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It took less than 24 hours for California’s only officially declared 2010 gubernatorial candidate, Democrat Gavin Newsom , to seize on a new anti-Sacramento mantra in the wake of this week’s special… 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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With all the cookery programmes on TV, we could be forgiven for associating herbs with just taste and smell – but they also look good as the display on Jekka’s Herb Farm stand shows. Jekka and Mac McVicar first started planting organic herbs in 1984 at their home in Bristol and following this year’s Gold [...]
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A comienzos de la semana pasada el gobierno de Colombia extraditó a 13 comandantes de las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia a los Estados Unidos. Se trata de algunos de los hombres más temidos en Colombia, acusados de actos de tortura inconcebibles, masacres y desplazamiento de poblaciones enteras. Read more
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LONDON, May 19 — The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, Michael Martin, resigned his position Tuesday under withering criticism of his handling of a growing scandal over politicians’ expense accounts. Read more
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RANGOON, Burma, May 19 — Burma’s military regime appeared to be rushing through the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with five witnesses testifying for the prosecution Tuesday. Her followers say the proceedings are designed to ensure that the Nobel Peace laureate remains locked up during elections next year. Read more
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PUERTO NUEVO, Ecuador — The townspeople in this tiny frontier outpost, deep in the rain forest hugging Colombia’s border, say theirs is a quiet, law-abiding community of shopkeepers, subsistence farmers and fishermen. Read more
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TOKYO, May 19 — To stop swine flu before it could sneak off airplanes arriving from North America, Japan dispatched masked health inspectors with fever-sensing guns to walk among passengers. Read more
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NAIROBI, May 17 — A major offensive by Somalia’s Islamist rebels is posing the most serious challenge yet to the country’s latest central government, reviving long-standing concerns that the chaotic Horn of Africa nation could fall entirely to militants with alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Read more
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BAGHDAD — Reeling from a sharp drop in oil prices, Iraq’s security forces are trimming bloated payrolls and will be unable to purchase ships and aircraft that Iraqi officials had hoped would allow the country to develop a basic ability to fend off external threats by 2012, the United States’ projected withdrawal date, according to [...]
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MAGETAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed and burst into flames in East Java on Wednesday, killing at least 97 people including some on the ground, officials said. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-level panel of experts that has been helping to shape President Barack Obama’s response to the economic crisis will step into the public view on Wednesday at a meeting to discuss energy issues and job creation. Read more
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An Indonesian military transport plane carrying troops and their families has crashed on the island of Java, killing at least 97 people, officials say. Read more
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Reuters – Traders work in the Crude and Natural Gas Options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange May 19, 2009. … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:May 19: Housing data checks market’s rise AP Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,474.85 -29.23 ^GSPC 908.13 0.00 ^IXIC 1,734.54 0.00 By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, AP Business Writer Jeremiah Marquez, [...]
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AP – Fire razes through an Indonesian Air Force C-130 cargo plane after it crashed in Magetan, East Java, … Slideshow:Indonesian military plane crashes By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press Writer Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 12 mins ago JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian military plane carrying more than 100 people crashed into several homes and burst into flames Wednesday, [...]
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THE Vatican is seeking ways to embrace full online “interactivity” with all one billion members of the global Roman Catholic Church. Read more
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FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (May 19) – A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping, raping and killing a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a frantic phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant’s car. Read more
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Michael Martin will get a peerage and a £1.4million pension pot, despite being the first Commons Speaker to be ousted in more than 300 years. Read more
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Party leaders united last night in an attempt to clean up the British Parliament on a day which saw Michael Martin become the first Commons Speaker for more than 300 years to be forced out of office. 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 [...]