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U.S. military children arrested in Japan - update

When teenagers start playing stupid pranks they do not normally end up causing an international problem. This kids put a string across two poles that knocked a woman off her motor bike. The Japanese police are...

created by Babel-Fish | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Biden the probable Veep Pick, sources say

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Joe's Gaffe: Say It Ain't So

"There is no question that when Barack Obama sat down and listed out the pros and cons of picking Joe Biden as his running mate, at the top of the "cons" he wrote: "has a propensity for making hard to explain...

created by politisite | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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US Politics 2008: How Fear and Hope have shaped the current political landscape

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US Politics 2008: How Fear and Hope have shaped the current political landscape

"This recent press back that we are seeing in the media against Senator Obama is probably to be expected. Here is why...I think that it is representative of a greater issue than the US elections that is taking...

created by beninmw | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Japan sets sights on whaling activists

"Will three anti-whaling activists from the UK and US end up standing trial in Tokyo? Japan is attempting to press charges against activists for the first time since 2000, when protesters started harassing the Japanese whaling fleet in earnest. Earlier this week Tokyo's...

created by Babel-Fish | 1 year ago
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Businessman Decapitated Himself Using Aston Martin to Get Revenge on His Ex

"A businessman committed suicide by decapitating himself in his £90,000 ($137,300) Aston Martin in order to get revenge on his younger wife who left him. For some time the 54-year old Gerald Mellin warned 33-year old Mirrielle that he would commit suicide. In addition, he...

created by dimon | 1 year ago
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Amy Judd

Double Dutch Gets Status in New York Schools

Starting next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple, will be the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.I think this is very exciting and will get students more involved in sports."As...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Jarrett Martineau

Discontinued sports from past Olympics

As the Beijing Olympics draws closer and the competition becomes fierce for the athletes competiting for the gold, let's take a look back at past Olympic events that are no longer competitive sports, but must have...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Wax Adolf Hitler to be repaired by Madame Tussauds

Head of a waxwork of Adolf Hitler's has been restored and it will be reinstalled at the Germany's Madame Tussauds . "A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its...

created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago
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Makassar bomber escapes from prison

"Hadi who had served his sentence for only three years decided to escape to meet a request by a fellow inmate, Marcus Vally Huwae alias Ade (20) from Batu Gitung, Ambon, Maluku, who is serving a jail term of 15...