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Michelle Obama wrote a thank-you note to Laura Bush after the first lady spoke up in defence of the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, Obama said on Wednesday. Read more
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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A very interesting story out of that most interesting tab, The Sun: You may recall that some weeks back the Simon Wiesenthal Center released its list of the Most Wanted Nazis — some with whereabouts known, others unknown, all still needing to face the judicial system decades after World War II. And what better than [...]
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Not to be flip about all the natural disasters that have been pummeling the Midwest — vicious tornadoes and the ever-worsening floods –Â but why’s California so darn pleasant today? Read more
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An unknown singer has uploaded a YouTube video suggesting Coldplay have written a song very similar to one he composed. Andrew, from band Creaky Boards, posted the clip three days ago – and it has already clocked up a quarter of a million views. What do you think? Similar or world’s apart? For today’s links, [...]
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Hamas confirmed the deal shortly afterward, and so did Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity. Read more
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Rex Features Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barat was rushed to hospital yesterday after complaining of stomach pains, NME reports. A spokesperson for the rocker confirmed that Barat was taken to hospital and diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. He will remain under observation until the weekend and may undergo surgery. Dirty Pretty Things have been forced [...]
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Afghan and Canadian forces moved into a series of villages outside of southern Afghanistan’s largest city on Wednesday to root out any Taliban who have infiltrated the area, and four British troops were killed by an explosion in Helmand province. Troops exchanged fire with militants during “a few minor contacts” but there were no immediate [...]
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KASHGAR, China – Shops and roads were closed and people were kept off the streets Wednesday as part of a huge security effort to safeguard the Olympic torch as it wound its way through this predominantly Muslim city in China’s restive far west. Read more
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John McCain dropped a new TV ad Tuesday and apparently his peeps have been listening to all of the “McBush” taunts. The first line of the ad: “John McCain stood up to the President and sounded the alarm on global warming … five years ago.” Read more
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Even as same-sex couples joyously dashed to city halls around California yesterday to become legally married, exercising their new, court-supported right to do so, half a world away, a legion of angry men in dresses – correction: in robes – were gnashing their teeth and threatening to throw a collective hissy fit over the fact [...]
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WASHINGTON — If your stomach burns at the thought of the debate between U.S. presidential candidates airing in Spanish, consider this word of advice: Tranquilo (relax). There is no need to give yourself an ulcer over Sunday’s live Univision broadcast — English, after all, is not under threat. Read more
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MOSCOW, June 16 — A bare-knuckles boardroom battle has broken out between the British oil giant BP and its Russian partners over the direction and control of a prized joint venture, TNK-BP, which is Russia’s third-largest oil producer and a key source of oil reserves for the international energy giant. Read more
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TOKYO, June 17 — Japan hanged three convicted murderers on Tuesday, bringing the number of executions to 13 in the past six months and ramping up the pace of capital punishment to the highest level in more than three decades. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 — President Vicente Fox on Saturday ordered federal police to seize control of strike-ravaged Oaxaca de Juarez, a popular tourist destination where a U.S. journalist was among three people killed Friday. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, June 25 — The heads of federal police agencies in all 32 Mexican states and 250 other high-ranking officers were demoted Monday in one of the broadest corruption crackdowns in this country’s recent history. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, June 17 — The war in Iraq and the conflicts in Colombia, Somalia and the Darfur region of Sudan have driven an increase in the global population of refugees and the displaced, according to a report by the U.N.‘s chief refugee agency. Read more
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BAGHDAD, June 17 — Dozens of people were killed Tuesday evening after a car loaded with explosives blew up at a market in northwest Baghdad, breaking a weeks-long relative lull in violence in the capital. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 16 — Hundreds of Taliban fighters took control of seven villages in southern Afghanistan on Monday in what appeared to be a major offensive near the country’s second-largest city, according to Afghan officials. Read more