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Ruby says her sworn statements were lies
MILAN -; The woman who prosecutors allege had sex with Silvio Berlusconi while he was Italy's premier in exchange for money spent her second day on the witness stand Friday, denying her own sworn descriptions of racy escapades at his `'bunga bunga" parties and long lists of expensive jewelry and watches received from the media mogul. Karima el Mahroug, a Moroccan known as Ruby, ...
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The Conscientious Objector and Inside Iraq the Untold Stories Launched on Portico
Net2TV Corporation (www.net2television.com) is offering two award-winning movies on its Portico connected-TV service through Friday, June 7. The feature-length films -- "The Conscientious Objector" and "Inside Iraq: the Untold Stories" -- are critically acclaimed and have won awards at CINEQUEST Film ...
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Lack of fresh water could hit half the world’s population by 2050
Severe water shortages will affect more than half the world's future population of nine billion people by 2050 if governments fail to collaborate on international efforts to protect and conserve life's most vital ingredient, experts have warned. One of the first indications of a future water crisis will be mass migrations of people away from areas without ...
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Two arrests after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane
British police arrested two men on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after British fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport on Friday, officials ...
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Spy on the worlds web searches with a Google Trends screensaver
Google is all about searching. Wellnot "all" about, but it's what the company is known for. Any firm that logs information about how customers are using its services are usually berated, ...
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Turkey aims to curb alcohol sales
24 May 2013 Turkey's parliament has passed a law to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular ...
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Washington bridge collapses after Alberta trucker hits beam say police
Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest. William Scott, 41, was driving an oversized load on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River when it struck the beam, said State Patrol Sgt. Kirk Rudeen. Scott's wife told CBC News that while his load clipped ...
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Taliban attack international compound in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, sparking a five-hour battle with security ...
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British police close motorway to deal with suspicious vehicle
LONDON (Reuters) - British police closed one of the country's busiest motorways in both directions on Friday to deal with an incident which highway officials said involved a suspicious ...
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RAF Typhoons divert Pakistan International Airlines plane to Stansted - video
Essex police have made two arrests for 'suspicion of endangerment to the aircraft' after a Pakistan passenger plane, en-route to Manchester, had to be escorted to Stansted airport by RAF Typhoons. The aircraft has been isolated and passengers have disembarked. No one was hurt during the incident and Stansted airport is operating as ...
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Top Bosnia court orders release of president charged with graft
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the president of the autonomous Muslim-Croat federation, charged with corruption, had been detained illegally, and ordered a lower court to release him ...
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Hollywood Sentinel New Issue Features Art Worlds Most Powerful Jeffrey Deitch
The new issue of The Hollywood Sentinel launched this weekend, featuring Bruce Edwin's exclusive interview with MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch. MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, is headed by Mr. Deitch, who is considered by many to be the most powerful person in the world of art today. Known as a tough, yet brilliant dealer, Mr. Deitch helped raise the value of his ...
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Astana Economic Forum looks at a world in turmoil
A special World Anti-Crisis Conference was the centre piece of this year’s Astana Economic Forum. The idea was to provide a platform for addressing what is widely perceived to be a faltering global financial system. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Europe was the focus given recent banking disasters, soaring youth unemployment, and the prevailing sense of economic uncertainty throughout the ...
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Md. Suspect Is Son of Bush Official
The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet. Claude Alexander Allen III, of Gaithersburg, was arrested by Montgomery County police and online court records show he's been charged with first-degree murder. A phone message left at the Allen household wasn't ...
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Free Airline Ticket Scams and Rip-offs
Every industry falls victim to scams, rackets and rip-offs. Or plain old pipe dreams. Which reminds me of Powerball, which, isn't a rip-off since someone eventually comes up with the winning numbers but it probably won't be you or me (odds of winning: 1 in 175,223,510). You have a better chance at becoming the next American Idol (1 in 103,000) or succumbing to an attack of bees (1 in ...
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Missing College Student Found in N.C.
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for University of Rhode Island college student, Matthew Royer who went missing while driving back home to Skippack Township, Pa., May 16, 2013. Anyone with information is asked to contact PSP Skippack at ...
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Photo Amanda Byness Mugshot Revealed
(Photo credit: Handout) Amanda Bynes was arraigned and released in New York City on Friday morning, just hours after being arrested for tampering with physical evidence, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of marijuana. Despite appearing in her arrest photos wearing a long blonde wig, the former child star is shown in her mugshot sporting a very short hairdo. Bynes, ...
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Hradecka wins twice to gain Strasbourg International final
Lucie Hradecka won a pair of matches Friday that advanced her to the finals of the Strasbourg International tennis tournament in search of her first WTA title. Rain delays pushed Hradecka's quarterfinal match to Friday and she ...
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Afghan Taliban attack aid group 2 guards killed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked an international aid group's guest house in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long battle with security forces in an upscale Kabul neighborhood, authorities ...
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Obamas drone speech could improve Pakistan ties
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said ...
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Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- The lawyer for ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo says he is being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering and embezzlement ...
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Tunisian feminist faces 6 months in prison
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- The lawyer of a Tunisian woman who gained notoriety for posting online topless pictures of herself as a protest says she faces six months in prison for carrying a dangerous ...
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From Nixon’s historic opening to the new U.S.-China world order Now what
John J. Metzler NEW YORK -- Dr. Henry Kissinger called for the United States and China to collaborate on a new global order, and a groundbreaking new report, "U.S.- China Economic Relations in the Next Ten Years," underscored the deepening commercial engagement between the two Pacific powers. Indeed with President Barack Obama meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California ...
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World-first stunt on the cards at Nitro Circus
FEARLESS BMX rider Matt Whyatt could pull off a world-first stunt when the Nitro Circus Live tour hits Townsville tonight. Whyatt, 21, will use his finely tuned instincts to decide whether he'll add yet another move to his famed "Whyatt Riot" manoeuvre - a backflip and tailwhip combined with a 360 degree spin that he invented."No one else has done my trick yet, but I want ...
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Pleas for Weapons Europe Reluctant to Arm Syrian Rebels
Despite desperate pleas from top Syrian insurgents, Western leaders remain reluctant to arm them. Though the European embargo is set to expire at the end of the month, political and legal considerations make aid for the rebels ...
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Australia the energy superpower?
A new boom in the extraction of Australia's natural gas reserves will have immense economic benefits for the country and especially the state of Western Australia, but conservationists warn of an environmental impact.
Australia is a country rich in natural resources, because of this its economy is an export driven one, and coal, iron ore, wool, meat, gold, and wheat are some of its main exports. It was in the 1920’s that Australia’s economic potential was underpinned by the gold rush that saw its population triple in size in just ten years. Read more
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