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By Steve Nolan and Leslie Larson PUBLISHED: 18:38 EST, 31 January 2013 | UPDATED: 20:02 EST, 31 January 2013 The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday that the company's computer system had been accessed by Chinese hackers. The revelation comes in the wake of news that the New York Times was also targeted by Chinese hackers, who the company believes tried to monitor the paper's coverage of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. The hackers who infiltrated The Wall Street Journal's system were similarly trying to gain information about reporting activity and sources being used for the paper's China coverage. Scroll down for video.
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WSJ says Chinese hackers tried to access information on reporting activity and journalists' sources
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The New York Times similarly revealed its computer system had been hacked
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Attack on NYT is a suspected retaliation for the paper's investigation into the fortune of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao
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In July, Twitter blocked Instagram from using its data to help new @placeholder users find friends.
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Instagram is no longer allowing Twitter users to view its photographs in tweets in an effort to drive more people away from the rival social media company to its own website. Kevin Systrom, the CEO of the photo-sharing service that was snapped up by Facebook earlier this year, announced today that Instagram has turned off support for 'Twitter cards,' signaling a deepening rift between two of the web's biggest brands. Twitter users started to complain earlier this week in public messages that Instagram photos were not displaying properly on Twitter's website. Clarifying the situation today, Mr Systrom released a statement saying: 'We believe the best experience is for us to link back to where the content lives.'
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Twitter users can no longer embed Instagram photos directly into tweets
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Users are instead driven to Instagram's own website
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Move signals a deepening rift after Facebook outbid Twitter to buy Instagram in April
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had pledged to keep the photo-sharing app's ties to other social networks when he bought it
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And this country was confronted with the news that the @placeholder was moving against the old soldiers.
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(CNN) -- We have a tendency, when things in the news get bad, to tell ourselves that it's never been quite this dismal before. We are tempted, when disputes become particularly acrimonious, to believe that the current bitterness is unprecedented. So it's beneficial, once in a while, to look at our current problems in light of what has gone before. And to remember just how much the United States has endured. The newspaper USA Today reported last week that there has been a sharp increase in the unemployment rate for male veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The paper said that such unemployment has tripled since the recession began, having reached 15 percent last month. More than 250,000 of the male veterans were said to be unemployed last month, with another 400,000 having left the workforce for various reasons: to raise children, or attend college, or because they have just stopped trying to find work.
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People have a tendency to think we live in the worst of times, says Bob Greene
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He says we have a serious problem with unemployment among veterans
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Still, today's troubles don't equal the woes of the early 1930s, Greene says
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He says jobless veterans protesting in 1932 were chased out of Washington by U.S. Army
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In fact, we only know about the facilities because of an unofficial visit by @placeholder whom the North wanted to use to reveal them.
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(CNN) -- Headlines and pundits once again declare that we have a crisis on our hands in the wake of discovering that North Korea is building a new nuclear reactor and a uranium enrichment plant. More ominously, Tuesday brought news of direct artillery barrages between North and South Korea, heightening tensions and costing lives. But as provocative and serious as this is, neither is a crisis. Both fit a clear pattern of North Korean behavior -- a pattern that ultimately holds out the opportunity for progress. Unfortunately, so far the U.S. response also fits a pattern of rhetorical condemnation but little in the way of creative or effective engagement. Some key lessons need to be re-learned in light of these developments.
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North Korea's artillery barrage was serious, but this is not a crisis, say co-authors
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They say the action fits pattern of North Korea's behavior and doesn't preclude progress
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Revelation of a uranium enrichment plant doesn't signal escalation in its weapons capability, they say
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U.S. needs to try economic and diplomatic measures to move ahead, they say
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By Tara Brady Actor Peter Gilmore, who starred in the long-running BBC drama The Onedin Line, has died at the age of 81. The star, who also appeared in a number of Carry On films, died at the Trinity Hospice in London after a 'long illness', his family have said. German-born Gilmore clocked up appearances in a number of TV dramas such as Doctor Who, The Persuaders, Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Heartbeat. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Long illness: Peter Gilmore as James Onedin in the BBC drama The Onedin Line But he will be best remembered for his portrayal of the mutton-chopped James Onedin in 91 episodes of the BBC1 series The Onedin Line.
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Peter Gilmore also appeared in Doctor Who, The Persuaders and Heartbeat
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He will be best remembered as the mutton-chopped James Onedin in The Onedin Line
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Gilmore was married to actress Una Stubbs for more than a decade and went on to marry Anne Stallybrass, who played Onedin's wife in the series
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Nothing, however, could take away from @placeholder’s performance which saw them move to within three points of safety.
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Aston Villa keeper Brad Guzan sprang to the defence of manager Paul Lambert despite the Scot coming in for the heaviest criticism he has received yet from Villa fans. Chants of ‘We want Lambert out’, ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’ and ‘We want our Villa back’ emerged during this desperate display at Leicester. But Guzan believes the players deserve to take the flak, not Lambert, due to their performances which have yielded just 11 goals in 21 Premier League games. Aston Villa keeper Brad Guzan, in action on Saturday, has sprung to the defence of manager Paul Lambert Villa fans appeared to lose patience during Saturday's loss with some chanting 'We want [Paul] Lambert out'
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Leicester beat Aston Villa 1-0 in a fiery Midlands derby on Saturday
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Villa have the fewest goals in the top eight English tiers this season
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Paul Lambert's side are without a win in six Premier League matches
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Polk's two self-inflicted gunshots to the chest were heard around the @placeholder as the lifelong homemaker became a symbol for struggling U.S. homeowners burdened down by debt and unrelenting mortgage companies.
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(CNN) -- Addie Polk, who became the national face of the foreclosure crisis last fall when she shot herself during an eviction, was a quiet woman who never asked for help. Polk, 91, who was a deaconess at her church, was remembered by friends and churchgoers for her stateliness. Fannie Mae foreclosed on the Akron, Ohio, home of Addie Polk, 91, after acquiring the mortgage in 2007. "She had runner's legs," said Joyce Smith, a longtime family friend of Polk's and fellow member of Antioch Baptist Church. "They were well-shaped, well-shaped calves, and she still wore her heels and didn't stumble," Smith said.
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Addie Polk, 91, became symbol of American foreclosure crisis
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Polk remembered as quiet, reserved woman who was fiercely independent
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U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich mentioned her on Senate floor during bailout debate
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@placeholder, who graduated the high school last year, was charged with unlawful restraint, hate crime and misdemeanor battery.
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:04 PM on 26th January 2012 Three white teens have been charged with race hate crimes after allegedly tying a noose around the neck of a black classmate and calling him 'n*****'. The trio, reportedly annoyed with the boy's relationship with a white girl, then allegedly threatened the 17-year-old with a knife. The teens - students at Brother Rice High School in Chicago, Illinois - were friends with victim Joshua Merritt before they turned on him, Fox reported. Scroll down for video 'Attack': Joshua Merritt (left) told police three white teens, including Matthew Hermann (right), attacked him over his relationship with one of their cousins
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Trio allegedly attacked Joshua Merritt, 17, over his relationship with white girl
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Last week Mr @placeholder defended a stand-up comic who told a string of jokes targeting foreigners at the Ukip spring conference.
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Ukip is trying to stop a comedy band from touring, despite Nigel Farage saying politicians should ‘let people tell their jokes’. Musical duo Jonny and The Baptists have taken their show The Stop Ukip Tour on the road, but venues have been bombarded with complaints from Ukip supporters. And the party’s deputy leader Paul Nuttal has condemned the ‘distasteful satire’, calling on the Arts Council to investigate funding given to theatres hosting the act. Comedy act Jonny And The Baptists are on the road with the Stop Ukip Tour, to the annoyance of Ukip supporters The bizarre attempt to interfere with a comedy act appears to be at odds with Ukip’s strident attacks on political correctness and the fear of giving offence.
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Musical duo Jonny and The Baptists on the road with the Stop Ukip Tour
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Ukip deputy leader Paul Nuttall condemns 'distasteful satire'
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Venues have been bombarded with complaints from Ukip supporters
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Royal Exchange in Manchester says 'loyal customers' have never been
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Russia supplies @placeholder with natural gas, which is essential to keep people from freezing in the country's brutal winters.
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Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Arctic temperatures are not enough to cool pro-Western demonstrators' anger at Ukraine's pro-Russian president. Thousands of them refused to budge from Kiev's snow-covered streets, while the European Union's top diplomat made her way there to try to thaw the tensions. Security forces in riot gear tried to herd demonstrators away from government buildings but avoided a hard-nosed crackdown. That could be the result of pressure the West has put on President Viktor Yanukovych in the past two days. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Yanukovych on Monday to urge him to talk with the opposition and avoid violence. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso phoned on Sunday, as did U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who asked Yanukovych not to use brute force against protesters.
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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets with Ukraine's president, opposition
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Viktor Yanukovych says both police and protesters are to blame for violence
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President says he wants good relations with both Russia and Europe
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Masked men raid opposition party's headquarters, its leader says
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A @placeholder spokesman said: 'We are aware of the ruling and will continue to comply with the regulations.'
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 13:16 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 14:23 EST, 23 October 2012 Short-haul air passengers who are delayed by more than three hours can expect to be compensated after airlines lost a legal fight in the European court. A number of airlines, including British Airways and easyJet, had challenged a 2009 ruling that passengers on flights to and from Europe should be compensated if they are delayed for more than three hours. Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg confirmed the 2009 ruling after the airlines had challenged the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) over the matter.
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European Court of Justice confirms airlines must pay up
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Three year legal battle ends in defeat for British Airways, Easyjet and others
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:32 PM on 28th September 2011 A woman is accusing Ashton Kutcher of cheating on wife Demi Moore, the same weekend as the couple celebrated their six year wedding anniversary, according to Radaronline. The entertainment website claims the liaison happened last Friday in San Diego, California, after a alcohol-fuelled night out at Fluxx bar with his former That '70s Show co-star Danny Masterson. The 23-year-old woman, who has not been identified, has reportedly hired a high powered Hollywood attorney and has gone into hiding. Cheating scandal: A new report claims Demi Moore's husband Ashton Kutcher hooked up with a 23-year-old woman last weekend
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Moore hints at trouble with Twitter message about 'anger'
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Many of the photos remained unseen in the vaults at @placeholder until the late 1980s when they were discovered by archivists.
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A collection of vintage Nasa photographs - including some of the first ever images from space and the first cosmic 'selfie' - are set to fetch a whopping £500,000 ($760,000) at auction. The archive of more than 600 photographs, many of have never be published for public viewing, covers Nasa's groundbreaking space programme from its beginnings in the late 1950s through to the triumphant moon landing of 1969 and beyond. The collection will be up for sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on 26 February. Scroll down for video #outofthisworld: A collection of photos are to go up for auction at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions' saleroom in London on 26 February. Pictured is Buzz Aldrin taking a 'selfie' during the GEmini 12 mission in November 1966. It is estimated to sell for £800
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A collection of photos are to go up for auction at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions' saleroom in London on 26 Feb
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The archive contains more than 600 photos, some of which are claimed to have been unseen before
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It includes the only known-of image of the late Neil Armstrong taken on the moon in 1969
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Demonstrators carried signs that read: 'We demand the execution of @placeholder detainees in Jordan' as they marched through Amman
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Thousands of Jordanians have marched through the capital of Amman calling for the immediate execution of six Islamic State prisoners following the horrendous death of captured Jordanian pilot, Muath al-Kasasbeh. Gunfire and rioting has also reportedly been witnessed in the Jordanian town of Karak, the hometown of Mr Kasasbeh. Roads have been blocked with makeshift barricades and thick smoke has been seen after locals started to burn tyres. At least one government building has been torched. Disgusted protesters took to the streets just hours after the release of a sickening 22-minute-long ISIS video that shows Mr al-Kasabeh being burned alive while he was locked helpless in a cage.
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ISIS video released yesterday shows Jordanian pilot Muatah al-Kasabeh being burnt alive while locked in a cage
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In response to the sickening footage, Jordan vowed to kill six prisoners with links to the terror group at dawn
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Security sources said execution of failed female suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi likely to take place tomorrow
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ISIS had previously demanded the release of al-Rishawi in exchange for the life of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
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Hundreds of angry Jordanians have marched through capital of Amman calling for the prisoners' deaths
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Gunfire and rioting has also reportedly been witnessed in the Jordanian town of Karak, al-Kasasbeh's hometown
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Miss @placeholder last night wrote to Mr Miliband, Mr Farage and Mr Clegg.
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David Cameron was accused of making excuses by Nick Clegg last night as he plunged plans for TV debates between party leaders into further chaos. The Prime Minister indicated he would take part in a head-to-head with Ed Miliband and a five-way clash adding Mr Clegg, Nigel Farage and Green leader Natalie Bennett. But he appeared to reject broadcasters’ demands for a third debate featuring only him, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg, dismissing the Lib Dems as a ‘minor party’. David Cameron, pictured, has said he won't participate in a three-way debate with Labour and the Lib Dems During Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader claimed Mr Cameron was ‘frit’ – a dialect word for ‘frightened’ once used by Margaret Thatcher.
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David Cameron wants a head-to-head debate with Labour's Ed Miliband
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The first election debate will feature five political leaders including Greens
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Nick Clegg wants to debate Miliband and Cameron in a final showdown
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The Prime Minister dismissed his coalition partners as a 'minor party'
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"I commend our county, town, @placeholder and volunteer emergency services personnel for this tightly coordinated response," said Levy.
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New York (CNN) -- A propane gas tank leak that prompted the evacuations of an estimated 900 homes in Shirley, New York, was contained, officials said Saturday night. After conducting an air quality sampling of 100 residences, officials decided to allow all residents to go home, said Suffolk County spokesman Dan Aug. Electricity was restored, with the exception of a shopping center that holds the 30,000-gallon underground storage tank. Fire and other workers were able to close a leaking valve on the tank in the Long Island town, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy said in a statement. The leak was discovered at 1:15 a.m. by a driver of a propane delivery truck, the county said.
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NEW: Residents are allowed to go home
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The leak is successfully contained in Shirley, New York
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Homes and businesses within a 5-mile radius of the leak were evacuated
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@placeholder's autobiography by the same name spent weeks on best-seller lists.
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Stephenville, Texas (CNN)Incoherent. Talking nonsense. Erratic. Not the man they knew. That's how family members and friends have described Eddie Ray Routh, the man on trial for the slayings of Chris Kyle, subject of the hit film "American Sniper," and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield, at a Texas firing range two years ago. No one disputes that Routh shot and killed the two men. But defense attorneys say Routh was insane. On Wednesday, the suspect's sister, brother-in-law and former girlfriend testified about Routh's behavior before and after the killings. "I asked him if he was seeing things, and he said yes," Jennifer Weed, his ex, told the court, describing a conversation that happened the night before the slayings. "And then I asked him if he was hearing things, and he said yes."
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Eddie Ray Routh's sister says he she told him: "I love you, but I hate your demons"
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He is on trial for the 2013 shooting deaths of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield
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Routh's mother said he had PTSD; the prosecution argued he was not insane
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The reward for information leading to an arrest -- once topping out at $5,000 -- was raised five-fold, making it the largest offered in @placeholder history.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- After a nearly year-long investigation, police say they now believe 10 sets of human remains uncovered along a desolate stretch of Long Island, New York, beach are linked to a single killer. "The theory is now that we're dealing with one serial killer," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer told CNN affiliate WABC on Tuesday. He noted the killer did not "necessarily do the same thing all the time." "What's common here is the dumping ground," he added. Dormer previously said that only the bodies of four females uncovered in December were thought to be the work of a serial killer or killers.
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Police say they think a single serial killer is responsible for bodies found in Long Island
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The women who were killed advertised prostitution searches on websites
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Eighteen @placeholder troops have died in the Afghan conflict, according to a CNN count of casualty figures.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops to Afghanistan next year, according to U.S. military officials. Helicopters are the main transportation of the U.S. military in Afghanistan, with its high mountain terrain. The troops will be part of a combat aviation brigade, the latest approved by Gates for the expected build-up of U.S. troops in Afghanistan throughout next year. Earlier this year, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan, requested at least 20,000 additional troops be sent there to fight the increasing violence by the resurgent Taliban forces in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
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Troops will be part of a combat aviation brigade; transport helicopters to be sent
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They are latest to be approved for expected build-up of U.S. troops next year
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Dutch soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO confirms
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Soldier died in an improved explosive device strike
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In reality, @placeholder never entirely cut Hamas loose after the debacle over Syria.
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(CNN) -- Israel's ongoing military operation in Gaza -- Protective Edge -- has animated the Shia Islamist leadership in Tehran. The bloody conflict, and the global Muslim outrage it has provoked, is held by the Iranian regime as a chance to redeem itself in the eyes of the Sunni Muslim majority in the world. When Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this week called on the "Muslim Nation" to set aside differences and unite against Israel, he was in fact pitching Iranian leadership. Other Muslim leaders speak in such terms. The difference is Iran has the capacity to militarily make a difference by resuming arms supplies to Hamas.
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Gaza has provoked outrage in the Muslim world, write Alex Vatanka and Mohammed Najib
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Hamas needs to return to Tehran's orbit in order to get military supplies, authors say
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@placeholder hopes to have 25% of Italy's market by 2014, and di Montezemolo doesn't rule out expanding beyond the country's borders.
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Rome, Italy (CNN) -- As chairman of Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo is used to making things that move at breakneck speed. But rather than flashy sports cars for wealthy motor enthusiasts, the Italian businessman's latest high-velocity project aims to cater for the traveling masses. The Italo train from NTV -- a passenger rail company of which di Montezemolo is also chairman -- is a high-speed service that has been dashing between Milan, Rome and other major Italian cities since April. With its dark red color scheme, streamlined shape and speeds as fast as a formula-one car, everyone's calling Italo the "Ferrari train." A cinema carriage, free Wi-Fi access throughout the train, and luxury leather seats all add to the high-performance, luxury theme. But Italo is intended to be affordable and accessible to all consumers.
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NTV is Italy's first high-speed rail company not run by the state
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The company's Italo service has been nicknamed the "Ferrari train"
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"High-speed trains the future of Europe," says NTV chairman
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Another @placeholder property - the three-bedroom terraced house at number 55 - was also sold twice during the period in which the data was gathered.
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By John Hall and Hugo Gye New homeowners in a single suburban street have paid the government more than £1million in stamp duty in just two years. Analysis of sold house prices on Hillier Road in Wandsworth, south London shows the Exchequer has collected an estimated £1,048,518 from the most recent 16 sales alone. The figures come on the same day it was revealed that renting a home is now significantly cheaper than buying one thanks to the non-stop house price boom, with the gap continuing to grow between monthly rental payments and mortgage costs in recent months. Expensive street: The property sales on Hillier Road took place between September 2011 and January this year, with all but two falling into the five per cent stamp duty threshold. The average sum levied on a transaction was £65,532, with the properties purchased ranging from a two bedroom flat to five-bedroom terraced houses
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Analysis of sold house prices on Hillier Road in Wandsworth, south London reveal vast sums paid in stamp duty
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Miss Morgan, a waitress, said @placeholder has suffered with night terrors since the incident.
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By Chris Pleasance A toddler has been left traumatised after watching his tiny chihuahua puppy get 'torn apart' by a Staffordshire bull terrier. Lawson Morgan-Cockburn, two, was out walking with his mother Sarah Morgan, 26, and their three chihuahuas when their youngest dog, a one-year-old named Bruno, was set upon. Bull terrier Lennox, who was adopted by his owners as a rescue dog a year ago, escaped from a garden before mauling puppy Bruno while Lawson was still holding his lead. Sarah Morgan, 26, says her two-year-old son Lawson has been left traumatised after watching his one-year-old chihuahua puppy Bruno mauled to death in front of him
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Sarah Morgan, 26, was out walking three chihuahuas with son Lawson
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Staffordshire bull terrier escaped through gate and attacked chihuahuas
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Rescue-dog Lennox mauled puppy Bruno to death as Lawson held lead
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The @placeholder's spokesperson said testing on the object will determine what action is taken next.
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By Ryan Gorman A Texas mother claims she was hospitalized Saturday after finding a rancid mystery object inside a can of V8 Fusion that smelled and tasted ‘horrible.’ Crystal Rodriguez, 27, of Mercedes, says the smell and taste of the juice became unbearable, causing her to empty it and cut open the can to see what was rattling inside when she shook it – she found a shriveled up mystery object. Rodriguez told KGBT she became so sick the next day she had to go to a local hospital, doctors told her she was poisoned. Write caption here ‘I opened it and when I took a drink out of it I spit it out because it tasted horrible,’ she told the station.
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The juice was not expired but smelled and tasted rancid, and Crystal Rodriguez claims it gave her a bacterial infection
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She emptied the can, cut it open and made the startling discovery
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It looks like a pork skin with eyes and a mouth, doctors have no idea what it could possibly be
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Campbell's, the juice maker, flew a representative to Texas to personally pick up the mystery object
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Ms @placeholder, 64, originally stuck by Mr Strauss-Kahn after he was embroiled in a catalogue of scandals last year.
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:12 EST, 2 November 2012 | UPDATED: 18:51 EST, 2 November 2012 Disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been spotted with his new girlfriend at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Myriam Aouffir, 43, is a high-profile press officer for French television. She has already been seen with her new boyfriend on the Mediterranean island of Corsica but now the couple have been pictured lapping up the sun in the holy city. Dominique Strauss-Khan seen with his new partner Myriam Aouffir spotted at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall The couple have been together only a matter of months
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Former IMF did not wait long after a recent split with his wife Anne Sinclair
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The couple have already been seen traveling the Mediterranean
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Myriam Aouffir is 21 years younger than scandal-hit DSK
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Devastated: The husband of @placeholder, 87-year-old Fred Layne openly wept as the verdict was read on Tuesday
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By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 16:23 EST, 19 March 2013 | UPDATED: 10:48 EST, 20 March 2013 A mother of a teenage boy who was shot dead by his grandmother smiled as she left court on Tuesday after the 75-year-old was convicted of second-degree murder. Jennifer Hoffman described her mother Sandra Layne as a 'monster' outside the Michigan courtroom where she had been found guilty of killing 17-year-old Jonathan. Layne shot her grandson six times during an argument last spring as he pleaded with 911 responders to help him on the phone at the West Bloomfield Township home. Layne, a mother-of-five and retired schoolteacher, is expected to serve at least 14 years after a jury convicted her following two days of deliberations at the Pontiac court.
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Sandra Layne was convicted in Pontiac, Michigan for killing her 17-year-old grandson Jonathan Hoffman in May 2012
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The 75-year-old is expected to spent at least 14 years in jail
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Husband Fred Layne, 87, openly wept in court as his wife was shackled
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It would be easy to conclude that America's presidential election this time around is a matter of concern only to @placeholder.
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(CNN) -- There was a time, not very long ago, when it seemed as if each of the world's major problems and every potential solution pivoted around the United States. The president of the United States was referred to as the leader of the free world, and the term was not used with irony or mockery. No one today would, or should, use that musty old expression, which dates back to the Cold War. For one thing, it's not even clear precisely what the free world is. Still, it's worth pondering whether if in the next election, American voters will crown the most powerful man in the world, the man who will lead the world's democracies and inspire those who aspire to freedom. In short: Does America, and the American president, still matter that much to the rest of the planet?
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Frida Ghitis: President once considered leader of free world, a key influence in world
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She says it's less so now, but world riveted on presidential election and its wide impact
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She says Obama popularity had ebbed globally but is up again, now that Romney is opponent
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Ghitis: World is attentive, because U.S. president remains most powerful person on Earth
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There are 333 Nando’s outlets in @placeholder; 1,000 in all, in 35 countries.
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The PM knows that Nando’s — the fast food chain that’s spreading across the country like wildfire — crosses class, political and ethnic divisions Forget the NHS, tax cuts or TV debates. The way to win British people’s hearts at the next election is through their stomachs. When David Cameron told a hip youth radio station this week he’d like to take world leaders to lunch at Nando’s — rather than a Harvester or a Gordon Ramsay restaurant — he knew what he was talking about. Not only has he visited a Bristol outlet of Nando’s — the fast food chicken chain that’s spreading across the country like wildfire — but he also knows that the restaurant crosses class, political and ethnic divisions.
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Cameron told radio station he would like to take world leaders to Nando's
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He was spotted dining at Bristol branch in May 2013 and posed for selfie
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Whoever get Nando's election vote will sweep nation - there are 333 outlets
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Success of chicken shop is down to its secret ingredient peri-peri sauce
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Also has the Black Card, which entitles exclusive owners to meals for life
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Nando’s made a £58.2 million profit in Britain in 2013 and is snowballing
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Caught: 33-year-old Walter Ruck was found by Oregon police in the middle of assaulting a woman Workers at a Nevada telemarketing call center ended up saving a woman's life after hearing screams as she was being attacked on the other end of the phone. Tina Garcia of Americare Health and Nutrition in Las Vegas was making a call as part of her job, but when the phone was answered she heard the most shocking noises down the line. She called one of her co-workers over to listen across the call to hear the woman screaming for her life and yelling 'please don't kill me.'
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A woman told CNN on Monday that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her 45 years ago, when she was a teenager. Joan Tarshis, a journalist and publicist, said she met Cosby in 1969 in Los Angeles when she was invited to have lunch by some friends of his. They saw each other again and she visited him on the set of "The Bill Cosby Show." On one occasion, Cosby invited Tarshis, who had been writing monologues for the comedian Godfrey Cambridge, back to his bungalow to work on some comedy routines. "I thought, 'That's cool, getting to work with Bill Cosby on jokes,'" Tarshis told CNN's Don Lemon.
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Joan Tarshis tells CNN Cosby assaulted her twice when she was 19
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You may not even be able to tell but Karlie Kloss has landed the coveted role of Chanel's new face. The 22-year-old, who counts Taylor Swift as her best friend, has been unveiled as the face of the French beauty giant's new perfume, Coco Noir. However, we can only see Karlie's silhouette in the moody shoot for the new spritz. Who's that girl? American supermodel Karlie Kloss has been unveiled as the face of French beauty giant Chanel's new perfume, Coco Noir The American model, who shot to fame on the Victoria's Secret runway, joins the likes of Nicole Kidman, Keira Knightley and Gisele Bündchen, at the fashion house.
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Karlie, 22, is face of Chanel's new scent
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As if any further evidence were needed that bald results scalp plain reason in football, it has been forthcoming in the reaction to two matches this midweek. The 4-0 defeat of Manchester United’s virtual reserve team at MK Dons provided an eye-popping score-line, sure enough. But it is not by a headlining exit from that little old cup, which changes its identity more often than Spurs swap managers, that Louis van Gaal will be judged. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Louis van Gaal: A new team is not built in one month Don for: Anderson and his Manchester United team-mates look forlorn at stadium:mk
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Brendan Rodgers has defended Steven Gerrard’s form and fitness, insisting the veteran Liverpool captain does not need to be rested more often. Gerrard, 34, has played every minute so far this season, including three games in a week that saw Liverpool lose to Aston Villa and West Ham in the Premier League while stumbling to a Champions League win over the Bulgarian outsiders from Ludogorets when he scored a last-minute penalty. Rodgers and his coaching staff are understood to be concerned that in both league games Gabriel Agbonlahor and Stewart Downing were successfully deployed to stifle Gerrard and stop him distributing the ball from deep.
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Brendan Rodgers has defended Steven Gerrard’s form this season
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Milan has been hit by flash floods and torrential rain ahead of the match
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(CNN) -- An estimated 95 percent of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav by Sunday evening in the largest evacuation in state history, Louisiana's governor said. The streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans clear out as residents evacuate in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav. More than 200,000 people have left New Orleans, leaving an estimated 10,000 people in the city Sunday night, Gov. Bobby Jindal said, citing New Orleans' police chief. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had demanded an evacuation of the city, which still is recovering from 2005's Hurricane Katrina. Forecasters warned Gustav -- a Category 3 storm Sunday night -- could hit Louisiana with devastating effect late Monday morning or early Monday afternoon.
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@placeholder was inspired to launch Fit Nation, an ongoing, multiplatform, grass-roots initiative against obesity.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Obesity is the No. 1 health crisis in the United States, and the nation could be at risk without immediate action, former President Clinton said at CNN's first Fit Nation Summit. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and former President Clinton lead the discussion at the first Fit Nation Summit. "We need to do something about it for our children, and for our country, because something like this could easily collapse our nation if we don't act now," Clinton said. Clinton and CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, gathered with experts from across the country Wednesday to explore solutions to America's obesity crisis.
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Experts gather at CNN's first Fit Nation Summit to propose obesity solutions
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Former President Clinton: Without obesity solution, nation risks "collapse"
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A PR executive working for the makers of Xbox game Call Of Duty siphoned off £18,963 to pay for her engagement party, hen party and designer shopping sprees. Kathryn Kirton, 35, was head of PR at Activision when she got carried away with the 'glamorous and luxurious' world of public relations, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. She was in charge of the budget for a major film premiere-style launch of the game, but instead siphoned off thousands of pounds. She spent £9,437 at designer clothes store Reiss on one of three shopping trips along with another £2,000 on a luxury hotel break for her then fiance Lee Kirton.
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Kathryn Kirton admitted stealing £18,963 from company Activision
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How could a commercial airliner disappear without a sign, you ask? In fact, several people on the ground or at sea claimed they saw Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 before it went missing after its post-midnight takeoff from Kuala Lumpur on March 8. The purported eyewitnesses include fishermen, an oil rig worker and islanders in an atoll. Some even alleged they saw it crash. While none of their claims have been substantiated, their assertions add to the ongoing mystery of the missing Boeing 777 and the 239 people aboard. Sighting claim: Kota Bharu, Malaysia In the middle of the night, two fishermen near the Malaysia-Thailand border saw a plane flying low over the South China Sea -- at the same time that air traffic controllers lost contact with Flight 370 over the same body of water, at 1:30 a.m. or almost 50 minutes after takeoff.
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Earthbound witnesses say they saw Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 flying low or even crashing
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A New Zealand man on an oil rig off Vietnam claims he saw a plane burning
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(CNN) -- When Charity Agbameva went into labor last year there were complications. Realizing she needed medical attention, she traveled from Nigeria, where she was living, to a hospital in Keta, in the Volta Region of her native Ghana. Despite being one of just two hospitals serving the entire municipality, the hospital had only two doctors, each serving 29,000 people, and one nurse for every 1,500 patients. It had no special facilities for women and children. When Charity reached the hospital, medics realized she needed a blood transfusion, but the hospital had no blood bank, and no ventilator to give her oxygen. Charity died in hospital.
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Maternal Health Channel radio show broadcasts in a range of Ghanaian languages
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:49 EST, 25 April 2012 | UPDATED: 03:09 EST, 26 April 2012 Hand-me-downs work with unwanted or unsavory clothes, as they apparently do with organs. One kidney has made its way to three people in two weeks, in what looks to be a medical first. The kidney in question was donated by 21-year-old Cera Fearing, who originally donated the organ to her brother Ray, 27, who suffers from a common form of kidney disease. When Mr Fearing’s body rejected the transplant, he chose to pass on the kidney to someone else who could use it. And so, 67-year-old Erwin Gomez, a surgeon and father of five, was the final recipient of Ms Fearing’s kidney.
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Kidney donated by Cera Fearing, 21 to her brother Ray, 27
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Mr @placeholder, who is in his mid-50s and lives in Northampton, worked in the hotel's restaurant and bar for more than three years but claims he left after a disagreement over pay.
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By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 06:18 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 08:35 EST, 4 June 2013 A hotel manager described as a 'real-life Basil Fawlty' was captured on CCTV slapping a balding foreign waiter before dragging him across the lobby and throwing him out of the hotel. Robert Hardman, 54, flew into a rage when former employee, Romanian-born Sorin Paraschiv, came back to the hotel to claim £800 in past wages after he left his job weeks earlier. Hardman, who runs the three-star Plough Hotel in Northampton, was caught on CCTV pushing him under the front desk and slapping him around the face and head.
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Robert Hardman, 54, runs the three-star Plough Hotel in Northampton
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@placeholder was first marked May 30, 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War.
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ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- Barack Obama marked his first Memorial Day as president on Monday, calling on Americans to remember U.S. troops who died in the service of their country and navigating a Civil War memorial controversy. President Obama pays tribute to veterans at a wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. The president participated at the 141st annual Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns. The men and women buried at Arlington "waged war so that we may know peace," Obama said. "They were willing to give up everything for the defense of our freedom [and] were willing to sacrifice all for their country. ... They are the best of America."
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Obama takes part in Memorial Day wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery
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@placeholder sees résumé padding with growing frequency in her role as a résumé adviser because of the fluctuating job market and high unemployment rates.
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(CNN) -- It may sound crazy. Why would a high-ranking executive lie about his or her credentials, especially now, when all it takes is a quick phone call or Internet search to verify information? Yet it happens more often than you might think. From a white lie about time spent as a customer service rep to a whopper about earning an MBA, résumé padding occurs regularly across industries, experts say. In a 2010 survey of 1,818 organizations, 69% reported catching a job candidate lying on his or her résumé, according to employment screening service HireRight. The most common lie on a résumé has to do with education, said Kim Isaacs, founder and director of ResumePower.com and Monster.com's résumé expert. The discovery that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson does not have a bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science (he has a bachelor of science degree in business administration, with a major in accounting) makes him the latest executive to be targeted for falsely claiming to have a degree.
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Yahoo blames "inadvertent error" for claim that CEO had computer science degree
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If it doesn't sound off with that iconic click-clack keyboard sound, is it really a BlackBerry? The company behind the former market-leading phone says yes. And it is betting a big stack of their dwindling chips that both new users and diehard "CrackBerry" devotees will agree. On Wednesday, Research in Motion (who would simply be named BlackBerry by the time the event ended) unveiled BlackBerry 10, a top-to-bottom overhaul of its mobile operating system. With BlackBerry 10, struggling phone maker eyes comeback With it came two new phones. One, the BlackBerry Q10, includes the physical keyboard that most users, or former users, consider virtually synonymous with the brand. But that one felt like little more than an afterthought.
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With the Z10, BlackBerry's iconic keyboard is gone
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(CNN) -- Peer at the windows and you'll spot big colorful chairs, plastic plants and a huge bed, but this is no department store. Welcome to the hip headquarters of Skyscanner, Europe's most popular flight search engine -- a hot-house of IT talent with an average employee age of 32. Leading the team is CEO Gareth Williams, who broke the golden rules of web start-ups. At first, there was no business model, just a bright idea. And, we're not in sunny Silicon Valley, California. It's another damp day in Edinburgh, Scotland. "We probably went largely on instinct," said Gareth, "you're supposed to use market research and a business model in mind, and we had neither of those things.
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London, England (CNN) -- Irish football officials have lodged an official complaint with world ruling body FIFA after Thierry Henry confessed that he handled the ball in the build-up to the goal which sent France to next summer's World Cup. Television cameras showed Henry guiding the ball with his hand twice, before William Gallas scored from his resulting cross to give "Les Bleus" a narrow win in the two-legged World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland. "I will be honest. It was a handball but I am not the referee," the Barcelona striker told reporters after the match in Paris.
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(CNN) -- In public at least, the message was defiant. Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sitting alongside Iran's intelligence chief, proclaimed Tuesday "the determination of the people and government of Syria to cleanse the country of terrorists." His Iranian visitor, Saeed Jalili, responded, "What is happening in Syria is not an internal issue but a conflict between the axis of resistance on one hand and regional and global enemies of this axis on the other." Jalili's comment was made public by the Syrian news agency that al-Assad's government runs. It's a familiar theme for the Iranians, who have cast events in Syria as part of a much broader ideological battle. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has similarly characterized events in Syria as a "war between the front of hegemony and the front of resistance."
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Iranians have cast Syria conflict as broad ideological battle
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Hayley Parsons, the founder of insurance comparison website GoCompare is to net £44m by selling her stake in the successful business Eight years ago, Hayley Parsons sat at her kitchen table and sketched out a plan for a price comparison website. Today, the married mother-of-two is £44million richer after selling her shares in the company, GoCompare – best known for its adverts featuring ear-splitting opera singer Wynne Evans. The 41-year-old, from Cwmbran, South Wales, left school with six GCSEs and dreamed of becoming an interior designer. If she had succeeded, she says ‘today all the houses in the UK could be covered in animal print’.
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Hayley Parsons set up insurance comparison website GoCompare in 2006
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Insurer esure is to buy the remaining 51 per cent of company for £195m
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Charlie Sheen on Friday declared "we are at war" following canceled production of the hit CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and his impending loss of $1.2 million per episode. "They know what they did is wrong," Sheen, who claimed he is clean, said in a call from the Bahamas to the "Loose Cannons" radio program. Producers cited Charlie Sheen's actions and statements when they announced they were calling off production for the rest of the season. "Defeat is not an option," Sheen said in the Friday interview with "Loose Cannons" host Pat O'Brien. "They picked a fight with the wrong guy. They are in absolute breach."
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Producers picked "a fight with the wrong guy"
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(CNN) -- Hours after a crushing Stanley Cup defeat at the hands of the Boston Bruins, Vancouver residents on Thursday were trying to come to terms with the reasons their city had again exploded in riots. "It's totally unlike Vancouver," said Jennifer Richie, bar manager at the Wicklow Public House bar and restaurant. "Just too many people had too much to drink." She said fire and smoke billowed in and around adjoining neighborhoods near Rogers Arena, where hundreds of angry hockey fans rampaged after the loss. "I'm a little ashamed to live in Vancouver right now." The incident echoed a 1994 Vancouver riot after a Stanley Cup loss to the New York Rangers, which caused widespread damage that resulted in hundreds of arrests.
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 06:03 EST, 25 November 2013 | UPDATED: 06:03 EST, 25 November 2013 Jayesh Raut filmed his suicide on his mobile phone and recorded a 44-minute video in which he blamed his wife Trupti's affair for his death A woman and her lover have been arrested in India after her husband hanged himself and blamed her affair for his death in a 44-minute video suicide note. Trupti Raut, 23, and Rajesh Verma, 38, now face charges of abetting the suicide of Mumbai businessman Jayesh Raut. The 29-year-old hanged himself at his apartment in Sion and recorded his death on his phone.
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Jayesh Raut, 29, filmed his death and left message blaming his wife Trupti
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Singapore (CNN) -- In a case that brought to light issues of unfair pay and poor living conditions among foreign workers in Singapore, a court sentenced four Chinese nationals to several weeks in prison for instigating an "illegal" strike in late November. The four, who had pleaded guilty, were led from court in handcuffs to begin their terms in Changi prison immediately. Debts and dreams: Singapore's migrant workers In announcing their sentence, Judge See Kee Oon said it was necessary so as "not to embolden others." Regardless of their grievances, See said, the drivers "could not justify taking the law into their hands." The strike could have had the potential to "severely affect the lives of daily commuters," the judge said.
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@placeholder had until October 10 to indicate whether it will make a formal offer or indicate that its interest in Spurs is at an end, as it did on Thursday.
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American investment firm Cain Hoy have pulled out of a proposed buy-out of Tottenham Hotspur after revealing they are no longer interested in making an offer. Spurs always strenuously denied that they were in talks over the sale of the club - insisting their dialogue with Cain Hoy centred solely around the prospect of investment for their new stadium. The company, however, revealed that any bid is now dead in the water. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Arsene Wenger: Groundshare with Spurs will not happen Tottenham owner Joe Lewis (centre) and chairman Daniel Levy (right) Tottenham are hoping to move out of their current ground White Hart Lane for a new stadium
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It was half past midnight on Saturday night when David Moyes made his way to the Real Sociedad team bus and he admitted: 'Normally I would have watched Match of the Day and gone to bed by now.' That apart, the culture shock was minimal for Moyes on his managerial debut in La Liga on what seemed like a very British night in north-eastern Spain. There was foul weather, feisty challenges, a touchline row that ended in a red card, and even a Saltire flag flying among the pocket of travelling supporters, to make the new coach feel at home.
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Washington (CNN) -- Keenly conscious of his image, a graying Osama bin Laden no doubt never expected this video -- showing him hunched over, draped in a blanket and using a television clicker -- to hit the world's airwaves as it did Saturday. Filmed by a confidant, the al Qaeda leader contrasts with the younger version of himself on a TV screen a few feet away. That man has a more youthful beard, a hand held up in resolve and a photo of the burning World Trade Center. U.S. officials, who Saturday released five videos, emphasized the recordings and other materials seized at bin Laden's Pakistan compound show the terrorist still had a firm hand at the tiller, managing strategic and tactical control of his organization, even as he stayed out of sight in Abbottabad.
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It could be the bedroom of any toddler, with a pink cot in the corner, strewn with teddy bears and a cosy quilt. Elsewhere stacked on shelves are nappies, wet wipes, Sudocrem and baby powder while frilly princess dresses and baby-grows hang in the wardrobe. Yet this is no child's room, it's a pay-per-hour retreat for fully grown adults who love to pretend to be babies. Scroll down for video Clients of Nursery Thymes can pay £350 for a 12-hour stay sometimes overnight in this oversized cot Derek Ventham, who dresses up as an adult baby and runs Nursery Thymes with his wife Maxine, was featured in a 2012 Channel 4 documentary called The 15-Stone Babies
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If you have ever grimaced at your petrol bill and dreamed of a car that runs on fresh air, your prayers are about to be answered. French car giant PSA Peugeot Citroen believes it can put an air-powered vehicle on the road by 2016. Its scientists say it will knock 45 per cent off fuel bills for an average motorist. And when driving in towns and cities costs could be slashed by as much as 80 per cent because the car will be running on air for four-fifths of the time. Saving the planet: The Hybrid Air technology could allow a car the size of a Citroën C3 or Peugeot 208 to emit as little as 69g/km of CO2
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Around 1,000 Nigerians made the trip to @placeholder's southern city of Porto Alegre, and some wore t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan 'Soccer against Boko Haram.'
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An explosion in a Nigerian shopping mall has killed at least 21 people just an hour before the national football team played Argentina in the World Cup. Witnesses said the blast left body parts scattered around the Emab Plaza in an upmarket district of Abuja, as billows of black smoke could be seen from a mile away. It turned what should have been a national celebration into a national tragedy as Nigeria secured its place in the World Cup's knockout stages for the first time since 1998. It came a week after 14 people were killed by a suicide bomb while watching the Brazil v Mexico match in Damaturu, Nigeria.
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Hair raising: The Brazilian forward is all smiles as @placeholder jet out to Hungary for a pre-season friendly
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There's no rest for Chelsea's players as they hit the last stop on their European pre season tour. Fresh from matches against Fenerbahce and Besiktas on Friday night the Blues were warming up for another game in Budapest on Saturday. Jose Mourinho's side come up against Ferencvaros in the brand new Groupama Arena and the Portuguese boss' charges were getting used to their new surroundings in a light training session. WATCH Scroll down for 'Fabregas, Luis and Costa singing in Chelsea initiations' Back in business: Captain John Terry leads his team mates through an exercise during the session Happy birthday: Terry shakes Willian's hand on the Brazilian wingers birthday in Budapest
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Willian and Filipe Luis celebrate their birthdays on the trip
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John Terry led his side through the paces under Jose Mourinho's guidance
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"Prince @placeholder has gone shooting -- a day before launching a campaign to stop wildlife being killed," the popular tabloid said.
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London (CNN) -- The illegal wildlife trade takes the lives of 100 elephants a day, and rhino poaching increased by 5,000% between 2007 and 2012. The six remaining subspecies of tiger are endangered, two of them critically. Three other tiger subspecies are already extinct. Statistics like these are the reason it's time to treat the effort to stop the illegal wildlife trade "like a battle, because it is precisely that," says Britain's Prince Charles. He and his son, Prince William, are among the high-profile global guests due to take part in the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade on Thursday, hosted by the UK government.
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Prince Charles and Prince William speak out against illegal wildlife trade
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The royal father and son are taking part in an international summit in London
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William: "We have to be the generation that stopped the illegal wildlife trade"
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Service: Gene Moore, right, pictured with a Navy friend while serving in @placeholder.
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By Daily Mail Reporter A World War Two veteran who faced celebrating his 88th birthday alone was overwhelmed when he received dozens of cards from strangers all over the world. Gene Moore, 88, had recently moved to a retirement home and was facing the prospect of a sad birthday with very few friends to celebrate with. His grandson, Jon Moore, 24, appealed to Reddit users to help him make his grandfather's birthday special after his grandmother Nola Moore, 85, said she was concerned that her husband would have a lonely day. Proud grandsons: Jon and Alex Moore put out an appeal after it appeared their WW2 veteran grandfather Gene would have a very lonely 88th birthday
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Gene Moore, 88, had recently moved to a retirement home
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About 600 soldiers, volunteers and workers from @placeholder, the partially state-owned oil giant that has claimed responsibility for the spill, are involved in the cleanup.
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Koh Samet, Thailand (CNN) -- A picture postcard beach on one of Thailand's most popular tourist islands is now the focus of frantic efforts to staunch a tide of oil sweeping ashore. Where pleasure seekers would normally relax on pristine white sand, sandwiched between two lush green headlands, now white-coated cleanup crew smeared with crude suck oil from the shallow waters. Gobbets of oil lie along the beach, a thin sheen covers much of the wet sand and oil-drenched booms lie like giant black snakes along the shoreline. The sea is a rust red color and the odor of fuel hangs heavy in the air. Not even a brisk onshore wind can keep the smell away.
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Crews working to clean up oil spill on Thai beach at Koh Samet
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That set off consternation within Bain because the company had exploded in size and @placeholder was not only CEO (or managing partner) but was also deeply tied into a variety of investments and partnerships.
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There may be a number of good reasons to vote against Mitt Romney, but based upon what we know so far, his honesty about his tenure at Bain Capital does not seem to be one of them. Let me acknowledge upfront what I have said several times on CNN: I have a past relationship with the top partners at Bain that is both personal and financial. I have worked with them in support of nonprofit organizations such as City Year. I have given a couple of paid speeches for Bain dinners, as I have for many other groups. I was on the board of a for-profit child care company, Bright Horizons, that was purchased by Bain Capital. It was a transaction with financial benefits for all board members and shareholders, including me.
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Obama campaign says Mitt Romney didn't leave Bain when he joined Olympics
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David Gergen: So far the facts don't support the Obama campaign's charges
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Gergen: Obama campaign should back off idea that Romney might be guilty of felony
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There has been a great deal of austerity-bashing -- that is to say Germany-bashing -- this French election season. Buoyed by his success in the first round, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande declared last Thursday: "It is not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe." Vowing to reset Europe on a growth path, he said, "we're not just any country, we can change the situation." Now he looks set to put his words into action, following his victory in Sunday's runoff election. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quick to throw off the "Merkozy" mantel early on in his campaigning once he realized that vaunting his friendship with the German chancellor was the last thing his electorate wanted to hear, but it appears to have been in vain.
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Nicolas Sarkozy quick to throw off the "Merkozy" mantle early on in his campaigning
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Merkel stood by her one-time ally, saying she continued to support his re-election bid
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And yet Pochettino’s despair was legitimate given that @placeholder played well, were the victim of some poor decisions, and had the opportunity to bring the the game back to 2-2 on 61 minutes when Roberto Soldado missed a penalty.
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Click HERE to view the stats from the frenetic game using our fantastic match zone service The works of Mozart might reduce a man to tears; Sergio Aguero, likewise. It was the Tottenham manager Maurico Pochettino who made the comparison between the two men in the run up to this match, attempting to convey something of the Argentine’s special talent. Perhaps he might wish to temper his praise in future, for Aguero played like a man inspired by the compliment. He was sublime and Pochettino, if not quite weeping by the end, would at least have been overwhelmed with emotion: frustration, mainly.
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Sergio Aguero opened the scoring after 13 minutes before Christian Eriksen equalised almost immediately
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His great-grandson @placeholder recognised the face instantly and was able to prove to historians that his relative was a long-forgotten war hero.
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A soldier who survived the Battle of Rorke’s Drift against 4,000 Zulus only to be forgotten on its Roll of Honour has finally been hailed a war hero – thanks to a 130-year-old sketch. Private David Jenkins was among the 150 soldiers who fought in the heroic defence of the small South African missionary outpost in 1879, which was immortalised by the film Zulu starring Michael Caine. Such was the bravery shown by the heavily outnumbered troops that after the battle 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded. Hero: Geoff Rees, great grandson of Private David Jenkins, recognised him in this sketch by Lady Elizabeth Butler. He had fought valiantly in the heroic defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879
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David Jenkins' name was left off Roll of Honour of soldiers who defended tiny outpost
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(CNN) -- The English Premier League has rejected a proposal to bring Scottish Premier League sides Celtic and Rangers into English football's top flight. The Glasgow-based sides, who have dominated their own league both competitively and financially in recent years, had hoped to be part of plans submitted by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside who is keen on a two-tier league of between 36 and 40 teams. Both Celtic and Rangers would have been invited to join the lower of the two leagues under the plan, but the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected. English Premier League clubs will now consider whether to introduce a two-tier system as part of a wider strategic review.
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The English Premier League have rejected a proposal to bring Celtic and Rangers into English football's top flight
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Eight-year legal fight: Details of Mr Sarkozy's involvement emerged as the @placeholder's office confirmed the highest French court has now quashed the £54million divorce settlement to the Begum from 2011
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By Daily Mail Reporter Nicolas Sarkozy intervened in divorce proceedings on behalf of the Aga Khan four years after granting the multi-billionaire British knight exemption from all French taxes, it emerged today. The former French president, who is a lawyer, took on the case last Autumn a year after a court ordered the religious leader to pay his estranged German wife, Begum Inaara Aga Khan, around £54million. Mr Sarkozy was 'pulling the strings in the background' with the aim of obtaining a settlement, according to sources close to the case. 'Pulling the strings': Nicolas Sarkozy intervened on behalf of the Aga Khan (left) in his divorce proceedings with estranged wife Begum Inaara Aga Khan (centre), seen here on their wedding day in 1998
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Mr Sarkozy took on case after billionaire was ordered to pay £54m to wife
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(CNN) -- The next time an Israeli official petitions the U.S. government to release Jonathan Pollard from prison, we should tell our friend and longtime ally in an unequivocal tone: He will die in an American prison, so stop asking! Now, I know that's not how our State Department practices diplomacy, but there is no reason for the United States to be diplomatic with Israel when it comes to Pollard, a former Navy intelligence officer who stole secrets from this country and passed them on to Israel. Since he was convicted of espionage in 1987 and sentenced to life in prison, thousands of Israelis have made it their mission to get him released and sent to Israel. Why? So he could be treated like a hero?
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Roland Martin: Jonathan Pollard should remain jailed
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On-the-mend: This picture shows a noticeable healthier-looking Alex, who continues to gain weight with the help of the people at @placeholder
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His rescuers described him as terrified, emaciated, severely neglected and clinging to life. But Alex - a heartbreakingly-malnourished dog who was found wandering the streets of New Orleans, surviving off nothing but rocks and twigs - never stopped being a kind, lovely animal. 'He was still so nice and sweet and forgiving despite, obviously, the neglect he has suffered for some time,' said Deanna Theis, the assistant director of the Southern Animal Foundation, a no-kill rescue organization. Theis saw a picture of Alex appear on a website for a local animal control center, and realized he would be euthanized unless someone like her went to save him.
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Alex was picked up by an animal control center on the streets of New Orleans
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'If that principle does not apply in @placeholder, why should it apply anywhere else?'
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Sen. John McCain on Thursday chided Western leaders while on foreign travel in the Ukraine for refusing to describe Russia's occupation of the country as an 'invasion.' 'If we in the West cannot say clearly that what [Russian President] Vladimir Putin is doing to Ukraine constitutes an invasion of a sovereign country . . .then we are living in Putin's world,' he remarked during a press conference in the country's capitol city, Kiev. 'Just as an invasion is an invasion, our world either has rules, or it does not,' he continued. McCain, a Republican, did not call out U.S. President Barack Obama by name in his statement but the Democratic president is among the world leaders who have shied away from using the term 'invasion' to characterize a deployment of 1,000 Russian troops to Ukraine last week.
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'@placeholder will be seeking an early meeting with management to discuss the implications for our members and we will taking every step to safeguard their employment now and in the future.'
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By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 15:21 EST, 22 January 2013 | UPDATED: 04:59 EST, 23 January 2013 Aerospace firm Rolls-Royce has announced plans to shed nearly 400 jobs at one of its plants - but is blaming it on the government, a union has claimed. The firm is consulting on shedding the jobs at the Ansty site near Coventry in the Midlands, according to trade union Unite. The announcement puts 378 jobs at risk, the union says, adding that staff were informed of the company's plans in an internal memo. The Rolls Royce site plans to axe nearly 400 jobs, it told staff in an internal memo
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Sir Douglas, who lost both his legs in a 1931 flying accident, became one of the @placeholder's most celebrated pilots for his uncompromising and fearless approach.
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By Dan Bloom Rusting dog tags worn by the hero pilot Sir Douglas Bader while he languished in a Nazi Prisoner of War Camp are being auctioned for up to £1,800. The Second World War ace was captured in August 1941 after his plane crashed into another in mid-air over Le Touquet, France. After successfully escaping his captors - despite having artificial legs - he was eventually sent to Germany's top-security Colditz Castle where he was forced to remain until the war ended. Now two tags, one issued by the RAF and the other made by the Nazis with the label 'Oflag IV-C', Colditz's codename, will be among 350 Second World War lots auctioned next month.
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One tag issued by RAF was designed to identify the ace if he died in battle
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Other issued by the Nazis read 'Oflag IV C' - codename for Colditz Castle
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'I am excited to revisit archive designs as the @placeholder collection continues to grow.'
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By Ruth Styles PUBLISHED: 05:33 EST, 30 January 2013 | UPDATED: 11:08 EST, 30 January 2013 While her musical back catalogue might not attract many takers, Victoria Beckham's critically-acclaimed fashion line is a different story. The designer has announced she is to re-release some of the most popular pieces from past collections, starting next month when the newly revamped victoriabeckham.com website launches. Named the 'Icon collection', the range will include reworked versions of best-sellers past, including the tight bandage style frocks worn by Kate Winslet and Kim Kardashian among others. Scroll down for video Iconic: Victoria Beckham (right) is to re-release pieces from past collections
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The Icon collection will include versions of popular dresses in the VB archive
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‘@placeholder is under ground attack,’ a voice repeated, calmly but urgently.
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By Ian Drury PUBLISHED: 17:18 EST, 16 September 2012 | UPDATED: 04:09 EST, 17 September 2012 Taliban target: Prince Harry walks the asphalt by an Apache helicopter at Camp Bastion, Helmand Prince Harry will continue his deployment to Afghanistan despite the Taliban assault on the camp where he is based. The attack came at the start of a weekend of bloodshed in the warzone. Five British soldiers were injured and two US Marines killed when 15 insurgents armed with AK47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the allies’ supposedly impregnable fortress Camp Bastion. The 28-year-old prince, serving as a co-pilot gunner in the Army’s Apache helicopters, was a mile and a half from the firefight on Friday night. He was taken by SAS bodyguards to a secure location in the 20-square-mile base.
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Helicopter pilot prince was ushered to safe place by SAS bodyguards
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Major security review to probe how Taliban were able to breach security
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Two British soldiers were shot dead on Saturday by a rogue Afghan policeman who lured them to his side with a fake injury before opening fire;
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'New versions of insert skimmers (skimmers placed inside the card reader throat) are getting harder to detect,' the @placeholder report concludes.
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By Mark Prigg They are a marvel of modern engineering - thin, virtually invisible, yet containing a computer and video camera. Yet these tiny gadgets are causing major problems for banks - by 'skimming' credit card numbers and even recording PIN numbers. The latest devices were revealed today as part of a new report from the European ATM Security Team (EAST), which warns they are already in use across Europe - with many of the fraudulent numbers being shipped to the US. A mini-skimmer designed to slip inside of an NCR ATM's card acceptance slot: Experts warn they are becoming more advanced and commonplace across the world
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Latest devices small enough to fit inside card slots
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So if you are in the market for a harp that plays like a violin and looks like a space-age guitar, @placeholder's new Instrument 1 may be the one instrument for you.
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(CNN) -- Is it a guitar? Is it a piano? Nope, it is a crazy iPhone-powered combination of both. Plus it has a built in bass, violin and drum machine to boot. The Artiphon Instrument 1 looks something like a medieval lute, but with a smart phone jammed into its belly. The new instrument, released for pre-order this month, combines a keyboard, fret board, built-in plectrum and accelerometer-powered wawa effect. Named the Artiphon Instrument 1, it is the invention of Mike Butera, a Ph.D. in sound studies, from Virginia Tech. The Instrument 1 draws on the computational power of a modern smart phone to make and record sound. A downloadable app on the phone allows you to select different modes, helping you to change swiftly between instruments.
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Artiphon Instrument 1 can be played as a guitar, harp, violin, drum machine or keyboard
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When Carol Roe stands at her back gate she can look out across the road and see her granddaughter's grave. On August 2 the Geraldton woman's 22-year-old granddaughter Julieka Dhu was arrested and then kept in jail over an unpaid $1000 fine, and three days later she was dead. 'My granddaughter got killed in custody,' Ms Roe told the Daily Mail Australia. 'She's laying over there when she should be sitting with me in my backyard.' Scroll down for video Julieka Dhu, 22, died in police custody on August 4 after being held in jail for three days over an unpaid fine
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The firm described itself on its now-defunct Web site as a "military advisory service" that had played a "crucial" role in ending two @placeholder civil wars.
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(CNN) -- British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea. Simon Mann was arrested after a plane carrying him and about 60 mercenaries landed in Zimbabwe. The former British military officer confessed to trying to topple long-time ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - but denied being the plot's leader. The goal of the plot was to install exiled opposition leader Severo Moto who is currently in Spain awaiting trial on charges of arms trafficking, and to gain access to the former Spanish colony's oil wealth. During the trial, Mann testified he was a "junior" in the organization which plotted to overthrow the tiny west African country's president in 2004, and that Lebanese businessman Eli Calil was the man in charge.
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But Michael's main goal was always acting and after landing minor roles in other TV soaps and dramas he beat off dozens of rivals for the part of @placeholder.
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By Tom Latchem He's spent his career playing despicable characters - a rapist in Doctors, a homophobe in Hollyoaks, an abusive boyfriend in Casualty, and now Ross Barton, Emmerdale's womanising crook. But Michael Parr couldn't be happier. 'I think it's better to play baddies,' says the 27-year-old St Helens-born actor. 'They're always in the thick of the action and you get all these wicked things to say and do.' As Emmerdale's resident bad boy Ross, he's had his fair share. Ross arrived in the village a year ago, attacking Laurel Thomas and stealing her car. Since then he's been shot in a drug-gang dispute, bungled a robbery with corrupt cop Donna Windsor, and is now falling for her.
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Michael Parr always plays the bad guy - from a rapist to a homophobe
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François Hollande did not thank his opponent, Nicolas Sarkozy, during his acceptance speech, after defeating the incumbent with 51.6% of the vote in the French presidential runoff. But he should have, as he ran an anti-Sarkozy campaign, promising to behave like a "normal president" in contrast to the impulsive, unpredictable and sometimes ostentatious Sarkozy. And it worked: Fifty-five percent of the voters who cast a ballot for him did it to defeat Sarkozy rather than to elect Hollande. This victory comes after an odd campaign on both sides. Sarkozy started off courting the center by emphasizing his record of reforms and his role in solving the eurozone crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But in March, he decided to take a page from his own 2007 campaign and raid the extreme-right electorate of Marine Le Pen instead. He emphasized themes like immigration, Islam and the necessity for a more protective, even protectionist, Europe. This time, however, the strategy backfired. Le Pen got a historic score in the first round, while Sarkozy sowed confusion in his own camp -- and lost.
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Happy Couple: Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley were married in May of 2011 and have a son - Tamera revealed the horrific racial abuse she has suffered since her marriage to Housely Sister Sister star Tamera Mowry has tearfully told Oprah Winfrey that she was labeled a 'white man's whore' among other horrific racial slurs for her marriage to Fox News correspondent Adam Housely. Teen star Mowry, now 35, married Housely three years ago and since their happy day the couple have been remorselessly attacked by online trolls who reduce the identical twin to an emotional wreck with the strength of their barbs.
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Sister Sister star Tamera Mowry told Oprah Winfrey that she has suffered years of racial abuse for her marriage to Adam Housely
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By Louise Boyle New court documents in the latest battle over the vast fortune of Huguette Clark have claimed that the reclusive heiress was 'insane'. It is the first time that the insanity argument has been used during three years of feverish litigation over the Montana copper heiress' estate. Clark died in May 2011 after spending the last two decades of her life living in a New York hospital. The current court battle comes eight months after Clark's distant relatives - many of whom she had never met - won a $34.5million settlement in a separate legal fight over her two contesting wills.
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When the Chancellor first brought @placeholder back to the flat above No 10 where he lives, in 2011, Freya was already firmly ensconsed.
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It is the story of the Chancellor who fell for a designer dog and turned his back on a previously loved family cat. George Osborne has banished his tabby cat Freya from Downing Street after she lost out in the battle for his affections to a Bichon Frise called Lola. After five years with the Osbornes, Freya has been exiled to the Kent countryside where she will live with a member of Mr Osborne’s staff. George Osborne has banished his tabby cat Freya (pictured) from Downing Street after she lost out in the battle for his affections to a Bichon Frise called Lola
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She lost out in battle for Chancellor's affections to a Bichon Frise called Lola
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Dorneywood: Aides to George Osborne claim the Chancellor did not discuss the BSkyB bid with Mrs Brooks or Mr @placeholder while there
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By Daniel Martin PUBLISHED: 13:01 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:24 EST, 14 May 2012 George Osborne is under intense pressure to attend the Leveson inquiry after it emerged he entertained Rebekah Brooks at his country estate George Osborne is facing growing pressure to appear before the Leveson inquiry after further details emerged of his close links to the Murdoch press. The Chancellor entertained former News International boss Rebekah Brooks at his grace and favour residence in Buckinghamshire while Rupert Murdoch was planning to take over BSkyB. The gathering was also attended by former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who at the time was David Cameron’s director of communications.
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He said that an investigation into the attack is continuing although there has been an increase in the level of security patrols around the centre of @placeholder following the incident.
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The Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat instructed his bodyguards to apprehend a Palestinian man who had just stabbed an ultra-Orthodox Jew in the stomach in the middle of a busy street. Mr Barkat said he and his staff were travelling in a car when he noticed the 'terrorist' with a knife. He and his bodyguard leaped from their car to stop the attacker. Scroll down for video Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, pictured, was driving through Jerusalem when he saw the ultra-Orthodox Jew being attacked by an 18-year-old Palestinian man with a knife in IDF Square earlier today Mr Barkat, centre, praised his security detail, pictured, for the way they deal with the armed attacker
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Nir Barkat stopped his car when he seen the stabbing happen earlier today
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Mr Barkat and his security guard detained the 18-year-old Palestinian man
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The Palestinian stabbed a 27-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew in the stomach
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Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone unintentionally told the wife of World Cup journalist Jorge 'El Topo' Lopez that her husband had been killed in a car crash in Sao Paulo on Twitter. Simeone tweeted that Lopez was 'not only a great journalist' but 'also a friend' after hearing of the news that led Lionel Messi to dedicate Argentina's World Cup semi-final win to the 38-year-old. The Atletico boss included Lopez's wife, Veronica Brunati, in the tweet who, astonishingly, seemed to be unaware of the news, as she replied: 'No. Diego, don't tell me that. Please, someone call me.' VIDEO Scroll down to watch Diego Simeone show off his skills in Atletico Madrid training
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Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone tweets: 'He was not only a great journalist, he was also a friend. Much pain. My condolences to (his wife Veronica Brunati) and family. RIP Jorge 'Topo' Lopez'
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Brunati replies: 'No. Diego, don't tell me that. Please, someone call me'
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Lopez was killed in car crash on Wednesday morning in Sao Paulo while covering Argentina at World Cup in Brazil
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Lopez tweeted selfie from Argentina boss Alejandro Sabella's press conference on Tuesday
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Lionel Messi dedicated Argentina's semi-final win to 'friend' Lopez
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Speaking after the game, Mourinho said: 'The important thing is to give competition to the players, the best thing was that @placeholder made it difficult.
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By Hamish Mackay Goals from Diego Costa and Kurt Zouma ensured Chelsea came back to beat Olimpija Ljubljana 2-1 after a first half scare. Jose Mourinho's men found themselves behind going in to the break after Nik Kapun put the Slovenian side 1-0 up. But second half goals from Costa and Zouma put the Blues back in charge and Chelsea were comfortable from then on. Branislav Ivanovic thought he had added a third but, after initially awarding it, the referee appeared to change his mind and the goal was chalked off. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Diego Costa's first goal and a Fernando Torres horror miss
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Chelsea come from behind to beat Olimpija Ljubljana 2-1 in Slovenia
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Didier Drogba joined the squad and watched from the bench
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Chelsea named strong lineup including Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas
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Nik Kapun put the hosts ahead in first half
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@placeholder, 25, extended Australia's advantage with a drop goal, before flanker Ben McCalman touched down for the decisive try with 76 minutes on the clock.
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Australia recovered from losing two key players inside the first 22 minutes to beat Wales 21-18 in Auckland Friday to secure third place at the Rugby World Cup. Two-time world champions Australia lost fullback Kurtley Beale to injury after eight minutes, but center Berrick Barnes crossed for a converted try for the Wallabies to open the scoring at Eden Park. The Australians then saw influential flyhalf Quade Cooper limp off with suspected cruciate ligament damage to his knee before James Hook got Wales on the score sheet with a penalty. Australia's James O'Connor, with a penalty that struck the upright, and Leigh Halfpenny missed kicking chances for their respective sides to leave it 7-3 at halftime.
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Australia beat Wales 21-18 to finish third in the Rugby World Cup
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A late try from Ben McCalman proves the difference between the two teams
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Australia claiming the bronze medal for the first time in a World Cup
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"We call on @placeholder brigades to work with civil revolutionary bodies and local councils operating in those areas to address the threat of those gangs, and make sure those gangsters are hunted down and brought to justice," the statement said.
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Nearly 700 people have been killed in nine days of fierce clashes between an al Qaeda affiliate and other Islamist and rebel groups, activists said Sunday. Forces from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have increasingly come into conflict with Free Syrian Army fighters and other hard-line factions opposing the Syrian regime, while ISIS attempts to impose its strict form of Islamic Sharia law on areas coming under its control in northern Syria. In the last nine days, 697 people have been killed in the fighting, activists said. The victims include 351 combatants from the Islamist and non-Islamist rebel battalions, 246 ISIS fighters, and 100 civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Kerry says he's confident Syrian opposition will attend Paris talks
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@placeholder supporters clashed with opponents in Damietta, according to reports.
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(CNN) -- Unrest and dissension rolled across Egypt on Friday as authorities killed two Muslim Brotherhood members during a gunfight and clashed with protesters in several cities. Egyptian security forces killed the Muslim Brotherhood members during a gunfight in the Nile Delta, north of Cairo, the state news agency MENA reported Friday. Several men attempted to torch a traffic checkpoint and opened fire on police guarding a highway connecting the cities of Tanta and Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra in the northern governorate of Gharbiya, MENA said. One assailant was arrested, but the others escaped, the report said. Egyptian police dispersed protests organized by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsy in various cities, arresting a number of protesters.
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Egyptian authorities said Muslim Brotherhood members tried to torch highway checkpoint
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Two Brotherhood members were killed in the gunfight
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Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy protested in several cities
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'We are grateful for the fans who were at @placeholder to support us,' said Rooney, now fourth on the all-time England international scorer list with 41.
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Captain Wayne Rooney admits the hard work for England starts again now as they step up preparations for next week's opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Switzerland. Roy Hodgson's young side - with five of the starting XI under 22 - laboured through a 1-0 victory over Norway at a half-empty Wembley on Thursday night as England began life after their World Cup disaster. Much was made of the lacklustre performance, which only generated two shots of target, one being Rooney's 68th minute penalty. Skipper: England captain Wayne Rooney leads his England team out for the first time Tradition: Rooney shakes hands with the Norwegian captain Per Ciljan Skielbred
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England beat Norway 1-0 at Wembley on Wednesday night
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Wayne Rooney, captaining his country for the first time, scored the goal
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The Manchester United striker now claims that the hard work starts here
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Students and colleagues described the 24-year-old @placeholder as someone who gave everything for her students -- be it a pat on the back, a sensible explanation to a tricky concept, or the time, effort and heart to work through problems, math or otherwise, with them.
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Colleen Ritzer asked Chism, who'd been doodling, to stay after a class, student says
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The moment a member of the public complained about what @placeholder is alleged to have shouted down the pitch on October 23, 2011, communication became impossible.
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All he wanted was a phone call. According to Rio Ferdinand, the most toxic scandal in the history of the Premier League era could have been avoided if John Terry had just picked up the telephone and apologised. Yet isn’t that the nub of it? The reason Terry’s foul exchange with Rio’s brother Anton continues to resonate almost three years later is because civil resolution was impossible once the wheels of the modern race scandal began turning. Rio’s recollection of that time is shaming for British society. Smashed windows, bullets in the post, abuse in the street. His mother was hospitalised with stress. And his family were the victims. Understandably, he feels bitter that Terry appeared without remorse through this turbulent period. Yet it was not as simple as that.
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Rio Ferdinand recalls race row with John Terry in his new book, #2sides
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Terry used racially-aggravated language towards Rio's brother Anton at Loftus Road in October 2011 that led to a court case and FA investigation
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Rio says scandal could have been avoided if Terry had just phoned the Ferdinand family and apologised for using language in heart of the moment
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Moment member of public complained communication became impossible
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(CNN) -- Humans have a strange relationship with food. This seems to be a global truth that is perhaps best evidenced by the array of unusual food festivals the world over. We don't merely celebrate food, we wrestle in it, wage war with it, idolize it, and, in Gloucestershire, England, race it down a steep hill. No matter what your favorite food is, chances are somewhere, large gatherings of aficionados have found some outlandish way to commemorate it. Even Spam has found a place of honor. "Hawaii is one of the biggest consumers of Spam in the world," explains Karen Winpenny, an organizer of the annual Waikiki Spam Jam, which last year had 25,000 visitors. Hormel Foods sells more product in Hawaii per person than in any other U.S. state. According to the Spam Jam website, almost seven million cans of the stuff are eaten in Hawaii every year.
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In the U.S., there are food festivals dedicated to bugs and fried testicles.
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Food wrestling is a theme at several celebrations, including Potato Days.
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AT Räbechilbi in Switzerland, turnips are turned into works of art.
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It has withstood the Earth's elements for more than 150 years and yet this spectacular church remains the tallest wooden structure in the world. The magnificent building is made entirely of wood, from the frame to the rivets and the stunning exterior, and shows just how resilient this construction material is. Standing at 123 feet tall (37.5m), it is believed to still be the world's tallest entirely wooden building - a record it has kept its entire existence. Incredible: This impressive Kizhi Pogost church, on Kizhi island, west Russia, is not only the world's tallest entirely wooden building , but it is also more than 150 years old
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Russian Orthodox Church buildings are more than 150 years old
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After gaining promotion to @placeholder's second tier, the club promptly won the title for the first in its history.
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"We are like one grain of sand against a whole beach." Eibar fan Unai Eraso. SD Eibar has already climbed one mountain this summer in being admitted to Spain's top football tier, but its next task is even more daunting -- trying to compete in the same division as European champion Real Madrid. Not only can Real lavish a sum four times Eibar's annual budget on just one player, its Bernabeu stadium could hold the entire population of the tiny Basque town and still have 58,454 seats empty. Eibar will be the smallest team ever to compete in La Liga and had to raise $2.3 million in capital just to take its place at the top table of Spanish football.
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Tiny SD Eibar set to play first ever match in Spain's top tier on Sunday
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Minnows take on local Basque rivals Real Sociedad at Ipurua stadium
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Eibar had to raise $2.3m after promotion to comply with financial rules in Spain
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Arsenal record signing Mesut Ozil is clearly relishing his return for the Gunners ahead of Arsene Wenger's side hosting Stoke at the Emirates on Sunday. The German playmaker, a £42.5million signing from Real Madrid in 2013, picked up an injury against Chelsea in October and returns to the Arsenal squad along with Aaron Ramsey, Mathieu Flamini and Olivier Giroud. Ozil and the rest of the Arsenal squad appeared in high spirits in training on Saturday but midfielder Santi Cazorla warned his team mates to focus on their own game against a 'dangerous' Stoke side, who beat the Gunners 3-2 at the Britannia Stadium last month.
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Mesut Ozil has been out of action with a knee injury since October
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Another image that the same user posted of a cat in a blender is easily available on @placeholder images too.
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A One Direction fan who sparked outrage around the world over the last few days when she claimed she killed her pet Chihuahua in a fit of rage because the British boy band did not respond to requests to follow her on Twitter - is a hoax as many had suspected. The woman sent a desperate tweet to the five singers from her @illumivato account two weeks ago saying: 'Follow me or I'll break my dog's neck'. The post was accompanied by a picture showing someone pinning a dog to the ground by its throat. Sick: A montage of images from the Twitter account of a One Direction fan claiming to break her dog's neck after the band did not respond to her plea to follow her
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'Fan' threatned to kill dog with image of dog being pinned to the floor by its throat if the band did not follow her
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When One Direction didn't she posted picture of 'her with dead dog' at the end of August
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Other images reportedly from her site show animals in blenders and a small child tied up with similar threats to kill them
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Retrieved tweets show offending user @illumivato admitted she was a troll on Twitter before her account was suspended
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