Mugabe pledges to fight ‘lackeys’
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President Robert Mugabe has vowed that the main opposition party will never lead Zimbabwe and said he was prepared to “go to war” for his country. Read more
Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison (AP)
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NATO was providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to help track fleeing militants, Branco said. U.S. forces helped transport Afghan army personnel to the scene “so that they could catch the prisoners who escaped,” said U.S. Capt. Christian Patterson. Read more
Singer R Kelly cleared of child pornography charges
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A jury acquitted singer R Kelly of child pornography charges yesterday after finding he did not make an explicit videotape showing him having sex with an underage girl who called him “godfather.” Read more
Bush and Pope take a stroll in the Vatican Gardens
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US President George W. Bush met Pope Benedict at the Vatican yesterday before resuming his campaign to rally European support for more sanctions against Iran. Read more
British Princess Caught in ‘High Jinks’
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LONDON (June 14) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has been reprimanded by her school after being caught frolicking naked on college grounds, it was reported Saturday. Read more
Woman locked in filthy bedroom dungeon for 18 YEARS after having a baby out of wedlock
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A woman kept prisoner by her family for 18 years for having a baby out of wedlock was last night dramatically freed by Italian police. Read more
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Japan
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TOKYO – A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan early Saturday, swaying buildings and forcing authorities to close highways and stop high-speed trains. News reports said some people were cut by broken glass. Read more
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
Strong Earthquake Strikes North Japan
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Preliminary magnitude of the temblor was reported as 7.0, but the U.S. Geological Survey dropped that to 6.9 — which is still a hearty shaker. It struck at 8:43 a.m. Saturday local time. And as you can see from the quake map, it wasn’t epicentered offshore as many Japanese temblors are, but smack dab in [...]
‘Whitey’ is allrighty
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A prevalent yet unsubstantiated Internet rumor has it that Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, used this term at some point in a speech, and the Obama campaign is concerned enough to have posted an online rebuttal. Read more
Etiquette 2.0
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Tonight – do we really need advice on how to behave online? Debrett’s seem to think so and have published some handy tips. Necessary or just stating the obvious? Tune in or log on to Sky.Com News tonight at 7.30pm for a lesson in Etiquette 2.0. To watch yesterday’s videos and to get the links [...]
Iowa Floods: Water Still Rising To Record Levels Amid Mass Evacuation
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Worst-hit has been Cedar Rapids in Iowa which has been swamped by record high rivers – said to be the worst for hundreds of years. Read more
Pete Wentz hints at twins pregnancy
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Rex Features Pete Wentz has hinted that wife Ashlee Simpson may be expecting twins. The Fall Out Boy rocker referred to his unborn child as “them” during a radio interview, sparking rumours that Simpson may be carrying more than one child. “We’ve been keeping a book so far, like a journal for them – for [...]
Plan Would Lift Saudi Oil Output to Highest Ever
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Saudi Arabia, the worldÂ’s biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil traders who have been briefed by Saudi officials. Read more
US FORCES SAYS IT KILLED 17 MILITANTS IN S. AFGHANISTAN
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US FORCES SAYS IT KILLED 17 MILITANTS IN S. AFGHANISTAN June 13, 2008 — KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes to back up ground troops in two Afghan provinces, killing more than 17 militants and a female civilian. Separately, Afghan police said a Romanian soldier died in a Taliban rocket attack on [...]
On Your Marks, Get Set …
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On Your Marks, Get Set … Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi apparently wasn’t kidding in March when he vowed not to run for re-election to California’s least useful office. The veteran politician closed his ”Garamendi for Lieutenant Governor” committee this month and now has $150,000 in campaign cash stashed in the more nebulously named ”Garamendi [...]
Ireland rejects E.U. reform treaty: Victory or big mistake?
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In early 2005, anticipation of the approval by European Union member countries of a proposed, organization-wide constitution had swelled; in May of that year, however, French voters rejected the proposed charter, and in June, voters in Holland rejected it, too. Even though nine E.U. member states already had ratified the proposed constitution, the results of [...]
A life spent waiting
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Face creased with concern, the former Iraqi interpreter sits on a cheap-looking sofa in a rented flat in Amman as his two young children play on the floor and his pregnant wife rests in the bedroom.“We are worried about what is going to happen to us. The [asylum] process takes too long. I am shocked,†[...]
Pistas para Obama en la búsqueda del voto hispano
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Una de las preguntas clave que ha surgido desde que el Senador Barack Obama aseguró la nominación demócrata es si podrá atraer a los votantes hispanos, un importante segmento del electorado en varios de los estados más competidos este año. Durante las primarias, la Senadora Hillary Clinton con frecuencia se llevó más del doble de [...]