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British schoolchildren with swine flu were treated like ‘dangerous criminals’ before being kicked out of France. Read more
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Indonesian television last night reported that one of the wives of Southeast Asia’s most-wanted militant has been detained less than a week after bombs on hotels in Jakarta killed seven people. 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 [...]
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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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If last year’s birthday bash for Nelson Mandela was to be any indication, the stars were going to pull out all the stops for the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday. That included a serenade from the first lady of France: “Bruni made her American stage debut at the show paired with Eurythmics founder [...]
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The increasingly popular term for them is “Birthers” — the indignant, frantic, seething fringe Republicans who are persuaded that there is strong doubt about where President Barack Obama was born and, therefore, strong doubt about the legitimacy of his presidency. Read more
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1:10pm UK, Wednesday July 22, 2009 The only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks has declared he is ready to go to the gallows after 166 people died in one of India’s worst terrorist acts. [...]
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Rex Features The oldest working television set in the UK has been discovered at a house in London, according to reports. Dating back to 1936, the Marconiphone has a 12-inch screen fixed in a wooden cabinet, with a vertically-mounted cathode ray tube reflecting the image on to a mirror. It was uncovered during a competition [...]
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U.S. concerns over the slow pace of political, religious and ethnic reconciliation in Iraq are expected to dominate President Barack Obama’s talks at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. With insurgent bombings and attacks still a major danger as Iraqi forces assume a larger police role there, Pentagon officials have voiced … [...]
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A high-priced blonde prostitute recorded her pillow talk with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi — who allegedly trysted with her on a huge, four-poster bed given to him by Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Read more
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The right-wing obsession about the authenticity of President Obama’s birth certificate still hasn’t died down. The nation may have 45 million people without health insurance and continues to watch its… 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 — King Juan Carlos of Spain made a lot of people happy when he recently told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to shut up. Yet to many in the Latin American underclass, the incident was proof that, politically, they had finally arrived. Read more
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TBILISI, Georgia, July 21 — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the United States on Tuesday to supply his country with advanced defensive weapons, warning on the eve of a visit by Vice President Biden that a decision not to provide such arms would encourage a Russian invasion. Read more
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BANGKOK, July 21 — The Obama administration is increasingly concerned that nuclear-armed North Korea is building mysterious military ties with Burma, another opaque country with a history of oppression, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday. Read more
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The Obama administration is delaying completion of reports examining U.S. detention and interrogation policy, officials said Monday, in a sign of the formidable issues it faces in grappling with how to handle terrorism suspects as it prepares to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Read more
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BANGKOK, July 21 — The Obama administration is increasingly concerned that nuclear-armed North Korea is building mysterious military ties with Burma, another opaque country with a history of oppression, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday. Read more
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs exploded across Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 16 people and wounding dozens, two of the blasts striking the crowded Shi’ite slum of Sadr City, security officials said. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday U.S. healthcare reform was “closer than ever,” but fought to keep some fellow Democrats from deserting his chief policy initiative amid worries about its $1 trillion cost. Read more