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Love dont cost a ring-ring...Jennifer Lopez launches her own mobile phone store chain
If Mary Portas can't save the high street, perhaps J-Lo can? The entrepreneurial diva has announced that she is to open her own retail chain of mobile phone ...
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Moore mayor pushes for shelter law in wake of Oklahoma tornado
The mayor of Moore, the Oklahoma suburb devastated by a massive tornado earlier this week, has called for a new law to have shelters installed in every new-built home to protect the town's ...
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Sir Paul McCartney appeals to Russian government as Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike
Sir Paul McCartney has written to Russian authorities asking them to consider releasing members of jailed punk bandPussyRioton ...
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American Hunted Over Czech Family Murders
A California man is being hunted by police in the Czech Republic investigating the killing of four members of the same family. Detectives in the eastern European nation's second-largest city of Brno named their suspect as 20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren. They have released a photograph from his Facebook page which says he was born in 1992 and comes from Palo Alto. His online profile ...
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Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of ...
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Bulgarias largest party will not try to form government
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political ...
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Corero appoints high tech executive to lead worldwide sales
HUDSON, MA, May 21, 2013 – Corero Network Security, the First Line of Defense for enterprises globally against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and ...
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Amid scrutiny of commerce pick WH confident about her fate
top 300 U.S. billionaires , is not without her critics. But as the high-powered businesswoman heads to her confirmation hearing Thursday on the road to becoming President Obama's commerce secretary, vocal opposition to her approval has been limited -- and there's scant evidence to suggest Congress will put up a hard fight to block her from getting the job. Pritzker, who heads the ...
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GM recalling 27K Cadillac SUVs regulators say wheels can fall off
DETROIT General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off. The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory. GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles. ...
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London soldier slaying homegrown Islamic extremism
London "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you. We must fight them as they fight us." Those were the words of a man suspected of brutally slaying an active-duty British soldier on Wednesday in broad daylight. The two suspects' identities had not been confirmed Thursday morning, but multiple British media said they were both British, possibly even local south ...
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Drones Gitmo part of broad Obama counterterrorism speech
President Obama on Thursday will deliver a major speech on his counterterrorism policies, addressing everything from drone strikes and the status of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, to continuing efforts to fight al Qaeda and the legal framework for the continuing "war on terror." In the substantive speech to be delivered at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Mr. Obama ...
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Kerry to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has begun a round of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials but acknowledges there is considerable scepticism that the two sides will resume peace negotiations. Kerry has now visited Israel four times in his four months in office to try to restart peace talks. The negotiations broke down in late 2010 in a dispute over Israeli building of ...
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Two car bombs in Niger leave many injured
Attackers targeting a military barracks in Niger have detonated two car bombs, injuring more than 12 people, according to a French company operating in the affected area. Areva said on Thursday that one bomb went off in Arlit, where it operates a uranium mine, and another exploded in the city of Agadez, where a military barracks was the target. The casualties, all employees of Areva, were in ...
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Student held on sedition charge in Malaysia
Malaysian authorities have detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition, renewing the debate surrounding the government's use of the law. Adam Adli Halim, 24, was charged under the Sedition Act over a statement made at a public post-election forum on May 13, and had been held in custody for five days until he was released on bail on Thursday, his lawyer ...
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Security tightened after soldiers hacking death
>Are you there? Send us your photos, videosLondon (CNN) -- Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would be "absolutely resolute" in the face of extremism Thursday, as he vowed security services will not rest until they track down those responsible for the brutal hacking death of a British soldier in London. London attack: Terrorists targeting soldiers at home again?Cameron condemned the ...
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Two AMIA bomb suspects running for Iran president
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran's presidential election.Mohsen Rezai and Ali Akbar Velayati, who are believed to have planned the 1994 attack, were among the eight candidates approved Tuesday for the June 14 election by Iran's Guardian Council to succeed Mahmoud ...
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Haredi family illegally crosses border into Jordan
Jordanian authorities arrested a haredi family of eight from Beit Shemesh after they crossed the border into Jordan on Wednesday night under unclear circumstances.The couple and their six children crossed the border near the Hivan River in the Arava. The IDF and Foreign Ministry were working to bring the family back to Israel. An initial investigation found that the father belongs to a ...
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Is Israel in touch with Syria villagers
A report in the New York Times speculated Thursday that Israel may be communicating with Syrian villagers, as part of its response to the two-year civil war raging within its northern neighbor's borders. ...
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Five killed in Lebanon’s Tripoli
A Lebanese Sunni gunman holding a rifle, takes a position in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli. Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said on ...
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Jury deadlocked in Jodi Arias case
Phoenix - Convicted killer Jodi Arias feels betrayed by an Arizona jury that found her guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend, according to an interview aired on Wednesday shortly before that same jury became deadlocked over whether to sentence her to ...
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Female cadets ‘filmed in the shower’
Washington - An Army sergeant at the US Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers at West Point, a defence official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed ...
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Woolwich attack Cameron overrules MoD ban on soldiers wearing uniforms with vow to beat terror by carrying on with normal life
David Cameron today overruled a Ministry of Defence ban on troops wearing uniforms in public in the wake of the brutal killing of a serving solider on the streets of ...
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UK emergency committee meets over slaying
LONDON: Britain's national security chiefs were meeting on Thursday as counter-terrorism police investigated the murder of a soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two suspected extremists.The suspects were shot by police after the gruesome attack and spent the night in hospital under armed guard.Wielding knives including a meat cleaver, two men carried out the attack in ...
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Iran says IAEA report shows nuclear drive is peaceful
A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran's progress in its "peaceful" nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country's envoy to the agency said on ...
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One child dead another missing following Minnesota landslide
Lilydale Park. (Screenshot from stpaul.gov) MINNEAPOLIS - One child was killed and another is missing after students on an elementary school fossil-hunting field trip were swept into a water-filled pit when part of a hillside gave way at a park in St. Paul, Minn., authorities said. Two other children were injured as were two firefighters responding to the incident on Wednesday involving fourth ...
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Malaysia police arrest opposition figures in crackdown
Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim delivers his speech during a rally in protest of the Sunday's election results at a stadium in Kelana Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur May 8, ...
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Stand fast Atlanta, but dont be selfish
Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, therefore it is the leader of the state, and the actions and decisions of city leaders will influence the stability, or lack thereof, of the state. It is a substantial responsibility and one that should not be taken lightly. Atlanta must weather the current recession in a manner helpful to the wider region as well as itself.
Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. It is the beating heart of Georgia, and one of the main centers for economic activity with the head quarters of several major companies located in its CBD, including Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, and AT&T. Just behind Chicago and Minneapolis, it has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies located within the greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Read more
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