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DUBLIN (AFP) – Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen conceded Saturday his ruling Fianna Fail party faced its worst ever election defeat as voters vented their anger over the country’s international financial bailout. Read more
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ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Armed rebels who have seized control of Zawiyah, close to the capital Tripoli, were preparing for a counter-attack as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to cling on to his 41-year-old rule. The rebels said on Sunday about 2,000 troops loyal to Gaddafi had surrounded the city. “If we are fighting for [...]
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have made a happy return to the university where their fairytale romance began. Read more
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Ashley Cole has been rapped by his bosses at Chelsea Football Club after he shot a work placement student with an air rifle, it was claimed today. Read more
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Seven recently freed leaders of Thailand’s anti-government “Red Shirt” movement are calling for the release of more than 180 of their colleagues who have been jailed since a violent military crackdown last year. Read more
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Here are profiles of various leaders throughout Arab and Islamic nations, ranging from Northern Africa to the Hindu Kush. Read more
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A week ago I wrote a column about hopes that the revolutionary fervor in the Middle East would spread to the Asian country of Burma, helping pick up where the Saffron Revolution left off in taking down the junta (but putting leader Aung San Suu Kyi in danger of being rearrested by the regime). Today [...]
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After PolitiFact took on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Maddow took on PolitiFact: , PolitiFact then took on Maddow again, though didn’t address several of her longer range claims that PolitiFact engages in PolitiFiction. Read more
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The United Nations Security Council has agreed a range of sanctions against Libya, including an arms embargo and freezing the assets of Colonel Gaddafi. [...]
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© WENN / Joseph Marzullo American comic Joan Rivers has hit out at Jennifer Aniston, accusing the actress of being boring. Rivers made the comments with daughter Melissa while the two discussed which stars they were looking forward to seeing at tomorrow night’s Academy Award ceremony. “I would like to take Jennifer Aniston and put [...]