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102 detainees are on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay and 30 are being force-fed. CNN`s Chris Lawrence reports.
Saturday, May 25, 2013 03:18 |
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PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier patrolling a business area of western Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and was still being sought, a police source said. The soldier, patrolling as part of France`s Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan, was injured in the stabbing around 1800 p.m. but would survive, the source said. French daily Le Parisien cited police sources as saying the suspected attacker was a bearded man of North African origin about 30 years old, and was wearing an Arab-style garment under his jacket. ...
Saturday, May 25, 2013 18:22 |
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By Jason Bush MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained around 30 pro- and anti-gay activists in central Moscow on Saturday, imposing the city`s ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests, underlining Russia`s tough response to public demonstrations by gay groups, coincided with the first ever gay rally in neighboring Ukraine, which was allowed by the authorities and protected by the police. Russia`s parliament has given preliminary approval to a ban on `homosexual propaganda` targeting minors, which critics say would effectively ban gay rights demonstrations. ...
Saturday, May 25, 2013 16:02 |
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By Mia Shanley STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time. The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalizing schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. `It was much calmer - rocks weren`t being thrown at police or firefighters - and that`s a sign that it`s calmer. ...
Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:02 |
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By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - News Corp said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion, as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations. The company said the goodwill impairment charge was primarily for its Australia newspapers though it gave no more details. It also said it expected reduced cash flows in the future. The charge will be taken in the quarter ending June 30 and could effectively wipe out News Corp`s profit. ...
Saturday, May 25, 2013 01:55 |
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The atmosphere never gets a moment`s privacy. It can barely stir enough to move a leaf without some piece of high-tech equipment—often many, many pieces—knowing about it. The U.S. alone has up to 30 satellites at any one moment that devote at least part of their time to monitoring global and national weather patterns; 122 Doppler radar systems scattered across the country looking up from the ground; and a web of computers that just got a massive upgrade—increasing their data-crunching capacity 30-fold—to process the information that all that other hardware gathers.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 00:36 |
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Here are the 10 deadliest tornadoes to touch down in the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:03 |
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Religious tension, tit-for-tat attacks that`s life in Iraq as CNN`s Arwa Damon reports sectarian tensions escalate again.
Monday, May 20, 2013 16:46 |
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Twenty-five people died in a spate of car bombs Monday. Three of the bombs exploded at markets where people were shopping. Last week, bombs blew up at Sunni mosques amid Friday prayers and at a restaurant in a Shiite area.
Monday, May 20, 2013 16:46 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 15:16 |
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