KFC goes underground, smuggles meals to Gaza Saturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
Getting a KFC home delivery in the Gaza Strip is not easy . . . there are no branches in the Palestinian territory. The only way is to import meals via tunnels linking the besieged land to Egypt.....
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Indian-American may be judge at second-highest US courtSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key Senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC Circuit Court, America's second highest.....
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Man charged with soliciting prostitute on honeymoonSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
A man from Illinois was honeymooning with his new bride in Orlando when he allegedly decided to leave their honeymoon suite at the Omni Hotel in Champions Gate to go pay another woman for sex. ....
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Amazon in tax jungleSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
The city of Luxembourg is seen in this photo. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. ....
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Ring leader of gang that kidnapped former Pak premier Gilani’s son heldSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
Pakistani police on Friday said they had arrested the leader of the gang that kidnapped former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, even as security forces continued their search for him. ....
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Australian jailed for 45 yrs for raping and killing Indian girlSaturday, May 18, 2013,09:22:12 AM
A 21-year-old Australian man was on Friday sentenced to 45 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years for the “planned and premeditated” rape and murder of Indian student Tosha Thakkar, who ....
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Pentagon on forced leaveFriday, May 17, 2013,09:37:58 AM
Most of the Defence Department’s 800,000 civilian employees will be placed on unpaid leave for 11 days as the US military scrambles to comply with budget-cutting targets by the end of September, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday. Hagel, acknowledging the deep unpopularity of his....
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ affair uncovered in WWII lettersFriday, May 17, 2013,09:37:49 AM
The intimate secrets of a passionate wartime affair has been laid bare in 300 love letters dating back to Word War II. The exchanges between a married surgeon and a young nurse show little has changed since the Second World War when it comes to sexy messages that keep long-distance love alive. ....
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Polish baby born drunk after mum collapses during bingeFriday, May 17, 2013,09:37:49 AM
A new mum is facing jail after her baby boy was born drunk when she collapsed during a bender while heavily pregnant. Surgeons were forced to perform an emergency caesarean after the 24-year-old woman collapsed while trying to buy more booze at a store in Tomaszow, Poland. ....
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Eyes on the stormFriday, May 17, 2013,09:37:49 AM
Bangladeshis watch the sea at a beach as Cyclone Mahasen headed towards landfall in Chittagong. The cyclone weakened on Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than feared and ....
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Wary Rohingya resist Mahasen evacuationThursday, May 16, 2013,10:39:52 AM
A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don’t trust Myanmar authorities. ....
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#freejahar says social mediaThursday, May 16, 2013,10:39:41 AM
Professions of love and support for 19-year-old Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are popping up on social media websites by the thousands, driven in part by scores of US schoolgirls who insist the “brown-eyed, baby-faced teen” has been framed.....
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21-yr-old is first female Afghan pilot in 30 yearsThursday, May 16, 2013,10:39:41 AM
A 21-year-old has become the AP Afghan Air Force’s first female pilot to be trained to fly in 30 years. Second Lieutenant Niloofar Rhmani, along with 12 ....
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Builder destroys Mayan pyramidThursday, May 16, 2013,10:39:41 AM
Abackhoe claws away at the sloping sides of the Nohmul complex, one of Belize’s largest Mayan pyramids. A construction company essentially destroyed one of the country’s largest Mayan pyramids to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday.....
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Sharif’s PML-N is largest Pak partyWednesday, May 15, 2013,08:00:54 AM
Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N has emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan’s landmark general elections with 122 of the 272 Parliamentary seats but fell short of a majority and would form a government with support of independents and smaller parties. ....
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Rebel captured ‘eating heart’ of Syrian soldierWednesday, May 15, 2013,07:59:56 AM
A gruesome video has emerged on the Internet showing a Syrian rebel fighter cutting out the heart of a regime soldier and eating it. “We swear to God we will eat your hearts and livers, you soldiers of Bashar the dog,” the insurgent says as....
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Flaming funeralWednesday, May 15, 2013,07:59:56 AM
In an unusual tradition, a giant sarcophagus in the form of a bull which contains the body of Tjokorde Ngurah wim Sukawati is set aflame — a cremation custom for members descended from the Ubud Royal family in Ubud, Bali, in Indonesia on Tuesday....
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Will not refrain from responding to Syria: TurkeyTuesday, May 14, 2013,09:11:14 AM
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey will “not refrain'' from responding to twin car bombings it has blamed on Syria, but that his government will be cautious and avoid being drawn into its neighbour's civil war. ....
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Seeking a regime change in Syria, US President Barack Obama on Friday ruled out any unilateral American action against the Assad regime, but pledged support to international partners and Syrian opposition to meet the goal.....
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