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Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to be hanged
Sources in Iran are reporting that the execution order for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may have been issued.
- 9:46 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Iran court convicts Christian pastor convert to death
TweetA trial court in Iran has issued its final verdict, ordering a Christian pastor to be put to death for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity, according to sources close to the pastor and his legal team.
- 6:07 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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What Newt was inaccurately referring to when he accused Obama of supporting infanticide:
- 3:16 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Letters threaten biological attack on US senators
law enforcement official said on Wednesday that officials are probing letters sent to television personalities Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, which threaten biological attacks on U.S.
- 9:02 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Santorum at center stage in crucial Arizona debate
Rick Santorum finally got his chance at center stage in a debate of Republican U.S.
- 6:30 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Romney clawing his way back in Republican race
- 6:57 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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'MP held over Houses of Parliament bar assault'
Police said they were called to Parliament on Wednesday eveningA man, understood to be Labour MP Eric Joyce, has been arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance at the Houses of Parliament.
- 6:19 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Swedish minister rubbishes WikiLeaks spy report
Swedish Foreign minister Carl Bildt brushed off a report on Wednesday that anti secrecy group WikiLeaks would out him as a secret U.S.
- 4:56 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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McDonnell denounces ultrasound bill; House passes weaker version
- 4:56 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Romney proposes 28 percent top U.S. income tax rate
Republican Mitt Romney revised his proposal for overhauling the U.S.
- 9:17 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Dual Interpretations: Milky Way's Outer Fringe of Stars Sparks Disagreement
- 4:20 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Kevin Connects: STATEMENT OF RESIGNATION AS FOREIGN MINISTER
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- 8:28 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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The Attorney-General the Hon Nicola Roxon on Julian Assange’s extradition
For anything I cannot fit into 160 characters As per my previous blog entries, I have been waiting on a response from the Attorney General and Foreign Affairs Minister regarding Julian Assange’s extradition.
- 3:24 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world
Syrian President Bashar al Assad's forces, trying to hammer the city of Homs into submission, on Wednesday killed 19 more people including two Western journalists in an onslaught that has caused an international outcry for intervention to end the…
- 8:41 am Feb 23, 2012 | world
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Four killed, many wounded in Afghan Koran protests-officials
Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said.
- 3:30 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Inside and out, divisions keep Syria in stalemate
By Alastair Macdonald "World, please help us!"
- 4:00 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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David Levitt, California candidate for US Senate, believes in protecting #WikiLeaks
- 12:45 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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North Korea calls Seoul nuclear summit a "childish farce"
Isolationist North Korea lashed out at its neighbour on Wednesday for hosting an international nuclear security summit in Seoul next month, calling it a "childish farce" and an "intolerable grave provocation".
- 1:00 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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One Week to Stop Anti-Gay Censorship in Russia!
In just one week the city of Saint Petersburg could pass an outrageous bill that will make it a crime to read, write, speak or meet to discuss anything considered “Gay”.
- 11:47 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s criminal history and her hypocrisy with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
Julia Gillard had criminal allegations made against her in 1995 when she was accused of helping her boyfriend steal over $1,000,000 from the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and helping him spend the money on such things as her personal home renovations and…
- 5:28 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Journalists killed in latest Homs barrage
Two Western journalists have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses say.
- 6:20 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Wikileaks: Carl Bildt är USA-informatör
- 9:43 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Afghans vent fury over Koran burning, U.S. apologises
helicopters fired flares to disperse hundreds of angry Afghans who massed outside the main U.S.
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- 12:45 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Indonesia police battle to regain control of Bali prison
Police also removed around a dozen firearms which may have been stored inside the jail.
- 5:00 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Europe seals new Greek bailout, doubts remain
Euro zone finance ministers agreed a 130 billion-euro ($172 billion) rescue for Greece on Tuesday to avert an imminent chaotic default after forcing Athens to commit to unpopular cuts and private bondholders to take bigger losses.
- 5:55 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Why Drones May Bring a Renaissance, Not Erosion, of Privacy
CommentDrone technology can easily erode the scraps of privacy we have left, but the creepiness of the eyes in the sky could force us to rethink our current legal framework for data collection.
- 2:47 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Deal reached to end Khader Adnan’s detention by 17 April, but no confirmation hunger strike has ended
Opinion/Editorial: Standing in solidarity with Khader AdnanHuman Rights: Israeli forces destroy "the only place for children in Silwan"Human Rights: Raed Salah deportation case disintegrates in UK court, but verdict still to follow Opinion/Editorial:…
- 12:21 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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- 3:22 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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NZ judge grants Megaupload founder bail
The German founder of file sharing website Megaupload was granted bail by a New Zealand court on Wednesday after a month in custody as he prepares to fight U.S.
- 3:45 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Lay off Kevin, says Labor powerbroker
One of the powerbrokers of the ALP Left faction has come out in defence of Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, amid continuing leadership speculation.
- 3:54 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Virginia Senate votes to pass gay adoption discrimination
- 1:14 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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On Twitter, Greeks Fear Fallout From the Bailout
- 2:22 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Christchurch to mark deadly earthquake one year on
The earthquake hit at 12:51 local time on 22 February 2011.
- 10:23 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Study: Tokyo quake could register 7
A major earthquake a government panel presumes could occur centered under northern Tokyo Bay could register 7 the strongest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale--in central Tokyo, a ministry study has found.
- 2:52 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe jokes: I have beaten Jesus Christ
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has denied reports he has cancer, joking that he has died and been resurrected more times than Jesus Christ.
- 2:36 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Watching the wounded die in Syria's besieged Homs
Struggling to survive after two weeks of withering bombardment by Syrian forces, people in the Baba Amro district of Homs are packed four or five families to a house, relying on collected rain water and watching their wounded friends and relatives die for…
- 4:00 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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'Resurrected' Mugabe turns 88, to stay in power
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe turned 88 on Tuesday, vowing to stay in power despite grumbling inside his party that he should hand over to a younger leader, and international condemnation of his economic and human rights record.
- 4:30 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Fat Tuesday and Skinny Wednesday
- 1:48 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Drone journalism takes off
Drones play an increasing and controversial role in modern warfare.
- 6:32 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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- 3:11 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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The rise and rise of mining company donations
Labor’s mining tax and the resources boom may have permanently and significantly changed the balance of political donations, with millions of dollars flowing from mining companies to the Coalition, Australian Electoral Commission data shows.
- 12:02 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Syrian forces shell Homs district, kill 12-activists
Syrian government forces killed at least 12 people and wounded 100 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel held district of the city of Homs, activists said.
- 10:00 am Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Report of Quran burning sparks protests at Afghan base
- 3:34 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Yosemite waterfall turns to 'flowing lava' in rare February spectacle caught on camera
A window of time just opened in Yosemite National Park when nature photographers wait, as if for an eclipse, until the moment when the sun and earth align to create a fleeting phenomenon.
- 4:45 am Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Pro-Romney PAC spent $13.5 million in January
Mitt Romney is struggling to regain control of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but his allies appear ready to offer him a strong crutch for the road ahead.
- 1:38 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Palestinian prisoner ending hunger strike after deal
Speaking today to Gaza TV News, Professor Noam Chomsky issued the following statement on the plight of Khader Adnan, and Israel’s policy of “Administrative Detention”.
- 2:00 pm Feb 21, 2012 | world
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Iranian ships reach Syria, Assad allies show support
Russia, China and Iran showed support for Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Monday, days before an international meeting likely to pile more pressure on him to step down in the face of an increasingly bloody uprising.
- 2:35 pm Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Bob Brown and the Greens prostitute their soul and integrity and use WikiLeaks and Julian Assange for some free PR.
The Australian Greens party are pretending they are doing everything possible to help Julian Assange and WikiLeaks while in fact they are doing nothing.
- 9:17 am Feb 21, 2012 | world
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current affairs
Shares, euro rise on China move, Greek hopes
Shares gained and the euro hit a one week high on Monday as China's move to beef up banking activity supported optimism for global growth and as Greece edged closer to securing a bailout, though rising oil prices weighed on the recovery hopes.
- 3:38 am Feb 22, 2012 | world
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Richard Dawkins expresses disbelief over slave owner ancestor story
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist, is used to criticism from those who do not share his views on religion or the origins of mankind.
- 2:28 pm Feb 20, 2012 | world
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- 11:02 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Vandals scrawl graffiti on Jerusalem Baptist church
Vandals daubed "Death to Christianity" on a Jerusalem church on Monday in the second such attack in the holy city this month, police said.
- 9:30 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Romney trains fire on Santorum to open key week
The Republican race for President in Michigan has tightened considerably over the last week, with what was a 15 point lead for Rick Santorum down to 4.
- 8:30 pm Feb 20, 2012 | world
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China paper says West stirring up civil war in Syria
Western countries are stirring up a civil war in Syria with their wholehearted support for the opposition, a top Chinese newspaper said Monday, slamming calls for the country's leader to hand over power as an incitement to further violence.
- 6:03 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Hitler had son with French teen
Jean Marie Loret, who died in 1985 aged 67, never met his father, but went on to fight Nazi forces during the Second World War.
- 3:53 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Top Ten Common Vegan Questions (and Answers!)
- 1:54 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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#OccupySF #OccupyOakland #OCAM @jeffkloy February 19, 2012 8:10 PM
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- 4:10 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Slaves at the root of the fortune that created Richard Dawkins' family estate
Now Richard Dawkins, the secularist campaigner against "intolerance and suffering", must face an awkward revelation: he is descended from slave owners and his family estate was bought with a fortune partly created by forced labour.
- 2:18 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Analysis-Under pressure, Romney struggles for the right pitch
Mitt Romney isn't singing anymore.
- 5:00 pm Feb 19, 2012 | world
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Obama's slogan: looking to replace Hope and Change
They may not be official but those are all phrases that could in one form or another be candidates to become President Barack Obama's re election slogan.
- 4:30 pm Feb 19, 2012 | world
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The Sins of the Fathers [Also in Polish]
See bottom for the Polish translation Yesterday evening I was telephoned by a reporter who announced himself as Adam Lusher from the Sunday Telegraph.
- 6:39 pm Feb 19, 2012 | world
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Greek cabinet backs extra austerity measures
Greece's cabinet on Saturday approved a final set of austerity measures sought by the EU and IMF as a condition for a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue package, raising the chances of a deal next week to avert a chaotic default on its debt.
- 9:56 am Feb 19, 2012 | world
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Santorum says Obama agenda not "based on Bible"
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged President Barack Obama's Christian beliefs on Saturday, saying White House policies were motivated by a "different theology."A devout Roman Catholic who has risen to the top of Republican polls in…
- 11:39 am Feb 19, 2012 | world
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- 4:18 am Feb 20, 2012 | sport
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current affairs
Germany drawing up plans for Greece to leave the euro
The German finance ministry is actively pushing for Greece to declare itself bankrupt and to agree a "haircut" on the bulk of its debts held by banks, a move that would be classed as a default by financial markets.
- 11:34 am Feb 20, 2012 | world
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Pine Gap, Democracy Gap
Signed in 1967, the agreement about Pine Gap between Australia and the USA was sealed when the token payment of a single peppercorn passed hands.
- 3:57 pm Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Heart Attack Grill Customer Suffers Heart Attack While Dining On 'Triple Bypass Burger'
According to amateur video and a report from Fox 5 Vegas, a man suffered from a heart attack while dining at Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.
- 3:35 pm Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Can Bahrain still entice Formula 1?
During last year's unrest Formula 1 withdrew its race in Bahrain.
- 1:07 pm Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Roxon backs Gillard amid leadership rumblings
Attorney General Nicola Roxon has declared Julia Gillard a better prime minister than Kevin Rudd and urged the now-Foreign Minister to end leadership rumblings.
- 3:30 am Feb 19, 2012 | world
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Mississippi Police Chief Fired Over Cinnamon Stunt
The police chief of Tutwiler Miss., and four other city employees were fired after a video posted on Youtube captured them cheering as cinnamon was poured into the mouth of a mentally disabled teenager.
- 9:20 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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PM&C and the Wikileaks Task Force
Senator LUDLAM: If you are able to take that away and let us know, that would be great.
- 10:50 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Heading to the laker game with @thatrygood and @KennyHamilton
- 5:12 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Santorum’s Surge Holds Steady So Far
- 2:30 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Canada revamps refugee law to curb "bogus" claims
Canada plans to toughen its refugee laws to filter out fake claims from "safe" countries like Hungary, which it says are clogging up the system and wasting taxpayer money.
- 3:21 pm Feb 18, 2012 | world
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New Jersey governor vetoes gay marriage bill
Republican Governor Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill to make New Jersey the seventh U.S.
- 5:20 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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(2012/02/17) Virginia’s state-sanctioned rape, Greek workers occupy hospital and run it themselves
pisode #478 Virginia officials sanction rape with trans vaginal ultrasound bill, Greek workers occupy hospital and run it themselves.
- 4:49 pm Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Secretary Clinton Comments on Ending FGM
- 4:26 am Feb 17, 2012 | world
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US judge won't halt anti-whaling group
A US federal judge in Seattle has declined to immediately restrain the activities of an anti whaling group.
- 7:46 am Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Twitter sued over Hardy tweet
Twitter is being sued for defamation by a Melbourne man who was wrongly identified as the author of a “hate blog” directed at writer and TV personality, Marieke Hardy.
- 8:59 am Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Julian Assange joins outcast Simpsons for 500th episode
Wikileaks comes to Springfield as controversial figure Julian Assange joins the cast of "The Simpsons" for their milestone 500th episode on Sunday, which will see America's famous animated family being banished from their hometown.
- 3:00 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Alaska Well Blowout Still Out of Control While Congress Wants to Drill in Polar Bear Country
- 12:03 am Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Nigerian underwear bomber to be sentenced in Detroit
A federal judge is set to decide on Thursday if the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S.
- 3:48 am Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Santorum's provocative language could be obstacle
Republican candidate Rick Santorum has won support from American conservatives for his views on social issues but a habit of hyperbole may lead to stumbles in his White House bid.
- 1:16 pm Feb 17, 2012 | world
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Libya must rein in "out of control" militias:Amnesty
Libya's aspirations to replace Muammar Gaddafi's repressive rule with a just, democratic state are being undermined by armed militias who trample on human rights and are outside the government's control, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
- 6:34 am Feb 18, 2012 | world
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Snake gets a ball in Tassie
A British tourist has told a venomous tale of his trip to Tassie where he was bitten on the testicle by a snake.
- 4:55 pm Feb 16, 2012 | world
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Apple unveils preview of new Mac system
Apple has released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.
- 1:07 pm Feb 17, 2012 | world
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PM in Scotland to make case for retaining Union
- 12:29 pm Feb 16, 2012 | world
