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He has fought off accusations of corruption and survived a whole stream of verbal gaffes, but now a perfect storm of sleaze is threatening to topple the formerly unassailable Silvio Berlusconi. Read more
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STONEHENGE, England (June 21) – Pagans and partygoers drummed, danced or gyrated in hula hoops to stay awake through the night, as more than 35,000 people greeted the summer solstice Sunday at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge. Despite fears of trouble because of the record-sized crowd, police said the annual party at the mysterious [...]
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The possibility of Mr Brown quitting to give a new leader the chance of reviving the party’s fortunes was disclosed after he talked openly for the first time of ‘walking away’ from the job and spending more time with his family. Read more
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A leading French Muslim group spoke out yesterday against a proposed parliamentary study that could lead to a ban on full-body veils, warning it could deepen social rifts and threaten civil liberties. Read more
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The sole, lifelong ruler of North Korea, having inherited control of the country from his late father, Kim Il-Sung. Also chairman of the National Defense Commission, supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army and general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Read more
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This conversion to all-digital TV signals would have gone more smoothly – fewer procrastinators; less investment of federal resources — if, back on February 17 when it was originally supposed to happen, broadcasters had switched off the old analog signal for just a day or two for a full-scale false alarm. Read more
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2:46pm UK, Sunday June 21, 2009 Joe Braidwood, Sky News Online Footage of a teenage girl dying on the street in Tehran has helped to rally anti-government protesters inside Iran and around the world. [...]
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The father of Home and Away actress Jodi Gordon has verbally attacked his daughter’s ex-boyfriend Ryan Stokes following the couple’s recent separation. Speaking to Australia’s Sunday Telegraph, Ray Gordon branded Stokes a “wuss” for walking out on his daughter after she was embroiled in a bizarre cocaine and gangster scandal. Gordon also attacked Stokes’s privileged [...]
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In what has to be a shocking result, the government-funded Medical Research Council has released the results of a South African survey which shows that one in four male South Africans surveyed admitted to committing rape. Read full story from snafu-ed.blogspot.com Read more
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A disturbing video of a young woman purportedly shot to death on the streets of Tehran during post-election protests is becoming a touchstone for the opposition. Read more
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First Lady Michelle Obama is kicking off a White House push to underscore the importance of volunteerism in San Francisco on Monday — a move that will have political figures here elbowing each other to… Read more
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As reports come in that Iranian officials have arrested several members of the main exiled opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), their fellow Mujahadeen have been rallying in Iraq. 3,400 members of the PMOI, a group formed in the 1960s with the aim of overthrowing the Iranian shah, are [...]
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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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CARTAGENA, Colombia — La guarderÃa en El Pozón, barrio en las afueras de esta ciudad turÃstica de la costa atlántica, no es exactamente lo que uno espera encontrar en un vecindario ocupado por algunos de los colombianos más oprimidos — parte de los miles que se ven forzados a dejar su tierra cada año debido [...]
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The most serious challenge that Iran’s Islamic rulers have ever faced caught President Obama and many European leaders by surprise. Their intelligence agencies did little to prepare them for a national catharsis that pits a combustible mixture of youthful protesters and political opportunists against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read more
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TEHRAN, June 17 — The leader of Iran’s protest movement accused the government on Wednesday of lies, fraud and murder, while the government turned its ire on the United States, declaring that the Obama administration is stirring the unrest over Iran’s disputed election. Read more
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TEHRAN, June 20 — Fiery chaos broke out in downtown Tehran on Saturday as security forces blocked streets and used tear gas, water cannons and batons to break up a demonstration against the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Security forces were seen firing warning shots into the air, but there were also unconfirmed reports that [...]
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 67 people on Saturday as they left a mosque, shortly after the prime minister urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back sparked more violence. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said the Islamic Republic must be purged of what he called lies and dishonesty, sending out a direct challenge to conservative rulers after a day of unrest across Tehran. Read more
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US President Barack Obama has warned Iran to stop all “unjust action against its own people”, after another day of protests over the presidential poll. Read more