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MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s top medical officer voiced optimism Thursday that swine flu has slowed in the nation hardest hit by the virus, but the World Health Organization cautioned there is no evidence the worst of the global outbreak is over. The U.S. caseload rose slightly to 109 as schools nationwide shut their doors, and [...]
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SILVIO Berlusconi faced the wrath of his long-suffering wife yesterday when she launched a furious attack on his promotion of starlets and showgirls in Italian politics. Read more
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APELDOORN, Netherlands (April 30) – A Dutch driver careened through police barriers and plowed into a crowd of merrymakers cheering their popular queen Thursday, in a premeditated assault on the royal family that killed five bystanders and injured 12, authorities said. Read more
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A speeding driver who killed four people and injured 14 has admitted targeting the Dutch Queen Beatrix as she passed by in an open-topped bus. Read more
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Naked driver crashes into US hospital 3:27PM Thursday Apr 30, 2009 NORTH DAKOTA – Police say a naked motorist has been charged with driving under the influence after crashing a pickup into a hospital emergency room. No one was hurt. Sgt. Dwight Offerman said 47-year-old Nicholas Krush drove into the admitting area of Bismarck’s St. [...]
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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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More than two decades after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, Abdel baset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, 57, who has spent 10 years in prison for the attack, is launching an appeal against his conviction. More: “Arguing that the case against him was flawed, Margaret [...]
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In my day, parents and teachers told us kids to cover our mouths with our hands when we coughed or sneezed. Read more
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At least two people are reported to have been killed and several hurt in The Netherlands after a car careered into spectators watching a royal motorcade. People were flung through the air [...]
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Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan will top the bill at this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. Read more
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Egypt has ordered the slaughter of all its 300,000 pigs as a precaution against swine flu, a move the United Nations has branded a mistake since the virus is transmitted from human to human. Read more
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BAGHDAD — Two car bombs tore through a crowded commercial district in Baghdad’s main Shiite neighborhood yesterday, killing at least 41 people, Iraqi police said. Read more
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When lawyers hold forth about the courthouse door being closed in their client’s face, it usually means only that their case has been thrown out. But it might take on a literal meaning soon for… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Mi madre acaba de terminar su visita anual. Antes acostumbraba a encargarse de nuestra casa y nuestras vidas, pero esta vez fue diferente. A las dos semanas, me miró a los ojos y señalando con el dedo me dijo enfáticamente: “Ojalá nunca llegues a vieja”. Read more
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It’s too bad we won’t get to see the full National Intelligence Estimate on “Trends in Global Terrorism” selectively leaked to The Post and the New York Times last week. The Times headline read “Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat.” But there were no quotations from the NIE itself, so all we have [...]
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NEW YORK — Lengthy presidential transitions rank among the oddest of America’s political traditions. In the 21st century, they are also among the most dangerous. The fast start that President-elect Barack Obama is engineering for his economic and foreign policy teams must become a model for his successors. Read more
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Health authorities raced yesterday to unravel the many mysteries about the ominous new swine flu spreading around the world, including how widely the virus might cause the severe form of illness that so far has been restricted to the epicenter of the outbreak in Mexico. Read more
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MUMBAI, April 29 — Her sunglasses perched on her head, Mona Shah, an eye surgeon-turned-politician, raised her bullhorn as she weaved and ducked between the slippery nooks and narrow alleys of this slum. From a bright blue, one-room hovel, Sunita Chaldwadi, a 28-year-old mother of four, peered out. Read more
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LA GLORIA, Mexico, April 28 — One person who may have helped launch a rapidly spreading flu outbreak likes to draw hearts and flowers in the dirt outside his home. He likes to climb trees and give hugs and play with his soccer ball. And despite a persistent cough, he does not, he insists, feel [...]