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West African human traffickers connected to both human sacrifice and the supplying of women to the sex and slavery trade in Europe fed women and girls to the prostitution racket run by Co Carlow brothel keeper Thomas Carroll who was imprisoned in Wales last week. Read more
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Tony Blair’s chief spin doctor suddenly froze in his seat and appeared to be struggling to contain his emotions as he stared blankly at the floor during an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. Read more
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EVOLENE, Switzerland – A skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said. The 21-year-old man appeared to have survived because he was trapped next to a pocket of air that allowed him to breathe even though he [...]
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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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In the wake of faulty accelerator pedals that have tarnished the reputation of the once golden Toyota, the company’s president President Akio Toyoda apologized Friday and promised better quality control. More: “‘I sincerely apologize for causing concern to many of our customers over recalls for multiple models in multiple regions,’ Toyoda, grandson [...]
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Slate’s Jacob Weisberg sticks it to what Michael Kinsley once called the “big babies” in “Down With the People–Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis.” Opinion polls over the last year reflect ..a country that simultaneously demands and rejects action on unemployment, deficits, health care, climate change, and a [...]
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12:25pm UK, Sunday February 07, 2010 Adam Arnold, Sky News Online Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for freezing temperatures and more snow after the heaviest snowfalls in decades hit the east [...]
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WENN Katie Price will apparently write about her romance with Alex Reid and her failed marriage with Peter Andre in a fourth autobiography, due out later this year. The former glamour model, who married cage-fighting, cross-dressing Reid last week, has reportedly signed a deal with publishers Century to write about the latest twists in her [...]
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Reporting from Lviv, Ukraine – Sinking into irrelevance as rival politicians scrapped to take his place, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko lobbed a grenade into the final days of the campaign: He named a controversial anti-Soviet nationalist assassinated by the KGB half a century ago a “Hero of Ukraine.” Here in Ukraine’s most avidly … Read [...]
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We swung by a Young Democrats candidates forum today to hear what Jerry Brown (the decidedly undeclared candidate for governor) had to say, and he didn’t disappoint. We have a story up as well , but here… 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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I got to Johannesburg a week or so before Nelson Mandela was released. At the door of my hotel a guy offered to clean my shoes. I said no thanks. I’d spent a lot of time photographing anti-apartheid demonstrations and felt embarrassed at the thought of a black guy cleaning my shoes. He said I [...]
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ANKARA, TURKEY — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Saturday played down assertions by Iran that it is ready to reach a deal on its nuclear program, saying Tehran’s overall response to overtures from the Obama administration has been “quite disappointing.” Read more
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NORTHERN IRELAND New deal preserves unity government Northern Ireland on Friday concluded a landmark agreement that will give local politicians direct responsibility for policing and law and order for the first time in almost four decades. The deal, hammered out over more than 10 days of negotiations overseen by Britain and Ireland, averts the threatened [...]
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haiti’s criminal justice system was brought to a standstill by last month’s earthquake, which leveled the capital city’s courthouse. But crime did not stop, and that has left police commanders with jail cells full of frustrated inmates who have not been given a chance to go before a judge. 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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KOCHI, INDIA — When his overnight flight landed, Abdul Wahib walked out of Kochi’s palm-fringed airport and hugged his family. After 24 years of working in the United Arab Emirates, he was home. He carried a suitcase and a layoff notice: His well-paid job as a forklift operator at Dubai’s once-bustling port was terminated. Read [...]
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VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) – A mudslide in central Mexico has killed at least 11 people after days of heavy rain that had already caused flooding and fatalities elsewhere in the country. Read more
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IQALUIT, Canada (Reuters) – Reassurances about debt-strapped Greece and a promise to make banks repay rescue funds capped an international meeting in Canada’s Arctic, as European policymakers sought to convince jittery markets that they have things under control. Read more