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MUMBAI, India (Nov. 26) – Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India’s financial capital, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200, officials said Thursday. The [...]
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The Chancellor is increasing duties on alcohol and tobacco to wipe out the benefit of the cut in VAT. The lower VAT would have cut the price of a four can pack of John Smiths Extra Smooth by 8p to £3.56. Read more
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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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Irish pilot’s parking cops ban New 8:15AM Thursday Nov 27, 2008 An Irish judge has banned an unemployed man from flying for a year for landing a helicopter on a shopping mall. Sean O’Brien, who had hoped to qualify as an instructor, says he landed on the mall’s multi-storey parking garage in [...]
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Demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, protesters descended upon Thailand’s parliament. Al-Jazeera has the story: “Thailand’s parliament has been forced to postpone a joint session after thousands of protesters surrounded the building and vowed a ‘final battle’ to overthrow the government. Samart Kaewmeechai, the deputy house speaker, said the meeting was [...]
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Thailand’s prime minister has resolved to take “measures” against anti-government protesters who have forced Bangkok’s international airport to close. Read more
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Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid. Please click here if you wish to continue. US TV presenter Brooke Burke has been crowned the winner of the seventh Dancing With The Stars contest. The 37-year-old and her dancing partner Derek Hough were presented with the ABC show’s mirror ball trophy [...]
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Iran has successfully launched a rocket called “Kavosh 2″, Iran’s state media reported on Wednesday, displaying the Islamic state’s advances in ballistics at a time when the West is worried about its nuclear ambitions. The launch follows an announcement earlier this month that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile, saying the Islamic [...]
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Michael Jackson spared himself a trans-Atlantic trip and a gig on the witness stand by settling out of court with a Bahraini sheik, the pop star’s spokeswoman said yesterday. Jacko, who last week converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel… Read more
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The state Fair Political Practices Commission has agreed to look into complaints that the Mormon Church failed to report some contributions to the Proposition 8 campaign, but for those supporters of same-sex marriage who have been calling down the wrath of God on the religious groups that backed the Nov. 4 amendment, there may be [...]
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George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (who left office in late June 2007) made a big display of what they claimed was their deeply close friendship, a relationship in which they… Read more
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Love or hate politics, people across Iraq will be tuning into television sets or radios to find out whether their Parliament will vote yes or no for a security agreement with the United States on the future of US forces.For many it is the first time to watch such a vote take place. There were [...]
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Poland’s foreign minister said yesterday that his country will wait for the Obama administration to make up its mind on basing missile defense interceptors in his country and will not lobby to have the project proceed. Read more
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DHARMSALA, India, Nov. 23 — With the future of his movement at a crossroads, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, warned Sunday of dangers if Tibetan political leaders are not cautious in their strategy toward China. Read more
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A former Interior Department official has been charged with accepting payments from business leaders in exchange for arranging meetings with government officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 25 — The arrival of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and a naval squadron in Venezuela this week is an unequivocal message to President-elect Barack Obama that his most nettlesome challenge in the Americas will be Venezuela’s populist government and its oil-fueled crusade… Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19–The United States, the world’s largest international aid donor, is among the worst at promoting the independence, impartiality and neutrality of humanitarian aid deliveries to needy populations, according to a survey by a Madrid-based nonprofit group that monitors donors’ performance. Read more
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Hyder Hassan Aziz, 46, walks the damp streets of Irbil with his hands thrust in his coat pockets and his shoulders tense, close to his ears. His clothes are faded gray, like the overcast early-morning sky, and he looks at the ground when he walks, kicking small stones with every step. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 24 — Venezuela’s opposition has been energized by Sunday’s regional elections, in which its candidates won five states and important urban centers in the country’s most economically vital and populous regions. Opposition leaders on Monday characterized the victories as a product of the frustrations urban Venezuelans feel with mounting crime and other [...]