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CINCINNATI – Jonathan Fanene’s phone call to American Samoa finally got through today, ending an anxious night for the Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman. His mother was on the other end. His father was OK, too. Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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We allow anonymous comments that often churn into a vitriolic brew. …(they) alienate many thoughtful readers, who are the majority of people who read newspapers. When readers complain to me about ugly comments, I urge them to weigh in, but most balk. It’s like trying to persuade your friends to visit a great tavern in [...]
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8:07pm UK, Wednesday September 30, 2009 British aid is being sent to areas of Indonesia devastated by an earthquake which has left up to 200 people dead. An injured survivor is carried [...]
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Michael Jackson’s estate has reportedly filed a lawsuit against a charity for falsely suggesting that the King Of Pop was a patron. Jackson’s heirs are suing the Heal the World Foundation for unfair competition, trademark infringements and several other offences, maintaining that the organisation wrongly implied that the late singer had endorsed it, reports BBC [...]
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It’s hard to imagine a clown being a billionaire, but here he is. In reality he’s far more, but a Soyuz spacecraft carrying Canadian Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off on schedule Wednesday headed for the International Space Station, while his partner, former model Claudia Barilla, watched with tears streaming down her face. [...]
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A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages and killing more than 80. Cars and people were swept out to sea as survivors fled to higher ground. Signs of devastation were everywhere, with a giant boat getting washed ashore and [...]
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman may as well have been throwing chum into the shark tank at her big press conference last week, repeatedly telling reporters “thank you for that” — instead of answering their… 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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The past two weeks have been a big success for the rulers in Tehran, despite what many in the United States and Europe may think. The Obama administration, the Europeans and the media have been obsessively focused on Iranian missile launches and secret enrichment facilities, on Russia’s body language, and on the likely success or [...]
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PARIS, Sept. 29 — Famed movie director Roman Polanski filed a legal motion Tuesday seeking his release from a Swiss prison, setting the stage for an international legal struggle over whether he should be extradited to the United States. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As American troops move deeper into southern Afghanistan to fight Taliban insurgents, U.S. officials are expressing new concerns about the role of fugitive Taliban leader Mohammad Omar and his council of lieutenants, who reportedly plan and launch cross-border strikes from safe havens around the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta. Read more
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The government of Sudan, eager to curry favor with a U.S. government that accused it of genocide, sought help last fall from an unlikely source: a former Reagan administration official known for his role in the Iran-contra scandal. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Iran’s construction of the Qom uranium-enrichment facility violates U.N. resolutions requiring it to halt all nuclear enrichment activities, adding that Tehran must prove to the world that it has no intention of developing nuclear weapons. Read more
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TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it would not discuss a previously secret nuclear plant at international talks this week but Washington vowed to bring it up and demanded Tehran prove it is not developing an atomic weapon. Read more
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday. Read more
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A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed at least 34 people in Samoa, say reports. Read more
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ROME (AFP) – Two major Italian banks rejected government help to drag them out of the financial crisis, opting to raise the rescue funds themselves, they said on Tuesday. Read more
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Reuters – Apowerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake generated Pacific tsunami on Wednesday, killing an unknown number … Slideshow:Strong quake triggers tsunami in Samoa Play Video Earthquakes Video:Tsunami Advisory Issued For California Coasts CBS 13 / CW 31 Sacramento Earthquakes Video:Mother concerned for daughter after quake Australia 7 News By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, For The Associated Press Fili Sagapolutele, For The [...]