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Catherine Tate has confirmed that she would like to make another series of her hit sketch show. The actress had sparked speculation that the 2007 Christmas special would be the last outing for the show. The episode saw mouthy teenager Lauren, the programme’s most recognisable character, killed off in a kayaking accident. However, asked in [...]
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And people wonder why Iraqis look askance at us. We aren’t in Iraq as missionaries, and this sort of action, no matter what the intent, is bound to produce anger in a country that already looks upon us as occupiers. Read more
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ANGIE’S TWIN DELIV-ERR-Y By TODD VENEZIA May 31, 2008 — Have two more children joined Brangelina’s brood? Conflicting reports emerged yesterday after “Entertainment Tonight” announced that Angelina Jolie had delivered the twins she was expecting with Brad Pitt. The show said Jolie gave birth in France – and referred to local news report that the [...]
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Sen. Hillary Clinton’s last chance to win the Democratic nomination arrives tomorrow in Washington, as the 30-member rules and bylaws committee of the Democratic National Committee decides what to do with the rogue delegations from Michigan and Florida. Read more
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What to make of the latest unfathomable or arrogant or (choose an adjective) pronouncement from the military dictators of Myanmar, who have made it so hard for international relief-organization workers to enter their mountainous country and deliver much-needed supplies and medical assistance to the masses who were injured or who lost their homes more than [...]
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Probablemente ningún suceso podrá emerger como mejor prueba de un fracaso de la polÃtica exterior estadounidense que el 50 aniversario de la Revolución Cubana el próximo primero de enero. Diecinueve dÃas más tarde, un nuevo presidente estadounidense — el undécimo desde que Fidel Castro derrocó el régimen del General Fulgencio Batista — heredará esa polÃtica. [...]
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Journalists hate quoting journalists. It seems so déclassé. But a fellow scribe recently helped crystallize the biggest problem I have with Barack Obama‘s foreign policy ideas. So a tip of the hat to Fidel Castro of Havana’s Granma newspaper. Read more
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LONDON, May 30 — Protests over spiraling fuel costs spread to many parts of Europe on Friday as fishermen, truckers and farmers marched on government offices, blocked ports and oil depots and even handed out free fish to court public sympathy for their plight. Read more
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PYINMAGON, Burma, May 30 — This rice-farming village in the Irrawaddy Delta, one of countless communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Nargis, can be reached only by boat, a trip of up to two hours, depending on the tide. So while people in more accessible places have begun to get help, Pyinmagon’s 801 survivors are still [...]
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MEXICO CITY — The Mexican presidency comes with some nice perks — a grand residence called Los Pinos and a plush jumbo jet dubbed the Presidente Juárez. Read more
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Hardly anyone argued with the overall goal: relieve the transit woes of another growing Latin American city by remodeling the local bus system to complement a recently expanded subway system. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3 — The bodies of three people suspected of smuggling Cubans to the United States through Mexico were found gagged and blindfolded Friday in a natural sinkhole near Cancun. Read more
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MONROVIA, Liberia — The second sushi bar to open in ragged postwar Liberia did not settle for having its chefs wear simple T-shirts, or for serving $25 worth of sliced fish on plain white plates. Read more
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spent Friday on the defensive from rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) after mistakenly saying the United States had drawn down its troops in Iraq to pre-buildup levels. Read more
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VOISKOVITSY, Russia — In the 1994 Russian film “Burnt by the Sun,” the idyllic life of a family at their country home outside Moscow is smashed on a single day by Stalinism. Fans of the movie, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, are likely to be startled by a coming sequel. And not [...]
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By Andrew Gray SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people died because Myanmar’s government rejected offers of foreign aid for cyclone victims, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday. The Pentagon chief accused Myanmar’s military rulers of being “deaf and dumb” to international pleas to allow [...]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic Party will search for a compromise over disputed convention delegates from Florida and Michigan on Saturday in what could be Hillary Clinton’s last chance to gain ground on presidential rival Barack Obama. Read more
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has described the country under President Robert Mugabe as an “unmitigated embarrassment” to Africa. Read more
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It suggests that a treaty member could call in support from U.S. air power or artillery using cluster munitions, so long as the caller does not “expressly request the use of cluster munitions.” Read more
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Barack Obama declared yesterday that the general election battle against John McCain would begin next week and that he hoped to claim victory against Hillary Clinton after their final two nominating contests on Tuesday. Read more