner – He finished second in the Democratic light gov primary and would be as easy and relatively safe choice. As an African American he would stand to be the first black light gov and offer diversity and racial balance to the Democratic gubernatorial ticket.  But he’s not well known and probably […]

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Ukraine Election Result Sparks Protest Fear



12:12pm UK, Monday February 08, 2010



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Ukraine’s pro-Moscow presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich has declared victory in the country’s fiercely contested elections, sparking fears of a repeat of the country’s Orange Revolution.












Supporters of Viktor Yanukovich celebrate in central Kiev



Mr Yanukovich says he faced down his arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko, with exit polls suggesting he […]

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Tess Daly: ‘I nearly vomited on TV’

Tess Daly has admitted that she nearly vomited on live TV when she was pregnant with her second child.
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Officials say 6 army soldiers dead, 60 trapped as avalanche hits Indian Kashmir

A massive avalanche hit an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least six soldiers and trapping nearly 60 others.

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Round Two: Rep. Hensarling blasts Obama (again) on spending, deficits

A week ago, Jeb Hensarling was a generally anonymous backbencher in the House of Representatives, one of hundreds of middle-aged, white, Republican males holding consistently conservative views and…
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Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’

It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private […]

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Haiti earthquake relief efforts are still falling short

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Nearly one month after a powerful earthquake brought this country to a halt, Haiti is tumbling headlong through a crisis that has not begun to abate, with evidence everywhere that current relief efforts are falling short.

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Venezuela’s Chávez Takes a Mighty Swing at Golf

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist government.

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Analysis: Iranian plan will put nation a step closer to having material for bomb

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Iran’s formal notification Monday to a United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin producing higher-grade enriched uranium marks a new and potentially dangerous turn in Tehran’s confrontation with the West over its nuclear ambitions.

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Ukraine awaits Tymoshenko concession or legal fight

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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine waited for Yulia Tymoshenko Tuesday to contest a weekend presidential election or concede defeat and allow the winner, Viktor Yanukovich, to start piecing together a governing coalition in parliament.

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Toyota to recall 436,000 hybrids globally

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will recall around 436,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including the 2010 Prius model, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.

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Toyota makes mass recall of Prius

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Toyota has recalled thousands of its hybrid Prius cars sold in Japan last year due to a brake problem.

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Fed’s Dudley: Financial reform needs global scope (Reuters)

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
A revamp of the financial system needs to be global in nature to prevent a repeat of the worst financial crisis in some 70 years, a top Federal Reserve policy maker said on Monday.

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Quake shakes southern Mexico, felt in capital (AP)

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OAXACA, Mexico – A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City.

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Deserted Latvian town sold for ‘bargain’ €2.2m

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A Russian company has bought an entire Latvian town, which once formed part of the Soviet Union’s air defences against NATO, complete with nightclubs, schools and apartment blocks.

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Make Cherie a Baroness! Extraordinary row over plan to elevate Mrs Blair to House of Lords

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A political row is brewing over a controversial move to give Cherie Blair a peerage – making her the first Prime Minister’s spouse to be elevated to the Lords since Clementine Churchill.

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