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Joe Biden: White House is not going to rest until gun laws passed
The White House will keep pushing for tough new gun ownership laws despite lack of support in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, urging politicians to show “courage” for the sake of...
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Berlin Bruisers are Germany’s first openly gay rugby team
They may have suffered a heavy defeat on their debut, but the Berlin Bruisers trudged off the pitch buoyant and proud after Germany’s only gay rugby team played their first competitive match on...
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Nigeria mourns Chinua Achebe despite the fact he was often at odds with it
The death of acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe led to an outpouring of grief and tributes Friday in his native Nigeria, a country whose government he harshly criticised over the years. The 82-year-old,...
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Police force activists out of Indian museum to be razed for Olympic stadium
Police on Friday forcibly ejected some 30 indigenous activists and supporters from Rio’s former Indian Museum located next to the Maracana stadium, the venue for the 2014 World Cup final. As the city’s...
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Brooklyn man released from jail after 22-year murder conviction is overturned
A 58-year-old Brooklyn man was released from prison Thursday after his murder conviction was overturned following a witness’ confession that he was coaxed by authorities into identifying him as the...
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FCC Chairman Genachowski stepping down
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will be stepping down in the coming weeks, he announced Friday morning at a staff meeting. The Obama appointee has run the agency since...
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North Dakota becomes first state to pass extreme ‘personhood’ anti-abortion law
North Dakota lawmakers passed a “personhood” abortion ban Friday afternoon, bestowing human rights to fertilized eggs with all the rights of U.S. citizens and effectively outlawing abortion and some...
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Republican senators seek to add anti-abortion amendments to proposed budget bill
Five new anti-abortion amendments have been filed by Republican senators to their proposed budget resolution as part of the marathon voting session known as “vote-a-rama,” The Huffington Post reported...
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Obama has ‘deep disappointment’ over withdrawal of U.S. court of appeals nominee
President accepts with ‘deep disappointment’ Caitlin Halligan’s decision to withdraw as nominee for US court of appeals in DC One of the longest-running standoffs in the partisan battle between the...
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Cyprus may need to tax foreign deposit holders to available future bailout
Katinka Barysch: It’s the best solution to banking crisis in Cyprus. It would alienate Moscow, but bring greater EU support The Cypriot parliament has rejected the initial bailout proposed by the...
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigns after Hezbollah blocks oversight...
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced the resignation of his government on Friday in Beirut, after Hezbollah and its allies blocked the creation of a body to supervise parliamentary elections....
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Lou Dobbs and panelists argue for assault weapons to defend themselves...
Fox Business host Lou Dobbs and his panelists badgered their way through an argument on Friday that opposed stricter gun safety regulations out of concerns that Americans need assault weapons to defend...
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Entrepreneurs crowdsource traffic tips to help drivers out of jams in newly...
If you own a mobile phone and spend sunup to sundown watching the traffic pass in Ghana’s capital, then Iddrisu Mohammed wants you to be his spy. With an iPad in his hands and two phones in his pants...
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IRS apologizes for ‘Star Trek’ training video
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Friday that training videos parodying the television shows Star Trek and Gilligan’s Island, though “well-intentioned,” were a mistake, the Associated Press...
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Governor of Chinua Achebe’s home state in Nigeria demands he be buried there
The home state of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the “father of modern African literature” who died this week in the United States, wants him to be buried in his native community, an official said...
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Groups opposed to same sex marriage deny that homophobia determines their...
For opponents of same-sex marriage in the United States, it’s the welfare of children that is at stake when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the hot button issue next week. “Children do...
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Baghdad inaugurated as ‘Arab Capital of Culture’ for 2013
Baghdad was inaugurated as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture on Saturday, the latest in a series of steps which officials hope will put Iraq back on the map after decades of conflict. The ceremony...
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Obama: discarded assault weapons ban ‘shouldn’t be controversial’
President uses weekly address to call for consideration of ‘common sense’ measures excluded from gun control bill President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to vote over a ban on controversial...
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In Nicaragua, iguanas are delicacies and aphrodisiacs
Catholics tired of fish on Friday can enjoy a Lent-friendly smorgasbord in Nicaragua, where soups made with iguana or armadillo are served with a healthy portion of bull testicles. The delicacies...
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Researchers: Comet, not asteroid, wiped dinosaurs out
New research points to a comet as the source of the explosion that caused the extinction of dinosaurs, contradicting earlier theories blaming an asteroid. Science Recorder reported on Friday that the...
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