" CEBU CITY -- A Norwegian was stabbed to death Monday morning after he allegedly held hostage four persons inside his house since Saturday night. Nils Frode Aksnes Steen, 51, died of multiple stab wounds at the...
A leader of the Basque seperatist group ETA has been arrested in Southern France, according to reports. ETA is fighting for an indpendant Basque state. The Basque homeland stretches across part of Spain and...
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"Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow."I felt this article was newsworthy...
Jacques Piccard mede his last dive at the age of 52.He came from a daring family that inherits a sense of curiosity and perseverance with respect for others as a guiding principle to its dessendants. "Swiss...
"PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters based on current voting intention and past...
On the charges of armed insurrection, aiding terror group and illegal possession of explosives, a group of 86 people are to be tried at a Turkish court. The massive trial held near Istanbul is organised agaisnt Ergenekon group for about 30 charges, including membership...
"ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) today issued the following statement on Barack Obama's misleading new radio ad on stem cell research, which is airing in the Philadelphia suburbs: "The fact is John McCain has been a champion for stem cell research,...
"The race for Pennsylvania’s 21 Electoral College votes remains close, but Barack Obama is back on top. The latest Fox News/Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds Barack Obama attracting 48% of...
"Polling this week in Florida and Ohio shows little net change from the previous week with McCain holding a very modest advantage in each state. McCain and Obama both increased their level of support slightly in each as the number of undecided/third party voters declined by...
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper's office has promised a full investigation into how someone gained access to his list of media e-mail recipients and sent emails pretending to be him. It seems that it's no...
"The soggy weather might have cast a dampener on the traditional British summer - but it has ensured vegetables are thriving and breaking new records.This monster vegetable now holds the new world record for the...
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"Iran's new interior minister has raised an uproar among lawmakers and Iranian media over an apparently fake claim that he holds an honorary doctorate from Britain's Oxford University. To back his case, he's shown off a degree certificate riddled with spelling and grammar...
An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still...
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Wow, here's something you do not hear every day. A bandit, and, nevertheless, a FEMALE bandit is making her strike across Southern California banks. Her most recent hit was a Bank of America in Van Nuys on Sherman...
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"EAU CLAIRE, Michigan (AP) -- Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. ...