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Breaking News: London terrorist attack leaves soldier hacked to death (Video)
Posted by: Eileen Kersey

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 02:14:04 -0700 | disasters-news

In broad daylight, around 2 p.m. BST Wednesday, a suspected terrorist attack unfolded in Woolwich, London. Two men drove their vehicle into a soldier, who was wearing a Help For Heroes charity T-shirt, before attacking him with machetes. There are...
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Breaking News: Report: Four US citizens died in drone attacks since 2009
Posted by: prabirghose

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:21:23 -0700 | political-news

The Obama administration has acknowledged the death of four American citizens in counterterrorism drone strikes since 2009. Fox News reports indicate that US President Barack Obama had ordered the disclosure of the deaths in keeping with the promise he made...
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Breaking News: IRS official pleads the 5th at US House hearing
Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 00:50:16 -0700 | political-news

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination Wednesday and declined to testify at a House hearing on the matter,...
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Breaking News: Farm bill cuts could prompt hungry Americans to beg for foreign aid
Posted by: itobin53

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 00:57:03 -0700 | political-news

Imagine turning on your television and seeing hungry children huddled together wearing rags. Then the voice over the images makes a plea for donations to buy them food so they won’t starve. Now imagine that the donations are not destined...
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Breaking News: Tsarnaev brothers highlight shifting movements within Chechnya, expert says
Posted by: Mirjana Pantic SelectMedia

Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 02:10:09 -0700 | disasters-news

Searching for a motive behind the attack on the Boston Marathon in April that killed three people and injured more than 260 others, the media has speculated that the answer may lie in the alleged perpetrators’ Chechen origins. The Russian...
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Breaking News: Libya suffers from chronic violence as militias push their own agendas
Posted by: northsunm32

Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 00:47:57 -0700 | political-news

The past few weeks have seen continued violence in various places in Libya, including the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi. Militias continue to operate, while the central government seems unable or unwilling to confront them. UPI recently...
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Breaking News: Actress Helen Mirren makes dying boy's wish come true after queen refuses
Posted by: VeronicaS

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 21:46:14 -0700 | entertainment-news

I have always liked Helen Mirren, and now I admire her even more. The ageless British-born actress who can give younger women a run for their money in the stylishly sexy department, made a dying boy’s wish come true. Well,...
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Breaking News: Oklahoma tornado death toll likely to stand at 24
Posted by: Robert Weller

Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:04:38 -0700 | disasters-news

The fire chief of the Oklahoma City suburb smashed by a tornado Monday says the death toll likely will stay at 24. Gary Bird told Fox News he is "98 percent sure " there are no more dead in the...
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Breaking News: Afghan interpreters will be allowed to settle in Britain after another coalition U-turn
Posted by: Eileen Kersey SelectMedia

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 20:26:09 -0700 | political-news

The British government has had a rethink and taken another U-turn, this time with regards to British citizenship for hundreds of Afghan interpreters who have worked with foreign military during the war. The men had claimed that they would be...
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Breaking News: Nearly 40 percent of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid
Posted by: Robert Myles

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 20:31:53 -0700 | disasters-news

The number of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid has reached 8.3 million, or 38 percent of the country's population, the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated, labeling the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe.”...
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Breaking News: Atlanta, New York writers score wins in Pundit contest for first half of May
Posted by: The American Pundit Contest

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:22:42 -0700 | your-story

Allvoices is pleased to announce the winners in the May 1-15 segment of The American Pundit political writing contest, with writers from Atlanta and New York claiming $250 apiece and advancing to the finalist round to compete for the $5,000...
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Breaking News: Spiders from Mars bassist Trevor Bolder dies; a local perspective
Posted by: Eileen Kersey

Kingston upon Hull :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 14:59:14 -0700 | obituaries-news

News that musician Trevor Bolder has died is a semi-personal one for this writer. Trevor, and former Spiders from Mars band-mate Mick Ronson were natives of my city, Kingston-upon-Hull, which is located on the north bank of the River Humber,...
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Breaking News: New report questions OKcupid privacy
Posted by: Barry Eitel

Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:39:58 -0700 | technology-news

According to a report published by the San Francisco Public Press, popular free online dating destination/hookup wonderland OKCupid may be far less private than you think. Reporter Rachel Swan talked to a “moderator” working for the site—really, just a dude...
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Breaking News: Obamacare Facebook page inactive since November
Posted by: Punditty SelectMedia

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 23:55:46 -0700 | political-news

Despite widespread criticism that President Barack Obama’s administration is not doing enough to inform citizens about compliance with the Obamacare mandate to purchase health insurance, the Facebook page I Like Obamacare has been inactive since November. The page is maintained...
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Posted by: Sherrill Fulghum

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 21:01:41 -0700 | arts-culture-news

It's the Grand Finale on "Dancing with the Stars" and by the end of the night a new winner will be crowned. The two hour show begins with the cast of season 16 dancing to the Pitbull hit "Don't Stop...
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