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Policemen outside the Sello shopping center in Espoo, Finland on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
Crime   Europe   Finland   Kosovo   Photos   		 The Star 
Gunman kills five then himself in Finland
Fri 1 Jan 2010
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Kosovan-born gunman shot dead four people in a Finnish shopping mall on Thursday and killed his ex-girlfriend in an apartment before killing himself in Finland's third shootin... (photo: AP / Lehtikuva/Martti Kainulainen)
Image from the movie Avatar
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Film Review: Avatar, a Humanist call from Mt. Hollywood by Gilad Atzmon
Thu 31 Dec 2009
Avatar may well be the biggest anti War film of all time. It stands against everything the West is identified with. It is against greed and capitalism, it is against interventionism, it is against col... (photo: 20th Century Fox)
In this image made from Associated Press Television video, emergency personnel take a wounded person on a stretcher to an awaiting ambulance at the scene at the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood Texas where a soldier opened fire, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left at least 12 people dead and at least 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in the attack.  The New York Times  Thu 31 Dec 2009
Gunman Kills 5 in Mall in Finland
| Filed at 11:43 a.m. ET | HELSINKI (AP) -- A gunman clad in black went on a shooting rampage Thursday, killing his ex-girlfriend then slaying four workers at a suburban shopping mall near Helsinki be... (photo: AP / APTN)
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Actor Charlie Sheen, right, and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles.  Chicago Sun-Times  Thu 31 Dec 2009
Sheen attorneys say they're still in love, want to work it out

| Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke want to reconcile, their lawyers said Wednesday, even though she told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her less than a week ago. | "... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)
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A man walks out a bank in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 8, 2007. Islamic banking was once viewed as a phenomenon of a few conservative Arab countries, but now the practice is bursting out of its traditional market and luring customers by offering the mundane banking products with a Muslim twist. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)hg3 The Guardian Thu 31 Dec 2009
Corruption high in Dubai state firms -police chief

* Corruption at state-linked firms a "significant size" * More than 60 state-linked workers under probe By Rania Oteify DUBAI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Corruption at Dubai's st... (photo: AP Photo / Kamran Jebreili)
Business   Dubai   Photos   Police   Society  
OVERVIEW OF MOUNTAIN TALAMITAM LOCATED IN QUEZON PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES. PHOTO TAKEN : JUNE 12, 2008 Inquirer Thu 31 Dec 2009
Land reform marks gains in Quezon, Misamis Oriental

| MANILA, Philippines -- Things are expected to look better in 2010 for the weary and troubled farmers tilling the soils of Bondoc Peninsula and the homeless indigenous p... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Agrarian   Farmers   Indigenous   Philippines   Photos  
Manhattan district attorney Robert M. Morgenthau answers questions for the media during a news conference announcing that he would not seek re-election at the end of his term Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 in New York. The Columbus Dispatch Thu 31 Dec 2009
'Law & Order' model ends long run as D.A.

| NEW YORK -- Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles during his decades in office. | The inspiration for the district attorney on TV's Law & Order. A taker-on ... (photo: AP / Julie Jacobson)
Court   Inspiration   Justice   Lawmaker   Photos  
Actor Charlie Sheen and his fiance Brooke Mueller arrives at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. BBC News Thu 31 Dec 2009
Charlie Sheen and wife 'want reconciliation'

| Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller Sheen - who last week accused him of putting a knife to her throat - want to reconcile, their lawyers say. | The actor spent m... (photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian)
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Steve Coogan The Examiner Thu 31 Dec 2009
Best films of 2002

| Adaptation is one of the best of 2002. copyright Columbia Pictures If you like this ... Best movies of 1999 Best movies of 2000 Best movies of 2001 Hamlet 2 is subversi... (photo: AP / )
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Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker BBC News Thu 31 Dec 2009
Sarah Jessica Parker police chief sent to prison

| An ex-police chief accused of scheming to sell items from the home of the surrogate who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker has been sent to jail. | Barry Carpente... (photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone)
Actress   Arts   Entertainment   News   Photos  


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Actor Charlie Sheen and his fiance Brooke Mueller arrives at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Charlie Sheen and wife 'want reconciliation' BBC News
The statue on the top of Seddon's grave.In the sphere of foreign policy, Seddon was a notable supporter of the British Empire. Honours List: Order of the British Empire, MBE (names A-J) The Independent
Former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite arrives at New York's Carnegie Hall, Tuesday Sept. 20 , 2005 Jackson, Cronkite among arts world deaths in 2009 Houston Chronicle
Shri Shibu Soren Shibu Soren - popular politician despite corruption, murder taints The Siasat Daily
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Barack Obama (front row, second from left), President of the United States of America, chairs the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, 24 September, 2009. Bomb plot 'ringleaders' were freed from Guantanamo Bay The Independent
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President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden addresses mayors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 20, President Obama, Push Back on China The New York Times
Photo from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq showing Pvt. Lynndie England holding a leash attached to a prisoner collapsed on the floor, known to the guards as "Gus." If Only Steven Green, Lynndie England, and Abeer al-Janabi Were George Bush WorldNews.com
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A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009. China's Papers, Web Users Hail Briton's Execution Wall Street Journal
Cellphone - Mobile Phone - Gadget Guide to breaking cell phone security revealed The Press Democrat
Apple iPhone - Smartphone Twitter co-founder makes card reader for the iPhone The Oklahoman
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