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Ebola must never again be allowed to claim lives for want of basic healthcare
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A student pro-democracy protester sits alone under the shade of an umbrella on the streets near government headquarters, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in Hong Kong.

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06 Oct 2014

The UK must take a lead in the fight to eradicate Ebola, ensuring universal health coverage becomes a reality, says the shadow secretary of state for international development ...

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President Rousseff to face rival Neves in Brazil election run-off
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Peacekeepers with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) wear protective masks while on duty at UN offices in the capital city of Monrovia, 11 September, 2014, as the peacekeeping chief visits to assess the Ebola outbreak.

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06 Oct 2014

Brazil’s unpredictable election took another twist on Sunday, with left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff being forced into a run-off race as expected, but against a centre-right challenger who only surged in the final week of the campaign. Rousseff will face Aecio Neves in the October 26 run-off vote, required as no single candidate won an outright...

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F1 driver Jules Bianchi in critical condition after crash
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President Rousseff to face rival Neves in Brazil election run-off

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06 Oct 2014

Tampa Bay Times Sunday, October 5, 2014 8:11pm Jules Bianchi SUZUKA, Japan — Formula One driver Jules Bianchi was in critical condition Sunday after crashing at the Japanese Grand Prix. Related News/Archive Bianchi was unconscious when he was taken to a hospital after a crash in the rain-shortened race. He had emergency surgery after a scan...

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Syrian refugees: ‘We want to go home. That is our dream’
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Marussia driver Jules Bianchi of France waves during drivers' parade before the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014.

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05 Oct 2014

Nine-year-old Iman holds her little sister Aya, who has spina bifida, in a game of hopscotch. Iman carried Aya during the family’s two-month journey from Syria to Lebanon. Photograph: Giles Duley Sometimes the photographs you don’t take are as important as those you take. I’ve just been introduced to Aya, who sits in front of me on a concrete...

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Hong Kong police arrest 19 at protest site
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File - A boy plays with a soccer ball inside Za’atri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan, 7 December, 2012.

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04 Oct 2014

The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police said Saturday that they have arrested 19 people, some of whom are believed to have organized crime ties, after mobs tried to drive pro-democracy...

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First womb-transplant baby born in Sweden
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A police officer tries to hold back pro-democracy student protesters during a clash local residents in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.

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04 Oct 2014

A 36-year-old Swede has become the world's first woman to give birth after receiving a womb transplant, doctors said. "It was breathtaking. I think all of us felt that," Liza Johannesson, the surgeon, said in a video supplied by her university on Saturday.. "It was...

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Alan Henning: Government abandoned him, says aid worker
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FILE - In this April 4, 2012 photo made available by the University of Goteborg in Sweden, the Swedish research team practices before the operations to transplant wombs at the Sahlgrenska Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden.

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04 Oct 2014

4 October 2014 Last updated at 10:38 BST A colleague of Alan Henning has accused the British government of abandoning the aid worker, after Islamic State released a video purporting to show his beheading. David Cameron has said Britain would do all it could "to hunt down these murderers and bring them to justice". Speaking on the...

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Trains 'transported' AIDS across the world
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Refugees watch from the Turkish side of the border as smokes rises after a mortar shell landed in the city center of Kobani in Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State, seen from Mursitpinar near Suruc, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.

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03 Oct 2014

A new scientific research in the genetic history of HIV has revealed that the pandemic behind the death of 36 million people had most likely originated in the Democractic Republic of Congo in the 1920s. The virus causing AIDS was assisted by train transport and the sex trade, facilitating its spread from the city of Kinsasha to the rest of the...

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Sweden To Recognize State Of Palestine
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03 Oct 2014

STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's new center-left government will recognize the state of Palestine in a move that will make it the first major European country to take the step, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday. The U.N. General Assembly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine in 2012 but the European...

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Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Added 248,000 Jobs In September, Unemployment Down To 5.9%
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Sweden's new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government

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03 Oct 2014

Friday morning The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a much stronger than anticipated September jobs report. Employers added 248,000 jobs last month, beating the 215,000 economists were predicting. The unemployment rate, which is drawn from a different...

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Hong Kong leader says he will not step down
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In this June 13, 2012 file photo, job seekers have their resumes reviewed at a job fair expo in Anaheim, Calif. U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said in its report Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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03 Oct 2014

Authorities in Hong Kong have offered to hold talks with pro-democracy protesters who are continuing to occupy central areas of the southern Chinese city, pressing for political reforms. Minutes before a midnight deadline set by the protesters for Hong Kong's chief executive Leung Chun-ying to resign passed, Leung said he would send his chief...

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UN accuses Islamic State of 'gross rights abuses'
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A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police officers as an ambulance tries to leave the compound of the chief executive office in Hong Kong, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014.

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02 Oct 2014

A "staggering array" of human rights abuses has been committed by Islamic State (IS) militants and associated armed groups over a nine-week period in Iraq, the UN says. It says that abuses committed between 6 July to 10 September may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. Iraqi leaders must unite to restore control over IS...

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China FM issues warning over 'illegal' protests in Hong Kong
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in this Monday, June 30, 2014 photo, militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group's declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. The militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

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02 Oct 2014

October 02: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has issued a stern warning against any "illegal" protests in Hong Kong. Currently on a visit to Washington, Wang also warned that the matter was an "internal affair" for China. His U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, also urged Hong Kong to exercise restraint in dealing with the protests....

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US announces roster for CONCACAF championship
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Pro-democracy student protesters sleep on an occupied main street outside of the government complex in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.

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06 Oct 2014

Goalkeeper Hope Solo and veterans Christine Rampone and Abby Wambach are among the players on the U.S. national team's roster for the upcoming CONCACAF championship, which serves as qualifying for the World Cup next year in Canada. The championships for soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region, an eight-team, round-robin tournament...

White House: US increasingly backing gay marriage
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06 Oct 2014

The White House says a growing majority of Americans recognize that same-sex couples in loving relationships deserve fair...

Kashmiri villagers killed as troops clash along disputed border
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06 Oct 2014

Tens of thousands of villagers fled their homes in Kashmir on Monday, as Indian and Pakistani troops fired guns and mortar bombs at each other over the border separating their portions of the disputed region. At least nine civilians were killed. Indian officials said the flare-up left five villagers, including one child, dead and 35 injured on the...

Obama meets bank regulators over Wall Street rules
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06 Oct 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama met Monday with top financial regulators at the White House to discuss progress implementing Wall Street rules, a year after warning that bank overseers needed to display more urgency about limiting risky practices in the financial industry. The meeting included new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who...

Virgin Galactic Partners With Ted Turner Lodge
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06 Oct 2014

Virgin Galactic is expanding lodging and entertainment options...

GovBeat: States await lower court rulings after Supreme Court declines to hear same-sex marriage appeals
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06 Oct 2014

Couples in states impacted by Monday's Supreme Court...

Oral argument in Heien v. North Carolina
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06 Oct 2014

I attended the oral argument this morning in the Supreme...

No, Americans aren't freaking out about Ebola. Not even close.
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06 Oct 2014

Ebola has made its way into the United States,...

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney smashes past 10 million followers on twitter
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06 Oct 2014

He may not have featured this weekend due to serving the first of a three match suspension, but that has not stopped Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney from becoming the first UK sportsperson to rack up more than 10 million followers on twitter. The 28 year-old forward, who mainly tweets about his latest boots or favourite boxers,...

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Wenger schooled again by Mourinho but all's not lost for Arsenal
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Real Madrid's Sami Khedira from Germany, right, duels for the ball with Manchester United's Wayne Rooney during their Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.

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06 Oct 2014

CORRESPONDENT COLUMN: The Gunners gave a strong account of themselves despite defeat to Chelsea, while Mario Balotelli looks a far cry from replacing Luis Suarez COMMENT By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent SAME OLD STORY BUT ALL NOT LOST FOR WENGER How Arsene Wenger must despise his journeys home from Stamford Bridge. Almost always defeated,...

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Zabaleta '100% sure' Yaya Toure will rediscover top form soon
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gestures during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and FC Arsenal in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.

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06 Oct 2014

The Ivorian was a key part of Manchester City's title success last season but has struggled in the new campaign, however his team-mate has no doubt he will shine again soon Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta says he and his team-mates are "100 per cent sure" Yaya Toure will soon return to top form. The Ivory Coast international was...

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Lampard hints at extending Manchester City loan
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Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta during the first half of an exhibition soccer match against Chelsea Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

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06 Oct 2014

The midfielder has impressed for the Premier League champions during his short spell from New York City FC, but will wait until January to decide on a longer stay Frank Lampard has hinted that his loan spell with Manchester City could be extended if he continues to impress for the Premier League champions. The former Chelsea man has impressed in...

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Rodgers adamant Sterling WILL sign new Liverpool deal
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Chelsea's Frank Lampard reacts at the end of their English Premier League soccer match against West Ham United at Stamford Bridge, London, Sunday, March 17, 2013.

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06 Oct 2014

The 19-year-old has been linked with a move to Real Madrid in recent weeks but the Reds boss insists his prized asset will be staying at Anfield for the foreseeable future Brendan Rodgers insists he is very confident that Raheem Sterling will sign a new contract with Liverpool. A sparkling 2014 has seen Sterling establish himself as a key man for...

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High-five for Novak Djokovic in Beijing
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Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers takes to the touchline before his team's English Premier League soccer match against Arsenal at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012.

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06 Oct 2014

BEIJING: World No.1 Novak Djokovic, sporting a red tee, the colour a reflection of his roaring form, ripped to a 6-0, 6-2 win in 67-minutes over a clueless Tomas Berdych, whose game on Sunday was made to look as grey as his gear. The title round, which gave Djokovic his 24th straight win and his fifth China Open crown, was speeding to a double...

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Cristiano Ronaldo hits third hat-trick in five games
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Day 14 of the Sony Open Novak Djokovic (SRB) defeats Rafael Nadal (ESP) for the Men's Championship at Crandon Park Tennis Center Key Biscayne, Florida - March 30, 2014

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06 Oct 2014

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick in five games as Real Madrid moved into the top four for the first time this season with a 5-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. It took Ronaldo just two minutes to extend his scoring streak to eight games as he headed home Gareth Bale's cross and Karim Benzema made the game safe when he...

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Our character failed us, blasts PSG midfielder Matuidi
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the 2-3 goal during the World Cup 2014 qualifying playoff second leg soccer match between Sweden and Portugal at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013.

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06 Oct 2014

The champions drew again after Anthony Martial's last-minute equaliser and the France international has demanded his side buck the trend of slipping to stalemates Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi questioned his side's character after they conceded a late equaliser to Monaco on Sunday. The Ligue 1 champions have endured a difficult...

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Swift's important friendships
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Paris Saint Germain's midfielder Blaise Matuidi, celebrates after scoring during his League One soccer match against Lyon, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Sunday Dec. 16, 2012.

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03 Oct 2014

Taylor Swift no longer cares about having to fit in with the 'cool' crowd. The Shake It Off singer opened up about her struggles at school in a new interview. But Taylor says that while being popular was the most important thing when she was younger, now all she cares about is having a...

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Jessica marks Ashlee's 30th
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Taylor Swift arrives at the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Las Vegas.

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03 Oct 2014

Jessica Simpson says sister Ashlee 'inspires me everyday'. The Weight Watchers spokeswoman posted a touching birthday tribute to her younger sibling as she marked turning 30. Alongside a stunning picture of Ashlee in a lace dress, Jessica wrote: 'Happy Birthday Ashlee!...

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Nick Cannon -- I Finally Got Mariah Carey Off My Back!
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Jessica Simpson speaks onstage at Night at the Village during the Women's Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Monday, Oct. 25, 2010.

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03 Oct 2014

Nick Cannon will be divorcing Mariah Carey ... yet he's turned her into Jesus Christ. Cannon was at Playhouse in Hollywood Thursday night to celebrate his birthday. As celebs are known to do, Nick took off his shirt at one point and revealed the massive new ink. It's hard to make out the details from the photo, but our Nick sources...

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David Beckham, Jay-Z and Beyonce watch PSG vs Barcelona
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**COMMERCIAL IMAGE**In this photo released by Activision, actor and television personality Nick Cannon tries his hand at DJ Hero 2 by Activision on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 in New York.

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01 Oct 2014

With a win over Barcelona in the Champions League, Paris St Germain should be well aware that they are now among football's elite. But after a few year's of...

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'Twilight Saga' returning with five short films on Facebook
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Former England and PSG soccer player David Beckham, top right, Beyonce, top left, and her husband Jay Z watch the Champions League soccer match between PSG and Barcelona

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01 Oct 2014

Just when you thought The Twilight Saga was over, it’s back with sparkly new skin. Related 'Twilight Forever': Special edition of complete saga coming to Blu-ray in November The 'Twilight' Effect Two years after the release of Breaking Dawn Part 2, Lions Gate announced on...

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Chris Brown -- Mom Secretly Asks Therapist to Save Him from Gangs
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British actor Robert Pattinson, left, and US actress Kristen Stewart arrive at the UK film premiere of 'Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1' at Westfield Stratford in east London, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011.

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29 Sep 2014

Chris Brown's girlfriend and family are secretly and desperately trying to get Chris away from gangs ... and they've even contacted his therapist to put the heat on the singer ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources tell us ... Chris' mom and Karrueche are so worried ... they approached the therapist because they're deeply concerned Chris is not only...

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Beyonc� Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction on Stage at Global Citizen Festival (Video)
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Chris Brown performs during SpringFest/Best of the Best Miami 2011at Bicentennial Park Miami, Florida - May 29, 2011

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29 Sep 2014

Beyonc� suffered a wardrobe malfunction Saturday night at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City, and she didn't miss a beat. The fashion faux pas happened when Beyonc� joined husband Jay Z on stage to perform his hit song “Holy Grail.”�Dressed in a plunging white blouse, form-fitting black slacks and stilettos, Beyonc� turned...

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Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose -- Booty Call Triggered Divorce ... But it Wasn't Cheating
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27 Sep 2014

Wiz Khalifa left Amber Rose weeks before she filed for divorce ... and the trigger that sent Amber's lawyer running to the courthouse was an uninvited 2 AM house call by Amber ... TMZ has learned. Sources connected with Wiz tell TMZ ... the rapper is telling friends there's a simple reason why he left ... "I just didn't want to be married to...

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Italians say it best: 10 brilliant food-centric expressions
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02 Oct 2014

By Francine Segan Good simple food is so fundamental to Italian life that even their idiomatic expressions revolve around it. I was talking to an Italian friend one time, going on and on about how perfect Italy is, how even the traffic jams are charming, when she rolled her eyes and replied in Italian, "You have slices of salami over your...

Netflix, Narcos producers meet Colombian president
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Italians say it best: 10 brilliant food-centric expressions

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02 Oct 2014

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos flew to Colombia this week to meet President Juan Manuel Santos and discuss about the upcoming original crime series Narcos as well as the country’s new cash rebate system. Gaumont International Television is producing the series, the latest international production to take advantage of Colombia’s 40%-20%...

Clooney, Alamuddin tie the knot in Venice
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos gestures during an interview at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Santos says he's seeking clarification from Washington on whether its intelligence-gathering in his country exceeded joint operations against drug traffickers and illegal armed groups.

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28 Sep 2014

Venice’s Grand Canal turned into an aquatic red carpet as the tuxedo-clad actor and his guests crossed the lagoon from the Cipriani hotel for dinner. Venice - The world’s most famous bachelor, George Clooney, broke a vow to remain single on Saturday and married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin during a weekend of lavish celebrations in...

Fuqua unsure about Tupac biopic
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George Clooney on his way to marry Amal Alamuddin, in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.

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27 Sep 2014

Antoine Fuqua has revealed that the Tupac Shakur biopic is still up in the air - because he hasn't found the right script. The Equalizer filmmaker had been tipped to make a film about the life of the late rapper in 2011, which has been put on hold. "Maybe, I don't know. I just couldn't get a script I was happy with the company that was doing it,...

Billy didn't want special treatment
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Director Antoine Fuqua poses at UCLA's 2013 Visionary Ball at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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26 Sep 2014

Billy Connolly has revealed how he kept his cancer diagnosis a secret on the set of new comedy What We Did On Our Holiday, even though he was playing a character with the disease. [TICON-A VIDEO] The Glaswegian funnyman, 71, said he withheld the information from his directors and co-stars to avoid special treatment during filming. "I told them...

X-Men: Days Of Future Past Is Being Recut By Fox To Highlight One Character
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Billy Connolly poses backstage at the BAFTA Film Awards at the Royal Opera House on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in London.

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26 Sep 2014

Anna Paquin will be added back to X-Men: Days Of Future Past for a special "Rogue Cut" that will be re-released on home video platforms next summer. Paquins scenes were deemed surplus to requirements when director Bryan Singer started to edit the summer blockbuster, which was released back in May and was immediately lauded as both a critical and...

See Channing Tatum Fight A Lizard Monster In The Jupiter Ascending Trailer
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Anna Paquin arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of the 7th and final season of "True Blood" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday, June 17, 2014.

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26 Sep 2014

We almost got to see Jupiter Ascending blow our minds with the latest creative vision of The Wachowskis this past summer. With a July release on the books for quite some time, Warner Bros was hoping to position the film for a summer blockbuster slot of success. Then Edge Of Tomorrow took longer to take off than expected and the film was delayed for...

How A Box Office Bomb Killed The Black Widow Movie
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Actor Channing Tatum during a photo call for Foxcatcher at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2014.

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26 Sep 2014

Thanks to fun roles in Joss Whedon's The Avengers and Joe and Anthony Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier (and to a lesser extent Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2), Black Widow has been firmly and successfully centered as the female lead of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. But what you may not know is that there was actually a Black Widow...

Hewlett-Packard 'to split into two companies'
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Joss Whedon speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Avengers: Age of Ultron", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

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06 Oct 2014

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard, known as HP, plans to split itself into two companies, reports say. The US firm will separate its better-performing computer and printer business from its corporate hardware and services operations. HP is in the midst of a restructuring plan and has announced tens of thousands of job...

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Dow jumps 208 on job gains; Gold, bonds fall
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This Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, file photo, shows an exterior view of Hewlett Packard Co.'s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. The PC business is faltering amid shifting technology trends since Apple Inc. shifted the direction of computing with the release of the iPhone in June 2007

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03 Oct 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors think the U.S. economy is at a perfect temperature for stocks: not too hot, not too cold. The latest evidence came Friday in a jobs report that showed a pickup in hiring last month that could mean more people with paychecks, more spending and higher corporate profits. But the report also showed that wages were stagnant,...

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Bill Gates heaps praise on Apple Pay
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In this July 15, 2010 photograph, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

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03 Oct 2014

In a Bloomberg interview, Microsoft co-founder says once Apple gets involved in a new technology -- in this case, mobile payments -- it has more chance of gaining critical mass. by October 3, 2014 1:06 PM PDT facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more + email tumblr stumble delicious reddit pinterest digg Bill Gates believes that using your...

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UN marks 10 year anniversary of relationship with International Criminal Court (UN - United Nations)
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03 Oct 2014

(Source: UN - United Nations) UN marks 10 year anniversary of relationship with International Criminal Court Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Sang-Hyun Song at an event on 17 July 2014 marking the tenth anniversary of the Relationship Agreement between the UN and the ICC. UN...

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Yahoo Wants To Invest In Snapchat At A $10 Billion Valuation
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UN marks 10 year anniversary of relationship with International Criminal Court (UN - United Nations)

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03 Oct 2014

AP/Jae C. HongSnapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. Yahoo wants to invest in Snapchat as part of the fundraising round that values the startup at $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Snapchat is close to finalizing a $20 million fundraising round led by Kleiner Perkins and Yahoo has been involved in the talks, according to the report. Yahoo...

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How the JPMorgan Chase Security Breach Affects You
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The Yahoo flag flies at Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday, April 20, 2009.

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03 Oct 2014

Scott Olson/Getty Images Your money is safe, JPMorgan Chase told customers after a major security breach -- but at least one expert says that doesn't mean you're in the clear. The theft of personal information, a security expert said, may have more troubling consequences than if credit card numbers had gotten stolen. That's something to consider...

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The Decline of the French Press
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People pass a JPMorgan Chase office building on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008 in New York.

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03 Oct 2014

The Paris daily Libération tried to revive its flagging circulation last year with the slogan “When everything moves so fast, there’s only one solution: go faster still”. Apparently, that wasn’t the solution; a year later,sales were still falling, and the directors announced that the staff would be cut by more than a third — while demanding more...

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JPMorgan hack exposed data of 83m
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photo: AP / Yves Logghe

03 Oct 2014

Names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the holders of about 83 million households and small business accounts were exposed when computer systems at JPMorgan Chase and Co were recently compromised by hackers, making it one of the biggest data breaches in history. The bank revealed the scope of the breach on Thursday, saying that...

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