Obama seeks stronger Europe ties
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US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has told crowds in Berlin that the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again.
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Cyclone-battered fisheries worsen Myanmar’s pain (AP)
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Tin Tin Latt is among thousands of widows of fishermen in Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta who have been forced to become breadwinners without land to farm or the means to earn money from the sea.
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Billionaires unite in war on smoking
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MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375m (€238m) into a global effort to cut smoking.
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Don’t expect Karadzic’s trial to atone for slaughter
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Closure. That is the word people keep using about Radovan Karadzic’s arrest and likely trial for war crimes in The Hague. And in the sense of the closing of a chapter it is probably the right word — or would be, should the real nasty in the Bosnian massacres, General Ratko Mladic, be caught. If […]
Candidate Obama Makes Debut in Europe
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama in Berlin, Thursday. Germany is Obama’s first stop in the European leg of his trip abroad.
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Caught on camera: The moment a gang of teenagers nicked David Cameron's beloved bike
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This is the moment Conservative leader David Cameron realised his bicycle had been stolen by a gang of teenagers.
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Aussie rabbit saves family from fire
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A pet rabbit is being credited for saving the lives of a couple after fire swept through their home this morning.
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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 […]
Report: U.S., Israel, France All Helped Rescue FARC Hostages
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Before people start jumping on Alvaro Uribe’s back too much, bear in mind that there were reasons, if the story is true, for all of the parties to have been involved in the yearlong planning that went into rescuing Ingrid Bettancourt and other prisoners from the grasp of the FARC rebels:
“While Betancourt’s statements to the […]
Hard to find good reason to buy back guns
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 Here are six reasons I’m wary of gun buybacks, such as the one scheduled for Saturday in Chicago in which those who turn in firearms at any of 25 locations get a $100 prepaid credit card per gun, no questions asked:
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Food Price Catastrophe In Africa
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7:16am UK, Thursday July 24, 2008
Rising food prices are pushing millions of people towards severe hunger and destitution across East Africa, prompting Oxfam to launch a new appeal to bolster its aid work in the region.
An Ethiopian villager suffers from life-threatening hunger in a photo by Nick Danziger
The charity is warning that food prices are […]
Rockers name Osbourne as living legend
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Rex Features
Ozzy Osbourne is to receive a living legend award at this year’s Classic Rock Roll of Honour.
The star said he will attend the November ceremony, held by music magazine Classic Rock, to pick up the prize in person.
“I couldn’t be happier to know that Classic Rock haven’t written me off!” Osbourne joked of the […]
100 ’slightly contaminated’ from French reactor
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Radioactive particles spewed from a pipe at a French nuclear reactor on Wednesday, slightly contaminating 100 employees, a spokeswoman for the national electric company said.
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SERB’S FUGITIVE LIFE HAD MISTRESS, BOGUS FAMILY
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BELGRADE, Serbia - Radovan Karadzic’s secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called “The Madhouse,” acquaintances said Wednesday.
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Marisa Lagos: George W. Bush Sewage Plant Bubbling Again!
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Marisa Lagos: George W. Bush Sewage Plant Bubbling Again!
The national interest in a San Francisco proposal to rename the Oceanside Sewage Treatment Plant after President Bush continues to grow.
Since the measure qualified for the ballot last week, the online comments have been flying and national media has picked up the story.
The White House even […]
Ready for Beijing Olympics: Security, corporate sponsors and no risk of dissent
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Xinhua, China’s state-controlled news agency, reports that, as the government puts the finishing touches on preparations for the world’s biggest sports event, which will start on August 8, “Beijing promises safe, peaceful Olympics.” Translation: Don’t even think of traveling to the Chinese capital and using any aspect of the Olympics as a platform for protest […]
Karadzic Case Offers Court a Chance to Repair Its Image
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THE HAGUE, July 23 — The arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, offers a major test — and, some say, a shot at redemption — for the huge and costly international court that will try him.
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A Wake-Up Call From Afghanistan
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ST. CHARLES, Mo., July 22 — For Kurt Zwilling, the nine days since his soldier son was killed in an assault on a U.S. outpost in Afghanistan have been like living in a faded photograph. He stood near his son’s coffin Tuesday and told mourners, “You know, right now the world looks a little bit […]
In Africa, One Family’s Struggle With the Global Food Crisis
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LOUDA, Burkina Faso — All day, Ruth Bamogo hacked at the ground with an iron hoe, trying to coax sorghum out of the hard, red dirt.
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