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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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At hearing into the case of Katia Zatuliveter her QC, Tim Owen, said spooks assigned to her case bore no resemblance to formidable spymaster George Smiley of John le Carré novels but went about their business like the clueless character from the Pink Panther films. Read more
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The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated. A preliminary report says more than 40 per cent of the total radiation released at Chernobyl was leaked at Fukushima. Read more
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The more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables and directives leaked by WikiLeaks on Nov. 28, 2010, included some unflattering descriptions of world leaders. The lampooning of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il is nothing new — see the movie “Team America: World Police” — but diplomats quoted sources describing stroke victim Kim as a “flabby old [...]
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Don’t forget: 7-8 p.m. tonight (Saturday) on WFMT FM 98.7, I’ll be the guest host of a special “Sweet Folk Chicago” featuring musical requests from regular commenters here at Change of Subject Read more
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10:21am UK, Saturday October 29, 2011 Holly Williams, Asia correspondent They call the Chao Praya the River of Kings. It is the lifeblood of Bangkok, winding its way through this crowded city of 12 million people. But, on Saturday, the Chao Praya unleashed its destructive power. At high tide, just after 9am, the [...]
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Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters and hunted them down in house-to-house raids, killing about 30 people in what was the deadliest day in weeks in the country’s 7-month-old uprising, activists have said. Read more
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White House press secretary Jay Carney was grilled by media in a press gaggle Thursday about the depth of President Obama’s awareness of the  ”Occupy Oakland” demonstrations – and said the president understands “the frustrations” that have lead to them. 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 [...]