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 In theory, [online comment boards are] a great thing. We’re giving the people a voice! But the reality is that commenting either attracts loathsome people or somehow causes ordinary people to express themselves in a way that is loathsome…The horribleness of commenters isn’t really a mystery: Internet anonymity is disinhibiting, and people are basically mean [...]
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6:19pm UK, Sunday November 23, 2008 Russian forces have fired shots near a convoy of vehicles carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents. Â Police cars at the checkpoint where Russian [...]
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Rex Features Dannii Minogue has been snubbed by Cheryl Cole after trying to build bridges with her X Factor co-star, according to a report today. The Sunday Mirror claims that Minogue has felt “isolated” on the show’s panel this year and is worried about her future after receiving weeks of bad press. “Dannii fears that [...]
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Nov 23 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will call for elections in 2009 if his Fatah movement and rivals Hamas are not reconciled by the end of the year. Read more
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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a “boast” by a young man grappling with sudden fame. Read more
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Maybe it’s all the other industries that don’t pay their workers not to work, but Democrats just held a news conference announcing that they are temporarily pulling the plug on another $25 billion bailout of Detroit. Those who brought us the SUV (with the help of Congress in the form of huge tax deductions and [...]
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The big news leak of the past several days, now confirmed just a few news cycles ago, finds U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and his government-in-transition team considering New York Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as a serious contender for the high-profile, important job of U.S. Secretary of State. Read more
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If you’ve been reading The Times in the last few weeks, you’ll probably have noticed a new ‘worst since’ record being created virtually every day amid gloomy news of recession, banking turmoil and mass belt-tightening, writes David Byers. As 2008 surely becomes the record-setting year for such statistics, we thought we’d fill you in on [...]
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José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero was an hour away from visiting the White House, a goal he had chased since taking office four years ago. The welcome from President Bush, no matter how grudging or low-key, would cement the Spanish prime minister’s legitimacy as a world leader. Read more
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ALBI, France — Stéphanie Guiraud-Chaumeil was still in law school when her son Paul was born 14 years ago. Later came Valentine, a daughter now 10. Then Mathieu, 9, and finally little Louise, 7. Read more
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DHARMSALA, India, Nov. 22 — Through a narrow passageway, past Buddhist prayer flags and worn posters for weekly “Free Tibet” concerts, Yangzong sat in a warm cafe quietly knitting a sweater. Read more
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CHICAGO, Nov. 15 — The people were of different nationalities and backgrounds, but they had a common refrain: Don’t split up our families. Read more
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The latest face of Chile’s HIV crisis is a woman with no face at all. Read more
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As President-elect Barack Obama works to set his governing priorities, some of his supporters are watching warily as he weighs advice from a team of economic advisers who span the policy spectrum. Read more
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NEW YORK, Nov. 20 — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to reinforce the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, approving the temporary deployment of more than 3,100 additional personnel to help protect hundreds of thousands of civilians. Read more
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BAGHDAD — Kurdish officials this fall took delivery of three planeloads of small arms and ammunition imported from Bulgaria, three U.S. military officials said, an acquisition that occurred outside the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq’s central government. Read more
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NEW DELHI — She was a gutsy student leader known for hunger strikes and provocative street theater at universities across the country, exposing the plight of India’s beleaguered lower castes. He was a worldly gadfly with a passion for ending nuclear proliferation and exposing environmental crimes. Read more
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LIMA (Reuters) – Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession. Read more
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NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of “historic proportions” and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort. Read more
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Leaders from Asia-Pacific countries have pledged not to respond to the global financial crisis by raising trade barriers over the next year. Read more