Greece gambles on referendum for new debt deal
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AP – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist members of parliament in Athens, Monday, Oct. … Play Video Tax Season Video:No Property Tax Hike In Lancaster Mayor’s Budget WGAL Lancaster Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 11,955.01 -276.10 ^GSPC 1,253.30 -31.79 ^IXIC 2,684.41 -52.74 By DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press – 42 mins ago ATHENS, Greece [...]
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UNESCO grants Palestinians full membership
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PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations’ cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on Monday, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state. Read more
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Berlusconi named in report on trafficking
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ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been named in a US government report on people trafficking as a result of his relationship with a prostitute known as ‘Ruby the Heart Stealer’. Read more
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East coast October snowstorm grounds JetBlue flight for 7 hours
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Angry passengers on the JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Newark, New Jersey, were kept on the tarmac in ‘disgusting’ conditions after being diverted to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut. Read more
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World’s population reaches seven billion – or does it?
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The world’s seventh billion person was “officially” born today – but according to some experts, the UN might have jumped the gun.
The US Census Bureau says the most likely date the world population will reach seven billion is between March and [...]
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Gadahfi's Book
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi points to a book as he addresses the 64th General Assembly at United Nations hHeadquarters on Sept. 23, 2009, in New York City. Read more
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Report: El Salvador More Dangerous Than Iraq
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What is the most violent country in the world, when not counting war casualties? The results may surprise you.
Last week, the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development released a report studying annual violent death rates around the world from 2004 through 2009, and ranked the most violent countries based on the [...]
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Wassail warning: Time to get your `Cheer’ on
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Over the years, my ritual announcement here in late October saying tickets are now on sale for the “Songs of Good Cheer” Christmas-season caroling parties has evolved from a come-on to a heads-up.
Metro columnist Mary Schmich and I began fronting these charity events at the Old Town School of Folk Music in [...]
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Assad Says He’s Willing To Talk To Opposition
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9:34pm UK, Sunday October 30, 2011 Syrian President Bashar al Assad has warned Western countries against intervening in his country’s affairs but says he is now willing to talk to members of the opposition. In an interview with Russian television, he said: “We will cooperate with all political powers, both those who had existed before [...]
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Kim Kardashian: ‘Kris Humphries split rumors don’t upset me anymore’
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© PNP/ WENN.com Kim Kardashian has said that she does not let rumours about her marriage to Kris Humphries upset her. The reality star, who wed the basketball player in August, revealed that she tried to prepare Humphries for the public scrutiny that their relationship would experience. “Something I really prepared Kris for [was] to [...]
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Pa. researchers unable to unearth Irish mass grave
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In this Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, Matt Patterson, center, a forensic dentist, peers at a human skull as graduate student Robert Frank, left, and historian Frank Watson stand by, at the site that researchers believe is a mass grave for immigrant Irish railroad workers in Malvern, Pa. Read more
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Pack of Dem Senators hit Sil Valley to rub shoulders with tech superstars – no media allowed
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Just days after President Barack Obama hit the San Francisco Bay Area following his second fundraising stop here in a month, a whole passel of Democratic Senators are gathering tonight for a big Silicon Valley tech and policy conference sponsored by a leading party organization. The common theme between the two events: no local media allowed. The Democratic [...]
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Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children
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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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World Digest: Opponents of Venezuela’s Chávez jailed in crackdown
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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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ICC hunt for Gaddafi son poses dilemma for Niger
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NIAMEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Sunday he has “substantial evidence” that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, now on the run, had helped hire mercenaries to attack Libyan civilians protesting against his father’s rule. Read more
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At least three deaths as snowstorm hits Northeast
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BOSTON (Reuters) – A rare October snowstorm barreled up the East Coast on Saturday, cutting power to more than two million households, forcing cancellation of scores of airline flights and causing at least three deaths. Read more
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Syrian head warns Western powers
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More than 3,000 people have died in the unrest since protests calling for the government of President Bashar al-Assad to step down broke out in March. Read more
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Nationalists emboldened by EU crisis, debt pact
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AP – FILE This Sunday Sept. 19, 2010 file photo shows Jimmie Akesson, chairman of the right-wing party … Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 12,231.11 +22.56 ^GSPC 1,285.09 +0.50 ^IXIC 2,737.15 -1.48 By KARL RITTER, Associated Press Karl Ritter, Associated Press – Sat Oct 29, 8:10 am ET STOCKHOLM – This week’s debt deal for Europe doubles down on the concept [...]
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Israel trades fire with Gaza’s Islamic Jihad, 10 dead
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GAZA (Reuters) – Israel’s air force bombed an Islamic Jihad base in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, killing five senior militants and drawing cross-border Palestinian rocket salvoes that killed an Israeli civilian. Read more
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MP’s wife avoids jail for kitten theft
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AN MP’s wife was given a nine-month suspended sentence yesterday for snatching a kitten from the home of her husband’s mistress. Christine Hemming (53) was convicted of burglary last month. Read more
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