US denies West Bank building breach
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The US has said Israel’s authorisation of new building in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank does not violate a recently announced moratorium. Read more
Greek PM hopes to reform economy (AP)
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AP – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou take part a joint … Play Video Economy Video:Time to Fix the Fed? CNBC Play Video Economy Video:Fed: Doves vs. Hawks CNBC Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,552.52 -13.68 ^GSPC 1,138.50 -0.19 ^IXIC 2,332.21 +5.86 By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer Desmond Butler, [...]
Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence (AP)
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DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria – The killers showed no mercy: They didn’t spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out homes toward a mass grave. Rubber-gloved workers pulled ever-smaller bodies from the dump truck [...]
Bulger killer in jail over child porn concerns
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James Bulger’s killer, Jon Venables, was recalled to prison on suspicion of child porn offences, using drugs and on fears that he had revealed his new identity, it was alleged yesterday. Read more
Convicted sex attacker admits rape and murder of girl, 17, he groomed on Facebook by posing as a teenager
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The body of the 17-year-old childcare student was found dumped in a farmer’s field near Sedgefield, County Durham, last October. Read more
World's Worst Earthquakes
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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 [...]
World's Worst Wildfires
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Whether sparked by Mother Nature or by the carelessness or maliciousness of man, these fires have ripped across the Earth with alarming ferocity and deadly consequences. Read more
Apolitical Oscars Eschew Blue, Honor First Woman Director
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First of all, let me get out of the way that I’m an “Inglourious Basterds” fan. I wanted the WWII revenge fantasy to win in all eight of its nominated categories. Predictably, and deservedly, Austrian actor Christoph Waltz — in his first introduction to American audiences, so to speak — took home the Best Supporting [...]
Don’t worry, he’s happy
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I first heard about this video on Garry Meier’s show recently. Now it’s everywhere: An exquisite snippet — the one Colbert played the other night — is at this link. Blogger Justin E. H. Smith has the story: The man singing is Edward Hill, also known as Eduard Khil’, or, better yet, Ðдуард Хиль… [...]
Deadly Earthquake Hits Eastern Turkey
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10 years ago there was a masive earthquake in turkey , with 1000′s killed , israel went to help and even built a new village for them , this time i hope israel won’t help them as turkey now is pro iran and the prime minister/goverment is antil israel [...]
Brook ‘gets career advice from Statham’
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WENN Kelly Brook has reportedly approached ex-boyfriend Jason Statham for advice on her acting career. Statham has starred in a number of Guy Ritchie movies, as well picking up leading roles in the Crank and Transporter series, while Brook recently appeared in Three and Fishtales. A source told The Sun: “Kelly tried to make eye [...]
Earthquake shakes eastern Turkey; 17 dead
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A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey Monday, killing at least 17 people, the government said. Read more
Jerry Brown: Would welcome support from Obama and Arnold, but running “an independent campaign”
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown Tuesday said that while he would welcome support from both President Barack Obama and GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his effort to win a third term in… Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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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 [...]
Icelanders reject full repayment to British, Dutch caught in bank collapse
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LONDON — Icelanders this weekend resoundingly rejected a plan to reimburse overseas depositors after the failure of an online Icelandic bank, a rare public referendum on the repayment of a foreign liability that could fuel further concerns over debt problems in Europe. Read more
Bo Xilai’s charm offensive is paying off politically in China
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BEIJING — Of the nearly 3,000 members of China’s ruling elite in the country’s capital this weekend to kick off the biggest political gathering of the year, only one has the state media and online commentators abuzz: Bo Xilai. Read more
Ethics clouds over Rangel and Paterson are the talk of political Harlem
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NEW YORK — Few will deny that the political landscape here in Harlem has yielded rich and galvanizing story lines. The arcs of those narratives have been taught and shared in classrooms across America. Read more
Doctors in Peru battle increasingly drug-resistant TB
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LIMA, PERU — Norma Muñoz knew little about tuberculosis until her family caught it. By the time her husband was diagnosed with a more virulent form of the disease, she was too sick to take care of him. Read more
Foreign news roundup: Captured Islamists blamed for bombing in Russia
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RUSSIA Captured Islamists blamed for bombing Russian authorities said Saturday that Islamist militants who were killed and captured in an offensive last week were responsible for the November bombing of a luxury train to St. Petersburg, the deadliest terrorist attack on Russian soil outside the volatile North Caucasus in years. Alexander Bortnikov, director of the [...]
As Iraq votes, U.S. content to keep its distance
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As Obama administration officials tried in recent weeks to anticipate what could go wrong in Sunday’s elections in Iraq, they realized with some relief that they are largely powerless to control what happens. Read more