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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 [...]
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« Wednesday Magic — by the numbers | Main Originally posted: September 17, 2008 The Sarah Palin Drinking Game From the San Francisco Chronicle’s Politics blog regarding Fox News host Sean Hannity’s interview with Sarah Palin tonight: Let’s play the Sarah Palin Drinking Game. Throw back a shot of your favorite beverage every time she [...]
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6:12pm UK, Wednesday September 17, 2008 President George Bush has said that an attack on the American embassy in Yemen was a reminder that the United States remains “at war” with extremists. [...]
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Rex Features Leonardo DiCaprio and model girlfriend Bar Refaeli are rumoured to have split. A source told In Touch Weekly that Refaeli, 23, was seen partying in Las Vegas and “kept saying she needed to meet a hot guy”. The insider added: “She was on the prowl.” DiCaprio, 33, was spotted the night before at [...]
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At least 16 people died Wednesday after car bombers wearing military uniforms targeted the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, officials said. No Americans were reported killed or injured. Read more
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SAN’A, Yemen — Militants attacked the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, blasting guards with automatic weapons and grenade launchers before barreling a suicide car bomb into a barricade outside the main gates. Sixteen people were killed in the coordinated assault, which Washington suspected was launched by al-Qaida. Read more
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Since at least Richard Nixon, U.S. presidential campaigns always, without fail, display in broad daylight the flaws of the next president. Don’t say you weren’t warned, and don’t say your guy doesn’t have any flaws. Read more
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With Wall Street crisis, now it’s official: The sky is falling in The Chicken Little Contingent has been given a hearing in these electronic pages on more than one occasion. In response to yesterday’s news of the collapse of the financial-services company Lehman Brothers in the U.S., and Bank of America’s intention to acquire Merrill [...]
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MOSCOW, Sept. 16 — The pro-Western government in Ukraine that took power in the Orange Revolution in 2004 fell apart again Tuesday, setting the stage for the former Soviet republic’s third parliamentary election in as many years, with the nation’s policies toward NATO and Russia hanging once more in the balance. Read more
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The Environmental Protection Agency has done little to curb the export of discarded electronic products containing hazardous waste, much of which ends up in poorly regulated countries and harms the environment and public health, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report being… Read more
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, Sept. 1 — Hurricane Hanna stalled for hours over the southeastern Bahamas on Monday, lashing the islands with fierce winds and rain. Forecasters said it could threaten the southeastern United States by midweek. Read more
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 16 — Bolivian President Evo Morales and opposition leaders agreed Tuesday to formal negotiations to defuse a crisis that has threatened to split the country in half and led to more than 15 deaths. Read more
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TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 5 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Friday night with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, whom former President Reagan once labeled “this mad dog of the Middle East,” signaling a new chapter in U.S.-Libyan relations. Read more
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Their traditional black abayas dragging at their feet, the widows seem to drift on clouds of dust between rows of trailers standing straight and metallic in Baghdad’s Kadhimiyah neighborhood. These are their homes, unlike anything elsewhere in Iraq. Read more
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KABUL, Sept. 16 — The United States’ top military officer flew unexpectedly into Pakistan on Tuesday night to meet with senior officials amid a tense confrontation between the two allies over recent U.S. military incursions into Pakistan in pursuit of al-Qaeda and Taliban extremists. Read more
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday a third infant had died from drinking milk contaminated with toxic melamine and 6,244 infants were sick as four officials were sacked amid a widening scandal. Read more
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By Lilla Zuill and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – An $85 billion government rescue of insurer American International Group Inc looked increasingly likely on Tuesday to stave off a bankruptcy that would have thrown world markets back into turmoil. The Federal Reserve will extend AIG $85 billion [...]
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The US Federal Reserve has announced an $85bn (£48bn) rescue package for AIG, the country’s biggest insurance company, to save it from bankruptcy. Read more
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The recordings released Tuesday, if authentic, will not cut through the fog of the final hours when escalating tensions burst into war. But President Mikhail Saakashvili hopes they will help dispel a dominant narrative that says his country was on the attack. He said they prove Russian tanks and troops entered South Ossetia many hours [...]
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AN AUCTION of new works by Damien Hirst began last night with a total £65m (€82m) price tag – a record for the artist if he makes it. The highlights at the sale – at top London auction house Sotheby’s – include a calf with a golden disc on its head and hooves and [...]