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No bail for cleric facing deportation
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file ...
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No options off table’ over Syria - Hague
LONDON - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that ';no option is off table'; if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on ...
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Two lifeguards arrested over Sharm-el-Sheikh holiday drowning of British five-year-old Chloe Johnson
Two lifeguards have been arrested over the death of five-year-old girl who drowned on holiday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, her parents said ...
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Russia wants Interpol to impose All Points Bulletin on British hedge fund boss Bill Browder
Russia has applied to Interpol to monitor the travel and whereabouts of a British hedge fund boss wanted by Moscow who is at the heart of a diplomatic stand-off over the alleged killing of whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei ...
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Nigeria eases curfew in northeast fights on against Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko ...
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Bulgarian Socialists vow to help poor look to form coalition
Leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sergei Stanishev (3rd L) speaks during a news conference at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia May 13, ...
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Men who had childhood ADHD may grow up to be obese
New research shows that men who had ADHD as children are twice as likely to be obese by the time they grow up than men who did not have the mental disorder as kids. Even when socioeconomic factors were taken into account, men who had ADHD when they were younger still were more likely to be obese as adults, according to a new 30-year study published May 20 ...
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Watch Miguel jumps lands on fan at Billboard Awards
Billboard Music Awards . The R&B singer was performing "Adorn" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he attempted a jump-kick onstage and accidentally plopped on two fans, leaving one them a little ...
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British flower show in full bloom
Flowers are displayed during the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 20, 2013. The Chelsea Flower Show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society, celebrates its 100th birthday this ...
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MJs manifesto penned in 1979
When 60 Minutes' Lara Logan and producer John Hamlin toured a secret warehouse where Michael Jackson's personal effects are stored, they found a surreal collection of statues, arcade games, and crystal-encrusted clothing-- but the most fascinating item they found was a simple handwritten note. "At the age of 21, he wrote a manifesto," explains Hamlin, "scribbled to ...
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China and India pledge to improve ties
India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army stand-off in the Himalayas, Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said during his first official foreign trip. The number two in the Chinese leadership has offered India a "handshake across the Himalayas", saying the world's most populous nations could become a new engine for the global ...
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Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq
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Storms could be as bad as yesterday
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday. And the destructive weather, which killed at least two people, isn't ...
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Storms could be as bad as yesterday
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday. And the destructive weather, which killed at least two people, isn't ...
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Smart politics to hype terrorism
>Editor's note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive. " (CNN) -- Terrorism causes fear, and we overreact to that fear. Our brains aren't very good at probability and risk analysis. We tend to exaggerate spectacular, strange and rare events, and downplay ordinary, familiar and common ...
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Veterans Administration Spends $378K on Signs for Civil War-Era Cemeteries
contract totaling more than $378,000 was awarded to develop and manufacture signs for Civil War-era cemeteries, including "18 unique interpretive signs for Confederate lots." The contract was awarded by Department of Veterans Affairs ...
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Daughters Film Touts Kazakh President’s Green Credentials
The New York Eurasian Film Festival kicks off on May 20 with "Awakening," a documentary film from Kazakhstan about "green development." The film is the brainchild of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s youngest daughter, Aliya Nazarbaeva. The trailer for the 2012 documentary features scenes of green fields as Nazarbaeva talks about the potential of new ...
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Streisand to receive honorary Hebrew U doctorate
Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.Streisand, the iconic Jewish-American singer and actress, will be presented with the degree at a ceremony on June 17 during the Hebrew University International Board of Governors meeting in ...
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Police search Commons office of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans over rape claims
Police investigating rape allegations against Commons deputy Speaker Nigel Evans have searched his offices in the Houses of Parliament, it emerged ...
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Tory bosses refuse to launch investigation into claims Camerons friend called party faithful mad swivel-eyed loons
Embattled Tory chairman Lord Feldman is to avoid a party investigation into claims he described grassroots activists as ‘mad, swivel-eyed ...
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I cant wait to be a dad - even with the long sleepless nights Prince William says hes looking forward to fatherhood as he opens Help For Heroes centre with Harry today
The second in line to the throne discussed his impending fatherhood when he was given a teddy bear with a babygro emblazoned with the slogan My Daddy Is A Hero during a visit to the Help for Heroes recovery centre for injured troops at Tedworth House in Tidworth, ...
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Women told to make funeral plans after contracting rare form of pneumonia defies the doctors to walk down the aisle on prosthetic legs
Debbie, from Gilberdyke, East Yorks, managed to pull through, despite falling into a coma - but doctors were forced to amputate both her legs, and part of her right ...
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HMS Ark Royal towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish scrapyard
A final salute to HMS Ark Royal: Former crew and wellwishers wave goodbye as Navy flagship is towed from Portsmouth at start of sad final journey to Turkish ...
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Customs officers find live Asian fighting birds in suitcases after smugglers flew them into Britain
Two separate attempts to smuggle the birds into the UK were discovered at Leeds Bradford airport. They had been placed in individual wooden cages inside the ...
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Briton cut his son and daughters throats at French apartment Father appears in court after fleeing scene on roller skates
A British father appeared before a French prosecutor today after allegedly admitting cutting the throats of his two young children because of a bitter custody ...
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Development projects plod on despite downturn
Knoxville has been hit hard by the recession like every other major city across the country and the world, but innovative planning and adaptation by city leaders seem to be helping the local economy recovery, while laying the ground work for a strong economic future as well.
Knoxville, like any major city, suffers from its fair share of social ills, inner city violence, a concerning crime rate, dilapidated areas of the city that breed nefarious anti-social behavior like drug abuse and drug dealing and a lack of funds to properly stamp out these problems. Read more
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