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8:17pm UK, Friday February 13, 2009 At least 15 people have been killed after a train derailment in eastern India – and many passengers are still trapped in the wreckage. The [...]
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Rex Features Britney Spears will reportedly pay Kevin Federline $5,000 a week to accompany their children on her upcoming world tour. The singer is said to be so desperate to ensure her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James accompany her on the road that she has offered her ex-husband the generous paycheque. Speaking to TMZ, [...]
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NEW Zealand’s retail spending fell for a fourth straight quarter, the most prolonged decline on record, and house sales plunged to a 20-year low, suggesting the nation’s recession is deepening. Read more
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THE SUN Loading new images… Last updated: 9:07 amFebruary 13, 2009 Posted: 9:06 amFebruary 13, 2009 Boy dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost – but said: “I think it’s a lot.” Baby-faced Alfie, who is [...]
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Here’s the bill in case anyone has trouble finding it. It’s called HR 1 and is the largest single spending bill in U.S. history. It incorporates Obama’s agenda and sets the course of his administration. He will never again get a chance to spend so much money at one time. Read more
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BERLIN — The news is really old — from the 1930s — but it’s as shocking and controversial as ever. So controversial, in fact, that German censors are working overtime and police have raided newsstands across the country to cover it up. Read more
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 12 — The men looked sleepy as they slumped in their chairs in the afternoon heat, watching the Scooby Doo cartoon. Their boss, Kusal Perera, the head of a Web site that has been critical of the Sri Lankan government’s war, sighed. Read more
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KIGALI, Rwanda — With thousands of Rwandan troops fanned out across eastern Congo’s green hills, many residents and international observers are questioning what is really behind the operation in the mineral-rich region and how long it is likely to last. Read more
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NAJAF, Iraq, Feb. 13 — A woman wearing a vest rigged with explosives killed at least 30 Shiite pilgrims Friday morning at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, Iraqi authorities said. Read more
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VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka This Story In Sri Lanka, Tales Of Jungle Terror Field Notes: Invisible Boundary in the Internet Age Field Notes: The Story Behind the Story Trying to quiet her crying infant son, the young mother grabbed her 11-year-old’s hand and told him to follow her. Starting out at dusk, they spent hours hiding [...]
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KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber killed 32 people and wounded 84 others south of Baghdad on Friday when she blew herself up on a major Shi’ite religious pilgrimage route, police said. Read more
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BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) – Forty nine people were killed when a passenger plane crashed into a house 10 miles from Buffalo, New York, airport and burst into a ball of flames late on Thursday, officials said. Read more
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Sky News Passenger Plane Crashes Into Home - 20 mins ago Sydney Morning Herald 49 killed in US plane crash - 21 mins ago Al Jazeera Scores dead in New York air crash - 24 mins ago Telegraph Plane crash New [...]
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ROME (AFP) – Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank chiefs were to begin meeting in Rome late Friday to discuss the global financial crisis amid stern warnings against protectionism. Read more
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Play Video Australia 7 News  – Handling the aftermath Slideshow:Wildfires rage in Australia Play Video Video:Police question 2 about Australia fires AP AP – Burnt-out vehicles on a property in the town of Chum Creek, near Healesville, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. … MELBOURNE, Australia – Authorities charged a man Friday with lighting one of Australia’s deadly wildfires and whisked [...]
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An English church minister was arrested on suspicion of child neglect after putting his two sons on top of the chimney of his house for a photo shoot. Read more
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(Feb. 12) – Jennifer Figge, of Aspen, Colo., made worldwide headlines last weekend amid claims she was the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean. As it turns out, she actually spent most of the journey on a boat. Skip over this content On Saturday, The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and other major news [...]
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Extraordinary details of the lavish hospitality enjoyed by top civil servants have been exposed. Read more
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – A 9-year-old charged with killing his father and another man has been offered a plea deal that would spare him any jail time, his attorney said on Thursday. Read more
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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]