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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists who accurately predicted the magnitude of the financial crisis, said on Thursday that the worst of the turmoil has passed. Read more
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BEIJING – China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment and fueling hopes that it might help lead a world recovery. The government’s announcement Thursday that second-quarter growth accelerated by 7.9 percent from a year earlier boosted global financial [...]
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A Russian human rights campaigner was abducted and murdered yesterday, hours after her organisation demanded that Vladimir Putin face trial for presiding over atrocities in Chechnya. Read more
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MOSCOW (July 15) – A well-known Russian rights activist was found slain execution-style on Wednesday, hours after being kidnapped in Chechnya — the latest in a series of brazen murders targeting critics of the Kremlin’s violent policies in the war-torn North Caucasus. Read more
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Aussie hero farewelled New 6:15AM Friday Jul 17, 2009 Military and political leaders have joined family and mates to farewell one of Australia’s last few Victoria Cross recipients, Ted Kenna, at a state funeral in Melbourne. Kenna was awarded his VC for gallantry in New Guinea in May, 1945. [...]
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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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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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An interesting ranking from U.S. News and World Report based on the International Monetary Fund‘s economic output projections for the rest of the year and 2010: “The IMF expects at least 11 major parts of the world to have more severe economic contractions than the United State this year, including most [...]
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I know it’s not likely catch on as a national holiday, but what the heck, Happy Malaiseversary Day! … It was 30 years ago today that Jimmy Carter (delivered) his famous “malaise” speech—a word he never actually uttered during what is now remembered as a landmark throwdown to the nation on energy policy and our [...]
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1:50pm UK, Thursday July 16, 2009 A former Liberian president has told judges there was nothing wrong with his rebels displaying human skulls at roadblocks during the country’s 1989 revolution. A skeleton [...]
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Whether you consider it a social experiment or a freakshow, you can’t deny that Big Brother has thrown up some of the most outrageous reality TV contestants of all time. One of them wee-weed in a bin, one enjoyed talking to cuddly toys and another claimed to be a witch. Click along our gallery to [...]
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A plane crashed Wednesday in northwestern Iran, state television reported. All 168 aboard were believed to be dead. The passenger plane is thought to have crashed near the Iranian city of Qazvin, Iranian Press TV reported. All on board are “most probably” dead, the news station said, quoting Qazvin Police Chief Hossein Behzadpour. Read full [...]
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AP TODAY’S HOT TOPICS BERNARD MADOFF KATE HUDSON FARRAH FAWCETT more topics SACHA BARON COHEN JANET JACKSON ELLE MAGAZINE MEGAN FOX LISA MARIE PRESLEY MICHAEL JACKSON ELIZABETH TAYLOR hide topics THIS WEEK’S HOT TOPICS PAULA ABDUL MICHAEL JACKSON ELIZABETH TAYLOR more topics JANET JACKSON [...]
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As we know, San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is pushing a bill to legalize and tax marijuana . On Wednesday, the State Board of Equalization told us just how much that would raise: $1.4 billion a… 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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WASHINGTON — Strange as it might sound, my New Year’s resolution for 2008 is not for me but for Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary-general of the Organization of American States. I’d like him to be more presidential as leader of the watchdog for democracy in the Americas, and less of a wannabe president of Chile. Read [...]
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MOSCOW, July 15 — Chechnya’s most outspoken human rights activist was found shot to death hours after being kidnapped Wednesday, provoking international outrage and calls for renewed scrutiny of Russia’s violent policies in the Caucasus. Read more
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LIEBEFELD, Switzerland — In August 1998, as famine reached a terrible climax in North Korea, the destitute Asian nation enrolled a shy teenager in a Swiss state school. He arrived with a fake name, a collection of genuine, top-of-the-line Nike sneakers and a passion for American basketball. Read more
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — To many poor Hondurans, deposed president Manuel “Mel” Zelaya was a trailblazing ally who scrapped school tuitions, raised the minimum wage and took on big business. Read more