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China calls for calm over North Korea threats
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea formally rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution today that demands an end to its nuclear arms programme, as China called for calm, saying sanctions were not the “fundamental” way to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang said it would pursue its goal of becoming a full-fledged nuclear weapons state, despite [...]
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Bunny ears at the ready? Kate Moss set to cover Playboy for 60th anniversary issue
By Jennifer Ruby The whole of Paris saw her famous derriére at a Fashion Week party on Tuesday. But Kate Moss will soon be showing off a whole lot more as she’s reportedly set to pose for Playboy Magazine, starring on the cover of its 60th anniversary issue. The 39-year-old is rumoured to be shooting the spread [...]
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U.S. agents tracked bin Laden’s son-in-law for years before arrest
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – U.S. investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said. An FBI agent and a New York [...]
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Revealed: Duchess didn’t start to say ‘daughter’
By Lucy Waterlow Speculation that the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William are expecting a girl went into overdrive this week when on a trip to Grimsby, she was said to have began to say the word daughter. But now new footage of the exchange when Kate was handed a teddy has come to light in [...]
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Pakistan PM prays at 13th-century Muslim shrine in India
AJMER, India, March 9 (AFP) – Pakistan’s premier Raja Pervez Ashraf today prayed at a 13th-century Muslim shrine in northern India on a lightning one-day visit in which politics was kept off the agenda. Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid earlier hosted a lunch for Ashraf at the Rambagh Palace, a luxury heritage hotel in the tourist [...]
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The Facebook Pope?
Singing Philippine cardinal, who uses social networking to spread the gospel, is Asia’s leading contender to become the next pontiff By Daniel Miller He’s the singing Cardinal who uses Facebook to spread the word of the Lord, and he’s now being tipped as a contender to become the first Asian Pope. Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, [...]
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Maduro: Loyalist vowing to keep Chavez flame alive
CARACAS, March 9 (AFP) -Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro, who loyally served Hugo Chavez for years, has vowed to keep his mentor’s socialist revolution alive as he tries to fill the void left by the towering leftist leader. Maduro’s staying power will be tested soon, with an election looming within 30 days after he was sworn-in [...]
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Anger over attack on Hong Kong journalists in China
HONG KONG, March 9 (AFP) -Hong Kong journalists have condemned an attack on two cameramen outside the Beijing home of the wife of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, slamming it as a violation of press freedom. The pair were beaten up by a group of unidentified men when they were filming an activist’s attempt to visit [...]
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What if women ruled the world?
By Dee Dee Myers Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous, more science fiction than a topic for serious discussion. Women clearly lacked the intellectual capacity and emotional fortitude to make the difficult decisions that leadership required. It wasn’t bias, it was biology – it was just the [...]
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Women deserve bigger role in Church, says key cardinal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Church must open itself up to women in the next pontificate, giving them more leadership positions in the Vatican and beyond, according to a senior cardinal who will be influential in electing the next pope. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 69, an Argentine, also said [...]
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Vietnam capital to reassign rude traffic cops: paper
HANOI (Reuters) – Pot-bellied, short, or abusive traffic policemen will be barred from working on the streets of Vietnam’s capital and assigned desk jobs instead as Hanoi police try to clean up their unsavory image, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The city’s traffic police are following the worst offenders closely and compiling lists of those [...]
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All hail King Bazza!
British father-of-four becomes head of Indian tribe after spending £20,000 relocating village from rubbish tip By Leon Watson A father-of-four from Chepstow in south Wales has become a real-life man who would be king after he was crowned ‘King Bazza’ to head a tribe in India. English-born Barry Watson, 60, has been given the lofty title [...]
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Date with a dictator
Pakistan’s former leader Musharraf joins website to sell his company for cash By Sandeeo Unnithan General Pervez Musharraf needs your money. Pakistan’s former military dictator and President, who on March 1 announced an end to his self-imposed four-year exile, has put out a price-list for access. So here’s what you need to shell out for a [...]
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Mom hires strippers for son’s 16th party
Reuters) – An upstate New York woman pleaded not guilty on Thursday to five counts of child endangerment after other parents complained that she hired female strippers for her son’s 16th birthday party. Judy Viger, 33, of Gansevoort, New York, denied the charges of endangering the welfare of a child at her arraignment in the [...]
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‘Chief funster required’
Tourism Australia offers six dream roles for ‘best job in the world competition’ By Helen Nicholson If you’re a jaded employee suffering from the Monday blues you may be considering dusting off your CV but how do you fancy applying for the position of a park ranger, outback adventurer or even ‘chief funster’? These are some [...]
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Zinat Karzai, Afghanistan’s ‘invisible’ first lady
She has been called Afghanistan’s invisible first lady. Zinat Karzai, the 43-year-old wife of Hamid Karzai, is rarely seen in public, prompting criticism that she is not doing enough to further the cause of women’s rights in her country. This week she gave a rare interview to the BBC’s Maryam Ghamgusar and Freba Zaher. “Thank you [...]
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North Korean fashion: People must choose from officially sanctioned hairstyles
By Tara Brady You won’t see a North Korean woman sporting the Jennifer Aniston style blow-dry. That is because women are being encouraged to do their bit for the world’s most conformist state – by getting a specially approved haircut. The bizarre campaign exhorts women to choose from one of 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles chosen [...]
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Deadly virus sweeping the globe
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hav e warned state and local health officials about potential infections from a deadly virus previously unseen in humans that has now sickened 14 people and killed 8. Most of the infections have occurred in the Middle East, but a new analysis of three confirmed infections in Britain suggests [...]
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Conventional poverty-reduction policies have failed
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram ROME – Global leaders have touted the apparent success of achieving in 2010 – well ahead of the 2015 target – the Millennium Development Goal of halving the share of people who were living below the poverty line in 1990. But, amid enduring poverty, rising inequality and lackluster growth in many [...]
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Volkswagen unveils world’s ‘most fuel efficient car’
Volkswagen announced production of what they claim is the world’s most fuel efficient car – capable of a staggering 313 miles per gallon. The radical VW XL1 will be powered by a tiny 800cc diesel engine and a separate electric motor and battery pack.This will give the plug-in hybrid a 0-62mph time of 12.2 seconds and [...]
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The men paying Facebook girl
By Bianca London They say you can’t put a price on love. However one internet venture now claims to have pulled it off – offering a Facebook girlfriend for just $5. In the age of social media, it is no longer the most important thing to have a pretty blonde on your arm at a cocktail [...]
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How to use a cup of tea to charge your phone
By Mark Prigg A mobile phone charger that can be powered by either a cold beer or a hot coffee has been unveiled. The Epiphany One Puck, which doubles as a drinks coaster, connects to a phone with a USB cable. It has two sides, one red, one blue. Owners use the red side as a [...]
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LED eyelashes : Is this the face of the future?
By Martha De Lacey We’ve seen the future, and it’s bright. Very bright. So bright is it, in fact, that even eyelashes are powered by LED lights. A London-based artist and designer from South Korea has launched the LED Eyelash Project and is currently developing a wearable contraption that makes eyes flicker with tiny lights. Soomi [...]
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It’s out of this world!
NASA scientists develop £599 anti-ageing cream using diamonds from space By Bianca London From Botox and lasers to surgery and high-end face creams containing a whole host of bizarre ingredients, it seems that we have entered a new era in the fight against ageing. But the latest addition to the litany of unusual lotions and [...]
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Chavez: Farewell to neoliberalism’s nemesis
Chavez had a real grasp of the dynamics of imperialism, and recognised that the Iraq war, and the opposition to it, held back the US from intervening against his government. By Chris Nineham March 07, 2013 “Information Clearing House” – “Counterfire” — One of the great figures of the 21st Century has died. At a [...]
