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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek has a cover story titled, "In Defense Of The Silicon Valley Tech Bro." The cover shot includes all of the usual stereotypes about Silicon Valley. There's a guy wearing Google Glass and a Y Combi...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderWatch the video above and tell us that robots aren't going to change everything. The Hanwha Eagles, a South Korean professional baseball team, recently filled three rows of its stadium with robots designed to cheer in the stead of real f...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe European Central Bank is building a new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and some amazing graffiti art has been popping up at the construction site over the past two years. The new building is expected to be fully completed ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderMatthew Rutledge/Flickr A back alley in Austin Southern poverty has grown in an extreme way within America's post-recession landscape, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. Of the 15 metro areas where poverty is expan...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderAP French aerialist Philippe Petit walks on a cable suspended between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, Aug. 7, 1974. Forty years ago this Thursday, a 24-year-old Frenchman captivated the world when he walked ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe President of Azerbaijan unleashed a barrage of tweets aimed against Armenia Thursday morning, after clashes along the border of the Armenian-occupied Azeri territory of Ngarno-Karabakh threatened a tenuous ceasefire that has held sin...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comLevison Wood has covered 3,800 miles since starting his trek eight months ago along the world's longest river Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderYouTube New York Giants running back David Wilson f ound out this week that he would have to retire from the NFL because of a spinal injury. Doctors advised Wilson to quit football because he has diffuse cervical stenosis, a neck conditi...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Armed groups have mostly withdrawn from border town following several days of fighting with Lebanese soldiers.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldWASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week but remained near their lows for the year.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderTrisha Prabhu / Google Trisha Prabhu Trisha Prabhu, a 13-year-old from Chicago, won a spot as one of Google's 15 global Science Fair finalists for her project about stopping cyberbullying by making teens and tweens think before posting h...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderDon Oehlrich found a novel way to tell voters why he should represent them in Congress. Oehlrich, a Republican who's running against incumbent Rep. John Mica (R-Florida) in the Sunshine State's 7th district filmed an ad comparing W...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA man admitted to a New York hospital with a high fever and stomach problems after travelling through West Africa has tested negative for Ebola.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's nationalist leader was grilled on Thursday by opponents over his plans to keep sterling if Scots vote for independence, just two days after a poll showed he failed to win a television debate which was dom...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comBan on pseudonyms and republishing news without a licence among further checks on apps such as WeChat and KakaoTalk Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CNN.comTrack star Oscar Pistorius was a "deceitful" witness who cannot escape a murder conviction for his actions, prosecutor Gerrie Nel said Thursday, presenting his closing arguments in the athlete's trial.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFormer prisoner of the Tablian meets major general leading inquiry as Berghdal transitions to normal status as soldier Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NYT > WorldNine out of 161 monitored cities met China’s new air quality standards in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants extended their gains in northern Iraq on Thursday, seizing more towns and strengthening a foothold near the Kurdish region in an offensive that has alarmed the Baghdad government and regiona...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comSecretary of state to press rival presidential candidates to end election dispute and form new government by September Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from CNN.comWestern imports of meat, fruit, and products will be banned as Russia names a new target as global sparring over Ukraine grows.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderYouTube The new trend in online dating is swiping. Swipe to the right if you're interested, to the left if you're not. It's as easy as that. But for someone who has invested the past decade in online dating, this trend is incredibly depr...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderBrooklyn Tailors Every man should own a navy blazer. It’s a closet staple that goes with absolutely everything. The problem is that some men just don’t know how to style one, and stick to pairing their blazer with a boring white button d...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderIsaac Mao/flickr Stratasys shares were up as much as 19% Thursday after the 3-D printing company reported a 67% jump in quarterly revenue. The Minnesota- and Israeli-based firm reported a net loss of $173,000, or break even o...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tiger Woods arrived at Valhalla on Thursday with far less fanfare, and a lot more attention.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldMOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine — a sweeping move that will cost Western farmers billions of dollars but could also lead to empty shelves in Russian cities.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from News RSS : Today
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from News RSS : Today
The open unfettered exchange of ideas, viewpoints and to question them all, is to my way of thinking what being an American is all about. -
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In the open battlefields in eastern Ukraine it is almost impossible to use weapons without harming civilians, and their use could be very easily described as a war crime, former counter-terrorism intelligence officer Charles Shoebridge t... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsPARIS (Reuters) - The cockpit voice recorder from the Air Algerie flight that crashed last month in northern Mali, killing all 116 passengers and crew, is unintelligible, investigators said on Thursday.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comRolling coverage as the prosecution presents its closing arguments in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp Read a lunchtime summary The charges Pistorius faces Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostMOSCOW — Russia has granted fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden permission to remain in the country for three more years, Snowden's lawyer said Thursday, a measure that promised to further strain U.S.-Russian relation...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - WorldSouth African athlete Oscar Pistorius is accused of being a "deceitful witness" as his murder trial resumes for closing arguments.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi militants from the Islamic State group overran a cluster of predominantly Christian villages alongside the country's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, sending tens of thousands of civilians and Kurdish fighters fleeing...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk kill more than 20 people as Islamic State captures a dam and a Christian town in the north.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsThe NSA leaker recently marked a year in Russia by visiting the Bolshoi Theatre to watch an opera in a rare public appearance.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsISTANBUL (Reuters) - A battle between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen intensified on Thursday, with police arrests, a government move against an Islamic lender and a reported purge of the domestic...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderBII Messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat are huge and getting bigger. BI Intelligence 's data shows that WeChat, LINE, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are all growing their user numbers in 2014 at a quarterly rate of 15%...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Newstrack News - UPI.comEvan Bleier LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A Morrisons supermarket burger ad won't be rebroadcast again in England because it condones "poor nutritional habits."
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderUSPTO.gov Here's what Siri may look like on your Mac Have you ever wanted to ask your Mac a question? In the future, you may be able to speak aloud to Siri through your Mac if a new Apple patent application ever comes to fruition. The pa...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from NYT > WorldAdvances by Sunni extremists in the country’s north created an onslaught of refugees and set off fearful rumors in Erbil, the Kurdish regional capital.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderPeter Macdiarmid/Getty Maintaining personal relationships requires more effort in your 30s than it did in your 20s. Your 30s are typically a time for settling down, after using your 20s to take risks and find yourself. Many 30-somethings...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderPride Mega Yachts Pride Mega Yachts announced this week that the company has sold its nearly 300-foot vessel, "Illusion." The buyer and purchase price weren't mentioned in the company's announcement. But this is the biggest mega-yacht ev...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Newstrack News - UPI.comBrooks Hays ARMABADA, India, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Marine biologists have discovered a lake in India filled with jellyfish, the nation's first so-called jellyfish lake.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Newstrack News - UPI.comAnnie Martin CULMORE, Ireland, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Courteney Cox recently visited fiancé Johnny McDaid's hometown of Derry, Ireland, and her future mother-in-law says she and the family "all love" the actress.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Moscow accuses NATO of "selling soap bubbles" as claims of Russian troop build-up near Ukraine prompts invasion fears.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comGlasgow and Fife councils are planning to raise the Palestinian flag to show solidarity with people affected by the conflict in Gaza. Do you agree with their plans? Vote here Continue reading...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Business InsiderREUTERS The U.N. has released satellite photos showing areas in the Gaza Strip before and after Israel's Operation Protective Edge. The 29-day offensive destroyed most (if not all) of the tunnels built by Hamas under the strip...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from BBC News - WorldJordan is turning away Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comIslamic extremists seize nation's largest dam in worrying defeat for Kurdish forces in north as blasts rock Baghdad, Kirkuk
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comSecretary of state arrives in Afghanistan after Army general was gunned down
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comFormer NSA analyst faces espionage charges in the U.S. but Moscow has no extradition treaty with Washington
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comNeighboring Sierra Leone also takes emergency measures to try and keep infected villagers from reaching
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Russia on Thursday banned food imports from the EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway in response to Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s support for Ukrainian rebels. Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told a cabinet meeting the ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comToll jumps as 10,000 rescuers push into isolated, hard-hit villages; thousands more injured by 6.1 magnitude quake
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Ancient walls dating back to the 2nd-4th century were found during the reconstruction of Sofia's landmark Lavov Most (Lion's Bridge) on Thursday. Excavations were scheduled in the area to coincide with the repair works after one of them ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)An ATM mysteriously appeared on a street in the Lagera district of Sofia, reports Dnes.bg. According to the police, on Thursday morning a vigilant citizen phoned the 112 emergency line and said there was an ATM standing at the Balkandzh...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalConsumer lobby group says 5K Chinese workers in Kenya will pose a threat to wildlife
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalNorway's Statoil comes up dry at its northernmost Arctic wells
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Only 10% of Bulgarians support stricter EU sanctions against Russia, shows a survey of the Open Society Institute Sofia. Another 40% are of the opinion that Bulgaria should not participate in sanctions against any country in general, Rus...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesEuropean Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says that while it’s still early to judge, the euro-zone recovery should continue — unless sanctions escalate.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUAE newspaper urges release of detained reporter, the wife of Washington Post journalist held
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgaria's Ombudsman on Thursday urged the central bank to be more flexible in managing its restrictions on KTB bank to alleviate the plight of the bank’s clients. In a letter to the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Konstantin Penchev said ...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalFrance calls for UN emergency meeting over Iraq as Islamic militants take Christian village
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top Stories21st Century Fox rallied on earnings and L Brands climbed on an improved outlook.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from News24 WorldHundreds of Palestinians have poured onto the streets of Gaza City to attend a Hamas victory rally, chanting support for resistance against Israel.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldAliyev engages in Twitter war barrage against Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalReport: Pro-Russian separatists put army on alert, Moldova says an attempt to destabilize
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesConfidential memorandum of understanding formally orders bank to make far-reaching improvements.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World from NewserThe crew aboard a New Zealand fishing boat today hauled up a surprising and gruesome catch: a small plane with a body inside. Authorities suspect the plane is a 19-foot aerobatic biplane that was home-assembled from a kit and flown by mi...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)All Bulgarian Deputy Ministers from the cabinet of Plamen Oresharski were discharged as of Wednesday, August 6, authorities revealed. Reports in various media outlets had suggested Georgi Bliznashki would not keep deputies from the forme...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from The Argentina Independent
Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that former guerrillas can participate in politics in the country. The announcement comes on the same day that Juan Manuel Santos starts his second term as president. The post Colombia: Court Rul... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News From SFGateMOSCOW (AP) — Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will a...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from News24 WorldThe death toll from an earthquake in south-western China has risen to 615, with 3 100 people believed to be injured.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe euro falls against the dollar after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that monetary policy in the euro zone and the U.S. was on a “diverging path.”
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalAs the driver from the Times Square bus crash released after passing drug tests, Hawaii Braces for 2 Hurricanes, and the search intensifies for a 6-year-old girl in WA state.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from WND » World
WASHINGTON – Iran intends to provide counter-terrorism assistance to Lebanon as it comes under increasing attack from fighters of the Sunni Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Lebanese army forces are fa... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 from mirror - World newsThe bizarre video clip, posted by a Spanish radio presenter, stars a man inside a rainbow-coloured tube dancing across a stage to create hypnotic shapes
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comMoscow bans import of virtually all Western food in retaliation for U.S., EU sanctions, and threatens much harsher measures as Snowden reportedly granted residency
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Nation & World - chicagotribune.comPRETORIA (Reuters) - South African state prosecutor Gerrie Nel asked the judge in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Thursday to reject the Olympic and Paralympic track star's defense as "devoid of any truth".
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Discovery News - Top StoriesThe death is the third giant lizard to perish this year at zoo infamous for hundreds of animal deaths.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesEuropean stocks narrow losses Thursday after the European Central Bank holds its monetary policy unchanged, but heavyweight Nestlé SA was among the gainers after the food company said it plans to buy back shares.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldFrench government considers banning far-right Jewish group amid communal tensions.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The Specialized Prosecutor's Office has pressed charges against four officials of the Veliko Tarnovo unit of Bulgaria's Automobile Administration Executive Agency (AAEA). The four officials of the AAEA Regional Directorate in Veliko Tarn...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesNestlé, Adidas, Rheinmetall and Coca-Cola HBS shares make notable moves in European trade.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalHagel arrives in India to pursue military development projects; deepen defense ties
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe bull market is starting a new phase that could last a decade, says technical analyst Craig Johnson. Columnist Howard Gold tells why that prediction could come true.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from Daily Express :: World FeedTHE men arrested over the fatal stabbing of two British medical students in Borneo were high on crystal meth at the time of the attack, it has been claimed.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News From SFGateThe discovery of the nine babies being cared for by nannies in a Bangkok condominium followed accusations by a Thai surrogate that an Australian couple had left the boy with Down syndrome to be raised by her, while taking home his health...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldPoland's defense ministry says it is accelerating the tender process for its acquisition of new combat helicopters due to the armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comWith day left in cease-fire, Israel sticks to demand for Hamas to lay down weapons, Hamas says 8-year blockade of Gaza must end
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from ABC News: International7-person rowing team crosses Indian Ocean in record time, completes Australia-Seychelles trip
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from InternationalSecretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to push unity talks following a contentious election and growing violence in the country.The visit comes just days after U.S. forces suffered their highest-ra...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from mirror - World newsProsecutor Gerrie Nel and defence barrister Barry Roux have been giving their closing speeches as the Blade Runner's case comes to a close
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News From SFGateDONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Sustained shelling in the main rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine struck residential buildings and a hospital, killing at least four people and wounding 10 others, officials said, as government forces pressed for...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe staggering interest rates and paltry perks on some stores’ credit cards make them a terrible choice for consumers.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from mirror - World newsHorrific video shows the nocturnal bird screeching at its tormentors who demand it turns itself back into a woman so they know who she is
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.com2 days left for prosecution to convince court ex-Olympian is a murderous hot-head, and defense to argue he's a victim of circumstance
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Thursday, August 7, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldThe editor of the Emirati newspaper that employs an Iranian journalist detained along with her husband in Tehran last month has expressed hope that she will be released soon.
