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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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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA — Lithuania’s Soviet-built nuclear power plant was shut down late Thursday as part of an agreement with the European Union, ushering in a new era of energy dependence for the small Baltic nation. Read more
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Pakistani police said Thursday that they plan to ask a court to charge five Americans arrested in early December with terrorism, and will seek life sentences against them. 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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NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday imposed an arms embargo on the East African country of Eritrea and vowed to slap financial and travel restrictions on its leaders for arming Islamist militants in Somalia. Read more
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LONDON — The case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused in the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, has reinvigorated a debate about whether British universities are being used as breeding grounds for radical Islam. Read more
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a vehicle blew himself up at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 25 people, officials said, the latest in a long series of deadly attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants. Read more
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WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The CIA vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history. Read more
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At least 25 people have been killed after a suicide bomb attack at a volleyball pitch in the troubled north-west of Pakistan, officials say. Read more
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AP – Snow falls on the New York Stock Exchange on the final trading day of 2009, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Trader Talk With Art Cashin CNBC Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,428.05 -120.46 ^GSPC 1,115.10 -11.32 ^IXIC 2,269.15 -22.13 By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer Tim Paradis, Ap Business [...]
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Play Video AP  – Iran: Pro-government rallies, new warnings to reformers Slideshow:Iran Play Video Video:Iranian dissidents defy police orders to quit Iraq camp AFP Play Video Video:Iran blames protests on foreigners Reuters AP – FILE – In this June 12, 2009 file photo, opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds his inked finger … By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press [...]
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A YORKSHIRE priest who caused controversy this month by preaching that shoplifting could sometimes be justified has had a bucket of pasta thrown over him by an irate parishioner. Read more
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PARIS (Dec. 31) – Paris jazzed up the Eiffel Tower with a multicolored, disco-style light display as the world basked in New Year’s festivities with hopes that 2010 and beyond will bring more peace and prosperity. From fireworks over Sydney’s famous bridge to balloons sent aloft in Tokyo, revelers across the globe at least temporarily [...]
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Never, in the history of newspapers, have so many red arrows appeared against reader’s comments, as is evident by this news item. It was alleged that the Twin Towers demolition was the work of ten individuals. Never mind the ten who supposedly caused the Twin Towers to crumble to earth – it is the other [...]
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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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 The very moment when it comes time tonight to sing “Auld Lang Syne,” our most obscure, confusing holiday song, is also likely to be the moment when you are least likely to be in shape to puzzle it out. Tired. Jostled. Overstimulated. Perhaps a few too many right gude-willie waughts under your belt. “Should [...]
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7:59pm UK, Thursday December 31, 2009 Jon di Paolo, Sky News Online Barack Obama has written to CIA employees after a suicide bomb attack at a military base in Afghanistan killed seven [...]
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Priyanka Chopra has said that it is difficult to keep audiences interested in her simple yet beautiful characters. The actress, who will soon be appearing in Pyaar Impossible, claimed that boundaries help fans identify with her characters in romantic films. “Heroines ought to look beautiful, it’s their work. We look pretty, we wear great clothes [...]
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A decade has started in Auckland, New Zealand. Thousands rang in the New Year by watching fireworks. Read more