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10:00pm UK, Thursday July 23, 2009 President Obama has stirred up racial passions by saying police acted “stupidly” in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his home. Obama said the [...]
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Bruce Springsteen and U2 are among the acts confirmed to play the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame’s 25th anniversary concerts. Read more
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One of Osama bin Laden’s sons may have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, National Public Radio reported. Saad bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader’s third-oldest son, is “believed” to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US Predator drone “sometime this year,” the US broadcaster said on [...]
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PHUKET, Thailand — North Korea refused to re-enter talks to terminate its nuclear weapons program Thursday despite a united front of Asian nations spearheaded by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to get it back to the bargaining table. Read more
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Our Lies, Half-Truth and Contradictions B.S. detector returns with an installment to coincide with President Obama’s prime time news conference Wednesday. And there’s plenty in the rhetoric around health… 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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El Rey Juan Carlos de España alegró a mucha gente cuando le dijo al Presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez que se callara. Pero para muchos en las clases más marginadas de América Latina, el incidente les demostró que polÃticamente habÃan triunfado. Read more
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TBILISI, Georgia, July 23 — Vice President Biden put off a request from Georgia for new defensive weapons on Thursday and told the nation’s leaders they would never be able to use military means to recover territories lost in last year’s war with Russia, a senior administration official said. Read more
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PHUKET, Thailand, July 23 — The war of words between North Korea and the United States escalated Thursday, with North Korea’s Foreign Ministry lashing out at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in unusually personal terms for “vulgar remarks” that it said demonstrated “she is by no means intelligent.” 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 as it grapples with how to handle terrorism suspects at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, as well as those who might be captured overseas. Read more
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NAIROBI, July 22 — A Hague-based court issued a crucial ruling Wednesday on a border dispute between the Sudanese government and the semiautonomous region of southern Sudan, striking a tenuous compromise on one of the most explosive issues facing the East African nation. Read more
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LONDON W hile many U.S. officials continue to debate the merits of abstinence-only sex education, the British government is sending out a different message: Sex can be fun and healthy, for young and old alike. Read more
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PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asia’s biggest security community on Thursday to keep the pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear program and enforce U.N. sanctions against the reclusive state. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he realized Americans were skeptical about his healthcare overhaul, but that the country’s economic recovery depended on implementing the $1 trillion plan. Read more
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President Barack Obama has defended his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US. Read more
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund hailed China’s progress on currency liberalization, but said some member countries still view the yuan as “substantially undervalued.” Read more
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AP – Supporters of Honduras’ interim government march in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. U.S. officials … Slideshow:Honduran president ousted Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama: Police acted ‘stupidly’ in scholar arrest AP Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama mounts defense of embattled health care overhaul AFP By MARIANELA JIMENEZ and MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Marianela Jimenez And Mark [...]
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THE Kremlin granted itself sweeping powers to spy on its own citizens yesterday after a new decree gave Russia‘s security services unlimited access to read all mail without a warrant, writes Miriam Elder in Moscow. Read more
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Notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar\’s Colombian estate used to be known for some of the world\’s most outrageous displays of cocaine wealth — lavish parties with models, exotic animals on the premises, a drug-running plane parked right outside the entrance. Escobar died in 1993, gunned down by police after escaping from a luxury prison, but [...]