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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Science minister accused of backing pro-Western voices at universities dismissed in vote of no-confidence.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFoleys killer had a British accent Cameron says Foleys murder is shocking and depraved Isis threatens to kill another captured journalist Foleys mother: He was an extraordinary son Read the latest summary Continue reading...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Intervention by army comes amid mass protests by top cricketer-turned-politician and a cleric urging PM Sharif to quit.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe apparent beheading of a US journalist by militants Islamic State was "shocking and depraved", UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldBarcelona cannot sign players until 2016 once the current transfer window shuts, after Fifa reject their appeal over a ban.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comCounty prosecutor Bob McCulloch accused of bias Night of relative calmin Ferguson ahead of Holder visit Continue reading...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Spokesman says Gaza rockets have complicated talks as he rejects charges Israel is to blame for ceasefire breakdown.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comIn 2010, an Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name spewed an ash cloud into the skies that disrupted travel for millions of passengers and cost airlines a small fortune.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Nouri al-Maliki calls for involvement of all parties in new administration as top Kurdish minister rejoins government.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldBERLIN (AP) — Germany says it is prepared to arm Kurdish fighters battling Sunni insurgents in northern Iraq.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldUkrainian government and rebel forces both claim control of a small town after fierce fighting, as the death toll among civilians mounts.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldAn emotional President de Kirchner says proposed legislation will return control of its debt to the government.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldTOKYO (AP) — A 111-year-old retired Japanese educator who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world's oldest living man.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comThe beheading of American journalist James Foley by ISIS militants has stirred grim memories, bringing into focus once again the risks faced by reporters in modern conflicts.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comA propaganda video has been released showing a masked Islamic State (Isis) militant beheading a kneeling man believed to be James Wright Foley, an American photojournalist who went missing in Syria in 2012. In the video the executioner s...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedLiberian authorities introduced a nationwide curfew on Tuesday and put the West Point neighbourhood under quarantine
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comLandslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 27 people in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, authorities said Wednesday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents posted a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they said depended on how the United States acts in ...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldShares in South Africa’s largest banks have fallen after being downgraded by the credit ratings agency Moody’s.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsKIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces fought street battles with separatist rebels in the eastern town of Ilovaisk overnight into Wednesday as they sought to isolate rebel strongholds near the Russian border, an Interior Ministry official said.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldMOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Lowe's second-quarter net income increased 10 percent, bolstered by improving weather.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldBEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Islamic extremists have launched an attack on a major air base in northeastern Syria, aiming to seize the last position held by the Syrian government in a province that is an Islamic State stronghold.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe wife and child of Hamas militant leader Mohammed Deif have reportedly been killed as Israeli air attacks leave 11 people dead in Gaza.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe family of James Foley, the American citizen purportedly beheaded by ISIS forces in Iraq, issued a statement late Tuesday night that praised his life and career as a photojournalist. "We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comPaint, wine and noodles -- three things which won't help Manchester United on the football pitch, but are helping swell the club's bank balance.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldMarina Silva set to revive interest in Brazil's presidential campaign
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CBC | World NewsThe St. Louis suburb still had plenty of lively protest last night over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, but the overall scene was more subdued than the past five nights.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian official says nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Newstrack News - UPI.comVeronica Linares LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ben Affleck had a little help from his wife Jennifer Garner while completing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Monday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comThe beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley by ISIS militants has stirred grim memories, bringing into focus the risks faced by reporters in conflict zones.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldParts of Europe are reaching a "tipping point" where cardiovascular disease is no longer the leading cause of death, a study shows.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comAnother patient is being tested in the United States for possible Ebola exposure -- this time, in California.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe Islamic State militant group releases a video purporting to show the beheading of US journalist James Foley, seized in Syria in 2012.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldSales at the Danish brewer Carlsberg have been hit by falling consumption in Russia and Ukraine amid the crisis in the region.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesCompanies including Eaze and Canary aim to make marijuana delivery as easy as the tap of a few smartphone buttons.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA judge rejects a bid by lawyers representing Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, challenging the will of her former husband, Texas billionaire J Howard Marshall.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comA video released by ISIS shows the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from CNN.comSunni militants release a video of the execution of U.S. journalist James Foley, and threaten life of another if U.S. doesn't end operations in Iraq.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from BBC News - WorldAt least 32 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rain that buried houses in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture, officials say.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedHeather Mack, 19, and Mack’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, were arrested and detained as suspects
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News & AnalysisLuxottica's shares slid after Italian media reported that the CEO could be on his way out following disagreements over Google Glass.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsSteven Simpson could be charged with attempted murder in the latest violent tragedy to hit the actress' family.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from The Business InsiderAs the U.S. processes the beheading of an American journalist by extremist militants: How did ISIS abduct James Foley, who was widely considered to be in the custody of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad? The prevailing assumption was that...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsA militant with an English accent blames US airstrikes in Iraq for James Foley's death and says they are holding another American.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)US politicians launch campaign after Indian players asked to take their Turbans off at a tournament in China.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesHeather Lois Mack, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend Tommy Schaefer are accused of the murder of 62-year-old Sheila Von Weise-Mack.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comPrecarious search and rescue effort under way on outskirts of Hiroshima city after rain-soaked hillsides give way Continue reading...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldVATICAN CITY (AP) — Saying "even the pope has a family," Pope Francis has expressed thanks for the prayers and condolences sent him after the death of a nephew's wife and her two young children in a car crash in the pontiff's native Arge...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from NYT > WorldHeavy rains in western Japan caused flash floods and landslides Wednesday morning that buried victims alive as they slept in their homes, the police said.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsKABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has given New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg 24 hours to leave the country for not cooperating with an investigation, a statement from the attorney general's office said on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comFormer deputy CIA chief Mike Morell on the urgency in the fight against ISIS highlighted by apparent execution of U.S. journalist
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlinePalestinians said Israel launched 35 air attacks, one of them hitting a house in Gaza City and killing two women and two-year-old girl, according to health officials, while a further 21 people were injured in a separate strike.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comTop Hamas commander's house targeted after barrage of Palestinian rockets prompts Israel to walk away from negotiations
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World news | Mail OnlineAmerican freelance photo-journalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS in a video message posted online and titled as ‘A Message to America’.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[MFWA]Félix N'zalé, a journalist and managing editor of privately-owned La Tribune newspaper, was on August 14, 2014, handed a one-year suspended sentence and a fine of FCFA one million (equivalent to US$ 2,200) for publishing false news.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[MFWA]Bassirou Faye, a Senegalese student of the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), was on August14, 2014, shot dead by an unidentified policeman.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Addis Standard]First established as the Institute for Defense Policy in 1991 by its current Executive Director Dr Jakkie Cilliers, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is an award winning, leading Pan African policy research institu...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Honorary consuls of Bulgaria will be obliged to present reports on their activity to the Foreign Minister every four years. The measure is part of a change to an ordinance on honorary consuls which has been approved by the government. Th...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[FrontPageAfrica]The Town has just a public clinic which has fewer than 10 nurses who have said their lives are at risk
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[FrontPageAfrica]Margibi County -A youth of the Cinta Clan in Margibi County has donated disinfectants and medical gears worth over $10,000 US dollars to residents to contain the Ebola outbreak in the county. Items donated along with the...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[FrontPageAfrica]Monrovia -Liberia's Minister for Gender and Development wants harsher punishment for people who rape.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[NEWS]... For Looting Ebola Center
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Ministers will review and pass a decree for the approval of additional costs and transfers of BGN 16,204,360 at Wednesday's session, the press office of the government announced. The funds will be allocated mainly to municipalities for t...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Sudan Tribune]Addis Ababa -South Sudanese rebels led by the former vice-president Riek Machar have accused the government delegation of boycotting the talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesA roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalFighting in rebel-held Donetsk region kills 34 people in the last 24 hours, authorities say
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesWhile the technology-friendly Nasdaq Composite has made it back to levels not seen since March 2000, the month the tech-bubble popped, the shares of many tech giants that helped fuel that bubble still have a long way to go.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalGermany prepared to send weapons to help Kurds fight Sunni insurgents in Iraq
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldJean-Marie Pire leaves woman with cuts and bruises after asking for directions.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News From SFGateTOKYO (AP) — Japanese police say the death toll from rain-triggered landslides on the outskirts of Hiroshima has risen to 36, with seven other people still missing. Public broadcaster NHK showed rescue workers suspended by ropes from pol...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesBalfour Beatty slides after rejecting merger offer from Carillion, while Heineken rises after earnings
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News From SFGateTOKYO (AP) — A 111-year-old retired Japanese educator who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world's oldest living man. At the televised ceremony, Momoi wore a dark suit and silver tie, with his white hair neatly combed. The countr...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from NPR Topics: WorldTiny Singapore imports almost all its food. From gardens on deserted car parks to vertical farms in the vanishing countryside, a movement is afoot to help boost its agricultural production.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldShift in ideological communications strategy may indicate power struggle between al-Baghdadi and Syrian faction.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalJapanese police say death toll from landslides in Hiroshima has risen to 36; 7 people missing
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesPutin is reportedly considering banning certain car imports if the West hits Russia with tighter trade sanctions. High-end German car makers while long-standing joint-ventures could give others a free pass.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from World News From SFGateBEIRUT (AP) — Islamic extremists fired rockets and tank shells Wednesday at a major air base in northeastern Syria, kicking off a long-anticipated offensive to seize the last position held by the Syrian government in a province that is a...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesAll self-respecting celebrities have their own fragrance nowadays.. Maybe that’s why scents named after Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift are not selling well.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesGap appears well positioned to extend its streak of better-than-expected profit reports, despite a difficult environment for retailers.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesHow will the retailing giant fare after cutting its forecast earlier this month?
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesH-P reports fiscal third-quarter results with analysts expecting another drop in revenue as the tech giant struggles with a weakening PC market and stiff competition in the corporate tech arena.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldWinsome defaulted on its 65.81bn rupee loans and is facing criminal investigation in India.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Discovery News - Top StoriesA new study suggests that the 1912 Titanic disaster may have been caused by an increase in icebergs -- a condition that might threaten ships now. Continue reading →
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalIndian yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped popularize yoga around the world, dies at 95
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Viral NovaViral NovaCamping can be fun, but it can also be the worst. It doesn't matter how great something is, if it involves bugs, bears, and other things you wouldn't want tearing into your skin, the potential for it to become a disaster is high. With th...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalPalestinian rocket attacks, Israeli airstrikes after collapse of Gaza cease-fire talks
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)The announcement that Bulgaria has halted work on the South Stream project “could be a bit more serious” than the previous one, a gas analyst has commented. The project company South Stream Bulgaria equally owned by state-run Bulgarian E...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesSome pullback could be seen in the stock market on the heels of several upbeat sessions, as investors await the coming Fed minutes.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from MiamiHerald.com: WorldUK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says the person appearing in the video posted by Islamic militants beheading American journalist James Foley appears to be British.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Nation & World - chicagotribune.comA 21-year-old man was fatally shot by police on the Far South Side on Tuesday night, authorities said.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldEbola victims crossed into Sierra Leone to see herbalist who claimed she was able to heal victims of the virus.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalA look at when things go wrong at home and with your neighbors
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalOfficials in Ukraine's Donetsk region say 34 people have died in hostilities in past 24 hours.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from ViralNewsChartAnother patient is being tested in the United States for possible Ebola exposure -- this time, in California.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from News24 WorldPolice say they have arrested 47 people during a night of protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from News24 WorldIn Brazil, where nicknames are everything, voters can now opt for a congressional candidate who goes by the name Barack Obama.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from News24 WorldAn Israeli cabinet minister has justified an air strike on Gaza that killed the wife and child of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, saying that he was a legitimate target.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from RIA NovostiMore than 950 civilians have been killed since mid-March in the military conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Region, the region’s health department said Wednesday.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from News24 WorldIceland has warned that its largest volcano is in danger of erupting, four years after millions of air travellers were grounded by a huge ash cloud from another peak.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Some 53% of Bulgarians do not trust the banking system in the country, according to a survey conducted by Gallup International. Lack of trust in Bulgarian financial institutions is on the rise for second straight month. In July, it was 4...
