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U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar not expected Thursday: source

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics A general view of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha June 18, 2013. Preliminary Afghan peace talks in...
Bad weather hits India flood rescue

SOURCE: BBC South Asia

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Bad weather hits rescue operations The floods have swept away buildings and triggered landslides Bad weather is hampering rescue operations...
Bulger trial: The hit man of Country Club Lane

SOURCE: Fox News

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Mass. Some neighbors of a former mob hit man were shocked to learn about his past during his testimony...
Blue Jays sweep Rockies for eighth straight win

SOURCE: Toronto Star

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Who would have guessed a few months ago that at this point in the year Esmil Rogers and Chien-Ming Wang...
MLS: Vancouver 3, Chivas USA 1

SOURCE: United Press International

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Camilo Sanvezzo scored twice and had an assist as well Wednesday to bring Vancouver a 3-1 decision over Chivas USA....
Economic Report: China factory activity slowing further in June

SOURCE: MarketWatch

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An employee wears a self-made cardboard mask at a bicycle factory in Zaozhuang, China...Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a nine-month...
Dotcom decries 'largest data massacre' after company deletes files

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics An actor in police costume mock-arrests Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (L) as he launches his new file sharing site...
Torre's daughter catches pitched baby

SOURCE: CNN

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The woman who caught the baby is Cristina Torre, daughter of famed Major League Baseball manager and former National League...
China gives first lecture from space

SOURCE: BBC

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Female astronaut Wang Yaping took questions live from students in Beijing China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the...
Probe on trainee who gave birth at PLKN camp

SOURCE: The Star

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Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe said on Thursday the standard operating procedure prohibited anyone confirmed by a medical doctor to be...
Small bronze statues vanish from Seattle park

SOURCE: Associated Press

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Seattle parks officials say small bronze animal statues that have delighted children are being snatched from a local park. The...
Doctors perform thousands of unnecessary surgeries

SOURCE: USA Today

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He stopped playing ball, but found out later he did not actually need the surgery that changed his life forever...Jonathan...
Hurdler Pearson to return from injury next week

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics Australia's Sally Pearson reacts on the podium before being presented with the gold medal for the women's 100m hurdles...
Murray poised to end Britain's 77 years of pain

SOURCE: The Star

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The Spanish Civil War started, Gone with the Wind was a publishing sensation and Jesse Owens spectacularly defied Hitler and...
10. Sandra Bullock loses role in 'Annie'

SOURCE: The Star

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The sun won't come out tomorrow after all for Sandra Bullock. The actress won't be joining the cast of Sony's...

FBI director reveals drones used for surveillance within US

Posted by: arkar

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-20 02:00:19 -0700 | political-news

Quite alarmingly, it was recently revealed that the US government, through a secret program, was closely monitoring its citizens, gathering personal details about them from internet data and phone records. This came to light when a National Security Agency analyst...

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Wikileaks' Assange claims Iceland in informal talks on granting asylum for NSA leaker Snowden

Posted by: Robert Myles

Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-06-20 02:13:10 -0700 | political-news

According to reports Wednesday, Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has been in touch with representatives of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, with a view of helping Snowden obtain political asylum in Iceland. Snowden has been in hiding in Hong...

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The mirage of peace in Afghanistan: Karzai suspends talks

Posted by: Robert Weller

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-20 01:10:46 -0700 | disasters-news

It lasted less than 24 hours. While President Obama and the Taliban talked about talks, more soldiers and civilians were killed by the rebels. Then President Karzai said he would boycott the talks, which gave the impression of being US-led....

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Congress hits new low in public opinion poll

Posted by: TomCleveland

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 20:03:01 -0700 | political-news

If you were working for 10 people, but only one had confidence in your ability, how long would you keep your job? Congressmen hit a new low of 10 percent in the latest Gallup poll, but they obviously will stay...

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MERS investigation reveals virus spreads easily in hospitals

Posted by: Avaline

Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-06-20 00:59:31 -0700 | health-news

In one of Saudi Arabia’s hospitals last year, a man suffering from pneumonia caused a patient next door to get sick. The next-door patient infected seven others, who each infected one other person. There was soon an outbreak. The virus...

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Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension over Taliban talks

Posted by: StephenManual

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-20 01:10:45 -0700 | disasters-news

Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly objected to the United States initiating formal dialog with the Taliban. Karzai said his government was not taken onboard before the decision, and therefore, in protest, he was announcing the suspension of all ongoing security...

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Arms race in the Indo-Pacific region

Posted by: perrydiaz

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-20 00:14:31 -0700 | political-news

PerryScope With the increasingly aggressive behavior of China in claiming 80 percent of the South China Sea and part of the East China Sea, China’s neighbors are arming themselves and banding together to deter Chinese expansionism. China began grabbing islands...

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Is there more police brutality, or is the rise in technology bringing it to light?

Posted by: April_Johnson

Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 20:51:44 -0700 | political-news

Police brutality has been a problem for many years in the United States. The police have taken their brutality a step further and have begun killing innocent people. In 2007 USA Today featured a story about the rise of police...

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White House: New anti-abortion bill passed by House is assault on women's rights

Posted by: wendyzachary

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-20 00:59:19 -0700 | political-news

On Tuesday, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed an extensive anti-abortion bill that would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks from conception. The bill has received much condemnation from Democrats, who are calling it a direct challenge...

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AMA classifies obesity as a disease

Posted by: Avaline

Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 21:31:03 -0700 | health-news

Obesity is now called a disease rather than a health condition as per new American Medical Association (AMA) rulings. This recognition was made in an annual meeting on Tuesday, of the AMA. Patrice Harris, M.D., and one of the board...

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James Gandolfini dead at 51 of heart attack in Italy

Posted by: Chrystal Mahan

Scicli :: Italy | updated 2013-06-20 01:40:01 -0700 | entertainment-news

James Gandolfini has died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 51. Gandolfini, most known for his role as Tony Soprano on the HBO drama “The Sopranos,” was in Sicily for the 59th annual Taormina Film Festival. Gandolfini...

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Boy charged for killing sister with wrestling moves: WWE, parent, teen all to blame?

Posted by: VeronicaS

Terrytown :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 23:13:39 -0700 | disasters-news

Sadly, this is not the first time a teen has been charged with killing a child with wrestling moves, for in 2001 a 14-year-old Florida boy received life for the wrestling death of his playmate. Lionel Tate was 12 at...

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Country Singer Slim Whitman Dies

Posted by: Sherrill Fulghum

Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-06-20 02:27:08 -0700 | obituaries-news

Early country music star Slim Whitman died in a Jacksonville, Fla. hospital at the age of 90 as a result of heart failure. Whitman was best known for his falsetto singing and yodeling in his songs. Whitman learned to play...

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New research suggests Mars atmosphere could have been oxygen rich

Posted by: arkar

Pasadena :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 21:20:22 -0700 | technology-news

According to a new research, it is likely that at some point in Mars’ history, the Red Planet could have most likely had oxygen in its atmosphere possibly even before the planet earth. It has long been theorised that in...

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UK fails to convince EU to blacklist Hezbollah armed wing

Posted by: saleh1966

Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-19 22:34:07 -0700 | disasters-news

Britain failed to put Hezbollah's militant branch on the European Union's terror list on Wednesday, as several governments expressed fears over the move fueling more violence in the Middle East, diplomats told Reuters. Following an inconclusive meeting on June 4,...

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