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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not retreat “one iota” from its nuclear rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, the day of an informal deadline set by Western officials in a row over Tehran’s atomic ambitions.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the United States — 40 percent more than previous estimates, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A number of people have been arrested over last Sunday’s double bombings in Istanbul that killed 17 people, Turkey’s interior minister says.
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The promotional film was a key part of this effort and the first ever commissioned by the government for overseas markets. Dubbed “a national image film,” the government planned for a May airing on CNN, the BBC and other broadcasters with international reach. The piece would mix images of ancient picturesque towns with shots of […]
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A seven-year-old American girl, living in the UK with her mother, has vanished during a supervised visit to the US to see her father.
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The Serb strongman claims Richard Holbrooke reneged on a 1996 deal to have charges against him withdrawn if he left politics
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BAGHDAD (Aug. 2) — The U.S. military said Saturday it has released more than 10,000 detainees in Iraq so far this year — more than in all of 2007 — as it continues to try phase out its running of Iraqi prisons.
The military said about 21,000 people remained in custody, and it is currently releasing […]
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As ‘misfit’ Barry George left court a free man yesterday it emerged that he could be in line for massive compensation payout for the eight years he spent behind bars.
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The 22-year-old Spaniard made a change at the top inevitable Friday by advancing to the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters. He beat Nicolas Lapentti 7-6 (3), 6-1 for his 32nd straight win, setting up a seismic shift in the world rankings.
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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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Plus, all shipments from Switzerland to Libya have been barred, with ships unable to unload their cargo at ports. This after the arrest of Moammar GaddafiÂ’s youngest son, Hannibal; The Independent has the background:
“Gaddafi, 30, who has a record of run-ins with police across Europe, was arrested and jailed on 15 July after staff at […]
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Click on <a href="http://www.polldaddy.com/s/80EBDD97FAD206A8/">this link</a&gt to register 10 predictions for the month of August. Polls close Thursday, Aug. 7.
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6:38am UK, Saturday August 02, 2008
A man who witnesses say stabbed and decapitated the passenger next to him on a bus in Canada has appeared in court charged with second degree murder.
Left: the bus on which the attack occurred. Right: Victim Tim McLean.
Vince Weiguang Li, of Edmonton, Alberta, gave no plea after he shuffled into […]
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The latest news snippets and gossip from the house…
Some of the housemates amused themselves by throwing things around the garden, but Rex accidentally cut Rachel’s lip. “You’re lucky I like you,” she smiled, adding that he would be in trouble if she was evicted with a fat lip. However, when Darnell threw an ostrich egg […]
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Filthy drinking water in parts of Baghdad raises fears about cholera; sewage comes out of taps BAGHDAD - Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked …
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TORONTO — A 40-year-old man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against the 22-year-old carnival worker.
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Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi didn’t beat around the bush Thursday when he talked about a 2010 run for governor. There was none of the “exploratory committee” wink and a nod that allows many candidates (Republican Tom Campbell and Democrat Gavin Newsom, for example) to start raising money and running hard for office while still […]
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In Beijing, going for the gold - in censorship
Is Chinese President Hu Jintao going for the gold in disingenuousness?
Addressing foreign reporters in Beijing today, the Chinese leader “warned…against ‘politicizing’ the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing,” which will start next Friday, August 8. A German news service reports that Hu cautioned that “[p]oliticizing the Games […]
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La misión del Ministro de Seguridad de Ecuador Gustavo Larrea la semana pasada era, como él mismo la describió, terminar con la “estigmatización” de Ecuador en esta capital.
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