S. Korean Principles Vs. Hunger in North
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SEOUL — This spring on the Korean Peninsula, human rights are on a collision course with hunger.
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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai wins vote: sources
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HARARE (Reuters) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, winning 47 percent of the vote against the president’s 43 percent, senior government sources said on Wednesday.
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Fed lowers rates, hints cuts may be at end
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By Mark Felsenthal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve lowered a key U.S. interest rate by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday and hinted the move could be the last in a series dating to mid-September.
However, it kept its options open and financial markets saw some chance more rate cuts could be in store.
In announcing […]
Nato warns Russia over Georgia
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Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia’s two breakaway regions undermines its neighbour’s territorial integrity.
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US troop deaths push monthly toll to 7-month high in Iraq (AP)
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The latest fighting erupted at the end of March after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched a crackdown against Shiite militias in the southern port city of Basra. But it quickly spread to Baghdad’s Sadr City, a sprawling slum with about 2.5 million people that is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia of anti-American cleric […]
Are you experienced: Can you tell a real Hendrix sex tape from a fake?
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There may or may not be people out there willing to put down cash for a DVD showing Jimi Hendrix getting it on with two naked ladies in a barely-lit bedroom that just may be real, but could equally be fake. One company with an eye for quick cash is betting that there are plenty.
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The rain makers
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Whether it is the Chinese firing weapons into the sky to make it rain, or the Thai government setting up a “royal rainmaking project”, the science of weather modification has always had a touch of the sci-fi about it. So it is perhaps little surprise that the effectiveness of such an eccentric area of research […]
Father of the Drug LSD Dies at 102
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GENEVA (April 30) - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering
drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious “problem
child,” died Tuesday. He was 102.
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Sex slave dungeon: Rescued children communicate with their mother using animal-like growls
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They speak normally to strangers - despite not having a wide vocabulary - but communicate in animal-like noises when alone together.
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DNA frees Texas man jailed for 27 years
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DALLAS - A man walked out of a Dallas court on Tuesday after DNA testing overturned his conviction over 27 years ago for the murder and rape of his girlfriend, local media reported.
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Overview: Africa's Civil Wars
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This list, though hardly exhaustive, provides an overview of some of Africa’s major contemporary civil conflicts.
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Muslims' Holy Law
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Colossal Squid Boasts Largest-Known Eye
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By Bridget Johnson, your guide to Journalism
Calamari, anyone? Would you like to super-size that?
New Zealand scientists are in awe of the largest-known recovered carcass of a colossal squid, which, according to National Geographic, would yield calamari rings the size of tractor tires. And its eyes? Bigger than a dinner plate.
More from the Associated Press:
“One of […]
A Wright turn for Obama?
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I have no idea how this new Jeremiah Wright flap is playing with undecided Democratic super-delegates and fence-sitting voters in Indiana and North Carolina. But my wild guess is that events of the last few days have transformed Barack Obama from a perceived enabler and booster of Wright’s into a victim of Wright’s unrestrained ego […]
Miley Cyrus Photo Row: Art Or Exploitation?
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Phil Hendren, Dizzy Thinks blogger and tonight’s guest on Sky.Com News writes:
The world is going crazy right now over a little story about a ‘famous’ 15 year old girl.
I put famous in quotes simply because I’ve never heard of her, but then I am 32 and when you read the story it becomes clear why.
Her name is […]
Austria Incest Father Josef Fritzl A ‘Broken Old Man’
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“I asked him for a photo of his daughter who he supposedly thought was missing, and he was really aggressive and wanted to chase me from the door,” she said.
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Ten Things You Never Knew About Courteney Cox
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She boogied on stage with The Boss, played stroppy Gale Wethers in Scream and became one of the most recognisable faces on TV as Monica in Friends. After taking time out to have a baby and help best pal Jennifer Aniston through her marriage crisis, Courteney Cox shook off her strait-laced image to play […]
Bush says Mugabe has “failed”
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U.S. President George W. Bush said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should respect the will of the people who voted for a change.
via Reuters
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AUSTRIAN INCEST FAMILY REUNITED
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AMSTETTEN, Austria - Members of the Austrian family victimized by a man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have had an “astonishing” meeting, officials said Tuesday.
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Hear Arianna Huffington Talk About Her Right-bashing Book That Drops Tuesday
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Chronicle media writer Joe Garofoli podcasts his interview with Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of the booming liberal blog the Huffington Post, about the presidential campaign, the changing media landscape and her new book that was released Tuesday.
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