Renegade has landed: Obama gets down to business at No.10 breakfast with Brown Posted on April 1st
President Barack Obama got straight down to business today after flying in to Britain for the G20 summit of world leaders.Read moreAussie carers threatened to cut off boy’s penis, court hears
Aussie carers threatened to cut off boy's penis, court hears New 4:54PM Wednesday Apr 01, 2009 Two childcare workers have ... Continue
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The Story Behind the 'Stans
Answer: In Persian, the suffix "stan" means "place of." In Russian -- remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five 'stans ... Continue
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London Locks Down in Preparation for G-20
I've covered a lot of protests over the years, gotten hit with pepper spray, bruised, bumped and jostled, and even ... Continue
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Caving to community pressure
Should officials have invited Vietnam-era radical Bill Ayers to speak to a student group at Naperville North High School next ... Continue
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Yacht Murder Briton’s Body Is Discovered
9:40pm UK, Monday March 30, 2009 Fishermen in Thailand have found the body of British yachtsman Malcolm Robertson who was murdered ... Continue
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Stereophonics ‘break Stones pie rules’
Rex Features Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has revealed that he broke a ... Continue
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Thousands of Cane Toads Killed in “Toad Day Out”
At first glance, one might think that killing thousands of toads, and being gleeful about it, might be a bad ... Continue
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INDONESIAN DAM BREAK LEAVES AT LEAST 58 DEAD
CIRENDEU, Indonesia -- Survivors say when the dam gave way in the middle of the night, water surged ... Continue
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Michelle Obama to deliver commencement address at UC Merced
This just in from the White House: First lady Michelle Obama to deliver the commencement address this spring at UC ... Continue
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Fritzl: ‘I need help to see into my sick soul’
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who held his daughter in a secret dungeon for 24 years, has described how his ... Continue
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Eerie Figure Haunts Scottish Castle
(March 27) - The figure peers down silently from an upper floor of the ruins of a Scottish castle, wearing ... Continue
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Blue movies on expenses: How Jacqui Smith’s husband watched pornographic movies… paid for by the taxpayer
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s political future was in jeopardy tonight after it was revealed that her husband used her Commons ... Continue
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Lights dim around the world for Earth Hour
GERMANY - From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the ... Continue
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Karzai Escapes Attempt on Life
Taliban fighters marred one of Afghanistan's most celebrated days -- Mujahedeen Victory Day, observing Afghans' victory over the Soviets -- ... Continue
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David Cameron who? Conservative Hannan steals the spotlight
If the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom wants a true boost over the limping Gordon Brown, they may have ... Continue
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The final valediction
An elderly, family friend in a far-off city has gone home from the hospital to die. He's under the care ... Continue
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‘Italian Hid And Raped Daughter For 25 Years’
4:09am UK, Saturday March 28, 2009 Nick Pisa, in Italy A man who allegedly kept his daughter locked up for 25 years and ... Continue
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