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Euro 2012 analysis: Super Mario shows Dutch how it's done

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
How Mario Gomez fired Germany to the brink of the European Championship quarter-finals
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Viewpoint: What next for Habbo?

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Habbo's sexual predators raises wider issues
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Bad times for global markets

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Are there any reasons for hope on global markets?
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Chancellor hails banking reforms

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Chancellor George Osborne says "taxpayers will be better protected when things go wrong" thanks to banking reforms outlined by the government.
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Fire forces 200 to leave train

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Up to 200 people are forced to leave a train in south-east London after a small fire on board but there are no reports of injuries.
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Shock at Chinese abortion photo

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
A photo of a foetus whose mother was forced to have an abortion while seven months pregnant shocks Chinese web users and sparks an inquiry.
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VIDEO: Ceremony remembers Falklands dead

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
A ceremony has been held in the Falkland Islands to pay tribute to those who died during the conflict with Argentina.
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Is Syria in a civil war?

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says Syria is now in a civil war.
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Turbulence slams fliers against ceiling

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Turbulence forced a United Airlines flight bound for New York's LaGuardia Airport to land shortly after takeoff Tuesday night and sent five people to the hospital, a United spokeswoman confirmed.
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How not to rob a truck

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
An alleged criminal gang in Romania is caught on aerial surveillance video trying to pull off a heist on a moving truck.
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NASA launches X-ray telescope into orbit

LOS ANGELES — NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Mission controllers clapped after receiving a signal from the telescope that it had reached orbit 350 ...

Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
ATLANTA (AP) -- The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government....

Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
ATLANTA (AP) -- The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government....
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Harry Redknapp leaves Tottenham

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
Manager Harry Redknapp leaves Tottenham Hotspur after almost four years in charge at White Hart Lane.
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Spain calls for European integration to save euro

AP - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
MADRID (AP) -- Spain faced mounting pressure Wednesday to bolster confidence in its financial system just days after accepting a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) plan to rescue its banks....

Panetta warns of 'disaster' from defense cuts

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft....
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Dems: Obama could lose, donors better get moving

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In growing numbers, once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election....

VIDEO: Egypt prepares for final vote

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
The final round of voting in Egypt's historic presidential election is just days away and voters are facing a stark choice at the ballot box.
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Spain and Cyprus ratings slashed

BBC - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 10:47
The crisis-struck Spanish and Cypriot governments' credit ratings are cut by Moody's, leaving Spain just above "junk" levels.
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