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Nancy Pelosi captured the spirit of where official Washington is at Saturday to raise the debt ceiling : “It’s time to end this theater of the absurd.” Not that it’s looking like that’s going to happen… 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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President Obama’s Friday news conference did little to advance U.S. policy on Libya or clarify the White House’s position on resolving the budget impasse in Congress. The president nonetheless conveyed one unmistakable impression: He is now focused intently on winning back independent voters. Read more
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AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian army tanks firing shells and machineguns stormed the city of Hama on Sunday, killing at least 45 civilians in a move to crush demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, residents and activists said, Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American lawmakers raced against the clock on Sunday to forge a last-minute deal that could raise the U.S. debt ceiling by $2.8 trillion and provide assurance to financial markets that the United States will avoid default. Read more
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The Syrian army has begun an operation in the city of Hama, one of the main centres of anti-government protests. Read more
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama held an urgent White House summit with key Democratic allies Saturday as his Republican foes said fever-pitch efforts to avert a disastrous debt default would soon pay off. Read more
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BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions about divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks. Read more
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TURKEY’s entire military top brass quit last night as the country’s Islamic government confronts senior officers for conspiring against the prime minister. Read more
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The Left-wing leader of more than a million public-sector workers facing cuts in their pensions has secured himself a huge increase in his personal retirement pot. Read more
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Expand Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall leave an evening reception onboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. Photo / AP Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips threw a party on the eve of her wedding to Mike Tindall, with Prince William and his wife Catherine among the guests. [...]
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Friends and loved ones gather at the Oslo cathedral to mourn 93 victims killed in twin terror attacks from a bombing in downtown Oslo and a mass shooting on Utoya island on July 24 ,2011, in Oslo, Norway. Read more
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Flowers are left near Utoya island following Friday’s twin extremist attacks, on July 24, 2011, in Utoya, Norway. Read more
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As the news began to trickle in from Norway on Friday, an anti-government pattern quickly emerged. The bombing outside the prime minister’s headquarters in Oslo was soon followed by a shooting rampage at an island hosting a youth camp for the PM’s Labour Party. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who had been working from home that [...]
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 Dear Lawn, Monday, you’re on your own. Since the first thaw of spring I’ve been seeding you, weeding you (by hand) and watering you all in an effort to make you look respectable enough to save you from my wife’s threat to tear out what was left of you and throw down fresh sod. By [...]
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4:43am UK, Saturday July 30, 2011 Al Qaeda was behind the killing of the Libyan rebels’ military chief Abdel Fatah Younes, according to Colonel Gaddafi’s regime. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. [...]
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© Rex Features / NBCU PHOTOBANK Craig Kilborn has signed on to appear in Chuck. The former Late Late Show host will play a villain on the NBC series starring Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, according to TV Line. Kilborn joins Star Wars actor Mark Hamill in the show’s season premiere. Kilborn will [...]
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Final preparations are being made for the wedding of the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips to England rugby star Mike Tindall. Read more