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TV watchdog calls for child porn probe of "Skins"
Reuters - Friday, January 21 12:44 pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A television watchdog group on Thursday asked the U.S. government to open a child pornography investigation into the new MTV series "Skins." More »
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US grand jury indicts Arizona shooting suspect
AFP - Thursday, January 20 06:19 am
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A US grand jury has indicted suspected Arizona shooter Jared Loughner for trying to kill US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, officials said, as the lawmaker's stunning recovery continued. More »
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South Koreans brave cold for taste of commando life
Reuters - Thursday, January 20 08:36 am
BUCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Over a thousand South Korean civilians braved sub-zero temperatures around the country to take part in boot camps run by a special commando unit, hoping to get into shape and improve their self-discipline. More »
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Traffic jams unlikely on Cuban data highway
Reuters - Thursday, January 20 07:24 pm
HAVANA (Reuters) - A Venezuelan fibre optic cable should plug Cuba into high-speed Internet within months, but it may not immediately bring an explosion in connectivity to inhabitants of the communist-ruled Caribbean island. More »
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Ecuadorean bullfighters march against proposed ban
Reuters - Friday, January 21 06:33 pm
QUITO (Reuters) - About 20 Ecuadorean bullfighters, decked out in traditional garb and surrounded by hundreds of supporters, took to the streets of Quito Friday to protest a government move to ban the spectacle. More »
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Israel launches Persian-language site on Holocaust
Reuters - Sunday, January 23 04:44 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Holocaust museum launched a YouTube channel in Farsi on Sunday with the aim of countering Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's public denials that acts of genocide ever happened in World War Two. More »
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Ronald Reagan's son - Alzheimer's seen during presidency
Reuters - Sunday, January 16 04:21 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease five years after leaving office, showed signs of the condition while still in the White House, his son says in a new memoir. More »
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RBS surges on possible early state scheme exit
Reuters - Friday, January 21 11:15 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland and the Treasury are in talks over RBS's possible early exit from the government asset protection scheme that insures the bank's riskiest assets, an industry source said. More »
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Hague 'shocked' at Moscow attack
Politics.co.uk - Yesterday, 04:00 pm
William Hague has expressed his outrage at a suspected terrorist attack at one of Russia's busiest airport. More »
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Dracula goes dry as Turkey's new drink rules bite
Reuters - Thursday, January 20 12:19 pm
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Guests at the Istanbul premiere of a new vampire film were among the first victims of new curbs on alcohol that have raised secularist fears Islamic strictures may be encroaching on everyday life. More »