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WENN PETA has awarded James Cameron its 2010 Proggy Award for Outstanding Feature Film for Avatar. According to Entertainment Weekly, ‘Proggy’ stands for progress. A post on the PETA website states that the movie offers “an overarching message of decency, understanding and compassion as well as breathtakingly beautiful CGI that heralds a new era in [...]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must have a presence in the West Bank to stop rockets from being imported even after a peace agreement is achieved – the first time such a demand has been spelled out. Read more
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WASHINGTON — President Obama is a much wiser man as he starts his second year in office. When he arrived at the White House, Obama inherited an insurmountable legacy of a deep recession and two wars in… 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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JANUARY 20, 2010 The day started well: I had my first shower in four or five days. It was a moment of pure joy – not just for me, but for all those I came into contact with. Giles Whittell and I went to St Damien’s Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince where we [...]
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Daimler’s two-year effort to win over U.S. drivers with a thrifty, plastic-clad minicar is running out of steam, adding urgency to the German automaker’s effort to find a partner for the Smart brand. Read more
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KABUL — In the rooftop ruins of an electronics market Tuesday, overlooking a plaza with the presidential palace just beyond, a shaken security guard pointed out three pools of blood amid spent shells and chunks of fallen plaster on the charred carpet. Read more
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — A massive aftershock jolted awake thousands of earthquake victims and relief workers in this ravaged capital early Wednesday, sparking new cries of fear and sorrow even as an enormous international aid effort continued. 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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Experienced fighters returning to Yemen from the Iraq war and radicalized U.S. citizens who have taken up residence in that country have broadened assessments of the threat posed by the al-Qaeda affiliate there, according to administration and congressional officials. Read more
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Fears of violence and looting eased in earthquake-devastated Haiti as U.S. troops provided security for water and food aid deliveries, and thousands of displaced Haitians heeded the government’s advice to seek shelter outside Port-au-Prince. Read more
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BOSTON (Reuters) – In a stunning blow to President Barack Obama, Republican Scott Brown won a bitter Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday and promised to be the deciding vote against his sweeping healthcare overhaul. Read more
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Republican Scott Brown has won a shock victory in the race for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts left vacant by Democrat Edward Kennedy’s death. Read more
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AP – Women walk past an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. The 225-issue … Slideshow:Stock Markets Wall Street Video:Bomber sentenced to life Australia 7 News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change BAC 16.32 +0.06 DMH 7.15 -0.21 EBAY 23.26 +0.79 GE 16.54 +0.10 GOOG 587.62 +7.62 3 mins ago BANGKOK – Asian stock markets were mostly [...]
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Play Video AP  – Raw Video: Dramatic moments of Quake strike Slideshow:Massive earthquake hits Haiti Play Video Video:More U.S. Troops Head to Haiti ABC News Play Video Video:New Views of Haiti’s Devastation ABC News AP – Earthquake survivors wait in line for disaster relief supplies at a distribution point in Port-au-Prince, … By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer [...]
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BULGARIA’s Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva offered to resign last night and withdrew her candidacy for the European Commission. Read more
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First picture of teenage shop assistant murdered in frenzied knife attack as she walked home from work By Dan Newling and Kate Loveys Last updated at 2:09 AM on 20th January 2010 Add to My Stories Murder investigation: Asha Muneer died of multiple stab wounds She was just a schoolgirl working part-time to earn some [...]
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MESA, Arizona – Conjoined American twin sisters have already defied expectations by living past their third birthdays. Now their parents are hoping they’ll become one of the first sets of twins sharing a heart to be successfully separated. Emma and Taylor Bailey were born connected at the chest – sharing a liver and heart [...]
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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 [...]