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KIAMBAA, KENYA — Nearly two years after a wave of post-election violence brought this East African nation to the brink of civil war, Joseph Ngaruiya has learned to ride his bike with one leg, the other having never fully healed from machete cuts. He’s learned to tolerate the “sorrys” and small talk of neighbors who [...]
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DUBLIN — Is this the ghost of America’s future? This Story Ailing Ireland readies bitter medicine Deeper in debt Like other heavily indebted nations around the world, Ireland is borrowing vast sums from foreign investors to plug its budget deficit. Fearing that the country will buckle under the weight of so much debt, the Irish [...]
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – A survivor of the Nazi death camp at which John Demjanjuk is accused of helping to kill 27,900 Jews recalled in court on Tuesday losing his wife after a three-day train journey to the extermination center. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats cleared the second of three 60-vote hurdles on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, moving the landmark legislation one step closer to Senate passage before Christmas. Read more
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SHARED READ WATCHED/LISTENED Prince William sleeps rough Deaths rise in European cold snap Gun drawn in snowball fight Motorbike makeovers in India Motorists on their plight in snow Snow chaos across the UK [...]
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LUANDA (AFP) – The OPEC oil producers’ cartel warned of lingering weakness in the world economy and held its emergency crude output quotas unchanged at its meeting in Angola on Tuesday. Read more
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AP – FILE – This Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 file photo shows a view of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Visaginas … By GARY PEACH, Associated Press Writer Gary Peach, Associated Press Writer – 3 mins ago VISAGINAS, Lithuania – To the European Union, Lithuania’s Soviet-built nuclear power plant is a gigantic safety hazard that needs to finally shut [...]
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The missing Auschwitz death camp sign recovered by Polish police yesterday may have been stolen to order for a “mad collector”, officials said. Read more
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LONDON (Dec. 20) — The only passenger rail link between Britain and the rest of Europe has been shut down indefinitely, Eurostar said Sunday, promising more travel misery for thousands of stranded passengers just before Christmas. Services have been suspended since late Friday, when a series of glitches stranded five trains inside the Channel Tunnel [...]
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The Christmas travel nightmare continued today with more snow and ice causing havoc on the roads and further disruption for rail and air services. Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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A truly beloved pontiff — and crucial figure in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe — has been recognized as “venerable” by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, putting the first Polish pope a step closer to sainthood. CNN explains: “A miracle attributed to Pope John Paul’s intervention will have to be [...]
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Thursday marks (“The Simpsons”) two-decade anniversary – an event that serves as a reminder not only of the show’s extraordinary staying power, but also the extent to which it’s disappeared from the cultural conversation. While “The Family Guy” and “South Park” have kicked up controversy – tackling subjects like Scientology and abortion – “The Simpsons” [...]
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9:50pm UK, Monday December 21, 2009 Ian Collier, Sky News Online Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski’s bid to have his 1977 child sex case dismissed has been rejected by a Californian appeals court. [...]
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Starz has ordered a second season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand before airing the show’s first episode. Read more
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Mexico City’s leftist mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, was widely expected to sign the same-sex marriage measure into law. Read more
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Supreme Court’s top judge is expected to rule on Monday on whether a boy at the center of an international custody battle will be reunited with his father and return to the United States. The case of 9-year-old Sean Goldman, whose father David Goldman is an American [...]