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| Iran will strike back at any location from where attacks against it are mounted, Fars news agency quoted a senior military commander as saying Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:03 -0500)
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| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50:39 -0500)
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| A Mysore-born Indian public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network (MPSN) that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic le (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:02 -0500)
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| Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:10:04 -0500)
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| Citing poll fraud, the Pakistani Supreme Court Monday suspended 28 MPs and legislators, including two ministers, one of whom is currently with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on an official visit to (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:41 -0500)
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| Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday named Catalin Predoiu as the country's acting prime minister after Emil Boc stepped down from the post while announcing his cabinet's resignation. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500)
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| Singer Leann Rimes underwent a minor surgery and the procedure has left her in pain. The 29-year-old had the operation last week, reports showbizspy.com. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:40:02 -0500)
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| At least 44 people were killed after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted a central Philippines province Monday, Xinhua quoted a military official as saying. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500)
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| Rapper Snoop Dogg has revealed that he was detained by Norweigian customs officers because his cash smelled of drugs but later they let him go. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:02 -0500)
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| Italian Fabio Capello's future as the England manager is doubtful after he criticised Football Association (FA) decision to strip Chelsea defender John Terry of national team captaincy. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:26 -0500)
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| A group of 27 visitors to a Chinese zoo had the shock of their life when their bus was attacked by enraged Bengal tigers. The trauma continued for 20 mintues since the tiger zone's gatekeeper had gone (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:23 -0500)
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| India-Sri Lanka development partnership has come alive through a photographic exhibition titled "India through Sri Lankan Eyes" that opened here Saturday. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:15 -0500)
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| A man in China stunned many people Monday when he jumped off a Metro station overpass amid rain, following a quarrel with his girlfriend, but soon got up and left the spot. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:08 -0500)
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| The number of visitors to the famous Shaolin temple in Henan province, home to Shaolin Kung Fu martial arts, recorded a sharp decline during the weeklong spring festival celebrated in the last week of (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:01 -0500)
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| Madonna's 12-minute performance at the Super Bowl left the audience spellbound. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:08 -0500)
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| Implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal, sanctions against Iran and the Af-Pak situation are among the host of bilateral and regional issues expected to figure in talks between Indian Foreig (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:02 -0500)
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| Diabetic women who become pregnant are four times more likely than other women to deliver babies with birth defects, which include heart disease and spina bifida, a study reveals. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:02 -0500)
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| Most athletes would swear by the pain-relieving, muscle recovery-promoting benefits of massaging, which has now been validated by scientific evidence. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:50:14 -0500)
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| An "alarming" 4,500-plus children subjected to abuse in the US ended up in hospitals and 300 of them died of injuries in a single year, a study reveals. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:02:03 -0500)
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| Britain is under the spell of snow, ice and freezing temperatures and the prevailing condition may last through February. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:04 -0500)
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| The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row broke out after India favoured a Fre (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:30:01 -0500)
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| China Monday asked the US to abandon its "Cold War mentality" and cease making groundless accusations against Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:11 -0500)
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| Newly-divorced middle-aged women are more vulnerable to contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, a study reveals. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:09 -0500)
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| Russia has successfully completed the first stage of clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, an official said Monday. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:07 -0500)
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| AC Milan club's vice president Adriano Galliani is sure that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be banned for three games and would be able to face Juventus in Italian Serie A. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:05 -0500)
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| AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said he was satisfied with his side's goalless draw with Napoli at home in the Italian Serie A league match. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:03 -0500)
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| Santos star striker Neymar scored his 100th career goal on his 20th birthday but it did not ensure victory for his side. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500)
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| Argentine veteran footballer Javier Zanetti, who has been with Inter Milan for 17 years, apologised to fans for the team's "worst performance of the season" where they were thrashed by Roma 0-4 at the (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:04 -0500)
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| Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will brief the Qatar leadership about Pakistan's talks with Afghanistan during a three-day official visit to Qatar, a country where the Taliban is to open a political (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:08 -0500)
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| Singer Jennifer Lopez, who is dating dancer Casper Smart, wants to make him a star. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:50:01 -0500)
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| Russia will develop by June this year a detailed 30-year plan to strengthen its naval forces, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:20:02 -0500)
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| Two people were killed when a three-storied building collapsed early Monday in Pakistan's Lahore city. At least 50 others were feared trapped in the rubble of the collapsed structure, a media report s (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:10:02 -0500)
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| In-form Test bowler Ben Hilfenhaus has replaced Brett Lee in the Australia ODI squad for the ongoing cricket tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:40:03 -0500)
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| US President Barack Obama has said he saw no basis for rumours that Iran may be planning an attack on the US. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500)
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| A Cuban sculptor uses tobacco leaves to create wonderful pieces of art, and has made life-size as well as miniature sculptures of Winston Churchill, Che Guevara, John F. Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Luci (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:10 -0500)
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| A vaccine against heroin addiction that has been patented in Mexico will be ready for human use in around five years. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:06 -0500)
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| China's airlines are not allowed to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU) nor are they allowed to hike freight or add other fees without government permission, authoritie (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500)
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| Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol has partnered with a Chinese firm to set up a plant in northern China, authorities said. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:04 -0500)
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| Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic republic's establishment, Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has said. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:50:02 -0500)
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| Three people, including two boys, were killed Sunday in an explosion at a home in the north-western US state of Washington. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:07 -0500)
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| An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:20:01 -0500)
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| A couple in Lahore has been arrested for torturing their nine-year-old domestic help, who was found with a swollen face and shivering in the cold. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:11 -0500)
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| Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) happens to be the nastiest and most common brain tumour, affecting 10,000 patients in the US alone every year. Now, a novel non-invasive procedure called Tumour Treating (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:10 -0500)
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| In Spain, thousands of African immigrant girls are facing the danger of becoming victims of female genital mutilation, an ancestral practice that sub-Saharan immigrants have brought with them and whic (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:08 -0500)
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| Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture, a media report said Sunday. (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500)
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| The Indian Supreme Court's decision to cancel 122 controversial mobile phone licenses has opened up a new round of scepticism about India as a destination for foreign investment, according to Time mag (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:02 -0500)
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| Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:50:05 -0500)
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| Some 180 half-naked people in the northwestern city of Medellin positioned themselves to form the word "stop" to demand an end to bullfighting in Colombia. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:50:03 -0500)
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| The toll in the shipwreck off the northeastern Dominican Republic has risen to 16, a navy spokesperson said Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:20:02 -0500)
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| A total of 58 people have died of flu in Mexico so far this year. The deaths were caused by different strains of flu virus, the predominant one being swine flu. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:20:01 -0500)
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| Four people in Pakistan's port city of Karachi died after consuming poisonous food, Geo News reported. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:01 -0500)
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| Princess Diana's life is set to be made into a movie, and producer Stephen Evans is lining up a Hollywood actress to play the late British royal. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:30:02 -0500)
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| The European Union may introduce a new package of sanctions against Syria, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has said. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:40:01 -0500)
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| Actor Brad Pitt does not think he will have another year of professional success like the last 12 months. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:04 -0500)
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| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday paid a short visit to Bulgaria and discussed energy issues and military cooperation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Xinhua reported. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:02 -0500)
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| L.A. Reid has reportedly signed up to be a judge on the second series of the American version of "The X Factor". (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:01 -0500)
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| The head of a Chinese firm that owns 36 schools and companies across the country has been detained after he failed to repay 2.2 billion yuan (around $350 million) in debt to about 1,000 private lender (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:20:02 -0500)
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| A total of 135 passengers, included Norway's crown prince Haakon and his wife, crown princess Mette-Marit, were evacuated from an aircraft at the Copenhagen airport after smoke was detected in one of (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:50:01 -0500)
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| American comedian Joan Rivers claims she has had a total of 739 surgical procedures. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:20:02 -0500)
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| About 400 protesters threw objects and tried to storm the Syrian consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul Sunday, Xinhua reported. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500)
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| Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:50:02 -0500)
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| British singer Jessie J says that she will snog pop stars Rihanna and Ed Sheeran if she wins three Brit awards. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:20:02 -0500)
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| The Abu Dhabi International Airport Sunday launched an online auction for 60 tickets to 30 destinations. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:07 -0500)
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| The UAE and Romania have held discussions on boosting cooperation in the education sector. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500)
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| Demi Moore has checked into a rehab in the US. The actress was hospitalised last week as she was suffering from seizures. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:04 -0500)
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| An autistic woman was banned from having sexual intercourse on the ground that she lacks the mental capacity to consent to the act, the Daily Mail reported. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:02 -0500)
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| Then US president John F. Kenendy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room a few feet away from where staffers were drinking at an after-work party, the Daily Mail Sunday quoted a new (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500)
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| Drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, Daily Mail reported Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:03 -0500)
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| An Austrian skydiver will try to break the sound barrier during a free fall from a balloon on the edge of space later this year, The Telegraph reported Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:50:05 -0500)
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| At least four people were killed and six injured after an avalanche hit some villages in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Xinhua reported Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500)
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| China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0500)
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| The British government may soon formulate a law laying down "substantial" jail terms for stalkers. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:03 -0500)
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| Malaysia will loan $3 billion to Bangladesh to construct a river bridge, a minister said Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:02 -0500)
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| Over 6,000 individuals have applied for joining NASA's Astronaut Corps, twice as many as the US space agency usually receives, NASA said Sunday. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:03 -0500)
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| A British survey has found one in eight people claiming to have visited ancient wonders of the world that turned non-existent centuries ago! (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500)
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| middle-fingered salute during Madonna’s performance Sunday – the internet was quick to light up with criticism from moralizers and push-back from those who took it in stride.But absent ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:28 -0500)
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| GOOG-Q and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:22 -0500)
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| A leaflet negatively depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading: "hey listen well, we will execute you and kill your child same like you killed the Syrian children," ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:16 -0500)
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| KASTANIES, Greece -; Greek authorities say they will start work next month on a 10-kilometer (6-mile) fence on the country's border with Turkey to deter waves of illegal immigration. Public ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:45 -0500)
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| Britain's Queen Elizabeth II accepts a bouquet of flowers from a well wisher at the church of St Peter and St Paul at West Newton, eastern England, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. The queen braved the ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:42 -0500)
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| WARSAW, Poland -; Flowers, teddy bears and candles are piling up in a southern Polish park where a mother buried her child and then sparked a nationwide search by falsely claiming she had been ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:36 -0500)
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| Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of an ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:33 -0500)
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| BAGHDAD -; A lawmaker in Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says the Shiite-led government is seeking to lift his parliamentary immunity, a step which may extend the country's political crisis. ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:30 -0500)
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| In this photo provided by by the Palestinian President's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, confer with ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:28 -0500)
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| THE HAGUE, Netherlands -; The deep freeze gripping much of Europe means the Netherlands' almost mythical "Eleven Cities Tour" ice skating marathon could be staged later this month ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:25 -0500)
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| ISLAMABAD -; A spokesman for a Russian mountaineering team seeking to be the first to climb K2 in winter says it has abandoned the attempt after one of its members died on the mountain. The 15 ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:23 -0500)
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| South Floridians may need to take a few extra minutes Monday morning, with rainy roads causing delays. In Miami-Dade, a crash has closed Northwest 79th Street between 10th Court and 12th Avenue.A ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:46 -0500)
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| TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency says authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service.The ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:43 -0500)
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| BEIJING - Chinese officials denied reports that three ethnic Tibetans lit themselves on fire last Friday, according to a story on Monday in a state-controlled newspaper.The Global Times, a tabloid ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:33 -0500)
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| TRIPOLI, Libya -- A Libyan prosecutor says 40 suspects have appeared before a military tribunal in the country's first trial of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists since the dictator's ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:29 -0500)
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| KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO forces say one of their helicopters has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, and all aboard survived.The international military coalition says in a statement that the crew has ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:25 -0500)
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| SYDNEY -- Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:28:12 -0500)
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| Mass killer Anders Breivik has appeared before a Norwegian court in his last remand hearing before trial.The right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:23:36 -0500)
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| An Irish ultra runner has revealed a bottle of beer helped him become the only man on the planet to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days.Richard Donovan broke his own ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:23:33 -0500)
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| Arab countries should push ahead with action to end the violence in Syria, William Hague urged, promising the backing of Western countries after Russia and China blocked United Nations support.The ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:23:30 -0500)
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| OSLO: The Norway gunman who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July asked an Oslo court on Monday to release him immediately, saying his massacre was a "preventive attack against state ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:12:48 -0500)
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| WARSAW - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:12:47 -0500)
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| Mass killer Anders Breivik has appeared before a Norwegian court in his last remand hearing before trial.The right-wing extremist who confessed to a bombing and mass shooting that killed 77 people ... (Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:58 -0500)
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