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Monday, August 18, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThree men are found guilty of murdering a mother who was shot dead while out celebrating her 24th birthday in north-west London.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe EU announces emergency funding of 125m euros (£100m) for fruit and vegetable growers hit by Russian sanctions targeting Western food.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News RSS : Today
A group of campaigners from Reclaim the Power are currently occupying the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA) headquarters in London, following the government’s decision to censor a report on the potential impacts ... -
Monday, August 18, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, on 9 August was shot at least six times, a medical examiner says.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from NYT > WorldIn defiance of an Indian warning, a Pakistani diplomat met with Kashmir separatists, dampening hopes that the two nations would resume a peace process.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostIsraeli forces have destroyed the homes of two Palestinians accused of abducting and killing three Israeli teenagers, according to reports . The home of a third Palestinian suspect was sealed off. The kidnappings and deaths of Eyal Yifra...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostBADRIYA, Iraq — Iraqi and Kurdish forces claimed Monday that they ejected Islamic State fighters from a strategically vital dam in northern Iraq, after waves of U.S. airstrikes scattered the radical Islamist militants in the biggest push...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from CNN.comMichael Brown's family attorney says the independent autopsy provides ample evidence to arrest the officer who shot him and queries why he was hit in the top of the head.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News RSS : Today
GCHQ is scanning servers in multiple foreign countries for vulnerable ports, according to German newspaper Heise. Using a tool called Hacienda, the intelligence agency seeks to ‘master the internet’ for sources of espionage. -
Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comActivists returning for a second day to protest recent violence in Gaza say dockworkers are honoring picket line Continue reading...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comGovernor Jay Nixon calls in national guard troops Order follows eighth night of unrest, teargas and looting Brown family attorney: autopsy showed at least six shots Curfew defied by protesters and stun grenades shot at crowd Justice Depa...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comResidents and business-owners begin returning to the northern Iraqi town of Makhmur near Irbil. US forces continue to target Islamic State militants with airstrikes near the strategically important Mosul dam. Kurdish Peshmerga forces are...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comJeffords 2001 decision to leave the Republican Party put the Senate in Democratic hands Continue reading...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News RSS : Today
Online music videos could be given age ratings to help protect children from inappropriate content, David Cameron has said. -
Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comAnkara demands explanation following media reports Turkish politicians surveillance target for intelligence agency since 2009 Continue reading...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from CNN.comISIS militants and Kurdish troops are battling for control of the Mosul Dam -- with huge implications for millions of Iraqis living downstream.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal report finds that an American child born last year will cost a middle-income family an average of more than $245,000 until he or she becomes an adult.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldHAEMI, South Korea (AP) — Pope Francis made his strongest gesture yet to reach out to China on Sunday, saying he wants to improve relations and insisting that the Catholic Church isn't coming in as a "conqueror" but is rather a partner i...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Fierce fighting reported as Peshmerga and Iraqi troops try to recapture Mosul dam from Islamic State group.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderBuried midway through a press release sent out by European mobile payments company SumUp detailing its new $13 million-plus fundraising round is the news that two of the company's founders will be leaving. Since its launch in 2011,...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldFERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, after a night in which police used tear gas to clear protesters o...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comIntense seismic activity at the Bardarbunga volcano indicates the potential for a disruptive ash event similar to 2010 Continue reading...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News RSS : Today
A Labour MP has been criticized for claiming that more female MPs were making the party “too gentle” for power. -
Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are moving higher, following big gains in Europe and the latest moves in corporate dealmaking.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bill and Hillary Clinton will headline the annual steak fry for retiring Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, making a big return to the leadoff caucus state as the former secretary of state considers another presidential cam...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesA private autopsy found that Brown had been shot at least six times.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldFRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Hospital operator Community Health Systems said a cyberattack took information on more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Ukraine government and separatists trade blame over attack on convoy, reportedly hit by artillery near Luhansk.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThere are conflicting reports about whether Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have recaptured Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderIt's time to dust off your old deck and brush up on Charizard's powers, because Pokemon's popular trading card game is coming to Apple's iPad. While most people associate Pokemon with the popular Game Boy video games or the TV show, the ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsKIEV (Reuters) - Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed fleeing fighting in eastern Ukraine on Monday when their convoy of buses was hit by rocket fire, military spokesmen said.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's army spokesman says security forces and Kurdish fighters have taken back the strategic Mosul Dam, the country's largest, from Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks ago.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe family of the Missouri teen whose death has sparked more than a week of riots and protests believes the autopsy they recently had performed on their son gives "ample evidence" for the arrest of the police officer who shot him. ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderWe know the most expensive movies ever made , but do you know which props were sold for the largest amount? A study by eBay Entertainment Memorabilia gathered the most expensive movie props used in films in a new infographic. Costumes an...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsGAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Talks in Cairo on ending the Gaza war showed no signs of a breakthrough on Monday, with Israel and the Palestinians entrenched in their demands hours before the expiry of a five-day ceasefire.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from BBC News - WorldMany people died when rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Newstrack News - UPI.comBrooks Hays GDAńSK, Poland, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Divers exploring a 200-year-old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea's Gulf surfaced with a sealed stoneware bottle containing drinkable alcohol earlier this summer
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderIn lucid dreaming, every night offers up the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure—a dreamscape confined only by the limits of your imagination and entirely under your control. The horizon-expanding results are often felt long after you've ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - WorldPakistani opposition leader Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party has announced that its lawmakers will resign from parliament to try to force PM Nawaz Sharif to step down.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish forces said they had recaptured the country's biggest dam from Islamic State militants on Monday, although an employee at the site said jihadist fighters still controlled key points on the vulnerable str...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from NYT > WorldJaycee Chan, who is also an actor, was reportedly arrested along with the Taiwanese actor Ko Chen-tung as part of the crackdown on drugs in China, in which the entertainment industry has seemingly come under particular scrutiny.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Mayor Buddy Cianci's face beams from the label of his Mayor's Own Marinara Sauce, which also promises that sales are "Benefiting Providence School Children" and have helped hundreds of students attend college.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from USATODAY - World Top Stories
The Earth had its 4th-hottest month on record in July, the National Climatic Data Center reported Monday.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from CNN.comRwanda's Lake Kivu houses enough methane to cause major destruction. Instead, it could power the country
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from The Business InsiderSharon Standifird was tired of her kids ignoring her phone calls. So she did what any worried mother would do: She created an app. The Houstonian mom could not get her teenagers to return her calls, so she taught herself how to develop a...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from EUobserver.com - Headline NewsIsraeli media say the EU is planning to ban imports of all animal products, including eggs, poultry, and dairy, from settlements from 1 September, on top of an existing ban on organic produce. The move comes after the EU said it does not...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Former Vermont U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, who in 2001 tipped control of the Senate when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent, died Monday. He was 80.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from CNN.comCan't get on the housing ladder? Here's how trash could help.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African officials say one person died and another seven are presumed dead from the collapse of a building under renovation.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.com
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comOfficial tells CBS News some who fled ransacked clinic in Monrovia back under monitoring -- but not all of them, and the danger hasn't abated
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlineKurdish and Iraqi soldiers reclaim control of Mosul Dam from ISIS in strategic victory as it's revealed Britons have signed up to fight alongside the Kurds
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerIn the New York Times this weekend, Sam Tanenhaus, a scholar of the conservative movement, tried to make sense of the millenial generation. From reading his article one can only conclude that Tanenhaus wants all millenials to die. Read m...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlineAn additional 13 people have been rescued after their tour boat sank between the islands of Lombok, east of Bali, and Komodo Island on Saturday.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalIraq says it retakes Mosul Dam as clashes rage for rest of complex; militants deny loss
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldPro-Assad hackers use activist websites, YouTube, Skype, WhatsApp and social media to spread malware
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerIowa state representative Henry Rayhons, a Republican, was arrested over the weekend for having sex with his mentally incapacitated wife after a judge instructed him not to. Police told the Des Moines Register that Rayhons "abused hi...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The construction of a third bridge over the Danube River is to cost EUR 200 – 270 M, according to feasibility studies conducted at four places where it could be built. Elean Gagov, expert at the Ministry of Regional Development, explaine...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesDollar General makes a bid for Family Dollar, sending its shares skyrocketing.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldIndia says it has called off talks with Pakistan after its ambassador met with Kashmiri separatists.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerTime Inc. has fallen on hard times. Would you believe that this once-proud magazine publishing empire is now explicitly rating its editorial employees based on how friendly their writing is to advertisers? Read more...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalSouth Africa: Emergency responders report 8 killed in building collapse near Johannesburg
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from RIA NovostiUkrainian forces are using chemical weapons in the embattled region of Donetsk, member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) parliament Miroslav Rudenko told Baltkom radio Monday.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesHardline retailer is expected to post sales growth in the second quarter.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalA Bulgarian man’s bold attempt to sail to America from England in a 14ft boat was thwarted by rescue crews who were concerned about his safety.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from RIA NovostiIraqi counterterrorism forces and Kurdish Peshmerga have retaken the Mosul Dam, previously controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants since August 7, AFP reports citing Iraqi security spokesman Lieutenant General Qassim Atta.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: World
After months of rebel occupation and weeks of Ukrainian liberation, the residents of this shell-shocked border town say they hope simply to rebuild their former lives — but fear that war could return to their doorstep. -
Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News From SFGateJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Shin Bet security service said Monday it had thwarted a Hamas coup attempt in the West Bank aimed at toppling Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, though it offered few details. [...] on Monday, Israeli troops d...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldIndia's biggest banks looking to slap defaulter tag on Mallya over Kingfisher Airlines debts.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalKenya's western-backed anti-terror cops blamed for unlawful killings, disappearances
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News From SFGateKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — "Dozens" of civilians were killed in a shelling attack Monday on a convoy of refugees trying to flee war-torn eastern Ukraine, a top Ukrainian official said. Both the government and the rebels traded blame for the at...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Nation & World - chicagotribune.comA private autopsy of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown showed he was shot at least six times, his family's lawyers said on Monday, saying the report supports eyewitness statements that he was trying to surrender.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Discovery News - Top StoriesA drug already used to treat people with other conditions could restore hair growth in patients with one disease that can cause hair loss.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldNATO in Kosovo says Ukraine will pull out most of its troops from its peacekeeping mission in the Balkan country by the end of the month.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News From SFGateMONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Authorities were searching Monday for more than a dozen patients who abandoned an Ebola quarantine center in Liberia's capital during looting this weekend, although several were again under observation, officials...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldShafi al-Ajmi is suspected of channelling funds to Sunni militants in Syria and Iraq.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerThe Ice Bucket Challenge , last week's popular phenomenon where humanity collectively pledged not to fight Lou Gehrig's Disease until we see some goddamn ice water drenching some celebrities' heads, goddamnit, was all worth it for this A...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerCan we collectively agree that we are willing to endure the occasional appearances of Rich and Kathy Wakile and their ever-present tray of cannolis if it means we get more Cousin Rosie as a result? Especially when she's gloriously giddy ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from - World RSS FeedCountries affected by the Ebola outbreak have been told to give "exit screenings" to any people wishing to leave places such as Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comAmid intense speculation that WikiLeaks founder might give up and leave Ecuadorian Embassy, cryptic remarks only bring more questions
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from RIA NovostiRussia is planning to request an official report on the progress of the investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said Monday.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from RIA NovostiThe World Health Organization on Monday urged the governments of the countries affected by quickly spreading Ebola virus to enforce mandatory screening of passengers traveling abroad.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgarian miners have asked caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki to lift the ban on shale gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing. At an event celebrating the professional holiday of the miner, representatives of the Bulgarian ...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from - World RSS FeedAt least 160 people have been killed in devastating floods and landslides that have struck Nepal and northern India. Officials are now concerned about the possible spread of disease, particularly cholera.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News From SFGateArriving back from talks in Tehran with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Yukiya Amano said that his International Atomic Energy Agency is now in a position to "follow up" its investigation of detonators that could have been used in nucl...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerTurnstile jumping is on the rise in New York City subways. Today, the New York Daily News published an analysis of data that detailed the increase in arrests for fare-beating busts made by officers. In the last five years, turnstile jump...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from World News From SFGateThe Argentinian pope not only gave speeches in a language he has expressed discomfort with, he also ad-libbed and even joked around — a linguistic victory deemed crucial to the church's push to make Asia a future focal point of the relig...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesHere are 10 “think-like-an-amateur” secrets from our “Lazy Person’s Guide to Investing.” Ten simple ways to get into peace-of-mind investing.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from mirror - World newsThe 68-year-old was upstairs with her adopted daughter when she heard terrifying sounds from her living room and feared 'the world was ending'
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Nation & World - chicagotribune.comDollar General Corp offered to buy Family Dollar Stores Inc for $8.95 billion, trumping Dollar Tree Inc's $8.5 billion bid, to strengthen its position as the No. 1 discount retailer in a highly-competitive U.S. market.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerRachel Pepe, a 13-year-old in Middletown, N.J. who transitioned over the summer from being identified as Brian, has been told by an official at her school district that her gender transition will not be recognized and no accommodations w...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News24 WorldThirteen people lost at sea for two days when their tourist boat sank in Indonesia have been rescued after a horrific ordeal that had forced survivors to drink their own urine.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from News24 WorldThe mayor of the Swiss town of Baden, who is also a member of parliament, has been suspended following allegations that he sent nude selfies taken at work to a woman friend.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Infowars » World NewsHeavy rains in recent days have caused flooding and landslides across the region.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalIran judicial official: Washington Post reporter, other journalists held on 'security issues'
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: World
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesA gauge of confidence among home builders is the highest in seven months, with readings showing growing optimism about present and upcoming sales of single-family homes.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from GawkerTeens today do everything on social media, including make school shooting threats. California police arrested a 15-year-old boy on Sunday for posting photos of dead bodies and guns to Instagram with threats to shoot up Valencia High Scho...
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from Infowars » World NewsHigh-end brands such as Mercedes-Benz could be more vulnerable as they have to be imported.
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Monday, August 18, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUkraine's security council: 'Dozens' of civilians killed in a rebel attack on refugee convoy
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