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Cali House members get most of their cash outside Cali LOTS of good numbers inside this new report from the wonderful folks at MAPLight.org – the Berkeley-based folks who track the money in politics. The MAPLighters (sounds like an opening act for The Kingston Trio) report Thursday that Cali House members, “on average, raised 82 [...]
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Earlier this week, the Sydney Morning Herald reported the results of a new scientific-research project, the “largest-ever genetic study of transsexuals,” in which “Australian researchers have discovered a DNA variation linked to male-to-female transsexualism.” This genetic discovery “strengthens the view that there is a biological reason why some people feel they are living in the [...]
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It was one of those days when you wish you’d never opened your eyes let alone struggled out of bed and, in my case, hopped on a helicopter to a city south of Baghdad to watch a security handover ceremony. Flu is a nasty bug at the best of times, but crammed into the back [...]
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He wasn’t the first and we now know he won’t be the last: David Tennant has announced he will be stepping down as the nation’s favourite doctor following the 2009 series. So who do you think should succeed Tennant to become the 11th incarnation of the Timelord? Cold Feet star James Nesbitt, John Simm of [...]
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PARIS, Oct. 29 — The French government decided Wednesday to increase military spending by an average of $1.8 billion a year as part of an effort to field a trimmer but better-equipped army to safeguard France’s role in world affairs. Read more
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TOKYO, Oct. 30 — Prime Minister Taro Aso moved Thursday to shelter Japanese taxpayers from global financial turmoil — and to put off a national election that polls suggest could toss him and his ruling party out of power. Read more
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The Colombian government on Wednesday fired 27 army officers and soldiers, including three generals, amid allegations that poor young men had been lured to the country’s turbulent outback from slums in the capital and killed there by troops. Read more
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GOMA, Congo, Oct. 29 — An escalation of Congo’s long-simmering conflict reached the gates of this provincial capital Wednesday as a rebel offensive sent tens of thousands of villagers fleeing toward the city and government soldiers left their posts. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 — The Iraqi cabinet decided Tuesday to reopen negotiations on a security pact intended to give U.S. forces the legal authority to stay in the country beyond Dec. 31, further delaying an agreement that American officials had hoped to conclude by now. Read more
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U.S. troops in helicopters flew four miles into Syrian territory over the weekend to target the leader of a network that channels foreign fighters from Syria into Iraq, killing or wounding him and shooting dead several armed men, U.S. officials said Monday. Read more
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GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Eleven bomb blasts in quick succession ripped through the main city of India’s troubled northeastern Assam state and three other towns on Thursday, killing at least 48 people and wounding 235, police said. Read more
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TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – John McCain questioned rival Barack Obama’s readiness for the White House and Obama issued a prime-time television appeal on Wednesday calling the election “a defining moment” as a bruising presidential campaign hit the final stretch. Read more
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There are reports of chaotic scenes in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as police try to arrest soldiers whom the UN says seem out of control. Read more
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NEW YORK (AFP) – Oil prices sank Thursday, with worries about a global financial crisis overshadowing news of an emergency OPEC meeting next month to discuss its impact on oil demand. Read more
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WAM, Pakistan – The death toll from an earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in southwestern Pakistan rose to 215 on Thursday, a provincial official said, as authorities scrambled to help survivors sleeping in the frigid mountains. The 6.4 magnitude quake hit an area of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province near the Afghan frontier before dawn on [...]
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THE BBC was fighting to save the career of its star presenter Jonathan Ross last night after sacrificing Russell Brand in the controversy over obscene telephone calls to the ‘Fawlty Towers‘ actor Andrew Sachs. Read more
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(Oct. 29) – An operation on a beloved tropical star went swimmingly in England as veterinarians performed life-saving hernia surgery on Carla, a ten-year resident of the London Aquarium. “I guess it may seem a bit extreme to operate on a small fish but Carla has been with us for 10 years and she is [...]
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Jonathan Ross will discover today whether his obscene phone call prank has cost him his £18million BBC deal. Read more
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One dead, 13 injured in west Australia bus crash New 2:44PM Thursday Oct 30, 2008 PERTH – A coach full of elderly people on a day trip has crashed and rolled in Western Australia’s south, killing one woman and seriously injuring 13 other people. At least five passengers were trapped and had [...]
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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 [...]