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The parents of honeymoon shooting victim Ben Mullany yesterday took the agonising decision to allow doctors to switch off his life support machine.
Cynlais and Marilyn Mullany are now facing the harrowing prospect of burying their son, and his wife, Catherine, at the very church they were married in three weeks ago.
The tragic conclusion […]
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A 60-year-old Australian woman who went missing for eight years when she was young has appealed for people who have left their families to get back in touch to ease their pain.
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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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Scientists want to see if composer Frederic Chopin — whose heart rests in a Warsaw church, preserved in alcohol since his 1849 death — died of cystic fibrosis instead of tuberculosis, as was thought at the time. But Poland thinks this is no excuse to disturb one of its key relics.
“The heart lies in a […]
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The translation is “Read it and Weep.”
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1:43pm UK, Sunday August 03, 2008
At least five climbers have died in an avalanche on the world’s second highest mountain, an expedition official said.
There are reports that as many as nine climbers may have died
The victims, identified as South Korean and Nepalese nationals, were killed after reaching the summit of K-2.
Ghulam Mohammad, owner of Blue […]
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RachelÂ’s brother has hit out at claims that his sister is “the most boring housemate ever”.
Joe Rice, a 30-year-old trainee builder, said he thinks Rex is to blame for the repeated jibes.
“HeÂ’s verbally bullying and playing mind games with her,” he said. “I wish I was there to stop him. But RachelÂ’s a very strong […]
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August 03, 2008 - 1:32 a.m. Iraqi police say a vehicle bomb has killed eight people and wounded 14 in northern Baghdad.
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They had waited more than a year for Alex Jimenez to come home from Iraq - and yesterday the Queens soldier’s tortured family couldn’t bear to let him go.
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It only took about a week, but the McCain campaign — through a blogger on its campaign site — now says that “It does now seem that Barack Obama snubbed the troops for reasons other than a lack of photo-op potential, but the initial reports were less clear.” Here’s a good dissection of how such […]
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Mexico City - In showbiz, folks, it’s the kind of astonishing showdown that makes for what’s known as “boffo box office.” One can hear the barker now: “Step right up and watch the mighty euro slam the once-powerful Yankee dollar! See the Japanese yen give Uncle Sam a run for his green money! See the […]
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WASHINGTON — Ecuadorian Security Minister Gustavo Larrea’s mission here last week was, as he described it, to end this city’s “stigmatization” of Ecuador.
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Every aspect of life under totalitarian governments is political, from sports to culture to business. President Bush and other world leaders attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics this week should stop pretending otherwise, especially to the Chinese people.
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Robinho was dropped from the Brazilian Olympic team yesterday after Real Madrid said a medical examination discovered the striker has a groin injury.
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BEIJING — Three state-of-the-art Olympic media centers in Beijing have been equipped with rows of brand-new computers. Thousands of English-speaking volunteers stand at the ready, trained to offer Internet access with a smile.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1 — An alleged Colombian drug kingpin who escaped from prison in 2001 and is believed to be the main cocaine supplier to a violent drug gang in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has been captured here, federal police announced Friday.
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CAIRO, Aug. 2 — A prominent dissident who has urged the United States to tie financial aid to Egypt to democratic reform was sentenced to two years in prison Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 — The death toll for Iraqi civilians and members of Iraq’s security forces fell to 851 last month, less than in the previous two months, according to Iraqi government figures.
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ZHENGDING, China — Behind the gray walls and barbed wire of the prison here, eight Chinese farmers with a grievance against the government have been consigned to Olympic limbo.
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