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January 19, 2012
The widow of an ex-England footballer has stated that the FA has failed to accepted how the 'beautiful game' contributed to her the death of her beloved husband.
Jeff Astle, a player for Midlands-based outfit West Bromwich Albion throughout the 60s and 70s, passed away 10 years ago. The coroner ruled ...
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January 12, 2012
Joran van der Sloot yesterday pleaded guilty to murdering a 21-year-old woman from Peru at his long-awaited trial, which took place in the South American country's capital - Lima.
Van der Sloot first went on trial at the start of the year for the killing of Stephany Flores, a young lady ...
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January 05, 2012
Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott today apologised for any offence that was possibly caused by the comments she yesterday made on Twitter, following claims that they were racist.
Abbott said that she didn't mean to generalise after writing that: ''White people love playing 'divide & rule'". The comments came as a ...
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December 29, 2011
A reality show on American Muslims has revealed that its penultimate episode is to address responses to this year's 10th anniversary of 2001's 9/11 attacks.
Living in the suburban town of Dearborn, Michigan, the characters have been reported as containing a wish to tackle the touch topicy, as confirmed by US ...
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December 22, 2011
The United States is offering a $10m reward for information that leads to the apprehension of an alleged al-Qaeda facilitator and financier.
According to the US state department, Yasin al-Suri is a Syrian national currently operating from Iran. This mentioned bounty aims to smash a financial network that has been operative ...
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December 15, 2011
Journalists at a leading Russian newspaper today signed an open letter that protests against two top executives being fired over an supposedly insulting photo of Vladimir Putin.
Over 60 staff at Kommersant, which is a liberal business daily, gave their signatures to the letter after Alisher Usmanov, the owner, sacked the ...
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November 17, 2011
The Clash's bassist Paul Simonon today revealed that he was arrested this year as he worked as an undercover activist for Greenpeace on board a ship that belonging to the organisation.
After spending several weeks masquerading as a chef on the MV Esperanza, Simonon was arrested with 18 other ...
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November 10, 2011
An alleged senior chief of Mexico's Sinaloa drugs cartel was arrested last night, according to officials.
Soldiers in Culican – Sinaloa state’s capital - captured Ovidio Limon Sanchez due to accusations that he has organised the arrival of huge shipments of cocaine and other drugs into the southern US while ...
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November 03, 2011
Thousands of anti-corporate greed protestors have closed the closure of one of the US’ busiest ports.
A spokesman representing the Port of Oakland said that maritime operations were effectively halted. The shutdown marked a day in which thousands of city workers, including primary and high school teachers, joined the calls made ...
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October 27, 2011
Coriano, a small Italian town, filled today with mourners attending the funeral of MotoGP star Marco Simoncelli, who was killed on Sunday as he competed at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Aged 24 at the time of his death, Simoncelli suffered injuries to his chest, head, and neck after he completely lost ...
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