"Day 5 Preview: Australia declaring their first inning at 674/6 after Haddin being bowled off Collingwood by giving catch to Bopara while trying for a six out to midwicket. England lost two crucial wickets in their 2nd innings on last day’s play. Cook was the first one to...
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"Bride and groom are in. Party A and Party B are out.California state officials, saying they had heard from residents all over the state who would like to be identified as "bride" and "groom" on their marriage...
Leading American Insurance company American International Group Inc. is in the bad shape and likely to file for bankruptcy. However they have been allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its...
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"McCain on FCS: Flip-flop or fib? By Bradley Peniston - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Sep 13, 2008 6:58:20 EDT Has Sen. John McCain renounced his longtime antagonism toward the Army’s Future Combat Systems?On Sept. 8, the Republican presidential candidate told a...
"(CNN) -- How would the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin feel about the way the United States has turned out 232 years after declaring its independence? ...
Wow, tough crowd for Clinton in West Virginia. It will be interesting to see how long she stays in now that conventional logic remains that her candidacy is over."Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s greatest gift...
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After months of secrecy, the Bush administration has released satellite images of the nuclear reactor site which Israel destroyed in an airstrike alst year. The purpose of releasing the images is to demonstrate...
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"The Government has recognised the independence of the Republic of Kosovo.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern made the announcement, saying he was aware that the independence declaration was painful for Serbia.
However, he stressed that Ireland's recognition of...
I'm happy to report that Lake Wobegon has thrown its friendly hat into the ring for Obama. Rhubarb pie, anyone?Viva, Obama!"Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, Obama's campaign announced...
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"Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end
By Andy Worthington
Commentary by
Friday, January 11, 2008
Six years ago today, one of the most depressing icons of the 21st century opened for business. On January 11, 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners arrived at a...
"Kosovo's Serbs say the province is the cradle of their civilization and ought to remain part of Serbia, while Albanians will accept nothing less than full independence. Even skilled mediator Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland appointed as a UN special envoy in...
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"What was it like to fly on the A380?
As my taxi pulled up at Changi airport, I knew this was going to be a special day - the day of the first A380 commercial flight was finally here.
The airport had long been...
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"Turkish media say a government minister has canceled a trip to the United States after a U.S. congressional panel approved a resolution declaring mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
State-run Anatolia reports that Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen will not...
"The government came a step closer to abolishing the monarchy that has ruled this Himalayan nation for centuries on Wednesday when the leading party announced its support for declaring Nepal a republic, officials said.
Leaders of Nepal's largest political party, the Nepali...
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In an incredible display of public disregard a British man reportedly urinated on, then doused with water and shaving cream 50 year old Christine Lakinski as she lay dying in the street of pancreatic...
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