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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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Europe displayed the latest sign of clashing with the growing Muslim population on the continent as Swiss voters passed a referendum to ban construction of mosque minarets in the land of chalets. (The minarets pictured here are in Medina, Saudi Arabia.) More from the Washington Post:
“Opinion polls in recent months had indicated that a majority […]
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Among the “Seven Stories Obama Doesn’t Want Told” as listed by Politico’s John Harris is —
That’s the Chicago Way… The rap is that his West Wing is dominated by brass-knuckled pols.
The expression apparently dates back to at least 1931 when, according to legend preserved cinematically in the 1987 film “The Untouchables” (see below), a […]
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Sky News Online
A US man who allegedly shot dead four police officers at a coffee shop is believed to be on the run despite earlier claims he had been surrounded.
(Clockwise, top left) Richards, Renninger, Griswold, Owens. (Right) Clemmons
Maurice Clemmons was thought to be holed up inside a house that was at the centre of […]
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Marvel Comics chief Joe Quesada has said that the publisher will not attempt to capitalise on the success of Twilight by releasing its own vampire series.
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A four-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a dog. The incident happened at a house in Wavertree, Liverpool, in the early hours.
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BAGHDAD — Turning on their TVs during a long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began broadcasting across the Arab world on Friday, […]
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his share of official declarations and we pretty much never cover them due to their lack of newsworthiness. Today being the day before a holiday, though, we thought you…
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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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MUNICH — John Demjanjuk, a former Nazi camp guard, is scheduled to appear Monday for what is likely to be Germany’s last major trial from the Nazi era.
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President Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, while warning with unusual bluntness that its use of insurgent groups to pursue policy goals “cannot continue.”
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TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — Hondurans voted for president on Sunday in a mostly peaceful election that Washington supported but most countries in the hemisphere rejected, saying it could whitewash a coup.
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist […]
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TEHRAN — Iran’s government will build 10 new sites to enrich uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday, a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear program and one that is bound to fuel fears that it is attempting to produce a nuclear weapon.
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Conservative opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo won Honduras’ presidential election on Sunday in a vote that has put the United States at odds with leftist governments in Latin America.
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic program, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES
Reuters UK Lobo headed for win at disputed Honduras election - 21 mins ago
The Independent Honduras votes, but Zelaya still stuck in mission - 3 hrs ago
Guardian.co.uk Honduras goes to the polls as Zelaya urges boycott - 8 hrs ago
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‘GOOD morning, Mr Quinlan. Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Ronald Quinlan. I don’t believe we’re related.”
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