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7:46pm UK, Thursday March 11, 2010 Mark Langford, Sky News Online Chile’s new president urged people to rush to higher ground as a 7.2 earthquake rattled the country during his inauguration. [...]
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WENN The Prodigy have been confirmed to headline this year’s Bestival. The band will close the Isle of Wight event, which takes place between September 9 and September 12. The ‘Warrior’s Dance’ collective join a bill that already includes Roxy Music, LCD Soundsystem, The Flaming Lips and Dizzee Rascal. The Wailers and Wild Beasts have [...]
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Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government. Read more
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AP file photo Rush and Rummy: The then-Defense Secretary meets with a maybe-soon-to-be expatriate. Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has promised to leave the United States if the Democratic… 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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NIGERIA Riots flare between Muslims, Christians Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people overnight Sunday as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, witnesses said. Hundreds of people fled their homes, fearing reprisal attacks. The bodies of the dead, including many women and children, lined dusty streets in three [...]
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PAKISTAN 6 killed in attack on U.S aid group Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, the organization and police said. The attack prompted World Vision, a major international humanitarian group, [...]
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Haitian President René Préval pleaded Wednesday for U.S. help plugging a multimillion-dollar budget gap caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake but said he got a cool reception from congressional leaders wary of handing over cash. 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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KINSHASA, CONGO — This vast central African nation is known for many things: the massive corruption of the late leopard-hat-wearing dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, grinding poverty, a devastating conflict in the east. But it is worth noting that Congo is also home to a formidable cult of high fashion, as demonstrated by the scene at [...]
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Wednesday for early and substantive political negotiations between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban and other insurgent groups, saying that military successes will never be enough to end the war. Read more
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek public and private sector workers went on strike on Thursday, grounding flights, shutting schools and halting public transport in the second nationwide walkout in a fortnight in protest against austerity plans. Read more
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ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) – President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the “time for talk is over” and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable. Read more
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Public and transport services in Greece have ground to a halt as workers stage a second general strike in protest at the government’s austerity measures. Read more
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AP – Investors look at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Stocks, Bonds and Heidi Montag ABC News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,567.33 +2.95 ^GSPC 1,145.61 +5.17 ^IXIC 2,358.95 +18.27 3 mins ago BANGKOK – Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as [...]
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AP – FILE – In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim visits the Museo Alameda where … Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,567.33 +2.95 ^GSPC 1,145.61 +5.17 ^IXIC 2,358.95 +18.27 By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 19 mins ago MEXICO CITY – Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the [...]
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Street signs warning Romanian drivers to be careful of drunken pedestrians lying on roads were erected by road safety chiefs worried about the “despairing” levels of accidents. Read more
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Health Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday said he wanted to see those with bigger houses pay more to provide for the old. Read more
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The French first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, said last night that she “trusted” her presidential husband “never” to have affairs. Good for her. And for him. But why is that news? Read more