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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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Tags: Dearborn, Detroit, Michigan, TLC, US
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World News
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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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Tags: Al Qaeda, Iran, iraq, Pakistan, US
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World News
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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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Tags: Russia, Vladimir Putin
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World News
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December 08, 2011
Carrentals.co.uk reveals 12 Days Of Christmas initiative, in conjunction with StreetSmart
Goodies such as iPad 2s and London Eye tickets are on the line as part of a new festive competition from Carrentals.co.uk that supports Britain’s front-running homeless charities
6 DECEMBER 2011 – The 13 lucky winners of Carrentals.co.uk’s ’12 days of ...
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Tags: Carrentals.co.uk, Streetsmart
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business
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December 01, 2011
The BBC should fire Jeremy Clarkson for the "appalling" comments he made about killing public sector workers that are currently on strike, according to trade union Unison.
The union said that it was considering whether or not it should report the Top Gear presenter for comments he made on The One ...
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Tags: BBC, Jeremy Clarkson, The One Show, Top Gear, Unison
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business
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November 24, 2011
George Michael been forced to postpone a string of concerts, including a couple that were scheduled for this weekend in the Welsh capital Cardiff, after being rushed to hospital to receive treatment for pneumonia.
The 48-year-old singer was meant to perform in Vienna on Monday but cancelled just two hours before ...
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Tags: Careless Whisper, Czech Republic, George Michael, vienna
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Shows, Events & Gigs
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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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Tags: Greenpeace, Paul Simonon, The Clash
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World News
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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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Tags: California, Felipe Calderon, Mexico, US
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World News
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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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Tags: Oakland, Oakland Police, Occupy Wall Street
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World News
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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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Tags: Coriano, Italy, Marco Simoncelli, Moto GP
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World News