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AP – A passenger reads an extra edition of newspaper reporting death of former South Korean President Roh … By JEAN H. LEE, Associated Press Writer Jean H. Lee, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 57 mins ago SEOUL, South Korea – Former President Roh Moo-hyun, embroiled in a penetrating corruption investigation, leaped to his death Saturday — a shocking end for [...]
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Reports say a DNA expert is testifying for the prosecution in the trial of an American suspect accused of killing her roommate in Italy. Read more
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(May 23) — Police hunting for a New Zealand couple who allegedly fled the country after a bank mistakenly paid them $6 million believe they traveled to Hong Kong. Read more
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It took just five minutes yesterday for six tiny brothers and sisters to arrive in the world. The sextuplets delivered in a UK hospital are the first born here for more than 25 years. Read more
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Sydney passengers cleared of flu 4:15AM Sunday May 24, 2009 Swine Flu Swine flu contained but officials still on guard Kiwi uses mathematics to unlock virus secrets Four cruise ship passengers tested amid a swine flu scare on arrival in Sydney yesterday have been cleared of infection. The suspected [...]
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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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What is that song in the Amstel Light commercial? The song played at the United Center after the Blackhawks score a goal? Read more
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1:44pm UK, Saturday May 23, 2009 Pakistani security forces have entered the Swat Valley’s main city and killed at least 17 Taliban militants. Pakistani troops on their way into Mingora in the [...]
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Katie Price and Peter Andre are locked in “explosive” rows about their eldest child Harvey, it has been claimed. The estranged couple both returned to the UK this week after jetting off for separate holidays in the Maldives and Cyprus following their split. According to The Mirror, Andre was yesterday reunited with his two children [...]
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German President Horst Koehler hopes to secure a second five-year term on Saturday in an unusually tight parliamentary vote just months before the country chooses a new government. Read more
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NAIROBI, Kenya — An Italian warship arrested nine pirates after helping a US-flagged container vessel and another ship evade brigands off the coast of Somalia yesterday, a naval spokesman said. Read more
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a declared Democratic 2010 California gubernatorial candidate, has decided to return a hefty $25,000 campaign contribution — from the son of controversial conservative talk show host, Michael Savage. 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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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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La advertencia de la Secretaria de EnergÃa de México, Georgina Kessel, al congreso mexicano la semana pasada, parecÃa suficientemente siniestra: si los legisladores no aprueban la reforma al sector petrolÃfero, el paÃs sufrirá una “severa crisis energética” dentro de una década. Read more
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George W. Bush’s refusal to work with Congress and other nations to update national and international legal norms to fight al-Qaeda immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, now haunts the nation and his successor. Bush’s stubborn rejection of sharing authority, and responsibility, left us to fight a 21st-century enemy with mid-20th-century instruments of justice. Read more
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A planned U.S. missile shield to protect Europe from a possible Iranian attack would be ineffective against the kinds of missiles Iran is likely to deploy, according to a joint analysis by top U.S. and Russian scientists. Read more
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NEW DELHI, May 22 — Like the country as a whole, India’s politicians are getting more youthful. In the national elections that wrapped up last week, 27 percent of those voted into office for the first time were 45 or younger, putting a different face on a legislature long identified in popular culture with potbellied [...]
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Despite huge efforts in the past six years to make the reporting of disease outbreaks fast and automatic, there were significant delays in bringing Mexico’s swine flu outbreak to the full attention of international authorities. Read more
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A prominent Libyan democracy advocate whose cause had been championed by Vice President Biden died yesterday after nearly seven years in detention, his relatives and human rights groups said. Read more