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FRANKFURT (AFP) – Germany, a powerhouse in the global economy, said on Monday that its key export sector struggled in 2008 as imports surged, and signalled that its recession probably deepened in the final quarter. Read more
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Play Video Reuters  – Australia fires death toll rises Slideshow: Wildfires rage in Australia Play Video Video: Walls of Flames Spark ‘Mass Murder’ ABC News Play Video Video: ‘Raining Fire’ FOX News AP – Police inspect a farm house destroyed by wildfires in Whittlesea, Australia, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The … WHITTLESEA, Australia – Disaster teams found charred bodies [...]
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On Friday Mr Berlusconi sided with the Vatican and drew up an emergency decree to prevent Ms Englaro‘s death Read more
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BEIJING (Feb. 9) – A new 44-story luxury hotel in downtown Beijing was engulfed in flames Monday after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during China’s biggest holiday. Read more
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Flooding has hit parts of the south west of England today as heavy rain and storm force gales sweep in to replace the snow and ice. Read more
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Towns have been declared crime scenes and the death toll in Victoria’s bushfires could top 200 as the grisly search for bodies continues in communities which have been completely wiped out. Read more
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Answer: In Persian, the suffix “stan” means “place of.” In Russian — remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five ‘stans used to be part of the Soviet Union — the word “stan” means “settlement.” So we have seven countries in Central Asia that share the “stan” suffix: Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The [...]
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I know what you must be wondering: Was it manufactured in China? Actually, no. This scandal appears to be homegrown, a manufacturer mixing an ingredient used in antifreeze into the children’s medicine because it’s cheaper than the similarly sweet glycerin. More from the NYT: “A toxic chemical mixed into a teething medicine for babies [...]
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12:56pm UK, Monday February 09, 2009 Australian officials have warned the bushfire disaster will get worse before it gets better, as the death toll from the blazes continues to climb. The [...]
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Rapper Coolio was involved in a nightclub fracas after performing at Escapade in Barnsley last week. The Celebrity Big Brother contestant was hit by plastic bottles and ice cubes during his gig, which prompted the singer to confront members of the audience. A witness told The Sun: “Coolio was halfway through singing his second song [...]
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By now you are probably aware of the wildfires that have ravaged the southern state of Victoria in Australia. 108 people are dead at the time of this writing, over 700 homes destroyed, with 850 square miles (2,200 square kilometers) burned. Read full story from technologyexpert.blogspot.com Read more
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CAIRO – Hamas negotiators left Egypt without a long-term cease-fire with Israel yesterday – but not before members of the group’s delegation were stopped at the Gaza border carrying millions of dollars in cash stuffed into their suitcases. Read more
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Anthony Adams, a Republican assemblyman from San Bernardino County, may have shown what it will take to break the state’s $42 billion budget deficit deadlock. Read more
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A new Iraq is emerging from five years of American invasion and occupation, and at first glance it looks distressingly like the old Iraq: Its people are still bound by the barbed wire of suspicion and hatred as much as by any sense of common purpose and history. Read more
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MUNICH, Feb. 8 — President Obama’s national security team gave a dire assessment Sunday of the war in Afghanistan, with one official calling it a challenge “much tougher than Iraq” and others hinting that it could take years to turn around. Read more
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SYDNEY, Feb. 7 — Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia on Saturday, razing homes, forests and farmland in the country’s worst wildfire disaster in a quarter-century. At least 35 people died, and the toll could rise, police said. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 7 — Jewish leaders said it had never before happened in Venezuela: a break-in with anti-Jewish intent at one of the city’s most prominent synagogues. A dozen armed men overpowered guards, spray-painted office walls with anti-Semitic insults, desecrated historic Torah scrolls and made off with computers containing personal information on congregants. Read [...]
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Feb. 7 — Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters Saturday near the presidential palace in Madagascar’s capital, and radio stations reported that about 30 people were killed. Read more
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Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno was an unlikely dissident, with little in his past to suggest that he would buck his superiors and push the U.S. military in radically new directions. Read more
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MOSUL — Pfc. Cortez Hamilton of St. Louis smiled blissfully as a 20-year-old beautician from Kyrgyzstan rubbed lotion on his left foot after spending a half-hour scraping off dead skin. Read more