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The internet auctioneer eBay
was ordered yesterday to pay €35m to luxury goods companies, including Louis
Vuitton and Christian
Dior, for allowing fake copies of their products to be sold via its
website.
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WASHINGTON (July 1) — U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan are approximating those in Iraq, reflecting a shifting balance in the two wars the United States is fighting.
Iraq has grown more stable as violence in Afghanistan increased, prompting a renewed look at whether the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan should grow as forces draw down […]
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Shares went into a tailspin on the Stock Exchange this afternoon amid fears that the economy is heading for a long-term slump.
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Nepalese police stopped a group of Tibetan monks and nuns during their march towards the Chinese border in a protest against China’s crackdown on dissidents in their homeland.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Pakistani forces hit at the lawless tribal region near the Khyber Pass today, hunting for Taliban militants in the NWFP. But it seems to be quite a limited operation, and in keeping with what has been Pakistan’s general policy toward terrorists: Push them back and keep them contained in their little corner.
From the International Herald […]
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Scolding teens about the dangers of smoking, clobbering them with tobacco taxes and shooing them outside with clean-air ordinances seem to have done about all they can do to keep kids from taking up the evil weed.
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This blog has moved.  As part of the changes to the Sky News website, our blogs are moving to a new platform and I am afraid that means they have new URLs.
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America is pressing the UN Security Council to issue new sanctions on Zimbabwe following Robert Mugabe’s fraudulent re-election as president.
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Evangeline Lilly has revealed that working as a flight attendant and a mechanic were her worst ever jobs.
The Lost actress confessed to Metro that she “hated” being part of Air Canada’s cabin crew.
She said: “I did it for a month and then quit. To me, flying is a constant battle. When I get on a […]
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In the United States, the issue of war injuries has revolved almost entirely around the care received by the 30,000 wounded American veterans. But Iraqi soldiers and police officers have been wounded in greater numbers, health workers say, and have been treated far worse by their government.
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X-RAYTED ‘PLOT’ VS. IRAN PREZ
ANDY SOLTIS, Wires
Last updated: 7:10 amJuly 1, 2008
Enemies of Iran tried to kill its president with X-rays during his visit to a UN food summit in Rome, the official Iranian news agency […]
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The Obama campaign dropped its latest TV ad Monday in 18 states — including a couple where the O wouldn’t seem to have much of a prayer (Montana is in the house!) It’s part of Obama’s Penance Tour of Working Class America.
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This past weekend, the government of Pakistan sent paramilitary forces - not the regular army - into the country’s northwestern region along the border with Afghanistan (into part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) to flush out and eliminate Taliban militants who are based there.
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Se ha alcanzado un nuevo hito en el continuo desmantelamiento de la democracia en Nicaragua.
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MONTIGNAC, France — The regal black bull painted by a Stone Age artist on a cave wall in southwestern France 17,000 years ago has survived millennia of war and pestilence just a few yards above its subterranean gallery.
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SEOUL, June 28 — Flying toward the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was compelled by events on the ground to refocus her threat-assessment radar.
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Jose Moncada watched the World Trade Center towers tumble, and, like so many Americans, felt a patriotic urge to help rescue survivors and rebuild after Sept. 11. “It was my time to put my hand on my heart,” he said. “It was my time to help somebody.”
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TORONTO — The gem was hidden in the wall of Granny’s home. When the police found it, they promoted Danny Blanchard from very clever accused con man and ATM cash thief to alleged mastermind of an international jewel theft ring.
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