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Parole killer ‘raped mother-of-five to re-enact murder he committed 22 years ago’

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Bristol Crown Court heard how Mark Shirley raped and sexually assaulted his victim, re-enacting elements of a murder he committed 22 years ago Read more

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Schools react to Texas shootings

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Schools react to Texas shootings New 10:52AM Friday Nov 06, 2009 Video Mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas (0:41) Related links: Seven dead after two Texas army base shootings Firsthand acocounts of Texas shootings Temple and Belton school districts have gone into a “soft-lockdown” following a shooting incident at [...]

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World's Worst Earthquakes

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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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Narrow escapes

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Good fortune: Some repeats here: Read more

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Saudi Jets Attack Rebel Targets In Yemen

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6:34pm UK, Thursday November 05, 2009 Tim Marshall, Foreign Affairs editor Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes against rebel positions in northern Yemen, hitting dozens of targets, and has also moved thousands [...]

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‘Hollyoaks’ stars Whittle, Stenson split

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Hollyoaks co-stars Ricky Whittle and Carley Stenson have ended their two-year relationship, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal. The pair have been dating since October 2007 but recently decided to call time on their romance and remain close friends. A Hollyoaks spokesperson confirmed to DS: “Carley Stenson and Ricky Whittle have announced their decision to separate. [...]

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Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling

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A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert, newspapers reported on Tuesday. Read more

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‘Dead’ drunk

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian bricklayer believed to have been killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up at his funeral. Relatives identified the badly-disfigured body as Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, in part because it was dressed in clothing similar to his, police said. What family members didn’t [...]

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Carly’s bad voting mea culpa sounds a lot like Meg Whitman’s

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So did you notice what the first thing did Carly Fiorina did when she announced her run for Senate Wednesday ? She took on the I-Didn’t-Vote-As-Often-As-I-Shoulda thing that Comrade Marinucci pointed out… Read more

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Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’

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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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Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case; extradition undecided

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MILAN — An Italian court convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel on kidnapping charges Wednesday in a stern rebuke to the U.S. government’s long-standing practice of covertly seizing terrorism suspects abroad without a warrant. Read more

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World digest: Pakistani troops, Taliban battle for insurgent base

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PAKISTAN Troops, Taliban battle for insurgent base Pakistani soldiers engaged in fierce street fighting Wednesday as they pushed into a major Taliban base in the insurgents’ South Waziristan stronghold, the military said. The army launched an offensive Oct. 17 aimed at rooting out Pakistani Taliban insurgents from the lawless ethnic Pashtun region along the Afghan [...]

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Venezuela’s Chávez Takes a Mighty Swing at Golf

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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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Clinton has ‘productive meeting’ with Egypt on Mideast peace process

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CAIRO, Nov. 4 — After four days of Arab criticism over her efforts to break the impasse in the Mideast peace process, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoyed a respite here Wednesday, as her Egyptian counterpart agreed it was time to “focus on the endgame” of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Read [...]

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Opposition supporters clash with Iranian security forces

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TEHRAN — Thousands of Iranians took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but the annual state-sponsored anti-American rally turned into another sign of the deep divisions persisting in this country. Read more

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Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Police clashed with supporters of Iran’s opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent. Read more

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U.N. to evacuate hundreds of staff from Afghanistan

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KABUL (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday it would start evacuating hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan after an attack by Taliban militants last month killed five foreign staff. Read more

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GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobs

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General Motors (GM) has confirmed that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across its European car unit Opel, which includes the Vauxhall brand in the UK. Read more

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ETFs Rise As Fed Rates Stay The Same (Investor’s Business Daily)

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Play Video Economy Video:Cavuto Business Report 11-04-09 FOXBusiness Play Video Economy Video:Mothers struggle with work-home balance WRAL Raleigh Related Quotes Symbol Price Change GLD 107.10 +0.64 IYR 40.45 -0.74 PSQ 48.74 -0.01 SH 56.45 -0.07 UUP 22.51 -0.17 Trang Ho Trang Ho – 2 hrs 31 mins ago Commodities, every sector and global markets opened strong Wednesday on uplifting [...]

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British deaths raise questions about Afghan police (AP)

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Play Video AP  – Afghan president aware of ‘difficulties’ ahead Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Video:Obama: Afghanistan Election a ‘New Chapter’ ABC News Play Video Video:Karzai wins as Afghan run-off cancelled CBC.ca AP – In this image made from video, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009, a casualty is unloaded into an ambulance before … By ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press [...]

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