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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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I originally posted this webliography three years ago, which is an eternity in the world of online commerce. I’m updating it for 2009 with, I hope, your help. Here’s an alphabetical list of some of the online companies that offer you the ability to create and then have printed your [...]
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3:42pm UK, Tuesday November 24, 2009 Huw Borland, Sky News Online Four people, including a Briton, have been killed after a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast. [...]
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WENN Shakira has revealed that she felt under pressure to come up with a song as popular as ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ when she teamed up with Wyclef Jean on her album She Wolf. The singer, who recorded the track ‘Spy’ with the former Fugees star, admitted that they eventually decided to just have a “good [...]
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he’s not aware of any more such strategy sessions being scheduled, the latest signal that Obama is closing in on a revamped war strategy after several weeks of review. Read more
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A pregnant British mother of 13 wants to keep having kids until she has twins — or triplets. “All I’ve ever wanted is twins or triplets. It’s my biggest wish,” said Sara Foss, 39, who’s due in April. Her kids range from Patrick, 23, to 9-month-old Voorhees — and taxpayers shell out $83,000 [...]
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Carly Fiorina is developing a complicated relationship (nooooo, not THAT kind) with her CA GOP Senate primary opponent Chuck DeVore. Just days into her fledgling campaign, she has already pulled out the I… 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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Finchley Road, Tottenham Court Road, Old Street, Whitechapel – everywhere we turned this morning we saw this ghastly new Tory election poster. Â Now we like a joke as much as the next man (or woman), but how can the Conservatives justify such naked exploitation of two young lads after we’d [...]
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LONDON — Nuclear power — long considered environmentally hazardous — is emerging as perhaps the world’s most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it. Read more
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MANILA — Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines’ worst political violence in years. Read more
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MIAMI — Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government’s Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials said. Read more
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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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After a lethal bird flu virus emerged in Asia, U.S. officials launched an intense effort to build new defenses against a pandemic, including replacing an antiquated vaccine system, which depends on millions of chicken eggs. Read more
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BAKO, ETHIOPIA — In recent months, the Ethiopian government began marketing abroad one of the hottest commodities in an increasingly crowded and hungry world: farmland. Read more
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TEHRAN — Iran’s army and Revolutionary Guard staged large-scale air defense war games on Sunday in an effort to show off the country’s deterrence capabilities amid rising pressure from the West over its nuclear program, state television reported. Read more
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of jailed Palestinians for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Monday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped last month to their highest level in more than 2-1/2 years, but a fall in an economic gauge was a reminder that recovery from recession would be patchy. Read more