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7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial3 September 2010, 2:06 pm
Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.
Portugal - Child sexual abuse - Child abuse - Trial - Casa Pia...
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Nein, danke! German kids get porn pens3 September 2010, 11:45 am
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cone filled with sweets, but children in Essen opened theirs to find raunchy writing instruments that project erotic images.
Essen - Primary school - Shopping - Police - Supplies...
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Scotland announces minimum price for alcohol2 September 2010, 7:56 am
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's government announced on Thursday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45 pence per unit, meaning a bottle of wine would cost at least 4.23 pounds ($6.52) and a bottle of whisky 12.60 pounds.
Scotland - Whisky - Scottish Government - Alcohol - Wine...
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Report: Aide to U.K. PM linked to royal phone taps2 September 2010, 6:03 am
Britain's government came under pressure Thursday amid allegations that a top prime ministerial aide was involved with a newspaper investigation into the royal family that involved illegally tapping cell phones.
Mobile phone - Newspaper - Government - Science and Technology - Cell Phones...
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French debate: First it was burqas, now burgers1 September 2010, 1:40 pm
The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law.
Fast food - Paris - Food - Beef - Islam...
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H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: Money4 September 2010, 2:10 am
Donors have not yet committed enough money for studies needed to confirm a promising South African trial of a microbicide and to get the product to women....
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Italian Cities Plan to Shut Roma Camps4 September 2010, 2:07 am
Dozens of Italian cities have been pursuing policies to expel the Roma, dismantling camps and evicting residents....
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Syria Moves to Curb Influence of Muslim Conservatives4 September 2010, 1:40 am
The country, which had sought to show solidarity with Islamic groups and allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has reversed course....
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Blackwater Won Contracts Through a Web of Companies4 September 2010, 1:36 am
The security contractor created dozens of shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain U.S. contracts after it was criticized for its conduct in Iraq, officials and investigators said....
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U.N. Raises Concerns as Global Food Prices Jump4 September 2010, 1:10 am
Recent food riots in poor countries prompted United Nations officials to call for a careful watch on prices....
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7.1 Earthquake Hits New Zealand4 September 2010, 12:30 am
A major earthquake hit west of Christchurch early Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said....
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Caller describes gunman4 September 2010, 1:55 am
BALTIMORE - A SECURITY guard who called police after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: 'You're probably going to need a sniper.' The call, released on Friday, was one of several placed minutes after a gunman entered the lobby and took three hostages. Other callers described the propane tanks strapped to the gunman's body, and a blinking device in his left hand. After hours of negotiating with James Lee, 43, police shot him to death as the hostages were p...
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Weakened Earl hits US north4 September 2010, 1:50 am
CHATHAM (Massachusetts) - THE remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages on Friday night, but its close brush with the North-east was less intense than feared only hours earlier. Earl swooped into New England waters as a tropical storm after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where it caused flooding but no injuries and little damage. In Massachusetts, there were a few hundred power outages, a handful of downed power lines ...
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US states postponing executions4 September 2010, 1:44 am
WASHINGTON - LACKING enough of the anesthetic essential to the cocktail of lethal drugs administered during executions, several US states are being forced to postpone the procedure until early next year. At the heart of the drug supply problem is Hospira, the only pharmaceutical company that produces the anesthetic sodium thiopental. ...
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City 'wobbled like jelly'4 September 2010, 1:42 am
CHRISTCHURCH - CHRISTCHURCH residents said the walls of their homes 'wobbled like jelly' when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand's second largest city early on Saturday.The force of the quake, one of the most powerful recorded in the country, tore jagged fissures in the ground and destroyed the facades of buildings, littering the city's streets with bricks and shards of glass....
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Threefold effort to reach miners4 September 2010, 1:40 am
COPIAPO (Chile) - A FASTER drilling machine was being assembled on Saturday to enlarge an existing supply shaft to 33 Chilean trapped miners, as work on the main shaft continued and a special rescue cage was being built by the Navy. A third alternative, or plan 'C,' involving a football-pitch-size oil drilling platform was also under way and expected to begin drilling a third rescue shaft by September 18 (Chile's Independence Day), said President Sebastian Pinera. ...
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Blackwater created shell firms4 September 2010, 12:05 am
WASHINGTON - THE New York Times is reporting that the security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to get government business after the company faced strong criticism for its conduct in Iraq.The report on Friday night on the newspaper's website says Sen Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has asked the Justice Department to see whether Blackwater misled the government when using the subsidiaries to gain government contract...
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