It was later confirmed the older girl died in hospital. "There is no excuse in dropping bombs on Gaza, as civilian deaths are unavoidable. More...
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It is part of an attempt by Israel's political leaders to use the internet to spread their message and has seen the country's Army, the IDF, becoming the first ever national force to set up their own YouTube channel. More...
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How does one review a supposedly new version of a product that they have, in reality, already been using for months? It's not easy, believe it or not: The Beta version of Windows 7 (build 7000) that Microsoft will later deliver to tech beta testers and then, in January, to the public, is nothing more than a very finely tweaked version of the various post-M3 (Milestone 3, or build 6801--see my lengthy overview of that build) builds I've been using since October. In fact, there is almost no difference at all between this version of Windows 7 and M3, assuming you've enabled all the hidden M3 features using Rafael Rivera's "Blue Badge" tool. More...
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Un magasin en Russie annonce que les ordinateurs portables seront vendus avec 80% de rabais. Mais il n’y avait que 10 pièces disponibles…
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Local authorities are backing the women and have sent out text messages urging the men to "make love, not explosions". More...
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As Christopher Booker says in his review of 2008, temperatures have been dropping in a wholly unpredicted way over the past year. Last winter, the northern hemisphere saw its greatest snow cover since 1966, which in the northern US states and Canada was dubbed the "winter from hell". This winter looks set to be even worse.
Evidence from all over the world indicates that the earth was hotter 1,000 years ago than it is today. Research shows that temperatures were higher in what is known as the Mediaeval Warming period than they were in the 1990s. More...
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The reporter achieved global notoriety by his actions, which were celebrated by thousands in the Arab world. More...
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Cancelled events include a special concert by famed Egyptian singer Mohammed Munir set to be held at Cairo's Opera House and a variety performance hosted by the ministry of information due to be broadcast on state television. More...
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Of the ferocity of the assault on one of the most overcrowded and destitute corners of the earth, there is at least no question. In the bloodiest onslaught on blockaded Gaza since it was captured and occupied by Israel 41 years ago, at least 310 people were killed and more than a thousand reported injured in the first 48 hours alone. More...
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Un forum s'est constitué, intitulé "Hé, Facebook, ce n'est pas obscène d'allaiter!" ("Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!"), et qui mardi réunissait déjà 85.000 utilisateurs.
Une poigné de mères avaient aussi organisé samedi un allaitement en public devant le siège californien de Facebook, selon le journal local Palo Alto Daily News, tandis que plus de 11.000 personnes participaient à une "manifestation virtuelle", baptisée Campagne internationale des mères pour la lactation. Suite...
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In the past week nearly 5,000 members of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) have downloaded special “megaphone” software that alerts them to anti-Israeli chatrooms or internet polls to enable them to post contrary viewpoints. A student team in Jerusalem combs the web in a host of different languages to flag the sites so that those who have signed up can influence an opinion survey or the course of a debate. More...
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made the claims in a televised address that included overtures toward India to resume peace talks between the nuclear-armed neighbors, who have already fought three wars in the past six decades. More...
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"They grow up day after day and night after night. Within a second, I have lost them," the girls' father, Anwar Balousha, said yesterday. The 37-year-old, along with another three of his children, was himself injured in the attack on the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp. More...
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Un footballeur amateur anglais devrait vraisemblablement entrer dans le livre des records ! Il a en effet reçu samedi dernier un carton rouge au bout de... 3 secondes !
Lors d'un match du championnat régional de 7e division (Ligue sud), David Pratt, attaquant de Chippenham Town, a été exclu pour s'être jeté au coup d'envoi sur un adversaire de l'équipe de Bashley, Chris Knowles, qui n'a toutefois pas été blessé par le tacle.
Bashley l'a emporté 2-1. Suite...
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Praying and attending Mass while doing your shopping is now possible in a shopping centre near Messina in Sicily, in the south of Italy, where a chapel was inaugurated on Tuesday inside a supermarket, according to the Ansa agency.
Constructed inside a supermarket in a shopping centre in Tremestieri, near Messina, the chapel was blessed on Tuesday by the local priest.
It allows customers to enjoy a moment of retreat and silence, even in a shopping centre. The aim is to conciliate faith with man’s daily life, said Father Giuseppe Lonia, according to Ansa.
An official from the shopping centre, Maurizio Andronico, asserted that the chapel will be open to customers and workers and that Mass will be celebrated in it.
This is the first initiative of its kind in Italy, a country with a strong Catholic tradition, said the same source.
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Il s'agit de la première initiative du genre en Italie, pays à forte tradition catholique, selon la même source.
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The development can be seen as a reflection of wider changes that have swept Nepal over the past year. More...
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Nohara's three-month residency at the airport made him a local celebrity whose life drew comparisons to that of Viktor Navorski, a character portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2004 movie "The Terminal." More...
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The body also warned that state censorship was spreading to the internet. More...
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Gerrard, 28, was released from Southport police station early this morning. More...
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Alors qu’une mère de Gaza venait juste de s'enfuir avec son petit garçon et deux de ses petites filles pour les mettre à l’abri, une frappe israélienne a tué ses cinq filles avant qu’elle n’ait le temps de revenir pour les mettre à l’abri, elles aussi.
Les petites filles ont été identifiées par des sorces médicales palestiniennes comme étant Ayah, Eiman, Ikram, Tahrir et Samar Ba'lousha ont été tuées quand une frappe israélienne a touché leur maison de famille située à proximité de la Mosquée Imad Aqil à Jabalia, qui a ensuite été détruite. Suite...
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For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. For most of that time, he admits, few took his argument -- that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. -- very seriously. Now he's found an eager audience: Russian state media.
In recent weeks, he's been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions. "It's a record," says Prof. Panarin. "But I think the attention is going to grow even stronger."
Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats. He is invited to Kremlin receptions, lectures students, publishes books, and appears in the media as an expert on U.S.-Russia relations. More...
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Police have alleged Mr Narayan's wife doused his genitals with methylated spirit and then set him on fire about 5.30am on December 7. More...
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His brother Marco Tinner, 40, remains in detention while prosecutors appeal his release to the federal criminal court in Bellinzona, she said, refusing to comment further on the case. More...
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The previous fastest sending-off is generally accepted to be 10 seconds for Bologna's Giuseppe Lorenzo after he struck an opponent in a 1990 Italian league game.
English soccer's previous "best" was 13 seconds when Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Kevin Pressman handled outside his box in a game in 2000.
Also in 2000 an English amateur player, Lee Todd, was sent off after two seconds when he responded to the referee's whistle to start the game by saying "xxxx me, that was loud" and was dismissed for foul and abusive language.
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Dieudonné a déclenché vendredi soir une ovation en l'honneur de M. Faurisson, accueilli sur scène par une accolade. Un "prix de l'infréquentabilité et de l'insolence" a également été remis à l'historien, condamné pour ses thèses niant la Shoah, par une personne déguisée en déporté juif. Suite...
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The Israeli Army is still ongoing with its offensive against the residents of the Gaza Strip. A recent air raid killed on Monday at dawn five sisters, all children, increasing th death toll since Saturday to more than 305 Palestinians, nearly 1000 have also been wounded.
Palestinian medical sources reported that the Israeli Army shelled the house of Anwar Ba’lousha, in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, killing five sisters, all children, while the rest of their family remain under the rubble, others were hospitalized.
The sources added that the daughters of Anwar Ba’lousha “are now at the morgue and under the rubble”. More...
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Obama who was expected by people in Arab and Muslim countries to turn his back on earlier American administrations that have supported Israel, right or wrong, could only have caused widespread disappointment among those who were hopeful that he would be different. If his first reaction to the Israeli outrage is any indication, it is clear that he is going to be as enthusiastic in his support of Israel as his predecessors. More...
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Some also voice their fury at what they see as the inaction of the region's Arab states and the West's support for Israel, while one commentator fears the operation will only drive more of Gaza's young men into the arms of radical Islamists. More...
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A 17-year-old boy from an area blighted by apparent young suicides has been found hanged.
The teenager was discovered near the tennis club in the Newbridge Fields area of Bridgend, police said.
Since January 2007, 24 young people in or from Bridgend county are believed to have killed themselves.
A South Wales Police spokesman said: "Officers were called to a report of a sudden death of a 17-year-old male in the Bridgend area. More...
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Dieudonné, who is known for making anti-Semitic remarks in his shows, handed the spoof award for "social unacceptability and insolence" to Robert Faurisson, an academic with a string of convictions for denying the existence of Nazi death camps in the Second World War. More...
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The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody. More...
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Much has been made about Pinter's refusal to tolerate bullying at school. He also took on many of the world's tyrants – however big or small – defending the rights of writers, journalists and human rights activists around the globe by lending his name or wielding his pen. More...
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Well, I haven't forgotten. And so to honor that pledge, to honor the memory of my family members who died in those death camps and because "there comes a time when silence is betrayal", today I finally and publicly end my support for the state of Israel. More...
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"The gypsy theme doesn't create political divisions, it's an everyday thing for people on the left or right, and they (extremists) are trying to use this to gain some power outside of politics," Hungarian anthropologist Gergo Pulay told IPS. More...
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While no accurate figures exist to show how many children are affected in the UK, schools are seeing many pupils regularly disappearing, as many of them are prisoner in their own homes before being flown abroad and forced to marry. More...
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The accused Ugandan rebel group, which has waged one of Africa's longest and most brutal wars, denied responsibility. Spokesman David Matsanga said the Lord's Resistance Army had no fighters in the area and he accused Uganda's army of the killings. More...
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Le pit-bull et le chaton; une histoire d'amour...
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We've got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don't care any more – providing we don't offend the Israelis. It's not clear how many of the Gaza dead are civilians, but the response of the Bush administration, not to mention the pusillanimous reaction of Gordon Brown, reaffirm for Arabs what they have known for decades: however they struggle against their antagonists, the West will take Israel's side. As usual, the bloodbath was the fault of the Arabs – who, as we all know, only understand force. More...
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Israël a poursuivi son offensive sur la bande de Gaza dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Les raids aériens menés par Tsahal depuis samedi ont fait 307 morts, pour plus de la moitié des membres des forces de sécurité du Hamas, selon des sources palestiniennes.
L'Etat hébreu a déployé dimanche des blindés le long de la frontière avec le territoire côtier et a rappelé 6500 réservistes. Cela pourrait annoncer une intervention terrestre bien que la ministre des affaires étrangères Tzipi Livni ait affirmé sur la chaîne américaine NBC que "l'objectif n'(était) pas de réoccuper Gaza. Suite...
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Au tribunal de Unayzah, à 220 kilomètres au nord de Ryad, où l’affaire a été jugée samedi, le juge a expliqué qu’elle devait d’abord atteindre « la puberté » pour effectuer, elle-même, la demande de divorce. Car, cette demande a été déposée par la mère de la fillette, juste après que l’acte de mariage eut été signé par le père. Les parents sont eux-mêmes divorcés. Suite...
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Le magazine The New Republic avait été à la base de toute cette défiance, en enquêtant sur ce qui était ou non crédible dans cette histoire, présentée comme authentique. Suite...
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The empowerment of terror in Pakistan has not happened overnight. This is the logical culmination of the politics and policies pursued by Pakistan for years now.
Terrorism in Pakistan has its roots in the culture of hate and the ethos of inequality on the ground of religious faith, leading to their being deeply ingrained in the Pakistani psyche and mindset.
One factor that has played a crucial role in creating this culture of hate is the educational policy of the government of Pakistan pursued since 1977. The officially prescribed textbooks, especially for school students, are full of references that promote hate against India in general, and Hindus in particular. More...
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The ministry has called for a ceasefire from all sides and for humanitarian supplies to be allowed into the blockaded area immediately. More...
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Une grand-mère dans un magasin russe se déchaine avec ses nichons !!!
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The Taliban have blown up more than 100 girls’ schools in Swat in the past 14 months. More...
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The horrifying act drew shocked gasps from the public and media persons gathered, but not as much as a whimper from the baby. She appeared fine.
The parents looked unafraid, and in fact, were happy that they were carrying out the ritual, held during the festival of Balabhim near Talikot town on Friday. More...
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C'est comme ça qu'on fait l'amour en Inde???
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Despite national assessments showing abysmal results from the Brazilian public education system, one of the three judges claimed in his written verdict that "the quality of our education is undeniable. If we compare ourselves, for example, average Brazilian citizens with average North American citizens, the conclusion is devastating. North Americans know little...in comparison to Brazilians. Our schooling is, to the contrary, very good in comparison to other countries." Full story...
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In an interview with British music magazine Q, Mullen is quoted as saying: "Tony Blair is a war criminal and I think he should be tried as a war criminal. Then I see Bono and him as pals and I'm going, 'I don't like that'.
"Do I think George Bush is a war criminal? Probably - but the difference between him and Tony Blair is that Blair is intelligent. So he has no excuse for what he did."
Although Mullen admits Bono is "prepared to use his weight as a celebrity, at great cost to himself and his family, to help other people", he adds: "But as an outsider looking in, I cringe."
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Chitra, a 12-year-old female sloth bear weighed a "scrawny" 9st 9lb (62kg), according to the charity and was frightened and expecting to be beaten. More...
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Vous qui avez passé Noël parmi vos proches et vous apprêtez à fêter le nouvel an, ayez une pensée pour ces deux victimes de l’acharnement d’État, qui s’applique à fabriquer l’épouvantail de "l’ultra-gauche anarcho-autonome". "C’est clair, on veut casser mon fils ainsi que sa compagne Ylunde, il y a une volonté de les humilier", accuse Gérard Coupat, qui "a exprimé tout à la fois sa "consternation", sa "colère" et "sa grande peine" devant les "humiliations infligées" à son fils, notamment lors des fouilles à corps, "nu devant des policiers hilares", résume L’Obs.com. Suite...
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L’armée israélienne a attaqué Gaza cette nuit avec des moyens militaires énormes. Le premier bilan fait état de 150 morts, civils pour la plupart. Ce massacre était annoncé, envisagé et commenté ces derniers jours dans la presse israélienne, après la fin de la trêve respectée par le Hamas et rompue sans arrêt par l’armée israélienne. Ce crime a été rendu possible par l’impunité totale accordée à Israël depuis bientôt 9 ans et le soutien actif dont il bénéficie au sein de l’Union Européenne. Il est le résultat direct du «rehaussement de la coopération avec l’UE» imposée par la présidence française contre le vote de report du Parlement Européen.
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L’Union Juive Française pour la Paix dénonce le crime qui se déroule contre la population de Gaza. Elle appelle à manifester partout contre cette nouvelle agression. L’UJFP exige une réaction immédiate du gouvernement français, de la Communauté Européenne et de l’ONU pour faire cesser l’agression et pour mettre un terme au blocus de Gaza. Article complet...
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Alors qu'elle est attendue pour mi-janvier (lire: Une première bêta de Windows 7 le 13 janvier), Windows 7 bêta 1 circule déjà sur Internet. Fonctionnelle jusqu'au 1er août, elle serait très stable selon les premiers testeurs. Cette mouture n'apporte pas de nouveautés, mais les performances sont en nette progression. Au vu de la qualité de cette version, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes de ZDNet estime que Redmond doit pouvoir finaliser son système d'ici mi-2009. Suite...
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"Cette provocation heurte et blesse à nouveau les mémoires", déplore la ministre, que se dit "consternée" dans ce court communiqué. Suite...
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Those taken in by the hoax include the producers of a forthcoming feature film adaptation and the television host Oprah Winfrey, who had hailed the tale as the "single greatest love story... we've ever told on the air".
In a statement issued at the weekend through his agent, Rosenblat, 79, said: "I wanted to bring happiness to people. I brought hope to a lot of people. My motivation was to make good in this world." More...
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The real-life, pavement-pounding protest drew fewer placards than photojournalists Saturday, with only a handful turning out to sing, chant and breast-feed in front of Facebook's downtown Palo Alto headquarters. But it had all the elements of a Palo Alto protest: A handful of peaceful pickets discreetly tucked away in a University Avenue plaza; placards reading "Hey Facebook, Breast-feeding is not Obscene,'' protesters chatting up the media; and indifferent passers-by. A member of the Raging Grannies, the Midpeninsula activists who stage various theatrical protests, showed up to proclaim in song that "our breasts aren't porn.'' More...
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He was caught, killed and beheaded on Dec. 5, not far from where he worked at the Pokrovskaya vegetable warehouse south of Moscow, his brothers said. A Russian nationalist group claimed responsibility, calling Azizov, 20, part of a "non-Russian occupation." One of his brothers identified his body by the shape of his toes. More...
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A 6-year old girl, her mother and grandmother were killed during a Christmas Day attack in which their hatch hut home near Dutywa, South Africa was burnt down by a mob believing the family practiced witchcraft.
45-year old Ntombizanele Combo burned to death in the hut along with her 6-year old daughter, Sibulele Combo, who was pushed back into the burning hut several times by the attackers as she tried to escape. 80-year old Nokwesile Wogqoyi was hacked to death by the mob with bushknives. Two of Ntombizanele’s other children managed to escape. More...
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Two and a half years later, these words repeat themselves, to our horror, with chilling precision. Within the span of a few hours on a Saturday afternoon, the IDF sowed death and destruction on a scale that the Qassam rockets never approached in all their years, and Operation "Cast Lead" is only in its infancy. More...
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Des raids ont été signalés dès 7h dans la ville de Gaza, dans le camp de Jabaliya, dans le nord du territoire, ainsi que dans le sud, à Khan Younès et Rafah, selon des témoins. Dans l'une de ces attaques, à Gaza-ville, une dizaine de policiers du Hamas qui se trouvaient dans un poste de police, ont été blessés, ont indiqué les services d'urgence de l'hôpital al-Chifa à l’AFP. Suite...
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Une bien étrange initiative de la part de Microsoft (un peu tardive ?), encore que le site Windows Vista Answers permet d'avoir une voix plus officielle sur toutes les questions concernant son système d'exploitation pour qui maîtrise suffisamment la langue de Shakespeare.
Pour le moment en version bêta, ce site prend les traits d'un forum officiel dédié au support du système d'exploitation Windows Vista avec comme interlocuteur une communauté constituée d'utilisateurs de l'OS et de professionnels, prête à suer sang et eau pour répondre à toutes les questions. Suite...
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"Her cries were then heard by her next-door neighbour, who went into the house next door to check what was happening... when she opened the door she saw a 22-year-old man zipping up his trousers... the man then ran away when he saw the neighbour." More...
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Dans un communiqué publié samedi, le ministère suisse des Affaires étrangères (DFAE) qualifie «les récents événements» de «graves violations du droit humanitaire». Il condamne les tirs de roquettes effectués à partir de la bande de Gaza en direction d'Israël. Ces attaques «représentent une menace intolérable pour la population civile israélienne». Suite...
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The Bush White House, of course, has responded as we all know they would: Israel-has-the-right-to-defend itself, let the killing begin, etc., ad nauseum. More...
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Afghanistan has only one proper cricket ground and its national squad earns only £12 a month, but next month the war-ravaged country will move a step closer to qualifying for the Cricket World Cup.
Two decades after cricket took hold among Afghan refugees sheltering in Pakistan from the Soviet occupation, the national side could be four months from joining the sport's top flight.
The team is flying to Argentina, where first or second place in the International Cricket Council league, division three, brings qualification for the World Cup qualifiers in South Africa in April. More...
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Most of those killed were policemen but women and children also died, Gaza officials said. More...
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Israeli aircraft have launched a major attack against struck Hamas security compounds in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 155 people.
Hamas and medics reported that dozens of people were killed and that others were still buried under the rubble.
Peu de temps après, Virgen Maria et son époux, un charpentier de 24 ans, sont devenus les heureux parents d'un bébé de 3,5kg qui sera donc baptisé Jésus.
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Much of the money goes on 'highly dubious' propaganda that is targeted at children, according to a book by the think-tank Open Europe. More...
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Her husband, who shares the same profession as Saint Joseph, is in fact called Adolfo Jorge Huaman. More... See the video here...
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Israel said it was responding to continued rocket attacks from Gaza. More + video...
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Un polonais a eu la choque de sa vie en visitant un bordel et en voyant sa femme parmi les employées de la maison !
Le journal polonais Super Express a déclaré que la femme avait dit à son mari qu’elle travaillait dans un magasin dans une ville voisine, mais en réalité elle gagnait un peu d’argent en travaillant dans une maison close.
J’étais ébahi. Je croyais rêver, le mari a déclaré au journal.
Le couple, marié depuis 14ans, sont en train de se divorcer actuellement, le journal a rajouté.
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Cette pétition est en ligne depuis le 15 décembre sur le site Ozur Diliyoruz. Elle a été initiée par quatre intellectuels turcs, soutenue par deux cents personnalités, majoritairement universitaires, journalistes, écrivains. Suite...
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The enticement worked. More...
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Harold gave us his support. He also gave us confidence and his example encouraged others. From this I learnt that one of Harold Pinter’s distinguishing marks is his courage. His courage to speak out against the powerful. He doesn’t wait to find out who else might be supporting a cause. He doesn’t wait to find out whether it’s fashionable. Harold supports something because he believes in it. More...
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Le chien qui a volé un os dans un supermaché!!! Mort de rire...
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A Muslim born in Pakistan, Naina said she spent hours on the phone listening to her older sister read the novel to her. “When I finally read the book for myself,” she said, “it was an amazing experience.” More...
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Hundreds protested in state capitals earlier this month. More...
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La chanteuse américaine de jazz mondialement célèbre Eartha Kitt, décédée jeudi dans un hôpital de New York à l'âge de 81 ans d'un cancer du colon, a fasciné les foules pendant plus d'un demi siècle avec sa voix voluptueuse et sa présence sensuelle sur scène et à l'écran.
Connue pour son franc parler, elle s'était imposée un long exil en Europe dans les années 60 et 70, à la suite de ses critiques virulentes contre la guerre au Vietnam.
Eartha Kitt, qui a également fait une carrière d'actrice au cinéma, à la télévision et au théâtre, est l'une des rares artistes à avoir été nominées à la fois pour les Tony, les Grammy et les Emmy Awards, récompensant annuellement respectivement le théâtre, la musique et la télévision. Elle a même remporté deux Emmy Awards. Suite...
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She was one of the few artists to be nominated in the Tony, Grammy and Emmy award categories and was a stalwart of the Manhattan cabaret scene. More...
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"We have issued the circular aiming to create a legal framework to guide bloggers on what can they do and what they can’t do," said Do Quy Doan, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, who likened the regulations to a "guiding document." More...
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The retired man, who was not identified, could face charges for endangering the animals' safety and health.
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Il avait publié en 2003 « War », un recueil de poèmes contre la guerre en Irak menée par une coalition américano-britannique. Le 15 février de la même année, il s’était exprimé à la tribune de Hyde Park, à Londres, devant un million et demi d’opposants à la guerre.
Se tenant soigneusement à l’écart de l’« establishment », Pinter avait refusé d’être anobli par la reine Elizabeth. Il avait toutefois accepté la Légion d’honneur française en 2007. Article complet...
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The 11-year-old boy fainted and later died in hospital of heart failure in the city of Alexandria. More...
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One of the precious metals mined in eastern Congo is coltan. It is used in many common products: mobiles, computers, digital cameras, GPS equipment, airbags, hearing aids and even pacemakers. While 80% of the world's known coltan reserves are in eastern Congo, only about 1% of the metal sold on the open market is Congolese. More...
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An outspoken opposer of the war in Iraq, he was a robust critic of Tony Blair and George Bush, whom he called a 'mass murderer'. Full story...
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There are far too many synonyms for breasts for us to list here; besides, you probably know most of them. But due the fact that our language is so well-endowed with reference to these funbags, we have to ask: Why are there so many slang terms for an aspect of the female anatomy that, medically speaking, is little more than an asymmetric pair of modified sweat glands?
One possible answer could be that we’ve created alternate terms as a means of subverting a topic that’s considered taboo. This purpose is especially applicable in America, where family values, proper neonatal care and breast frenzy have collided to form a prudish, hypocritical function of titillation. So, echoing throughout America is this sentiment: ”Don’t bare them in public if your goal is to feed an infant; that’s a distasteful turnoff.” More...
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Ils marchèrent dans le centre, admirant les guirlandes lumineuses, les sapins, les bougies allumées sur les marches des maisons, les baraques où l'on vendait des cadeaux, les hommes, les femmes et les enfants qui se pressaient d'aller rejoindre leurs parents pour fêter cette nuit autour d'une table bien garnie. Suite...
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“I would also like to urge you to go back and encourage other street children whom you left behind to come and join such orphanages so that in future you all become responsible citizens of our country,” she challenged the children. More...
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A night like this can take months of work to organise and set you back over $20,000 (£13,500) depending on your budget.
But the economic crunch here is curtailing the spending patterns of many Indian brides and grooms. Full story...
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The Society of Defending Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia, in a statement published on its Web site, called on the "minister of justice and human rights groups to interfere now in this case" by divorcing the girl from the man. "They must end this marriage deal which was made by the father of the girl and the husband." More...
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The cholera outbreak that started in August has exposed the extent of decline of the health services. Officially, over 1,200 people have died while nearly 24,000 cases have been recorded. However, the actual death toll is believed to be higher than that being reported, mainly due to a lack of capacity to document all the cases. More...
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Environ 1.000 perruches ont été évacuées mardi, 300 mercredi, et 400 devaient encore l'être dans les jours à venir. "Je n'ai jamais vu une chose pareille", a commenté le conseiller municipal du quartier, Martin Matz. Suite...
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The former Chinese language teacher at a private high school in quake-hit Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, was nicknamed "running Fan" by netizens after he left his students behind and escaped the classroom as the 8.0-magnitude quake struck.
The disaster left more than 80,000 dead or missing.
Fan's behavior became an object of controversy, and he was later fired. More...
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The “Zionist Tendency” in Whitehall still goes unchallenged. More...
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The 38-year-old preacher was inspired by similar online ministries based in the United States. He spent two years attending a bible school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the influence remains in his work. More...
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The orgy was organized by the Raelian movement, a UFO religion whose followers believe humankind was created by aliens. The group's spokesman, Kobi Drori, said that the orgy was meant to include straights, gays, lesbians and bisexuals, all of them over 18. More...
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Une cour ukrainienne a condamné mardi à la réclusion à perpétuité un homme accusé d'avoir violé et tué des dizaines de fillettes et de jeunes femmes, qui s'est lui-même défini pendant son procès comme "une brute" devant être "gardée dans une cage".
A l'issue d'un an de procès, la cour de Dnipropetrovsk (centre-est de l'Ukraine) a reconnu Serguey Tkatch coupable de 37 meurtres, viols et tentatives de meurtres commis de 1984 à 2005 dans les régions de Dnipropetrovsk et de Zaporijia (sud-est), a constaté une journaliste de l'AFP. Suite...
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Europeana.eu est de retour, un peu plus tôt que prévu, mais le site est toujours en phase de test. Une transition qui devrait se poursuivre jusqu'en février, indique la Commission européenne citée par l'AFP. Lancée officiellement le 20 novembre dernier, la bibliothèque numérique européenne avait du fermer prématurément ses portes car l'infrastructure informatique prévue s'était révélée incapable de gérer l'affluence record (des pics de consultation de 10 millions de clics par heure) suscitée par le site. Suite...
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But the homepage - at www.europeana.eu - warns that "the user experience may not be optimal in this test phase". More...
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An article in Biology Letters, claims it is the first evidence of "calculated reciprocity" in non-human primates. More...
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"Je suis effectivement le conseil du gouvernement libyen dans cette affaire", déclare Me Poncet dans un entretien publié par le quotidien "Le Temps". L'ancien parlementaire ne voit pas pourquoi il aurait des scrupules à défendre la Libye contre son propre pays. "J'exerce mon métier d'avocat en toute indépendance", affirme-t-il. Suite...
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Le corps sans vie de Thierry de La Villehuchet, 65 ans, a été trouvé peu après 7 heures du matin par un agent de sécurité de l'immeuble de Madison Avenue où se trouve le siège d'Access International, a indiqué la police, moins de deux semaines après la découverte de la fraude portant sur 50 milliards de dollars. Suite...
