Police are forced to cut frontline jobs to save on fuel cost
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Frontline emergency services are being cut to cover the soaring cost of fuel.
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Naomi Campbell: Airline called me ‘golliwog supermodel’
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LONDON - Naomi Campbell accused British Airways of racism just hours after pleading guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer following an “air rage” incident at Heathrow airport.
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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 resembled […]
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 resembled […]
Martha Stewart Banned from Britain
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What do Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg have in common? Well, for one, they both appeared together on an episode of the “Late Show with David Letterman” earlier this year. Oh, and they were both denied travel to Britain because of their criminal histories — Martha, for her ImClone justice obstruction; Snoop, for a brawl […]
America straps on the feedbag
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“It’s hot, steamy food in you face right now, and the Onion News Network has the, um, scoop:
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Crop Circle Mysteries Solved?
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Crop circle mysteries, how to catch out men who stare at chests, and why you should be wary of cars with bumper stickers - Buzz Machine blogger Jeff Jarvis will be in the studio to explain all.
For all the links to what’s on Sky.Com News on-air and online tonight at 7.30pm, click here.
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Mexico Nightclub Stampede Leaves 12 Dead After End-Of-School Party
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At least 12 people died when hundreds of young party-goers fled a crowded nightclub in Mexico City during a raid on under-age drinkers. There is no commentary.
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Coldplay “excited” about chart battle
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Rex Features
Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland has said he is “excited” about the possibility of the band scoring their first ever UK number one single.
‘Viva La Vida’, the title track from their fourth album, is in line to reach the top of the singles chart this weekend.
Coldplay became the first British group since the Spice Girls […]
Oil giants back in Iraq
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Nearly four decades after the four biggest Western oil companies were expelled from Iraq by Saddam Hussein, they are negotiating their return. By the end of the month, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil and Total will sign agreements with the Baghdad government, Iraq’s first with big Western oil firms since the US-led invasion in […]
ISRAEL’S IRAN TARGET PRACTICE
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June 21, 2008 — Fears of the Mideast erupting into a “fireball” of war rose sharply yesterday after US officials confirmed that Israel had sent waves of warplanes on a practice run for a massive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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McCain’s busy California agenda next week
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be sweeping across California to pick up campaign cash and talk issues –national security and energy among them — in a 2-day visit next week that takes him from the Central Valley to Santa Barbara, the site of a famed offshore oil spill.
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Over beef-importing deal with U.S., South Korea’s Lee takes a grilling
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It’s a meaty subject, one that has turned the heat up so much on the government of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that, to judge by the latest opinion-poll data, the politician might be permanently seared. After just a few months in office, his approval rating among voters has plummeted to around 21 percent. The […]
Para servir, proteger y deportar
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Ante el apasionado debate sobre la polÃtica de inmigración en Estados Unidos, no sorprendió ver a algunos polÃticos afanados con vincular los brutales asesinatos de tres estudiantes en Newark, N.J., con sus clamores en contra de los inmigrantes ilegales . Dos de los sospechosos están en el paÃs ilegalmente y uno pudo permanecer acá incluso […]
Three More Charged In Journalist’s Killing
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MOSCOW, June 18 — Three men were charged Wednesday with involvement in the October 2006 killing of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, but investigators said nothing about who ordered the assassination or why. A man formally identified by authorities last month as the shooter remains at large, as does the unknown person who organized the murder.
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Frustrated Burmese Organize Aid Forays
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RANGOON — Seven weeks after huge swaths of Burma were savaged by a cyclone and tidal wave, a new and remarkable citizen movement is delivering emergency supplies to survivors neglected by the military government’s haphazard relief effort.
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Panama Hotel Is Imperiled Frogs’ Lifeboat
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EL VALLE DE ANTON, Panama — The guests in Rooms 28 and 29 at the Hotel Campestre here in this lush volcano-crater town get the full spa treatment.
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On the Rio Grande, Anger Swells Over Plans for Fence
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ROMA, Tex. — Since 1767, some 150 acres of wooded riverfront along the Rio Grande has belonged to the family of Cecilia Ramirez Benavides, land granted to her ancestors by Spanish settlers who colonized Mexico, or New Spain, as it was then known.
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Zimbabwe opposition asks voters to end Mugabe rule
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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader called on his supporters Friday to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s rule in next week’s runoff election despite a “wave of brutality” he says the government has unleashed.
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Former Bush Press Secretary Testifies Before Congress
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Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary-turned-Bush administration critic, told the House Judiciary Committee this morning that the White House has “sought to avoid public accountability and scrutiny” about the leaking of a CIA agent’s name and “overstated and overpackaged” intelligence related to the Iraq war.
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