Short Tempered or Midgets Gone Wild? "Midget remark sparks brawl
Published: Nov. 29, 2007 at 4:10 PM
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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A brawl broke out in a Las Vegas bar this week when a short person dressed in an Oompa Loompa...
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"Flat Tax Fred
Thompson's reform leads the GOP field.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST
Fred Thompson's Presidential campaign has been struggling, in part because of a sense that he lacks passion and an agenda. But late last week he unveiled a tax reform that is...
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"Youth Riots in France Continue
28 November 2007, Wednesday
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More than 1 000 police officers were deployed in the poor Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel to stop rioting youths. Photo by BGNES
Riots have broken out for a third night in the poor French...
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"Dutch court rules Srebrenica families can sue U.N.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Families of Srebrenica massacre victims have cleared a legal hurdle in their lawsuit against the Dutch state and the United Nations, which they argue allowed the killing of thousands of Muslims, their...
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"Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory
Monday, November 26, 2007
By Catherine Donaldson-EvansAfter a sheet metal plant in Connecticut ordered its employees to speak only English on the job because of safety concerns, five...
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Briton faces lashes in Sudan over teddy named Mohammed
By Caroline Gammell and Aislinn Simpson
Last Updated: 5:46pm GMT 26/11/2007
A British primary school teacher in Sudan is facing 40 lashes and up to six months in prison after allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear...
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"Saudi rape VICTIM sentenced to 200 lashes 'admits to affair'
Last updated at 13:05pm on 26th November 200A teenage rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes in Saudi Arabia has confessed to cheating on her husband, according to authorities in the kingdom.
The Saudi Justice...
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"Germany found involved in smuggling nuclear equipment to Iran
An illegal network to smuggle nuclear equipment from Russia to Iran has been arrested in Germany. Investigators say that it goes about shipments in the sum of 150 million dollars – the tip of the iceberg. A...
"The dollar has hit new record lows against the euro this week, something which Airbus says favours its US rival Boeing.
Earlier this month Airbus warned it may have to deepen its planned restructuring after steeper than expected third-quarter losses.
It said a net loss of...
"First officers from UN specialized police unit deploy for Chad to start key training role
21 November 2007 – The first officers from the United Nations Standing Police Capacity will depart for Chad today to start training recruits for a specialized Chadian police unit...
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"The Venezuelan mission in Guyana has not received the expected report from authorities in that country on the invasion of Guyana's territory and the destruction of two mining dredges by the Venezuelan military, nor has there been a response to Guyana's diplomatic note from...
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"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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"Dutch May Compensate Kidney Donors
"The Dutch health minister, Ab Klink, is considering a recommendation to offer free health insurance for life to anyone who donates a kidney for transplant," reports The London Times. "The initiative has been prompted by a chronic shortage...
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"A Texas judge ruled to prohibit an unrecognized American Indian tribe and its self-proclaimed chief from selling tribal memberships, thus falsely claiming the documents would provide protection from deportation.
American Indian...
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"The get-tough policy in the Washington suburbs of Prince George's County was one of the strongest efforts made by any U.S. school system to ensure its youngsters receive their required immunizations.
Two months into...
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