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French president in first visit to Afghanistan

SOURCE: DAWN

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French President Francois Hollande arrived in Kabul on Friday on a previously unannounced visit to meet French soldiers he has...
MLB: Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 9

SOURCE: United Press International

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RBI singles in the sixth by Freddy Galvis and Mike Fontenot put Philadelphia in front Thursday and the Phillies went...
50 percent turnout in...

SOURCE: Arab News

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Sultan spoke just hours before polling stations were to close on the second and final day of voting in the...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Still World's Most Beautiful Woman Despite ...

SOURCE: International Business Times

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Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai, was named as World's Most Beautiful Woman before. However, she was criticized for not losing weight...
Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs HTC Inspire 4G: Battle of 4G Champions

SOURCE: International Business Times

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The release of HTC 's Inspire 4G at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) marked the debut of AT&T's LTE...
Corby clemency backlash grows

SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald

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Story continues below Drug crime is worse than corruption and terrorism. Drugs destroy life, he said, adding that the president...
England Euro 2012 Squad: Carroll to Lead Attack

SOURCE: International Business Times

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Articles The 23 year old forward has been in better form recently, compared to his poor performances at the start...
World Briefing | Africa: Sudan and South Sudan Agree to Talks

SOURCE: The New York Times

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Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Sudan and South Sudan agreed to restart talks next Tuesday with the...
Senator had agreed to plea deal: court

SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald

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In an argument over costs, defence counsel Michael Abbott QC told the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday that Senator Fisher...
Op-Ed Contributor: Bankers at the Gates

SOURCE: Newyork Times

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Related in Opinion FEW Greeks have a good word to say about the European banking system these days. They believe...
True grit-Zanardi heads to Paralympics

SOURCE: The Star

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And that's how I won the tickets to London 2012," says Alessandro Zanardi with a wry laugh. Nobody gets to...
French movie touches global audience

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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But the real box-office shocker of the season features no comic book crusaders, aliens or computerized special effects. In fact,...
Olympic torch route, day 7: in the land of Elgar and lung-busting ...

SOURCE: The Guardian

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Alamy At some point on Friday morning the Olympic torch is due to cross the finishing line of my own...
3 children found abandoned in Portland

SOURCE: CNN

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Portland police issued a statement saying its officers are working with the state Department of Human Services to learn more...
Amy Varsell goes (middle) distance

SOURCE: Boston Herald

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Division 2 track and field championships when Colorado State-Pueblo hosts the outdoor meet this weekend...Last week, at the 125th New...

Pedro Hernandez confesses to murder of Etan Patz, the boy whose disappearance led to missing ...

Posted by: Amee Ellsworth

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-25 00:30:51 -0700 | disasters-news

After 33 years, a confession from Pedro Hernandez will finally give the family of Etan Patz the answers they have waited over three decades to hear. The loss of a child is one of the worst pains a parent can...

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Egypt's Brotherhood candidate leads halfway through vote count in Egypt's presidential polls

Posted by: saleh1966

Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2012-05-25 01:27:30 -0700 | political-news

On Friday, Egypt's Brotherhood said its candidate, Mohamed Mursi, was ahead of the pack of 13 candidates. According to the Associated Press, Moresi is in the lead with more than 2.7 million votes, while former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq ,...

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‘Brainwashing’ claim on Vietnam doomed George Romney’s 1968 presidential bid

Posted by: Punditty

Berkeley :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 21:18:46 -0700 | political-news

May 24, 2012 Even casual followers of the 2012 presidential campaign are aware that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, is not the first person in the Romney family to pursue the highest office in the land....

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Hewlett-Packard announces 27,000 job cut

Posted by: arkar

Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-05-25 00:31:54 -0700 | business-news

US computer firm, Hewlett-Packard is to shed roughly 27,000 jobs by 2014, the world’s largest manufacturer of personal computer’s said in a statement released today. As a cost cutting measure, the company said that it is hoping that the 8...

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Israeli public opinion turned against South Sudanese migrants (Video)

Posted by: saleh1966

Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2012-05-25 00:45:55 -0700 | disasters-news

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against the large African population in Israel. The protest, organized by an Israeli parliament member and far-right Israeli activists, Haaretz reported. Crowds of demonstrators attacked African residents, smashed store-fronts belonging...

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Education 2012: Rethinking 'college for everyone'

Posted by: ksssann

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 17:39:20 -0700 | education-news

Meet Diane Ravitch: former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, educational policy advisor and historian, and a research professor at New York University’s Steinhart School of Culture, Education and Human Development. Ravitch has published 20 books and over 500 articles on...

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Apple patents the iPen and Safari 3D

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Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 21:00:37 -0700 | technology-news

Just when you thought Apple had invented just about every sort of portable computing device imaginable, the company has outdone itself and created the iPen, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office report published today. The iPen is not...

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On why Tony Perkins and other anti-gay rights advocates are on the wrong side of history…

Posted by: KnowtheIssues

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 19:04:25 -0700 | political-news

Tony Perkins, the acting President of the Family Research Council and a staunch anti-gay marriage advocate, recently spoke with CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin prior to lobbying members of Congress on Capitol Hill. He, along with other conservative anti-gay rights groups...

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Porn stars say Bill Clinton personally requested to have a photo with them

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Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 23:34:33 -0700 | political-news

The photo of Bill Clinton with pornographic stars rapidly became viral on the internet, after one of the ladies put up the photo on her twitter account claiming the former President himself asked for the picture. According to the award...

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Pakistan: Even as reconciliation talks continue so do U.S. drone strikes

Posted by: northsunm32

Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2012-05-24 12:49:16 -0700 | political-news

U.S. drone strikes are reported to have killed 10 in a village in North Waziristan. Such strikes are a clear signal to Pakistan that even though ceasing drone strikes has been made a condition of re-opening supply lines the U.S....

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Rick Santorum endorses Texas U.S. senatorial candidate

Posted by: Dava Castillo

Houston :: TX :: USA | updated 2012-05-25 01:05:09 -0700 | political-news

For those of you who might have read my political satire titled “ Rick Santorum Pope for a Day ,” I charged Rick Santorum for wanting to be a Texan, and today he fulfilled the prophecy. Here is the excerpt...

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Ron Paul patriot: Meet FDNY's Chris who woke up after 9/11 (Video)

Posted by: Stephanie Ealy

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-25 00:00:51 -0700 | political-news

Ron Pau l 's patriots: Meet the people behind the candidate #5 Shock and grief consumed the air after the 9/11 terror attacks and many of our New York Fire Dept. heroes continued diligently performing their duties assigned which included...

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2012 elections canceled; Voting to be replaced by 'Indirect Democracy' (Parody)

Posted by: MichaelBalton

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 20:26:07 -0700 | political-news

Thursday, 24 May 2012 Washington DC - Federal officials today canceled the 2012 elections, declaring that American voters are not qualified to select the nation's political leaders. "Everyone blames the gridlock in Washington on the politicians," said Norman Lagoder, Chief...

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Punish the deed, not the breed

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Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2012-05-25 00:05:25 -0700 | causes-news

The American Staffordshire terrier (the scientific name for the Pit Bull) is among the highest percentile for the most favorable dogs in the 20th century. The bred first appeared in 19th century England, and were bred solely as fighting dogs....

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iPad: Friend or foe when it comes to education?

Posted by: JulieOrbach

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-05-24 22:10:55 -0700 | education-news

Recently, viewers were both intrigued and appalled when a father posted a video of his one-year-old getting frustrated at a magazine that didn’t work like the iPad did . In the video, she taps and swipes at the pages to...

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