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Some of the housemates talked about how they were “obsessed” with keeping fit this evening. Sitting in the living area, Lisa began the conversation by explaining that she was sick earlier in the week because her “total sugars” had dropped. Stuart then told the group that he used to train so hard that he would [...]
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner today branded Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as “nothing but a crook and a murderer” after the opposition pulled out of an election run-off. “This man, and I am speaking of Mr Mugabe, who believes he has been designated by God … is nothing but a crook and a murderer,” he [...]
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June 22, 2008 — Sparks were already flying yesterday between the US energy secretary and oil-rich Saudi Arabia, which is hosting today’s emergency summit in Jeddah between oil producers and major users in an effort to ease the gas crisis. Read more
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If you ever wonder why people would rather watch MTV’s ”Real World” than the California Channel, take a glance at the opening paragraph of this news release out of the governor’s office Thursday afternoon. Read more
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There’s a new world order emerging out there, and it isn’t the one Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove & Co. hoped their now-disastrous boondoggle in Iraq would have produced in a geopolitical tsunami that would have shifted the balance of power in the broader Middle East/Arab-Muslim region for generations to come, securing the United States’ [...]
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WASHINGTON — Who says that the millions of foreign nationals working in this country illegally don’t have options to normalize their immigration status? For one, they can hope that comprehensive immigration reform will be resurrected sometime after the inauguration of a new president in 2009. Or perhaps they can hope for hurricanes, earthquakes or strife [...]
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LONDON, June 16 — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced plans Monday for new European sanctions against Iranian banking, oil and natural gas interests, signaling a growing willingness by Western allies to join President Bush in punishing Tehran for its nuclear enrichment program. Read more
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BEIJING, June 21 — Under tight security Saturday, the Olympic torch relay wound through the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, where deadly rioting in March has left a climate of fear and a heavy police presence. Read more
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Guatemala and Venezuela may pull out of their contentious race for a United Nations Security Council seat to negotiate a compromise candidate, diplomats said today. Read more
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OTTAWA — Sen. John McCain traveled to Canada on Friday to offer a vigorous defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement, as his campaign sought to portray rival Sen. Barack Obama as inconsistent on free trade. Read more
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EL FASHER, Sudan — Five years after the Darfur conflict began, the nature of violence across this vast desert region has changed dramatically, from a mostly one-sided government campaign against civilians to a complex free-for-all that is jeopardizing an effective relief mission to more than 2.5 million displaced and vulnerable people. Read more
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BASRA, Iraq — The Iraqi army soldiers walked with confidence into this city’s notorious Five Miles neighborhood. Shiite militiamen once greeted them with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Now, smiling children waved, and a nearby market pulsed with energy. “Nobody before was able to get in here,” said Col. Bilal al-Dayni, surveying the battle-scarred landscape. [...]
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Helen Rawlins climbed into her Toyota Land Cruiser at 7:30 in the morning, off to rescue another woman. Read more
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By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) – Armed supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe have occupied the area where opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was to hold an election rally on Sunday, Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change said. “Thousands of armed (ruling party) ZANU-PF youth militia have violently occupied the [...]
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MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine passenger ferry capsized during a typhoon with more than 700 people on board, triggering a frantic search on Sunday for survivors. Read more
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Fears are growing for more than 700 people on a ferry which officials say has capsized in the central Philippines in the wake of a typhoon. Read more
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The ferry — with 626 passengers and 121 crew members on board — was “dead in the water” after its engine failed around noon Saturday, Tamayo said. Read more
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A “pregnancy pact”, possibly inspired by Hollywood films such as ‘Juno’ and ‘Knocked Up’, is being blamed for a sharp rise in the number of expectant teenagers at a school in the US fishing town of Gloucester. Read more
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell tried to hide from the media scrum at a London court yesterday, where she was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. She pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers at Heathrow airport. She also admitted using threatening language toward the crew of a plane. The court told her: “Your actions [...]
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MEXICO CITY (June 21) – Panicked youths rushed for the exits during a police raid on a Mexico City nightclub on Friday, leaving at least 12 people dead in the crush of bodies, the capital’s police chief said. Chief Joel Ortega said three police officers and nine youths, at least three of them minors, were [...]