At least 10 activists have been arrested and hundreds were barred from starting a march from India to Tibet on Monday. They were protesting this summer's olympic games in Beijing. The protest began on the...
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Qualifying for Saturday afternoon's Nicorette 300 Nationwide Series race was cancelled by snow in the Atlanta, GA area.
Temperatures near freezing and light snow...
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Labour says, for now, noone will be required to carry ID cards in the UK. But at the same time they have taken initial steps to get the program moving."Millions of teachers, doctors, nurses and carers could soon be issued with identity cards, Jacqui Smith disclosed yesterday...
On Thursday, rioters set fire to the US Embassy in Belgrade. News sources are mixed, however, as to the significance of this event. The BBC's coverage highlights what they view as the reluctance of Serb authorities and gendarmes to crack down on the violence.
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The idea here is that most smokers want to quit, and the government wants to make it as difficult as possible to smoke. Anyone wanting to spark up would be forced to go down to the local smoke office, get their...
UN peacekeeping troops do not have access to the diesel fuel necessary to continue their mission in Eritrea and have been forced to relocate to neighbouring Ethiopia."The United Nations has begun pulling out...
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Liberal Member of Parliament accused the Conservative Government of Discrimination over it's immigration wait times policy where Immigrants from China are processed faster (4 months) in coming to Canada, yet is a...
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FW police rescue girl, 14, forced into prostitution06:35 PM CST on Saturday, January 5, 2008
By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV
WFAA-TV Lee is charged with the facilitation of aggravated kidnapping, engaging in organized criminal activity and prostitution.
FORT WORTH - Five...
"Family tragedy, waist deep snow, and the North Sea were not enough to keep Andreas Bäck from answering a summons to appear in a Scottish court this week."
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Viral/Pandemic Warning"DHAKA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka and to the port city Chittagong despite efforts by authorities to contain it, livestock officials said on...
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The UK government is looking into setting up male-only shelters, the first of its kind in Britain. This is in response to forced-marriages for males."It has emerged that 15% of the people who seek...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a story which would not even make any newspaper if these three Muslim women tried to voice an opinon or question an Imam in the Middle East, they most...
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"Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares.
The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday.
Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it...
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A large apartment building on 12th and Washington in Hoboken, NJ, caught fire last night, forcing residents out into the cold and closing off several blocks. Any locals with photos, videos or comments, please add...
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"AN EASTERN Cape student is suing his father and traditional leaders in a landmark court case after he was abducted and violently circumcised last year.
In court papers filed at the Bhisho High Court Division of...
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