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Wills and Kate are married, and for those of you in the states who got up early to watch the ceremony (or pretended like you weren’t watching it but happened to have the TV on while getting ready for work, raising my hand) you know it was a classy and lovely affair. In other words, [...]
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Yesterday: No blossoming dandelions in sight on the lawns in our neighborhood. Today: Dandymania. Here’s a cell phone picture of the first yellow blooms of the season in our dreadful yard. This marks the resumption of hostilities between me and these dreaded weeds that began (too late) last summer when I was [...]
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4:40pm UK, Saturday April 30, 2011 Mark Stone, in Tripoli Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says he is prepared to enter a ceasefire and negotiations, provided Nato “stops its planes”. [...]
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© DC Comics / Vertigo Jonathan Vankin has revealed some of the first plot details about his upcoming DC Comics miniseries, which sees the reintroduction of Vertigo characters Swamp Thing and John Constantine back into the main DC Universe. It was announced earlier this month that the conclusion to Brightest Day would see thetwo characters [...]
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The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants’ fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield. Read more
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Sacramento — The clock is ticking on California’s budget deficit. And Guv Jerry Brown promised not to raise taxes without a vote of the people. So what if the Guv can’t find two Republicans to support… Read more
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PARIS – Switzerland freezes plans to build new nuclear plants, Germany raises questions about its nuclear future, and opposition to atomic reactor construction mounts from Turkey to South Africa. Read more
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SOMA, Japan – Radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The government warned anyone nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure. Read more
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. Read more
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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]
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Moussa said the Arab League’s approval of a no-fly zone on March 12 was based on a desire to prevent Moammar Gaddafi’s air force from attacking civilians and was not designed to endorse the intense bombing and missile attacks – including on Tripoli, the capital, and on Libyan ground forces – whose images have filled [...]
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KERANG, Australia – Prince William wrapped up a visit to disaster zones in Australia and New Zealand on Monday, flying into flood-stricken Australian towns even as heavy rain pummeled another part of the country. Read more
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AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian forces killed 15 people when they fired on thousands of protesters trying to enter the southern city of Deraa, the heart of a six week uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a medical source said on Friday. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton married at Westminster Abbey on Friday in a sumptuous show of British pageantry that attracted a huge world audience and breathed new life into the monarchy. Read more
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Prince William and Kate Middleton have made their vows to each other during their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Read more
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MADRID – Spain’s unemployment rate rose sharply to a new eurozone high of 21.3 percent in the first quarter of the year, with a record 4.9 million people out of work, the government said Friday. Read more
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood called on Syrians to take to the streets ahead of Friday prayers and help the besieged city of Deraa, where a rights group said civilian deaths from a tank-backed army attack rose to 50. Read more
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KATE Middleton will wear a wedding ring of Welsh gold made by a family firm that has supplied the monarchy for generations. Read more
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The big increase, which was marginally ahead of City expectations, reflected the latest hike in oil prices and better margins in refining. Read more
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Expand Francine Rollins and Rondrka Long sit amidst the rubble of what was once their neighbourhood. Photo / AP Shocked Americans are struggling to grasp the magnitude of the worst US tornadoes in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south, claiming at least 295 lives. [...]