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Sweden Fifth Night Of Rioting In Stockholm
Riots continued for a fifth night in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Cars, schools and a police station were set alight in response to the fatal shooting of an immigrant by ...
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Durable goods orders rise point to factory sector resilience
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose more than expected in April, a sign of resilience in the factory sector despite belt-tightening in Washington and weakness in overseas ...
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Kerry says Israelis Palestinians must make tough decisions
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time, when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on ...
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Video Miller on London attack Weve never seen anything like this
CBS News' senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant FBI director, discusses the London attack and what is now known about the suspects and their alleged ...
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Video shows London suspects with radical preacher
This story contains video that some viewers may find graphic. (CBS News) LONDON -- Detectives in London were to question two people arrested over the murder ...
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Hung jury reportedly emotional at Jodi Arias trial
Defendant Jodi Arias listens to defense attorney Kirk Nurmi make his closing arguments during her trial on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. A jury was not able to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to ...
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Eye Opener Emergency landing after airplane catches fire
A holiday travel mess has ensued after a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. Plus, a new warning about this year's hurricane season. Also, a woman who reunited with her dog after the Oklahoma tornado gives an update. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...
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Bridge section disappears in big puff of dust
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." "I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a hospital, adding he "saw the water approaching you hold on as tight as you can." Sligh, his wife and another man in a ...
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Turkey parliament passes anti-alcohol bill
Turkey's parliament has backed a controversial bill restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim country. The measure, passed on Friday, prohibits alcoholic beverage companies from sponsoring events and restricts the places where such drinks can be consumed. It also bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10pm and 6:00am. Supporters of the measure - ...
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Deadly blast targets Thai soldiers
Five paramilitary soldiers have been killed and one other has been wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Thailand, local police say. Police said on Friday that the soldiers were travelling in a pick-up vehicle to meet Muslim community leaders in the Saiburi district of Pattani, one of Thailand's southernmost provinces hit by a near-decade long rebellion which has claimed more than 5,500 ...
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Kerry urges hard decisions for peace talks
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to take "hard decisions" to revive the Middle East peace process. Kerry has been pressing Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks that broke down in September 2010. "We're getting toward a time now when hard decisions need to be made," he said in Tel Aviv on Friday at the end of his ...
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FIFA to bring in tough anti-racism sanctions
The man leading FIFA's anti-racism taskforce is putting forward three tough measures to crackdown on racism in football at FIFA's congress in Mauritius next week. Jeffrey Webb speaks exclusively to Al Jazeera's Lee Wellings about FIFA's ...
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Woolwich attack Outpouring of grief for murdered Lee Rigby as stream of strangers leave their tributes on street where he died
The killing of an off-duty soldier in a brutal attack in broad daylight on a London street has shocked the nation, inspiring hundreds of strangers who had never met him to leave poignant ...
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Shes The Man actress Amanda Bynes arrested after throwing marijuana bong out of window
Police say an apartment building official called police to complain that Bynes was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the lobby. The officers went to Bynes' apartment, where they saw heavy smoke and a bong, which Bynes then threw out the window in front of the officers. Bynes was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of ...
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U.S.casts doubt on credibility of Iranian election
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States on Friday called into question the credibility of Iran's presidential election next month, criticizing the disqualification of candidates and accusing the government of disrupting Internet ...
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Can men grow up
>Editor's note: Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books, the latest of which is "The Normal Bar. " She is the AARP Love and Relationship Ambassador and writes the Naked Truth column for AARP.org. She is a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonprofit organization that gathers research on American ...
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Can men grow up
>Editor's note: Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books, the latest of which is "The Normal Bar. " She is the AARP Love and Relationship Ambassador and writes the Naked Truth column for AARP.org. She is a senior fellow at the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonprofit organization that gathers research on American ...
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North Korea says will take positive steps for peace
Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang airport for China, in this May 22, 2013 picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency in ...
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Former sex slaves Osaka mayor should quit
South Korean Kim Bok-Dong, who served as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers during World War II, speaks during the 1,000th weekly protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, Dec. 14, ...
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Abe begins landmark visit to Myanmar
Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, is travelling to Myanmar on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Japan attempts to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of poor relations with the previous military regime. Travelling with a delegation of business leaders, Abe was to arrive in Yangon on Friday evening for a three-day trip, and will meet ...
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High Court rules Sally Bercows tweet about Lord McAlpine WAS libellous
Mrs Bercow faces legal bills running to tens of thousands of pounds after losing a court battle over her tweet in November last year which read: ‘Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *Innocent ...
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BREAKING NEWS Prison van of police killer Dale Cregan crashes on way to Preston Crown Court
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: 'Shortly before 9.40am on Friday, 24 May, a road traffic collision occurred by the roundabout at the exit of junction 31A of the M6 ...
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Michael Adebowales childhood friend speaks about normal murder suspect 22
and Michael Adebolajo, 28, ran the soldier down with their car before 'hacking, chopping and cutting' at his body like 'crazed animals' screaming 'Allah Akbar!’ – an Islamic phrase meaning ‘God is great’, witnesses ...
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Huge earthquake hits Russias east coast
A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometres (4,400 miles) west of the ...
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Video Bridge linking Washington and Canada collapses
Authorities have said no one was killed, but three people were rescued and taken to hospital.The four-lane motorway bridge, which is over 50 years old, crosses the Skagit River near Mt Vernon on the Interstate 5, about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver.The cause of the collapse, which came at the beginning of one of the US's busiest holiday weekends, is still unknown. The state ...
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Security and Soccer in the City of Gold
In 1991, on the 11th of February, South Africa celebrated an immense moment of change as Nelson Mandela walked free from prison, then on the 25th of June 1995, the Springboks defeated the All Blacks and South Africa became the winners of the rugby world cup. These two events were indicative of the country’s potential, especially when set against the pessimism of the public and the global community at large.
South Africa has become a country used to exceeding expectations. When the ANC came to power in 1994 many South Africans expected violent reprisals, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda did nothing to allay these fears and South Africans flocked in numbers to the greener pastures of Australia, but the massacre never came, the reprisals never occurred, the white-owned property was never confiscated by the government. Read more
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